public class Coordinates
extends java.lang.Object
| Modifier and Type | Field and Description | 
|---|---|
static int | 
DD_MM
Identifier for string coordinate representation Degrees, Minutes, decimal fractions of a minute
 See Also:Constant Field Values 
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static int | 
DD_MM_SS
Identifier for string coordinate representation Degrees, Minutes, Seconds and decimal fractions of a second
 See Also:Constant Field Values 
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| Constructor and Description | 
|---|
Coordinates(double latitude,
           double longitude)  | 
Coordinates(double latitude,
           double longitude,
           double altitude)
Create a Coordinate object with 3 parameters:
 latitude, longitude and altitude 
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| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
double | 
azimuthTo(Coordinates to)
Calculates the azimuth between the two points according to 
 the ellipsoid model of WGS84. 
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static java.lang.String | 
convert(double coordinate,
       int outputType)
UNTESTED as of April 7, 2009 - BB
 /
        
        /**
 Converts a double representation of a coordinate with decimal degrees into a string
 representation. 
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static double | 
convert(java.lang.String coordinate)
Converts a String representation of a coordinate into the double representation as
 used in this API. 
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double | 
distance(Coordinates to)
Calculates the geodetic distance between the two points according 
 to the ellipsoid model of WGS84. 
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double | 
getAltitude()
Altitude above mean sea level. 
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double | 
getLatitude()
Returns the latitude component of this coordinate. 
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double | 
getLongitude()
Returns the longitude component of this coordinate. 
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void | 
setAltitude(double altitude)  | 
void | 
setLatitude(double latitude)  | 
void | 
setLongitude(double longitude)  | 
public static final int DD_MM
public static final int DD_MM_SS
public Coordinates(double latitude,
                   double longitude,
                   double altitude)
latitude - longitude - altitude - public Coordinates(double latitude,
                   double longitude)
public double getLatitude()
Returns the latitude component of this coordinate. Positive values indicate northern latitude and negative values southern latitude.
The latitude is given in WGS84 datum.
setLatitude(double)public void setLatitude(double latitude)
public void setLongitude(double longitude)
public double getLongitude()
Returns the longitude component of this coordinate. Positive values indicate eastern longitude and negative values western longitude.
The longitude is given in WGS84 datum.
setLongitude(double)public void setAltitude(double altitude)
public double getAltitude()
public double azimuthTo(Coordinates to)
Calculates the azimuth between the two points according to the ellipsoid model of WGS84. The azimuth is relative to true north.
The Coordinates object on which this method is called is considered the origin for the calculation and the Coordinates object passed as a parameter is the destination which the azimuth is calculated to.
The azimuth (in degrees) increases clockwise. On this coordinate system, north is 0 degrees, east is 90 degrees, south is 180 degrees, and west is 270 degrees.
When the origin is the North pole and the destination is not the North pole, this method returns 180.0. When the origin is the South pole and the destination is not the South pole, this method returns 0.0. If the origin is equal to the destination, this method returns 0.0.
The implementation shall calculate the result as exactly as it can. However, it is required that the result is within 1 degree of the correct result.
public static java.lang.String convert(double coordinate,
                                       int outputType)
                                throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
coordinate - a double representation of a coordinateoutputType - identifier of the type of the string representation wanted for output
            The constant DD_MM_SS identifies the syntax 1 and the constant
            DD_MM identifies the syntax 2.java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the outputType is not one of the two constant values defined in this
             class or if the coordinate value is not within the range [-180.0,
             180.0) or is Double.NaNconvert(String)public static double convert(java.lang.String coordinate)
                      throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                             java.lang.NullPointerException
1. Degrees, minutes, seconds and decimal fractions of seconds. This is expressed as a string complying with the following BNF definition where the degrees are within the range [-179, 179] and the minutes and seconds are within the range [0, 59], or the degrees is -180 and the minutes, seconds and decimal fractions are 0:
 coordinate = degrees ":" minutes ":" seconds "."
 decimalfrac | degrees ":" minutes ":" seconds | degrees
 ":" minutes
 degrees = degreedigits | "-" degreedigits
 degreedigits = digit | nonzerodigit digit | "1" digit digit
 minutes = minsecfirstdigit digit
 seconds = minsecfirstdigit digit
 decimalfrac = 1*3digit 
 digit = "0" | "1" | "2" | "3" |
 "4" | "5" | "6" | "7" | "8" |
 "9"
 nonzerodigit = "1" | "2" | "3" | "4" |
 "5" | "6" | "7" | "8" | "9"
 minsecfirstdigit = "0" | "1" | "2" | "3" |
 "4" | "5"
 
2. Degrees, minutes and decimal fractions of minutes. This is expressed as a string complying with the following BNF definition where the degrees are within the range [-179, 179] and the minutes are within the range [0, 59], or the degrees is -180 and the minutes and decimal fractions are 0:
 coordinate = degrees ":" minutes "." decimalfrac | degrees
 ":" minutes
 degrees = degreedigits | "-" degreedigits
 degreedigits = digit | nonzerodigit digit | "1" digit digit
 minutes =
 minsecfirstdigit digit
 decimalfrac = 1*5digit
 digit = "0" |
 "1" | "2" | "3" | "4" | "5" |
 "6" | "7" | "8" | "9"
 nonzerodigit =
 "1" | "2" | "3" | "4" | "5" |
 "6" | "7" | "8" | "9"
 minsecfirstdigit = "0" | "1" | "2" | "3" |
 "4" | "5"
 
For example, for the double value of the coordinate 61.51d, the corresponding syntax 1 string is "61:30:36" and the corresponding syntax 2 string is "61:30.6".
coordinate - a String in either of the two representation specified abovejava.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the coordinate input parameter does not comply with the defined
             syntax for the specified typesjava.lang.NullPointerException - if the coordinate string is null convertpublic double distance(Coordinates to)
to - the point to calculate the geodetic to