distVincentySphere

The shortest distance between two points (i.e., the 'great-circle-distance' or 'as the crow flies'), according to the 'Vincenty (sphere)' method. 
This method assumes a spherical earth, ignoring ellipsoidal effects and it is less accurate then the <code>distVicentyEllipsoid</code> method.

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Spherical trigonometry for geographic applications. That is, compute distances and related measures for angular (longitude/latitude) locations.

Robert Hijmans

geosphere

Spherical Trigonometry

Robert J. Hijmans

Charles Karney

Ed Williams

Chris Vennes

distVincentySphere function

<dl> <dt>p1</dt>
<dd>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</dd> <dt>p2</dt>
<dd>as above; or missing, in which case the sequential distance between the points in p1 is computed</dd> <dt>r</dt>
<dd>radius of the earth; default = 6378137 m</dd>
 
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'Vincenty' (sphere) great circle distance — distVincentySphere

<dl>

 <dt>p1</dt>
<dd>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</dd>

 <dt>p2</dt>
<dd>as above; or missing, in which case the sequential distance between the points in p1 is computed</dd>

 <dt>r</dt>
<dd>radius of the earth; default = 6378137 m</dd>
 
</dl>

distVincentySphere: 'Vincenty' (sphere) great circle distance

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