[R] Converting coordinates to actual distances

[Bob Wheeler]

Paul Brewin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've been searching for a method of converting Lat/Lon decimal
> coordinates into actual distances between points, and taking into
> account the curvature of the earth.  Is there such a package in R?  I've
> looked at the GeoR package, but this does not seem to contain what I am
> looking for.  Ideally the output would be a triangular matrix of
> distances.  
> 
> Thanks in advance, 
> Paul Brewin
> 
> 
> 
> Paul E Brewin (PhD)
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See http://www.meridianworlddata.com/Distance-Calculation.asp. The 
calculations are trivial.


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