[Proj] Detecting new lat, lon coordinates from a initial point with an angle and length

Markus Neteler neteler at osgeo.org
Mon Dec 16 04:23:17 PST 2013


On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 12:55 PM,  <support.mn at elisanet.fi> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> well, that is exactly what the proj.4 is created for .. you just
> read all the documentation etc. and you should be able
> to do it!
>
> http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/
>
> There is no short cut ... except if you find some
> open source code somewhere in the net ... which you
> anyway have to usually modify.

Here is a candidate:

GRASS GIS m.cogo - A simple utility for converting bearing and distance
measurements to coordinates and vice versa.It assumes a cartesian
coordinate system
http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/m.cogo.html

It is PROJ.4 based of course...

regards,
Markus



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