Geographic Distances (Pair of Coordinates)
- Author: O. Conrad (c) 2015
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Description
Calculates for all segments of the input lines the planar, great elliptic, and loxodrome distance and re-projects the latter two to the projection of the input lines.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints |
Output | Geographic Distances | shapes, output | DISTANCES | - | - |
Options | Definition String | text | CRS_STRING | Supported formats comprise PROJ and WKT strings, object codes (e.g. "EPSG:4326"). | Default: +proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs |
Well Known Text File | file path | CRS_FILE | - | - |
X | floating point number | COORD_X1 | - | Default: 10.000000 |
Y | floating point number | COORD_Y1 | - | Default: 53.500000 |
X | floating point number | COORD_X2 | - | Default: 116.500000 |
Y | floating point number | COORD_Y2 | - | Default: 6.400000 |
Epsilon | floating point number | EPSILON | defines the maximum resolution [km] for the re-projected distance segments | Minimum: 1.000000
Default: 100.000000 |
Command Line
Usage: saga_cmd pj_proj4 21 [-CRS_STRING ] [-CRS_FILE ] [-DISTANCES ] [-COORD_X1 ] [-COORD_Y1 ] [-COORD_X2 ] [-COORD_Y2 ] [-EPSILON ]
-CRS_STRING: Definition String
text
Default: +proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs
-CRS_FILE: Well Known Text File
file path
-DISTANCES: Geographic Distances
shapes, output
-COORD_X1: X
floating point number
Default: 10.000000
-COORD_Y1: Y
floating point number
Default: 53.500000
-COORD_X2: X
floating point number
Default: 116.500000
-COORD_Y2: Y
floating point number
Default: 6.400000
-EPSILON: Epsilon
floating point number
Minimum: 1.000000
Default: 100.000000