Geodesics on an ellipsoid of revolution (DEPRECATED)

Solutions of the direct and inverse geodesic problems

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This package is now DEPRECATED. Its functionality has been incorporated
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GeographicLib toolbox
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/50605

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Charles Karney (2026). Geodesics on an ellipsoid of revolution (DEPRECATED) (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/39108-geodesics-on-an-ellipsoid-of-revolution-deprecated), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired by: geographiclib

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Version Published Release Notes
1.43.1.0

Reinforce deprecation by shortening the description, removing
the tags, and replacing the image.
1.43.0.0

Synchronize with GeographicLib 1.43.
Fix bug in the long_unroll feature of geodreckon.
1.13.0.0

Deprecation notice. Use the GeographicLib toolbox instead.
1.12.0.0

Update to GeographicLib 1.41.1. Point fix for geodarea.m to handle
polygons which encircle the pole multiple times. E.g.,
geodarea(89+zeros(6,1), [-360:120:240]')
used to return -2.5500e+14 (incorrect);
it now returns 3.2415e+10 (correct).
1.11.0.0

Offer as toolbox.
1.10.0.0

Uncheck toolbox
1.9.0.0

Synchronize with GeographicLib 1.39. Fix the bug in geodreckon
noted on 2014-10-29. Provide the option to prevent the longitude
returned in geodreckon from being reduced to [-180,180).
1.8.0.0

Synchronize with GeographicLib 1.38.
Minor documentation changes only.
1.7.0.0

Minor improvements to the calculation of short geodesics and the computation of areas.
1.6.0.0

Update journal reference.
1.5.0.0

Update to GeographicLib 1.28. Fixes 2 bugs: (1) incorrect area returned in certain obscure cases; (2) m12 incorrect for meridional geodesics.
1.3.0.0

Synchronize files with GeographicLib 1.27.
1.0.0.0