Re: [R-sig-Geo] spatial projections

2010-09-16 Thread Arien Lam
Hello, On 15-09-10 22:47, James Stegen wrote: Hello, I have lat-long coordinates for a bunch of localities spread across multiple hemispheres, which also extend into high latitudes. That's two hemispheres max, right? What I would like to do is re-project the lat long coordinates into a proj

[R-sig-Geo] spatial projections

2010-09-15 Thread James Stegen
Hello, I have lat-long coordinates for a bunch of localities spread across multiple hemispheres, which also extend into high latitudes. What I would like to do is re-project the lat long coordinates into a projection that gives me spatial positions in km from some arbitrary point. The key is th