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geosphere (version 1.3-13)

distm: Distance matrix

Description

Distance matrix of a set of points, or between two sets of points

Usage

distm(x, y, fun=distHaversine)

Arguments

x
longitude/latitude of point(s). Can be a vector of two numbers, a matrix of 2 columns (first one is longitude, second is latitude) or a SpatialPoints* object
y
Same as x. If missing, y is the same as x
fun
A function to compute distances (e.g., distCosine, distHaversine, distVincenty*)

Value

  • Matrix of distances

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle_distance

See Also

distCosine, distHaversine, distVincentySphere, distVincentyEllipsoid

Examples

Run this code
xy <- rbind(c(0,0),c(90,90),c(10,10),c(-120,-45))
distm(xy)
xy2 <- rbind(c(0,0),c(10,-10))
distm(xy, xy2)

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