geographiclib

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Overview

About

Maintained by Michael SumnerFirst published 2026-02-253 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Bindings to the 'GeographicLib' C++ library https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io/ for precise geodetic calculations including geodesic computations (distance, bearing, paths, intersections), map projections (UTM/UPS, Transverse Mercator, Lambert Conformal Conic, and more), grid reference systems (MGRS, Geohash, GARS, Georef), coordinate conversions (geocentric, local Cartesian), and polygon area on the WGS84 ellipsoid. All functions are fully vectorized.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("geographiclib", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("hypertidy/geographiclib")

Development version from hypertidy/geographiclib. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-geographiclib

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-geographiclib

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-geographiclib

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

1WARNING1NOTE11OK

Failing flavors

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc
WARNING r-release-macos-x86_64

Slowest check: 5.6 min · r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 1.08

73.2%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

Dependencies · direct

Check history

WARNING2026-04-25
11 OK · 0 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-03-10
12 OK · 2 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 381 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 95%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #3,862 · ~14/day · ~418/mo

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Repository

GitHub ↗ hypertidy/geographiclib

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1Contributors

71 commits · Last activity 2026-03-06 · 0% stars, 30d

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cran-comments.md

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README.Rmd

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Dependencies

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People & History

People (3)

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Michael Sumner

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Authors (2)

Michael Sumner

Maintainer, Author

Charles Karney

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Package Timeline

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
0.4.2Latest
2026-03-04 · current release · diff ↗
0.4.1
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0.4.0
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2026-02-25
Total releases: 3 / 1 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Download size: 477 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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