ucar.unidata.geoloc
Class Earth

java.lang.Object
  ucar.unidata.geoloc.Earth

Direct Known Subclasses:

EarthEllipsoid

public class Earth
extends java.lang.Object

Defines any necessary properties of the earth for use in georeferencing.

Author:

Russ Rew

Method Summary

double	getEccentricity() Get the eccentricity of the earth ellipsoid.
double	getFlattening() Get the flattening of the earth ellipsoid.
double	getMajor() Get the semimajor axis of the earth, in meters.
double	getMinor() Get the semiminor axis of the earth, in meters.
static double	getRadius() Get radius of spherical earth, in meters

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getEccentricity

public double getEccentricity()

Get the eccentricity of the earth ellipsoid.

Returns:

eccentricity

getFlattening

public double getFlattening()

Get the flattening of the earth ellipsoid.

Returns:

flattening

getMajor

public double getMajor()

Get the semimajor axis of the earth, in meters.

Returns:

semimajor axis in meters

getMinor

public double getMinor()

Get the semiminor axis of the earth, in meters.

Returns:

semiminor axis in meters

getRadius

public static double getRadius()

Get radius of spherical earth, in meters

Returns:

radius in meters