randomCoordinates: Random or regularly distributed coordinates on the globe
Description
randomCoordinates returns a 'uniform random sample' in the sense that the probability that a point is drawn from any region is equal to the area of that region divided by the area of the entire sphere. This would not happen if you took a random uniform sample of longitude and latitude, as the sample would be biased towards the poles.
regularCoordiaates returns a set of coordinates that are regularly distributed on the globe.
Usage
randomCoordinates(n)
regularCoordinates(N)
Arguments
n
Sample size (number of points (coordinate pairs))
N
Number of 'parts' in which the earth is subdived )