[HN] 111,111.1 meters is reliably 1 degree of latitude
[HN] 111,111.1 meters is reliably 1 degree of latitude

gis.stackexchange.com Algorithm for offsetting a latitude/longitude by some amount of meters
I'm looking for an algorithm which when given a latitude and longitude pair and a vector translation in meters in Cartesian coordinates (x,y) would give me a new coordinate. Sort of like a reverse

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