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How to find the coordinates at a given distance and bearing

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    How to find the coordinates at a given distance and bearing

    Need an Excel formula to get new coordinate at a given distance and bearing/heading.
    example:
    Lat/Lon : -6.24525785446167, 106.627548217773
    Distance : 300m
    Bearing : 90 degree
    New Lat/Lon : ?

    I've found the coordinate calculator and apps toll, but I've a lot of data to work with.

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    Re: How to find the coordinates at a given distance and bearing

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    From Movable Type Scripts: Calculate distance, bearing and more between Latitude/Longitude points.

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    Re: How to find the coordinates at a given distance and bearing

    ben_hensel, could you please indicate what values you refer to by your variables?

    Correct me if I'm wrong, given OmJose's example, three of the four variables would be:
    lat1=-6.24525785446167
    lon1=106.627548217773
    d=300

    What does variable R refer to?

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    EDIT: figured it out
    lat1=-6.24525785446167
    lon1=106.627548217773
    d=300 meters
    R= radial distance of the Earth, 6371.1 meters

    Also, all values in degrees (lat1, lon1, bearing, lat2) are to be converted to radians for input, and then the output is converted back to degrees

    Thanks for the help.
    Last edited by andrew.e.mcintyre; 04-03-2013 at 11:04 AM.

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    Re: How to find the coordinates at a given distance and bearing

    Do you have to include the negative value for south or west in the calculations?

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    Re: How to find the coordinates at a given distance and bearing

    I believe you do, though I don't know if it can account for values crossing across positive/negative (East/West or North/South) thresholds.

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    Re: How to find the coordinates at a given distance and bearing

    OK. It also looks like the distance needs to be in km not meters.

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    Re: How to find the coordinates at a given distance and bearing

    Correct, as long as long as R is also in KM.
    I ended up using meters instead of kilometers so my R was set to 6371100.

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    Re: How to find the coordinates at a given distance and bearing

    ben_hensel, could you please indicate what values you refer to by your variables?

    Correct me if I'm wrong, given OmJose's example, three of the four variables would be:
    lat1=-6.24525785446167
    lon1=106.627548217773
    d=300

    What does variable R refer to?

    Quote Originally Posted by ben_hensel View Post
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    lat2: =ASIN(SIN(lat1)*COS(d/R) + COS(lat1)*SIN(d/R)*COS(brng))
    lon2: =lon1 + ATAN2(COS(d/R)-SIN(lat1)*SIN(lat2), SIN(brng)*SIN(d/R)*COS(lat1))

    EDIT: figured it out
    lat1=-6.24525785446167
    lon1=106.627548217773
    d=300 meters
    R= radial distance of the Earth, 6371.1 kilometers

    Also, all values in degrees (lat1, lon1, bearing, lat2) are to be converted to radians for input, and then the output is converted back to degrees

    Thanks for the help.

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