alex.chenaki_at_gmail.com wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm having a bit of an issue having to do with the coordinate systems
> in Oracle Spatial. My (high-level) situation is that I have a circle
> and some point lying on the circumference on that circle. I am trying
> to calculate the angle between a point at 0 radians and that point.
> However, the only way for me to do so is by using some vector math with
> the two points (the one at 0 radians and that other point) which treats
> their lat/lon values as cartesian coordinates. Therefore, the angle
> that I get is off by 0.1 or 0.2 radians which is unacceptable! Anybody
> have any ideas how to overcome this? Thanks for your help.
I think you should be prepared to read up on spherical trigonometry.
Lots of Greetings!
Volker
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