Function File: phi = geodeticLatitudeFromGeocentric (psi, flattening)

Function File: phi = geodeticLatitudeFromGeocentric (psi, flattening, angleUnit)

Return geodetic latitude (phi) given geocentric latitude (psi) and flattening.

The default input and output is in degrees; use optional third parameter angleUnit for radians. psi can be a scalar, vector, matrix or any ND array. flattening must be a scalar value in the interval [0..1).

Examples Scalar input:

phi = geodeticLatitudeFromGeocentric (45, 0.0033528)
=> phi =
  45.192

Also can use radians:

phi = geodeticLatitudeFromGeocentric (pi/4, 0.0033528, "radians")
=> phi =
 0.78876

Vector Input:

psi = 35:5:45;
phi = geodeticLatitudeFromGeocentric (psi, 0.0033528)
=> phi =
 35.181       40.19      45.192

See also: geocentricLatitude, geodeticLatitudeFromGeocentric, parametricLatitude.

Package: mapping