Geo::Forward(3pm)

1Geo::Forward(3)       User Contributed Perl Documentation      Geo::Forward(3)
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NAME

6       Geo::Forward - Calculate geographic location from lat, lon, distance,
7       and heading.
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SYNOPSIS

10         use Geo::Forward;
11         my $obj = Geo::Forward->new(); # default "WGS84"
12         my ($lat1,$lon1,$faz,$dist)=(38.871022, -77.055874, 62.888507083, 4565.6854);
13         my ($lat2,$lon2,$baz) = $obj->forward($lat1,$lon1,$faz,$dist);
14         print "Input Lat: $lat1  Lon: $lon1\n";
15         print "Input Forward Azimuth: $faz\n";
16         print "Input Distance: $dist\n";
17         print "Output Lat: $lat2 Lon: $lon2\n";
18         print "Output Back Azimuth: $baz\n";
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DESCRIPTION

21       This module is a pure Perl port of the NGS program in the public domain
22       "forward" by Robert (Sid) Safford and Stephen J. Frakes.
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CONSTRUCTOR

25   new
26       The new() constructor may be called with any parameter that is
27       appropriate to the ellipsoid method which establishes the ellipsoid.
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29         my $obj = Geo::Forward->new(); # default "WGS84"
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METHODS

32   initialize
33   ellipsoid
34       Method to set or retrieve the current ellipsoid object.  The ellipsoid
35       is a Geo::Ellipsoids object.
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37         my $ellipsoid=$obj->ellipsoid;  #Default is WGS84
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39         $obj->ellipsoid('Clarke 1866'); #Built in ellipsoids from Geo::Ellipsoids
40         $obj->ellipsoid({a=>1});        #Custom Sphere 1 unit radius
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42   forward
43       This method is the user frontend to the mathematics. This interface
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46         my ($lat2,$lon2,$baz) = $obj->forward($lat1,$lon1,$faz,$dist);
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48       Note: Latitude and longitude units are signed decimal degrees.   The
49       distance units are based on the ellipsoid semi-major axis which is
50       meters for WGS-84.  The forward and backward azimuths units are signed
51       degrees clockwise from North.
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TODO

54       Add tests for more ellipsoids.
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BUGS

57       Please log on RT and email to the geo-perl email list as well as the
58       author.
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SUPPORT

61       DavisNetworks.com supports all Perl applications including this
62       package.
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LIMITS

65       No guarantees that Perl handles all of the double precision
66       calculations in the same manner as Fortran.
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AUTHOR

69         Michael R. Davis qw/perl michaelrdavis com/
70         CPAN ID: MRDVT
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LICENSE

73       Copyright (c) 2011 Michael R. Davis (mrdvt92)
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75       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
76       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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