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euler.rot: Calculate the Euler Rotation of a Point

Description

Calculate the rotation of a point on the Earth for a given Euler pole. The rotation assumes a shperical earth.

Usage

euler.rot(lat1, long1, rotdeg, lat2, long2)

Arguments

lat1

Euler-pole latitude

long1

Euler-pole longitude

rotdeg

Rotation about Euler-pole

lat2

Latitude of point to be converted

long2

longitude of point to be converted

Value

Rotated latitude and longitude of the provided point in decimal degrees.

Details

Locations of the Euler pole and the point to be rotated must be given in decimal degrees.

References

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