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authorFrank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>2012-12-07 21:52:03 +0000
committerFrank 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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@@ -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