earth.bear {fossil}R Documentation

Bearings Between Geographic Locations

Description

Calculate the bearing in degrees clockwise from True North between any two points on the globe.

Usage

earth.bear(lat1, long1, lat2, long2)

Arguments

lat1 Latitude of site 1
long1 Longitude of site 1
lat2 Latitude of site 2
long2 Longitude of site 2

Details

Calculate the bearing in degrees clockwise from True North between any two points on the globe. Primarily designed to be used with other included geographic tools.

Value

Returns a value in degrees from True North between two geographic points.

Author(s)

Matthew Vavrek

References

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See Also

earth.poly

Examples

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