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GeodeticToAuthalic

As of Version 7.0, GeodeticToAuthalic has been renamed to "FromAuthalicLatitude" and has become a property of GeodesyData.

GeodeticToAuthalic[{latitude, longitude}, eccentricity]
gives the coordinates of the corresponding point on an authalic sphere given the latitude and longitude of a point on a spheroid with specified eccentricity.

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To use GeodeticToAuthalic, you first need to load the Geodesy Package using Needs["Geodesy`"].

Coordinates latitude and longitude are the geodetic coordinates of the point on the spheroid.