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| jgoodell7 2005-04-21, 4:03 pm |
| Does anyone know how to convert a lat,lon,alt position on a given
map,maplegend scenario into absolute cartesian coordinates (X,Y,Z)?
I am ultimately trying to determine line of sight distances between
two points. The los2().dist calculation is calculated along a sphere
and has no elevation data.
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| Anton Donner 2005-04-22, 9:00 am |
| jgoodell7 wrote:
> Does anyone know how to convert a lat,lon,alt position on a given
> map,maplegend scenario into absolute cartesian coordinates (X,Y,Z)?
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> I am ultimately trying to determine line of sight distances between
> two points. The los2().dist calculation is calculated along a sphere
> and has no elevation data.
function
distance=fct_distance(longitude1,latitud
e1,radius1,longitude2,latitude2,radius2)
%FCT_DISTANCE distance=fct_distance(longitude1,latitud
e1,radius1,
% longitude2,latitude2,radius2)
%
% Calculates distance between two points given in spherical coordinates.
% if abs(latitude1) > pi | abs(latitude2) > pi | ...
% abs(longitude1) > 2 * pi | abs(longitude2) > 2 * pi
% error('fct_distance.m: one of the arguments not in RAD');
% end;
if nargin ~= 6, error('fct_distance.m: wrong number of arguments'); end;
[x1,y1,z1] = sph2cart(longitude1,latitude1,radius1);
[x2,y2,z2] = sph2cart(longitude2,latitude2,radius2);
distance = sqrt((x1 - x2)^2 + (y1 - y2)^2 + (z1 - z2)^2);
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| Rob Comer 2005-04-25, 8:59 pm |
| jgoodell7 wrote:
> Does anyone know how to convert a lat,lon,alt position on a given
> map,maplegend scenario into absolute cartesian coordinates (X,Y,Z)?
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> I am ultimately trying to determine line of sight distances between
> two points. The los2().dist calculation is calculated along a sphere
> and has no elevation data.
It sounds like you need the SLANTRANGE output from the ELEVATION
function. That is the direct, straight-line distance between two
points, given their latitudes, longitudes, and altitudes (elevations
above the sphere or reference ellipsoid).
Rob Comer
Development Project Lead, Mapping Toolbox
The Mathworks, Inc.
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