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latLonToPoint ( Latitude ; Longitude )

Returns a point from a latitude-longitude pair.

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Edward P. Asmus Asmus Consulting http://asmus.uga.edu

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/* ========================================================= Custom Function latLonToPoint =========================================================== Purpose: Put latitude and longitude in the form of a point. Developer: Edward Asmus (edasmus@uga.edu) Calling: latLonToPoint( Latitude, Longitude) returns "latitude,longitude". Example: latLonToPoint( 38.2065, -112.1822) would return "39.2065,-112.1822". This format can be used by Google Earth and Google Maps. ========================================================= */ Latitude & "," & Longitude Click to copy

Returns a point on the earth of the form "latitude,longitude". The function is called with latitude and longitude for the point. If the latitude and longitude are in decimal degrees (DD), the point returned is in a format compatible for use with Google Earth and Google Maps.

 

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