Aerospace Toolbox

dcm2latlon - Convert direction cosine matrix to geodetic latitude and longitude

Syntax

[lat lon] = dcm2latlon(n)

Description

[lat lon] = dcm2latlon(n) calculates the geodetic latitude and longitude, lat and lon, for a given direction cosine matrix, n. n is a 3-by-3-by-m matrix containing m orthogonal direction cosine matrices. lat is an m array of geodetic latitudes. lon is an m array of longitudes. n performs the coordinate transformation of a vector in Earth-centered Earth-fixed (ECEF) axes into a vector in north-east-down (NED) axes. Geodetic latitudes and longitudes are output in degrees.

Examples

Determine the geodetic latitude and longitude from direction cosine matrix:

dcm = [ 0.3747    0.5997    0.7071; ...
        0.8480   -0.5299         0; ...
        0.3747    0.5997   -0.7071]; 
[lat lon] = dcm2latlon(dcm)

lat =

   44.9995


lon =

 -122.0005

Determine the geodetic latitude and longitude from multiple direction cosine matrices:

dcm = [ 0.3747    0.5997    0.7071; ...
        0.8480   -0.5299         0; ...
        0.3747    0.5997   -0.7071]; 
dcm(:,:,2) = [-0.0531    0.6064    0.7934; ...
               0.9962    0.0872         0; ...
              -0.0691    0.7903   -0.6088]; 
[lat lon] = dcm2latlon(dcm)


lat =

   44.9995
   37.5028


lon =

 -122.0005
  -84.9975

See Also

angle2dcm, dcm2angle, dcmecef2ned

dcm2angle

dcm2quat