GeoAntipode[loc]
gives the antipodal position of location loc.
GeoAntipode[g]
gives the antipodal primitive of the geo primitive g.
GeoAntipode
GeoAntipode[loc]
gives the antipodal position of location loc.
GeoAntipode[g]
gives the antipodal primitive of the geo primitive g.
Details
- The location loc in GeoAntipode[loc] can be a GeoPosition, GeoGridPosition or other position object. It can also be a geo Entity object.
- For a geo primitive g, GeoAntipode[g] returns the antipodal primitive, with locations in g being replaced by their antipodal locations.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (4)
Find out the antipode of your location:
GeoAntipode[Here]Find out the antipode of the capital of Spain:
GeoAntipode[Entity["City", {"Madrid", "Madrid", "Spain"}]]That location is in New Zealand:
GeoIdentify["Country", %]The antipode of a geo disk centered at loc is another geo disk centered at the antipode of loc:
GeoAntipode[GeoDisk[{20, 50}, Quantity[100, "Miles"]]]Show the antipodal polygon of Brazil:
GeoGraphics[GeoAntipode[Polygon[Entity["Country", "Brazil"]]]]Scope (7)
Find the antipode of a GeoPosition object:
GeoAntipode[GeoPosition[{40, 10}]]GeoAntipode[GeoPosition[{40, 10, 123}]]Find the antipode of a GeoPositionXYZ object:
GeoPositionXYZ[Here]All three coordinates change sign:
GeoAntipode[%]Find the antipode of a GeoPositionENU object:
GeoPositionENU[Here, Entity["City", {"Chicago", "Illinois", "UnitedStates"}]]The East and Up components are preserved, but the North component changes sign:
GeoAntipode[%]Find the antipode of a GeoGridPosition object:
GeoGridPosition[Here, "Albers"]For general projections, the relation is highly nonlinear:
GeoAntipode[%]The antipodal position of a geo Entity location is returned as a GeoPosition object:
GeoAntipode[Entity["City", {"NewYork", "NewYork", "UnitedStates"}]]Find the antipodes of a GeoPosition array:
GeoPosition[{{40, 10}, {-30, 60}, {70, -100}}]GeoAntipode[%]Find out the antipode of a geo path:
GeoAntipode[GeoPath[{Here, GeoPosition[{20, -80}]}]]Applications (2)
Take the polygon of South America:
pol = EntityValue[Entity["GeographicRegion", "SouthAmerica"], "Polygon"]Compute the antipodal polygon:
antipol = GeoAntipode[pol]Draw a map of the antipodal polygon of South America:
GeoGraphics[{Red, antipol}]Draw the antipode of Antarctica around the North Pole:
pol = EntityValue[Entity["GeographicRegion", "Antarctica"], "Polygon"];GeoGraphics[GeoAntipode[pol], GeoGridLines -> Automatic]Properties & Relations (4)
The antipode of the antipode of a location is the original location:
HereGeoAntipode[%]GeoAntipode[%]If location p is east of location q, then the antipode of p is also east of the antipode of q:
p = GeoPosition[{30, 50}];
q = GeoPosition[{-10, 20}];Longitude[q] < Longitude[p]ap = GeoAntipode[p]aq = GeoAntipode[q]Longitude[aq] < Longitude[ap]However, if p is north of q, then the antipode of p is south of the antipode of q:
Latitude[q] < Latitude[p]Latitude[aq] < Latitude[ap]The day and night hemispheres for a given date are antipodal:
DayHemisphere[Now]GeoAntipode[%]GeoAntipode[%]The day-night terminator is its own antipode:
With[{date = Now}, GeoAntipode[DayNightTerminator[date]] === DayNightTerminator[date]]The geo hemispheres of two antipodal locations are complementary:
GeoGraphics[{Yellow, GeoHemisphere[Here], Red, GeoHemisphere[GeoAntipode[Here]]}]They are related by this simple identity:
GeoAntipode[GeoHemisphere[Here]] === GeoHemisphere[GeoAntipode[Here]]Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2017), GeoAntipode, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoAntipode.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2017. "GeoAntipode." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoAntipode.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2017). GeoAntipode. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoAntipode.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_geoantipode, author="Wolfram Research", title="{GeoAntipode}", year="2017", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoAntipode.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2026_geoantipode, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={GeoAntipode}, year={2017}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoAntipode.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}