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answered 2012-01-17 01:00:06 -0500

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This is within the scope of the geographic_info project.

While there has been some preliminary work, no code has been released yet. Some basic messages and data conversions are planned for Fuerte. Please feel free to experiment with the git sources on kforge.

You are welcome to join that project. You can help us define the requirements and desired interfaces.

For what you plan, I suggest converting latitude and longitude to UTM using the geodesy package. Then, navigation can be done with straightforward Euclidian geometry.

This is within the scope of the geographic_info project.

While there has been some preliminary work, no code has been released yet. Some basic messages and data conversions are planned for Fuerte. Please feel free to experiment with the git sources on kforge.

You are welcome to join that project. You can help us define the requirements and desired interfaces.

For what you plan, I suggest converting latitude and longitude to UTM using the geodesy package. Then, navigation can be done with straightforward Euclidian geometry.