// Example of using the GeographicLib::GravityCircle class // This requires that the egm96 gravity model be installed; see // https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io/html/gravity.html#gravityinst #include #include #include #include using namespace std; using namespace GeographicLib; int main() { try { GravityModel grav("egm96"); double lat = 27.99, lon0 = 86.93, h = 8820; // Mt Everest { // Slow method of evaluating the values at several points on a circle of // latitude. for (int i = -5; i <= 5; ++i) { double lon = lon0 + i * 0.2; double gx, gy, gz; grav.Gravity(lat, lon, h, gx, gy, gz); cout << lon << " " << gx << " " << gy << " " << gz << "\n"; } } { // Fast method of evaluating the values at several points on a circle of // latitude using GravityCircle. GravityCircle circ = grav.Circle(lat, h); for (int i = -5; i <= 5; ++i) { double lon = lon0 + i * 0.2; double gx, gy, gz; circ.Gravity(lon, gx, gy, gz); cout << lon << " " << gx << " " << gy << " " << gz << "\n"; } } } catch (const exception& e) { cerr << "Caught exception: " << e.what() << "\n"; return 1; } }