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Geography is the science that deals with the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena.

The use of traditional spatial techniques used in cartography and topography and their application to computers is called geomatics, which encompasses a large area of fields involved with analysis, such as , Geographic information systems (), Remote sensing, and Global positioning systems ().

The above excerpt is quoted from Wikipedia.

There is a Stack Exchange site devoted to Geographic Information Systems.

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converting distance into coordinates

How do i convert a given distance (in metres) into geographic coordinates. What I need is to draw a polygon on the map (a regular polygon, like a circle), however, it's radius is given in meters, how do I calculate the radius in degrees or…
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Input a geographic coordinate, return a coordinate within x miles of that inputted coordinate - C# .NET

As the title suggests, I am trying to generate a coordinate based on another coordinate that is within an x mile (or whichever unit is most convenient) radius of the inputted one. As an example: I am given a geographic coordinate (lat, lon) of…
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Locate coordinate from angle from n nautical miles

I am trying to find coordinate at D from a map. The line from C to D needs to be at 90 degrees from Line A and B. Coordinate D must be away from coordinate C from n nautical miles, coordinate C could be anywhere between the A and B. I'm using C#…
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