Hi,
Probably not totally exact, but enough for most people:
Miles per degree (latitude): 69
Miles per degree (Longitude): 69 * (cos(LATITUDE * PI / 180))
Julien
PS: Set of PHP functions from Chameleon
http://chameleon.maptools.org/
/**
* Number of KM in a MILE
* there are 5280 feet in a mile: start with 5280
* there are 12 inches in a foot: multiple by 12
* there are 0.0254 meters in an inch : multiple by 0.0254
* there are 1000 meters in a kilometer : divide by 1000
*/
define( KM_PER_MILE, (5280 * 12 * 0.0254 / 1000) );
/**
* Constant returns miles per degree of latitude which is 69.
*/
define( MilesPerDegreeLat, 69 );
define( DegreesLatPerMile, (1 / 69.0) );
/**
* function LonToLatRatio
*
* Given a latitude in decimal degrees, it will return the ratio of
* longitude degress to latitude degrees.
*/
function LonToLatRatio ($latitude)
{
return cos($latitude * M_PI / 180);
}
/**
* MilesPerDegreeLon($latitude)
*
* Given a latitude in decimal degrees, it will return the
* miles per degree of longitude.
*/
function MilesPerDegreeLon ($latitude)
{
return 69 * LonToLatRatio($latitude);
}
/**
* DegreesLonPerMile($latitude)
*
* Given a latitude in decimal degrees, it will return the
* degrees of longitude per mile.
*/
function DegreesLonPerMile ($latitude)
{
return 1 / MilesPerDegreeLon( $latitude );
}
Oscar Fdez. wrote:
Thanks for your answer.
¿Exist any formule to calculate the left/top lon/lan corner and the
right/bottom corner of Bounding Box dinamic from a lon/lan point?
Regards, Oscar.
2009/3/12 Gregor at HostGIS gre...@hostgis.com mailto:gre...@hostgis.com
I have a point in -8.0572,42.4702 (lon/lan). I like a bounding
box arround 1 mile of this site. Can use any SRS like EPSG:4230
or another.
Hit up spatialreference.org http://spatialreference.org
You can look up a SRS, then move a point over a map to get
conversions. Very handy.
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