edu.hkust.afchecker.data
Class GPSCoordinate

java.lang.Object
  edu.hkust.afchecker.data.GPSCoordinate

public class GPSCoordinate
extends java.lang.Object

Author: Andrew
File history: Created on July 22, 2011. Last update on Oct. 3, 2012
Description: GPS coordinates include latitude, longitude and altitude

Constructor Summary

GPSCoordinate(double lat, double lon, double alt)
constructor

Method Summary

static double	dist(GPSCoordinate loc1, GPSCoordinate loc2) compute the distance between two GPS coodinates ignoring the altitudes
double	getAltitude() get the altitude
static double	getGPSPrecision() get the precision level of the GPS sensor
double	getLatitude() get the latitude value
double	getLongitude() get the longitude
void	setAltitude(double alt) set the altitude to alt
static void	setGPSPrecision(double precision) set the tolerable precision level for GPS
void	setLatitude(double lat) set the latitude to lat
void	setLongitude(double lon) set the longitude to lon

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GPSCoordinate

public GPSCoordinate(double lat,
                     double lon,
                     double alt)

constructor

Parameters:

lat - latitude

lon - longitude

alt - altitude

Method Detail

setLatitude

public void setLatitude(double lat)

set the latitude to lat

Parameters:

lat -

getLatitude

public double getLatitude()

get the latitude value

Returns:

latitude

setLongitude

public void setLongitude(double lon)

set the longitude to lon

Parameters:

lon -

getLongitude

public double getLongitude()

get the longitude

Returns:

longitude

setAltitude

public void setAltitude(double alt)

set the altitude to alt

Parameters:

alt -

getAltitude

public double getAltitude()

get the altitude

Returns:

altitude

getGPSPrecision

public static double getGPSPrecision()

get the precision level of the GPS sensor

Returns:

precision in meters

setGPSPrecision

public static void setGPSPrecision(double precision)

set the tolerable precision level for GPS

Parameters:

precision - precision in meters

dist

public static double dist(GPSCoordinate loc1,
                          GPSCoordinate loc2)

compute the distance between two GPS coodinates ignoring the altitudes

Parameters:

loc1 -

loc2 -

Returns:

meters between two locations