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I was wondering if there is a way to calculate the Latitude and Longitude of a given point provided you know the range, azimuth, and elevation of said point?

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Maybe but this is not the right site to ask the question. – Code Monkey Aug 16 '11 at 19:02
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Take a look here. satcom.co.uk/article.asp?article=1 – Jethro Aug 16 '11 at 19:06
@Ram: I didn't downvote it. I voted to close. I am not the dictionary for StackExchange network so you can gladly go to www.stackexchange.com. The close reason only shows about 4 choices so I voted to close as off-topic. This has nothing to do with C# for starters and you are asking basically a geographical math question which has nothing to do with programming. But you can start next time by losing the piss poor attitude. – Code Monkey Aug 16 '11 at 19:06
@Dyppl - I appreciate the assistance. – Ramhound Aug 16 '11 at 19:11
@Ram: It has nothing to do with C# because there is nowhere in the question where you ask about C# (other than the tag which means nothing in this case). It should be tagged as algorithm. The 257 cases you cited had code or referenced a particular framework. You do neither. That's not the right way to ask a question around here. I can't migrate it so you will have to delete it. – Code Monkey Aug 16 '11 at 19:15
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Please take a look at this link.

Taken off the page.

How do I get the Latitude, Longitude and height of the point indicated by Range, Azimuth, and Elevation?

use geoInitLocation() to establish a base location
use geoRae2Efg() to get earth centered coordinates
use geoEfg2Llh() to get Latitude, Longitude, and height.
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This was exactly what I was looking for. – Ramhound Aug 16 '11 at 19:21
Glad I could help. Looks like some crazy crazy stuff. Would hate to try and write that in C#. Good luch with your project. – Jethro Aug 16 '11 at 19:25
I plan to attempt to PInvoke the dll. If I am able to determine how it works in more detail I will update my question. – Ramhound Aug 16 '11 at 19:43

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