ucar.visad
Class RadarGridCoordinateSystem

java.lang.Object
  visad.CoordinateSystem
      visad.georef.NavigatedCoordinateSystem
          ucar.visad.RadarGridCoordinateSystem

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class RadarGridCoordinateSystem
extends NavigatedCoordinateSystem

Class to transform lon/lat/elevation angle to lon/lat/altitude

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $ $Date: 2005/05/13 18:34:03 $

Author:

MetApps Development Team

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

RadarGridCoordinateSystem(double lat, double lon, double alt)
Construct a new RGCS with the center point

RadarGridCoordinateSystem(EarthLocation radLocation)
Construct a new RGCS with the center point

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj) Check to see if the object in question is equal to this.
double[][]	fromReference(double[][] lonlatalt) Transform lat/lon/alt to lat/lon/elevation angle
float[][]	fromReference(float[][] lonlatalt) Transform lat/lon/alt to lat/lon/elevation angle
double[][]	toReference(double[][] lonlatelev) Transform lon/lat/elevation angle to lat/lon/alt
float[][]	toReference(float[][] lonlatelev) Transform lon/lat/elevation angle to lat/lon/alt

Methods inherited from class visad.georef.NavigatedCoordinateSystem

getLatitudeIndex, getLongitudeIndex

Methods inherited from class visad.CoordinateSystem

canConvert, fromReference, fromReference, getCoordinateSystemUnits, getDimension, getReference, getReferenceUnits, toReference, toReference, transformCoordinates, transformCoordinates, transformCoordinates, transformCoordinates, transformCoordinatesFreeUnits, transformCoordinatesFreeUnits

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RadarGridCoordinateSystem

public RadarGridCoordinateSystem(EarthLocation radLocation)
                          throws VisADException

Construct a new RGCS with the center point

Parameters:

radLocation - radar location (lat/lon/alt)

Throws:

VisADException - couldn't create necessary VisAD objects

RadarGridCoordinateSystem

public RadarGridCoordinateSystem(double lat,
                                 double lon,
                                 double alt)
                          throws VisADException

Construct a new RGCS with the center point

Parameters:

lat - radar latitude

lon - radar longitude

alt - radar altitude

Throws:

VisADException - couldn't create necessary VisAD objects

Method Detail

toReference

public double[][] toReference(double[][] lonlatelev)
                       throws VisADException

Transform lon/lat/elevation angle to lat/lon/alt

Specified by:

toReference in class CoordinateSystem

Parameters:

lonlatelev - lon/lat/elevation angle data

Returns:

data as lat/lon/alt

Throws:

VisADException - bad array size or transformation problem

fromReference

public double[][] fromReference(double[][] lonlatalt)
                         throws VisADException

Transform lat/lon/alt to lat/lon/elevation angle

Specified by:

fromReference in class CoordinateSystem

Parameters:

lonlatalt - lat/lon/alt values

Returns:

transformed lon/lat/elevation

Throws:

VisADException - bad array size or transformation problem

toReference

public float[][] toReference(float[][] lonlatelev)
                      throws VisADException

Transform lon/lat/elevation angle to lat/lon/alt

Overrides:

toReference in class CoordinateSystem

Parameters:

lonlatelev - lon/lat/elevation angle data

Returns:

data as lat/lon/alt

Throws:

VisADException - bad array size or transformation problem

fromReference

public float[][] fromReference(float[][] lonlatalt)
                        throws VisADException

Transform lat/lon/alt to lat/lon/elevation angle

Overrides:

fromReference in class CoordinateSystem

Parameters:

lonlatalt - lat/lon/alt values

Returns:

transformed lon/lat/elevation

Throws:

VisADException - bad array size or transformation problem

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Check to see if the object in question is equal to this.

Specified by:

equals in class CoordinateSystem

Parameters:

obj - object in question

Returns:

true if they are equal