Package org.jscience.geography.coordinates

Class LatLong

java.lang.Object
org.jscience.geography.coordinates.Coordinates<GeographicCRS<?>>
org.jscience.geography.coordinates.LatLong
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Cloneable, javolution.lang.Immutable, javolution.lang.Realtime, javolution.lang.ValueType, javolution.xml.XMLSerializable, org.opengis.spatialschema.geometry.DirectPosition, org.opengis.spatialschema.geometry.geometry.Position, org.opengis.util.Cloneable
public final class LatLong extends Coordinates<GeographicCRS<?>>
This class represents the geographic latitude/longitude coordinates onto the WGS84 ellipsoid.
See Also:

  • Field Details

    • CRS

      public static final GeographicCRS<LatLong> CRS
      Holds the coordinate reference system for all instances of this class.

  • Method Details

    • valueOf

      public static LatLong valueOf(double latitude, double longitude, Unit<Angle> unit)
      Returns the surface position corresponding to the specified coordinates.
      Parameters:
      latitude - the latitude value stated in the specified unit.
      longitude - the longitude value stated in the specified unit.
      unit - the angle unit in which the coordinates are stated (Degree typically).
      Returns:
      the corresponding surface position.

    • latitudeValue

      public final double latitudeValue(Unit<Angle> unit)
      Returns the latitude value as double
      Parameters:
      unit - the angle unit of the latitude to return.
      Returns:
      the latitude stated in the specified unit.

    • longitudeValue

      public final double longitudeValue(Unit<Angle> unit)
      Returns the longitude value as double
      Parameters:
      unit - the angle unit of the longitude to return.
      Returns:
      the longitude stated in the specified unit.

    • getCoordinateReferenceSystem

      public GeographicCRS<LatLong> getCoordinateReferenceSystem()
      Description copied from class: Coordinates
      Returns the reference system for this coordinates.
      Specified by:
      getCoordinateReferenceSystem in interface org.opengis.spatialschema.geometry.DirectPosition
      Specified by:
      getCoordinateReferenceSystem in class Coordinates<GeographicCRS<?>>
      Returns:
      the associated coordinate reference system.

    • getDimension

      public int getDimension()
      Description copied from class: Coordinates
      OpenGIS® - The length of coordinate sequence (the number of entries). This is determined by the coordinate reference system.
      Specified by:
      getDimension in interface org.opengis.spatialschema.geometry.DirectPosition
      Specified by:
      getDimension in class Coordinates<GeographicCRS<?>>
      Returns:
      the dimensionality of this position.

    • getOrdinate

      public double getOrdinate(int dimension) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
      Description copied from class: Coordinates
      OpenGIS® - Returns the ordinate at the specified dimension.
      Specified by:
      getOrdinate in interface org.opengis.spatialschema.geometry.DirectPosition
      Specified by:
      getOrdinate in class Coordinates<GeographicCRS<?>>
      Parameters:
      dimension - The dimension in the range 0 to dimension-1.
      Returns:
      The coordinate at the specified dimension.
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the specified dimension is out of bounds.

    • copy

      public LatLong copy()
      Description copied from class: Coordinates
      Returns a copy of these coordinates allocated by the calling thread (possibly on the stack).
      Specified by:
      copy in interface javolution.lang.ValueType
      Specified by:
      copy in class Coordinates<GeographicCRS<?>>
      Returns:
      an identical and independant copy of these coordinates .