NAME

Geo::Coordinates::MercatorMeters - Convert between mercator meters and degrees

SYNOPSIS

  use Geo::Coordinates::MercatorMeters;

  ($lat_m, $lon_m) = degrees_to_mercator_meters( $lat, $lon );

  ($lat,   $lon)   = mercator_meters_to_degrees( $lat_m, $lon_m );

DESCRIPTION

These are utility functions for conversions between decimal degrees and mercator meters latitude and longitude.

SEE ALSO

These formulas are required for conversions to use the Lowrance Serial Interface Protocol in the GPS::Lowrance module.

These functions and the Lowrance Serial Interface (LSI) Protocol is described in a document available on the Lowrance (http://www.lowrance.com) or Eagle (http://www.eaglegps.com) web sites.

For other coordinate conversions, see these modules:

  Geo::Coordinates::DecimalDegrees

  Geo::Coordinates::UTM

AUTHOR

Robert Rothenberg <rrwo at cpan.org>

Suggestions and Bug Reporting

Feedback is always welcome. Please report any bugs using the CPAN Request Tracker at http://rt.cpan.org.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2004 by Robert Rothenberg <rrwo at cpan.org>.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.2 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.