add and document lla2ecef

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diff --git a/contrib/lla2ecef.c b/contrib/lla2ecef.c
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+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+extern char *__progname;
+double A = 6378137.0, B = 6356752.3142;
+
+double rad2deg(double r){
+	return (180.0 * r / M_PI);
+}
+
+double deg2rad(double r){
+	return (M_PI * r / 180.0);
+}
+
+void lla2ecef(double *lla, double *ecef){
+	double N;
+
+	lla[0] = deg2rad(lla[0]);
+	lla[1] = deg2rad(lla[1]);
+
+	N = pow(A,2) / sqrt(
+		pow(A,2) * pow(cos(lla[0]),2) +
+		pow(B,2) * pow(sin(lla[0]),2)
+		);
+
+	ecef[0] = (N + lla[2]) * cos(lla[0]) * cos(lla[1]);
+	ecef[1] = (N + lla[2]) * cos(lla[0]) * sin(lla[1]);
+	ecef[2] = (pow(B,2) / pow(A,2) * N + lla[2]) * sin(lla[0]);
+
+	return;
+}
+
+void ecef2lla(double *ecef, double *lla){
+	double E, F, N, P, T;
+
+	E = (pow(A,2) - pow(B,2)) / pow(A,2);
+	F = (pow(A,2) - pow(B,2)) / pow(B,2);
+	P = sqrt(pow(ecef[0], 2) + pow(ecef[1],2));
+
+	T = atan((ecef[2] * A)/(P * B));
+
+	lla[0] = atan(
+		(ecef[2] + F * B * pow(sin(T), 3) ) /
+		(P - E * A * pow(cos(T), 3) )
+		);
+
+	lla[1] = atan( ecef[1] / ecef[0] );
+
+	N = pow(A,2) / sqrt(
+		pow(A,2) * pow(cos(lla[0]),2) +
+		pow(B,2) * pow(sin(lla[0]),2)
+		);
+
+	lla[2] = P / cos(lla[0]) - N;
+	lla[1] = rad2deg(lla[1])-180;
+	lla[0] = rad2deg(lla[0]);
+	return;
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv){
+	double ecef[3], lla[3];
+
+	if (4 != argc){
+		printf("usage:\tecef2lla X Y Z\n\tlla2ecef lat lon alt\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (0 == strcmp(__progname, "lla2ecef")){
+		/* Edmonton:
+		lla[0] = 53.52716;
+		lla[1] = -113.53013;
+		lla[2] = 707.0;
+		*/
+
+		lla[0] = atof(argv[1]);
+		lla[1] = atof(argv[2]);
+		lla[2] = atof(argv[3]);
+
+		lla2ecef(lla, ecef);
+		printf("%.2lf %.2lf %.2lf\n", ecef[0], ecef[1], ecef[2]);
+	}
+
+	if (0 == strcmp(__progname, "ecef2lla")){
+		/* Edmonton:
+		ecef[0] = -1517110.0;
+		ecef[1] = -3484096.0;
+		ecef[2] =  5106188.0;
+		*/
+
+		ecef[0] = atof(argv[1]);
+		ecef[1] = atof(argv[2]);
+		ecef[2] = atof(argv[3]);
+
+		ecef2lla(ecef, lla);
+		printf("%.7lf %.7lf %.2lf\n", lla[0], lla[1], lla[2]);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}