Michael Blasnik writes
> Well, latitude to distance is fairly simple -- it's just the
circumference of
> the earth divided by 360, which equals about 69 miles. The longitude
conversion
> will vary with latitude. ... You can use some trig if you need to
get more
> precise.
Agreed. The distance from {lat1,lon1} to {lat2,lon2} is simple. It is
equal to
radius*(acos(sin(lat1)*sin(lat2)+cos(lat1)*cos(lat2)*cos(lon2-lon1)))
where radius is of Earth in miles and lat/lon are in radians. However,
this does not solve the problem of projecting latitude and longitude
onto an {x,y} plane.
Glen
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Subject: st: Re: Latitude/longitude in spatwmat
Well, latitude to distance is fairly simple -- it's just the
circumference of the earth divided by 360, which equals about 69 miles.
The longitude conversion will vary with latitude. At the equator (lat=0
degrees), one degree longitude equals one degree latitude. The value
drops as move away from the equator of course. I think that at
latitudes of 30, 40, and 50 degrees it's about 60, 53, and 44 miles
respectively. You can use some trig if you need to get more precise.
Michael Blasnik
[email protected]
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From: "Glen Waddell" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 2:30 PM
Subject: st: Latitude/longitude in spatwmat
>
> I currently have latitude and longitude coordinates in a dataset but
> need to have them projected onto an {x,y} plane in order to take
> advantage of the 'spatwmat' command. Do you know if there is a
> conversion equation, or at least a legitimate approximation for small
> areas?
>
> Glen
>
> ____________________________
> Glen R. Waddell
> Department of Economics
> University of Oregon
> Eugene, OR 97403-1285
> phone: (541) 346-1259
> fax: (541) 346-1243
> www.uoregon.edu/~waddell/
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