mvl_geoline

mvl_geoline(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2, incrm)

Plots a straight line linearly sampled in lat-lon onto any map projections.

Parameters

  • lat1 (number) – start latitude of the line

  • lon1 (number) – start longitude of the line

  • lat2 (number) – end latitude of the line

  • lon2 (number) – end longitude of the line

  • incr (number) – increment in degrees for the line segments to make up the line

Return type

input_visualiser()

Internally, the line is split into a number of segments and the returned result is an input_visualiser() object which can be passed to plot() along with an optional mgraph() object.