# HG changeset patch # User jbe # Date 1474741708 -7200 # Node ID ae622355c4d4fe1f8ef12fd908c1c277844395d1 # Parent eb00c0b0a922ba86c7c7b20d4a00c32192fa196f Write Earth with capital E in README diff -r eb00c0b0a922 -r ae622355c4d4 README.html --- a/README.html Sat Sep 24 19:37:44 2016 +0200 +++ b/README.html Sat Sep 24 20:28:28 2016 +0200 @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@

epoint

-

A point on the earth spheroid (WGS-84).

+

A point on the Earth spheroid (WGS-84).

The text input format is '[N|S]<float> [E|W]<float>', where each float is in degrees. Note the required white space between the latitude and longitude @@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ prime meridian, this is done by storing a floating point value of -0 for 0 degrees west and a value of +0 for 0 degrees east. In case of the 180th meridian, this is done by storing -180 or +180 respectively. The equality -operator, however, returns true when the same points on earth are described, +operator, however, returns true when the same points on Earth are described, i.e. the longitude is ignored for the poles, and 180 degrees west is considered to be equal to 180 degrees east.

ebox

-

An area on earth demarcated by a southern and northern latitude, and a western +

An area on Earth demarcated by a southern and northern latitude, and a western and eastern longitude (all given in WGS-84).

The text input format is @@ -354,7 +354,7 @@

For short distances, the result is very accurate (i.e. respects the dimensions of the WGS-84 spheroid). For longer distances in the order of magnitude of -earth's radius or greater, the value is only approximate (but the error is +Earth's radius or greater, the value is only approximate (but the error is still less than 0.2% as long as no polygons with very long edges are involved).

The functions distance(epoint, epoint) and distance(ecluster, epoint) can diff -r eb00c0b0a922 -r ae622355c4d4 README.mkd --- a/README.mkd Sat Sep 24 19:37:44 2016 +0200 +++ b/README.mkd Sat Sep 24 20:28:28 2016 +0200 @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ #### `epoint` -A point on the earth spheroid (WGS-84). +A point on the Earth spheroid (WGS-84). The text input format is `'[N|S] [E|W]'`, where each float is in degrees. Note the required white space between the latitude and longitude @@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ prime meridian, this is done by storing a floating point value of -0 for 0 degrees west and a value of +0 for 0 degrees east. In case of the 180th meridian, this is done by storing -180 or +180 respectively. The equality -operator, however, returns true when the same points on earth are described, +operator, however, returns true when the same points on Earth are described, i.e. the longitude is ignored for the poles, and 180 degrees west is considered to be equal to 180 degrees east. #### `ebox` -An area on earth demarcated by a southern and northern latitude, and a western +An area on Earth demarcated by a southern and northern latitude, and a western and eastern longitude (all given in WGS-84). The text input format is @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ For short distances, the result is very accurate (i.e. respects the dimensions of the WGS-84 spheroid). For longer distances in the order of magnitude of -earth's radius or greater, the value is only approximate (but the error is +Earth's radius or greater, the value is only approximate (but the error is still less than 0.2% as long as no polygons with very long edges are involved). The functions `distance(epoint, epoint)` and `distance(ecluster, epoint)` can