How Do You Calculate Height Difference Between Two Points In Polar Coordinate (Like Latitude And Longitude)?
When calculating difference in altitude in polar projections such as those using lattitude and longitude, simply ignore the the lattitude and longitude and subtract one altitude from another. Altitude is usually expressed seperately from polar coordinates except where you are using azimuth and elevation to describe where an object appears in your field of view. In this case, you need to know how far the object is from the observer (range) and then the altitude of the object is equal to the range multipled by the sine of the object’s elevation. Altitude = Range * Sin (Elevation) Otherwise, the distance between the observer and a point where the object would be seen at the zenith can be multiplied by the Tan of the object’s elevation to give the altitude. Altitude = [Distance from observer to zenith point] * Tan (Elevation) I hope this helps…
