org.geotools.measure
Class Latitude

java.lang.Object
  org.geotools.measure.Angle
      org.geotools.measure.Latitude

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, java.io.Serializable

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

Version:

$Id: Latitude.java 17672 2006-01-19 00:25:55Z desruisseaux $

Author:

Martin Desruisseaux

See Also:

Longitude, AngleFormat, Serialized Form

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

Methods inherited from class org.geotools.measure.Angle

compareTo, degrees, equals, hashCode, radians, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.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(java.lang.String theta)
         throws java.lang.NumberFormatException

Constructs a newly allocated 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 .

Throws:

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