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| author | Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com> | 2012-12-07 21:52:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com> | 2012-12-07 21:52:03 +0000 |
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replacement of geodesic engine with one from Charles Karney (#197)
git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/metacrs/proj/trunk@2297 4e78687f-474d-0410-85f9-8d5e500ac6b2
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diff --git a/man/man1/geod.1 b/man/man1/geod.1 index 7077fd25..ab6c74f7 100644 --- a/man/man1/geod.1 +++ b/man/man1/geod.1 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .nr LL 5.5i .ad b .hy 1 -.TH GEOD 1 "2000/03/21 Rel. 4.4" +.TH GEOD 1 "2012/11/29 Rel. 4.8" .SH NAME geod \- direct geodesic computations .br @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The following runline control parameters can appear in any order: .B \-I Specifies that the inverse geodesic computation is to be performed. May be used with execution of -.B goed +.B geod as an alternative to .B invgeod execution. @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ U.S. stature miles from Boston, MA, to Portland, OR: .RE which gives the results: .RS 5 - \f(CW-66d31'50.141" 75d39'13.083" 2587.504 + \f(CW-66d31'50.141" 75d39'13.083" 2587.504 .RE where the first two values are the azimuth from Boston to Portland, the back azimuth from Portland to @@ -194,13 +194,14 @@ Portland's location by azimuth and distance: .RE which gives: .RS 5 - \f(CW45d31'0.003"N 123d40'59.985"W 75d39'13.094"\fR + \f(CW45d31'0.003"N 123d40'59.985"W 75d39'13.094"\fR .RE Note: lack of precision in the distance value compromises the precision of the Portland location. .SH SEE ALSO -Thomas, P.D., 1970, -.I "Spheroidal Geodesics, Reference Systems & Local Geometry:" -U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, S-138. +C. F. F. Karney, +.I "Algorithms for Geodesics," J. Geodesy (2012); +DOI: 10.1007/s00190-012-0578-z, +http://geographiclib.sf.net/geod-addenda.html. .SH HOME PAGE http://www.remotesensing.org/proj |