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% Compute range and azimuth angle between two points on a sphere. Range is measured along the sphere. Azimuth is from north towards East. The latitude and longitude are geocentric. See also RAzToLatLon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: [r,az] = LatLonToRAz( lat0, lon0, lat, lon, Rp ); -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ lat0 (1) Initial Latitude [rad] lon0 (1) Initial Longitude [rad] latF (1,:) Final Latitude [rad] lonF (1,:) Final Longitude [rad] Rp (1,1) Radius of the planet [km] ------- Outputs ------- range (1,:) Range along Earth's surface (km) az (1,:) Azimuth angle back to source site --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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