net.motionintelligence.client.api.util

Class GeoUtil

java.lang.Object

net.motionintelligence.client.api.util.GeoUtil

public final class GeoUtil
extends Object

Utility class with useful methods such as unit conversion

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Coordinate	degreeToMeters(double latitude) Convert a latitude into x - y coordinates in meters Source: http://pordlabs.ucsd.edu/matlab/coord.htm
Coordinate	metersToDegrees(double meters, double latitude) Convert a length from meters to degrees with respect to a certain latitude

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

degreeToMeters

public Coordinate degreeToMeters(double latitude)

Convert a latitude into x - y coordinates in meters Source: http://pordlabs.ucsd.edu/matlab/coord.htm

Parameters:

latitude - Latitude for conversion

Returns:

Converted coordinate in meters

metersToDegrees

public Coordinate metersToDegrees(double meters,
                                  double latitude)

Convert a length from meters to degrees with respect to a certain latitude

Parameters:

meters - Length in meters to be converted to degrees

latitude - Latitude to be used for conversion

Returns:

Converted coordinate in degrees