Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of ClassPoint

Timestamp:

Feb 27, 2009, 3:29:17 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

rwilson

Comment:

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ClassPoint

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 == Discussion ==
 
-The Point class defines a point on the geode surface in terms of latitude and longitude. The great-circle distance to other points on the surface may be computed.
+The Point class defines a point on the geode surface in terms of latitude and longitude.
 
 == Point Attributes ==
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 || '''degrees2radians''' || Internal constant used to convert degrees to radians. ||
 || '''R''' || Internal constant holding radius of the Earth in metres. ||
-|| '''latitude''' || The latitude of the point. ||
-|| '''longitude''' || The longitude of the point. ||
-|| '''coslat''' || Cosine of the point's latitude. ||
-|| '''coslon''' || Cosine of the point's longitude. ||
-|| '''sinlat''' || Sine of the point's latitude. ||
-|| '''sinlon''' || Sine of the point's longitude. ||
+|| '''latitude''' || The latitude of the Point. ||
+|| '''longitude''' || The longitude of the Point. ||
+|| '''coslat''' || Cosine of the Point's latitude. ||
+|| '''coslon''' || Cosine of the Point's longitude. ||
+|| '''sinlat''' || Sine of the Point's latitude. ||
+|| '''sinlon''' || Sine of the Point's longitude. ||
 
 == Point Methods ==
 
-|| '''!BearingTo(self, P)''' || Returns the bearing in degrees from `self` to point `P`. ||
-|| '''!DistanceTo(self, P)!!! || Returns the distance from `self` to `P` in metres. ||
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+|| '''!BearingTo(self, P)''' || Returns the bearing in degrees from `self` to `P`. ||
+|| '''!DistanceTo(self, P)''' || Returns the distance from `self` to `P` in metres. ||
+|| '''!Dist(self, P)''' || Return a cheap and cheerful approximation of the distance from `self` to `P`.  Roughly the degress seperation. ||
+|| '''!GCA(self, P)''' || Returns the great circle angle between `self` and `P`. ||
+|| '''!AZ(self, P)''' || Returns the azimuth bearing from `self` to `P`. ||
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