How is a km in coordinate?

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Anyone how much is a kilometer in coordinate for example I can suppose that every five coordinate I have one kilometer? Does it exist one relation in this way? Anyone can suggest me?

What platform/SDK/environment/language are you using? It may have these calculations built-in (which involve trigonometry and not a simple multiplication factor). See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1253499/simple-calculations-for-working-with-lat-lon-km-distance. — , Jul 22 '14 at 14:04

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 22 '14 at 13:50

On a sphere, the usual coordinates are angle measures, latitude and longitude. But if you move along the latitude at the equator by 1 km, the latitude changes only a little, whereas if you move along a latitude close to the north or south pole, the latitude may change arbitrarily much.
The relation that you want to obtain can thus only be valid approximatively, and at a certain region of the sphere.

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '14 at 13:46

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I needed to do something similar for my currency conversion program, use one variable (kilometers) and set it equal to 5*(coordinate) and go from there. :D

answered Jul 22 '14 at 13:46

oscholten

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you are saing that every 5 coordinate is a km? – doflamingo Jul 22 '14 at 13:55
yes, then when calculating using the (coordinate) variable, you can convert it into (km) by multiplying by 5 – oscholten Jul 22 '14 at 13:57

How is a km in coordinate?

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