R help - Nov 2011 - from points in Lon/Lat to physical distance in dist class

Dear R-listers,

Here, I would like to hearing helps from you.

I have GPS data (multiple points in the geographic scale) in
longitude/latitude. I intend to calculate
distance (in kilometer) among such points and output the distance matrix in
dist class.

I have gotten some progress, but I still can not get final goal. Could
please give me any directions/advice?

This email cc. to Mr. Pierre, the author of BoSSA package.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Best wishes,

Jian-Feng, Mao

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What I have gotten are
(1) distance among GPS points could be calculated by distGPS() function in
BoSSA package. But, it can
not output the distance in dist class. And, I do not know how to convert
such distance matrix to dist class.

(2) dist() function in base R can calculate distance among units and export
it in dist class. But, it could not
be used to work on points in lon/lat.

(3) some dummy codes
# (3.1) generate dummy points in lon/lat (in degree)
points <- data.frame(lon=seq(95, 105),lat=seq(35, 45))

# (3.2) calculate distance between points using distGPS()

library(BoSSA)

Geodist<-distGPS(points)

str(Geodist)
class(Geodist)

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Look at distm() in package geosphere.

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David L Carlson
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4352


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Subject: [R] from points in Lon/Lat to physical distance in dist class

Dear R-listers,

Here, I would like to hearing helps from you.

I have GPS data (multiple points in the geographic scale) in
longitude/latitude. I intend to calculate
distance (in kilometer) among such points and output the distance matrix in
dist class.

I have gotten some progress, but I still can not get final goal. Could
please give me any directions/advice?

This email cc. to Mr. Pierre, the author of BoSSA package.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Best wishes,

Jian-Feng, Mao

#########################################
What I have gotten are
(1) distance among GPS points could be calculated by distGPS() function in
BoSSA package. But, it can
not output the distance in dist class. And, I do not know how to convert
such distance matrix to dist class.

(2) dist() function in base R can calculate distance among units and export
it in dist class. But, it could not
be used to work on points in lon/lat.

(3) some dummy codes
# (3.1) generate dummy points in lon/lat (in degree)
points <- data.frame(lon=seq(95, 105),lat=seq(35, 45))

# (3.2) calculate distance between points using distGPS()

library(BoSSA)

Geodist<-distGPS(points)

str(Geodist)
class(Geodist)

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