Lately I’ve been doing a lot of research and learning about geostatistics and using math to find clusters like Local Morans 1 and meaning out of data. It hasn’t yet resulted in a lot of data or useful maps yet but I’m sure it’s a useful skill to master with there being so much available using R, Geoda, GRASS and SAGA GIS.
newX = startX + distance * sin(bearing/180*pi)
newY = startY + distance * cos(bearing/180*pi)
Distance is in map units, so if you are working in UTM then that’s meters.
Bearing is in compass degrees, due north is 0, due east is 90, etc.
I always think it’s a bit weird that longitude is the x axis, while latitude is the y axis, even though we always write latitude-longitude or y axis, x axis. Doesn’t x become before y?