de.fhg.igd.gps
Class CartesianCoordinate

java.lang.Object
  de.fhg.igd.gps.CartesianCoordinate

public class CartesianCoordinate

extends Object

This class provides a 3-dimensional, cartesian geo-coordinate, where the root of the coordinate system is geocentric, its x-axis points to (0°,0°), its y-axis points to (0°,90°E) and its z-axis points to (90°N, 0°).

Author:

Jan Peters

Field Summary

private double	x_
private double	y_
private double	z_

Constructor Summary

CartesianCoordinate(double x, double y, double z)

Method Summary

double	distanceFromCenter()
double	distanceTo(CartesianCoordinate cart) Approximated distance between to cartesian coordinates in meters on the globe (altitude is negelcted).
double	getX()
double	getY()
double	getZ()
static CartesianCoordinate	parseCoordinate(String coordinate)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

x_

private double x_

y_

private double y_

z_

private double z_

Constructor Detail

CartesianCoordinate

public CartesianCoordinate(double x,
                           double y,
                           double z)

Method Detail

parseCoordinate

public static CartesianCoordinate parseCoordinate(String coordinate)

getX

public double getX()

getY

public double getY()

getZ

public double getZ()

distanceFromCenter

public double distanceFromCenter()

distanceTo

public double distanceTo(CartesianCoordinate cart)

Approximated distance between to cartesian coordinates in meters on the globe (altitude is negelcted).

toString

public String toString()