ucar.unidata.metdata

Interface Station

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

NamedStation

All Known Implementing Classes:

NamedStationImpl, SoundingStation

public interface Station
extends java.lang.Comparable, java.io.Serializable

Abstraction for a named reporting location.

Version:

$Revision: 1.9 $ $Date: 2005/05/13 18:31:30 $

Author:

Glenn Davis

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getIdentifier() Return a unique identifier.
double	getLatitude() Get the latitude value
double	getLongitude() Get the longitude value

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getIdentifier

java.lang.String getIdentifier()

Return a unique identifier. This might be an ICAO 4 letter id like "KDEN", a WMO block and station number as a string, or whatever.

Returns:

the unique identifier

getLatitude

double getLatitude()

Get the latitude value

Returns:

latitude (degrees)

getLongitude

double getLongitude()

Get the longitude value

Returns:

longitude (degrees)