YourName-HW00

your name
the date you completed the first version;  date of most recent revision

Introduction and Statement of Problem

Use Google Earth to find the latitude and longitude of some place that is of interest to you, using decimal degrees. Create a Mathematica notebook with headers for its title, introduction, input data, computation, output, and references (if any). Save the notebook using your last name as the first part of the notebook name, then the homework number. For example, “Cronin-HW01”. Add text to the notebook providing your name, the date you began and completed the notebook, a statement of the problem, and relevant explanations of the variables and code. Finally, add input lines of executable code.
The purpose of this notebook is to compute the unit location vector to the point that is of interest to you.

Input Data

Describe the characteristics/significance and origin of the input data.

The variable lat is the decimal latitude of a reference point.

The variable long is the decimal longitude of a reference point.

Computation

Computational Process

The variables x, y, and z are the Cartesian coordinates associated with the reference point.

The variable result is the answer we are seeking.

Output Data

The variable result is the answer we are seeking.

result

References

Cronin, V.S., 2017, A brief primer on plate kinematics, with Mathematica:  unpublished draft, http://croninprojects.org/Vince/PlateKinematics/KinematicsPrimer/KinematicsCh2.nb