Destination Calculation

This utility calculates destination geographic coordinate based on the distance, bearing and starting geographic coordinate, for commonly used Earth ellipsoids.

iGreatCircle™ - great circle distance calculator for iPhone.

Ellipsoid


Starting Geographic Coordinate

  • Latitude valid formats:
    "Decimal" (ex. '38.889139') or
    "Degrees Minutes Seconds" (ex. '38 53 20.9 N')

  • Latitude:  
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  • Longitude valid formats:
    "Decimal" (ex. '-77.049') or
    "Degrees Minutes Seconds" (ex. '77 2 56.4 W')

  • Longitude:  
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Direction & Distance

  • Bearing valid format is decimal degrees:
    greater than or equal to 0 (ex. '130.049')

  • Bearing, decimal degrees:  
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  • Distance valid format is decimal:
    greater than or equal to 0 (ex. '121.5')

  • Distance, km:  
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Destination Geographic Coordinate Format
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Destination Geographic Coordinate
  • Latitude:
  • Longitude:

Related links

Great circle distance and bearing calculation

Destination calculation

Earth ellipsoid parameters reference

Latitude/longitude conversion between DMS and decimal formats