[Proj] PyProj API question

[ashwin .D]

Thanks.I presume I can use the same for ellipsoid ?



On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 3:57 PM, Charles Karney <charles at karney.com> wrote:

> The documentation says that the distance is in meters.  If you
> initialize the Geod object with
>
>   g = Geod(a = 180/math.pi, f = 0)
>
> then you'll be treating a sphere with circumference 360, so you
> can then think of the distance as being arc length (in degrees).
>
>
> On 04/23/2018 05:37 AM, ashwin .D wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>               I am not sure whether this is the right mailing list for
>> this question and please let me know if this question if off topic. I am
>> using PyProj and I am trying to find the equivalent of the MATLAB API call
>> reckon - https://in.mathworks.com/help/map/ref/reckon.html. I have this
>> API Geod - https://jswhit.github.io/pyproj/pyproj.Geod-class.html and I
>> can get the forward and backward azimuth using inv() but I also have to
>> supply a range which is the arc length to get the point at specified
>> azimuth given a initial point. Unless I am missing something obvious can
>> somebody give me a clue on this one ?
>>
>> In fwd() is the distance the arc length ?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Ashwin.
>>
>>
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