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new_lat_rad
2011 Jan 20
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Generating time progressing line for Google Earth
...alculate the bearing
bearing = atan2( sin(lon_diff) * cos(lat_2), (cos(lat_1) * sin(lat_2))
- (sin(lat_1) * cos(lat_2) * cos(lon_diff)) );
# Then use the bearing and the start point to find the destination
new_lat_rad = asin(sin(lat_1) * cos(ang_dist) + cos(lat_1) *
sin(ang_dist) * cos(bearing)); new_lon_rad = lon_1 +
atan2( sin(bearing) * sin(ang_dist) * cos(lat_1), cos(ang_dist) -
sin(lat_1) * sin(lat_2) );
# Convert from radians to degrees
new_lat = Degrees(new_lat_rad);
new_lon = Degrees(new_lon_rad);
coords[i, 2] = new_lat
coords[i, 1] = new_lon
}
return(coords)
}
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