org.geotools.measure
Class Latitude

Object
  Angle
      Latitude

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable

public final class Latitude
extends Angle

A latitude angle. Positive latitudes are North, while negative latitudes are South. This class has no direct OpenGIS equivalent.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Martin Desruisseaux

See Also:

Longitude, AngleFormat, Serialized Form

Module:

modules/library/referencing (gt2-referencing.jar) (Maven report) (SVN head)

Field Summary

static double	MAX_VALUE Maximum legal value for latitude (+90°).
static double	MIN_VALUE Minimum legal value for latitude (-90°).

Constructor Summary

Latitude(double theta)
Contruct a new latitude with the specified value.

Latitude(String theta)
Constructs a newly allocated Latitude object that represents the latitude value represented by the string.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class Angle

compareTo, degrees, equals, hashCode, radians, toString

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MIN_VALUE

public static final double MIN_VALUE

Minimum legal value for latitude (-90°).

See Also:

Constant Field Values

MAX_VALUE

public static final double MAX_VALUE

Maximum legal value for latitude (+90°).

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Latitude

public Latitude(double theta)

Contruct a new latitude with the specified value.

Parameters:

theta - Angle in degrees.

Latitude

public Latitude(String theta)
         throws NumberFormatException

Constructs a newly allocated Latitude object that represents the latitude value represented by the string. The string should represents an angle in either fractional degrees (e.g. 45.5°) or degrees with minutes and seconds (e.g. 45°30'). The hemisphere (N or S) is optional (default to North).

Parameters:

theta - A string to be converted to a Latitude.

Throws:

NumberFormatException - if the string does not contain a parsable latitude.