de.fhg.igd.gps
Class Latitude

java.lang.Object
  de.fhg.igd.gps.AngularDistance
      de.fhg.igd.gps.Latitude

public class Latitude

extends AngularDistance

This class represents a geographic latitiude used for global positioning.

Author:

Dennis Bartussek

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class de.fhg.igd.gps.AngularDistance

deg_, FORMAT_DEG, FORMAT_DEG_MIN, FORMAT_DEG_MIN_SEC, FORMAT_SIGNED, MAX_VALUE, NEG_CHAR, POS_CHAR

Constructor Summary

Latitude()
Constructs a new Latitude.

Latitude(double degrees)
Constructs a new Latitude that represents the specified double argument, measured in decimal degrees.

Method Summary

Latitude

deepClone() Returns a deep clone of this Latitude.

Methods inherited from class de.fhg.igd.gps.AngularDistance

getDegrees, minuteToDegree, normalize, parse, parseGpsField, setDegrees, toString, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Latitude

public Latitude()

Constructs a new Latitude.

Latitude

public Latitude(double degrees)

Constructs a new Latitude that represents the specified double argument, measured in decimal degrees.

Parameters:

degrees - the value to be represented by this Latitude

Method Detail

deepClone

public Latitude deepClone()

Returns a deep clone of this Latitude.

Returns:

a deep clone of this Latitude