[geotk] Meter convertion in Geographic CRS
theuns
theunsheydenrych at gmail.com
Thu Sep 17 09:43:57 EDT 2009
Thanks Martin
Exactly what i looked for thanks
On Thu, 2009-09-17 at 15:33 +0200, Martin Desruisseaux wrote:
> theuns a écrit :
> > How would one go about to convert say 100m to a length in decimal
> > degrees?
>
> It depends if you want degrees or latitude or degrees of longitude. In the later
> case, it additionnaly depends on your location on Earth (to be more specific, on
> your latitude).
>
> You can try GeodeticCalculator again. Use:
>
> setStartingPosition(P1);
> setDirection(azimuth, distance);
> P2 = getDestinationPosition();
> deltaLongitude = P2.x - P1.x;
> deltaLatitude = P2.y - P1.y;
>
> Use an azimuth of 0° for a difference in degrees of latitudes, or an azimuth of
> 90° for a difference in degrees of longituge, or an other angle for a
> combinaison of both.
>
> Martin
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