Package org.geotools.measure
Class Longitude
- All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
,Comparable<Angle>
A longitude angle. Positive longitudes are East, while negative longitudes are West.
- Since:
- 2.0
- Author:
- Martin Desruisseaux (PMO, IRD)
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MIN_VALUE
public static final double MIN_VALUEMinimum legal value for longitude (-180°).- See Also:
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MAX_VALUE
public static final double MAX_VALUEMaximum legal value for longitude (+180°).- See Also:
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Constructor Details
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Longitude
public Longitude(double theta) Contruct a new longitude with the specified value.- Parameters:
theta
- Angle in degrees.
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Longitude
Constructs a newly allocatedLongitude
object that represents the longitude 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 (E or W) is optional (default to East).- Parameters:
theta
- A string to be converted to aLongitude
.- Throws:
NumberFormatException
- if the string does not contain a parsable longitude.
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