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distance

Distance between sites

Since R2019b

Description

d = distance(site1,site2) returns the distance in meters between site1 and site2.

example

d = distance(site1,site2,path) returns the distance using a specified path type, either a Euclidean or great circle path.

d = distance(___,Name=Value) returns the distance with additional options specified by name-value arguments.

Examples

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Create a transmitter site and a receiver site.

tx = txsite(Name="MathWorks",Latitude=42.3001,Longitude=-71.3504);
rx = rxsite(Name="Fenway Park",Latitude=42.3467,Longitude=-71.0972);

Get the Euclidean distance in m between the sites.

dme = distance(tx,rx)
dme = 2.1504e+04

Convert the Euclidean distance to km.

dkm = dme / 1000
dkm = 21.5037

Get the great circle distance in m between the sites.

dmg = distance(tx,rx,"greatcircle")
dmg = 2.1451e+04

Input Arguments

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Transmitter or receiver site, specified as a txsite or rxsite object. Specify multiple sites using array inputs.

Measurement path type, specified as one of the following:

  • "euclidean" — Use the shortest path through space that connects the antenna center positions of the sites.

  • "greatcircle" — Use the shortest path on the surface of the earth that connects the latitude and longitude locations of the sites. This path uses a spherical Earth model.

Data Types: char

Name-Value Arguments

Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

Example: d = distance(site1,site2,Map="myfile.stl") specifies the map as an STL file.

Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and enclose Name in quotes.

Example: d = distance(site1,site2,"Map","myfile.stl") specifies the map as an STL file.

Map for visualization or surface data, specified as a siteviewer object, a triangulation object, a string scalar, or a character vector. Valid and default values depend on the coordinate system.

Coordinate SystemValid map valuesDefault map value
"geographic"
  • A siteviewer objecta

  • A terrain name, if the function is called with an output argument. Valid terrain names are "none", "gmted2010", or the name of the custom terrain data added using addCustomTerrain.

  • The current siteviewer object or a new siteviewer object if none are open

  • "gmted2010", if the function is called with an output

"cartesian"
  • "none"

  • A siteviewer object

  • The name of a glTF™ file

  • The name of an STL file

  • A triangulation object

  • "none"

a Alignment of boundaries and region labels are a presentation of the feature provided by the data vendors and do not imply endorsement by MathWorks®.

In most cases, if you specify this argument as a value other than a siteviewer or "none", then you must also specify an output argument.

Data Types: char | string

Output Arguments

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Distance between the sites, returned as an M-by-N numeric array in meters, where M is the number of sites in site2 and N is the number of sites in site1.

Version History

Introduced in R2019b

See Also

Functions