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obspy.geodetics.base.degrees2kilometers

degrees2kilometers(degrees, radius=6371)[source]

Convenience function to convert (great circle) degrees to kilometers assuming a perfectly spherical Earth.

Parameters:
  • degrees (float) Distance in (great circle) degrees
  • radius (int, optional) Radius of the Earth used for the calculation.
Return type:

float
Returns:

Distance in kilometers as a floating point number.

Example

>>> from obspy.geodetics import degrees2kilometers
>>> degrees2kilometers(1)
111.19492664455873