Internal Documentation/Classes

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Class Point

Defined in file coordinate_transforms/point.py.

Discussion

The Point class defines a point on the geode surface in terms of latitude and longitude.

Point Attributes

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.

Point Methods

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.

Notes

This class is defined on the 'old' way. Needs to be changed to the new method before moving to python 2.6.

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Internal Documentation/Classes