RCAIDE.Library.Methods.Geodesics.Geodesics.Geodesic_Calculate

class Geodesic_Calculate(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: Distance

Calculate the geodesic distance between points.

Set which ellipsoidal model of the earth to use by specifying an ellipsoid keyword argument. The default is ‘WGS-84’, which is the most globally accurate model. If ellipsoid is a string, it is looked up in the ELLIPSOIDS dictionary to obtain the major and minor semiaxes and the flattening. Otherwise, it should be a tuple with those values. See the comments above the ELLIPSOIDS dictionary for more information.

Example:

>>> from geopy.distance import geodesic
>>> newport_ri = (41.49008, -71.312796)
>>> cleveland_oh = (41.499498, -81.695391)
>>> print(geodesic(newport_ri, cleveland_oh).miles)
538.390445368

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

There are 3 ways to create a distance:

• From kilometers:

  >>> from geopy.distance import Distance
  >>> Distance(1.42)
  Distance(1.42)
  

• From points (for non-abstract distances only), calculated as a sum of distances between all points:

  >>> from geopy.distance import geodesic
  >>> geodesic((40, 160), (40.1, 160.1))
  Distance(14.003702498106215)
  >>> geodesic((40, 160), (40.1, 160.1), (40.2, 160.2))
  Distance(27.999954644813478)
  

Methods

__init__(*args, **kwargs)	There are 3 ways to create a distance:
measure(a, b)
set_ellipsoid(ellipsoid)

Attributes

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

There are 3 ways to create a distance:

• From kilometers:

  >>> from geopy.distance import Distance
  >>> Distance(1.42)
  Distance(1.42)
  

• From points (for non-abstract distances only), calculated as a sum of distances between all points:

  >>> from geopy.distance import geodesic
  >>> geodesic((40, 160), (40.1, 160.1))
  Distance(14.003702498106215)
  >>> geodesic((40, 160), (40.1, 160.1), (40.2, 160.2))
  Distance(27.999954644813478)
  

set_ellipsoid(ellipsoid)

measure(a, b)