Point Class Reference

Describe a specific point on the Earth surface. It can also store details about that point, such as its elevation and vegetation. Provides functions such as distance between two points, and projection along a bearing. More...

#include <geom.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	Point ()
	Point (double _lat, double _lon)
	Point (double _lat, double _lon, double _towerHeight)
double	distance (Point *p)
double	bearing (Point *p)
Point *	project (double bearing, double distance)
Public Attributes
double	lat
	Actual latitude of this point.
double	lon
	Actual longitude of this point.
double	elev
	Optional elevation of given point, usually filled by a Source object.
double	towerHeight
	Optional height of a tower at this point.
double	vegHeight
	Optional height of vegetation above ground elevation at this point, usually filled by a Source object.
int	vegType
	Optional raw vegetation type, usually filled by vegetation Source object.
int	vegCover
	Optional percentage (0-100) of vegetation cover as read from vegetation Source object.
int	landType
	Optional raw land use type, usually filled by a land-use Source object.
Friends
ostream &	operator<< (ostream &output, const Point &p)
	Output point in "(lat,long)" format.
ofstream &	operator<< (ofstream &output, const Point &p)
	Output point in "lat\tlong" format.
ifstream &	operator>> (ifstream &input, Point &p)
	Read in point in "lat\tlong" format.

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Detailed Description

Describe a specific point on the Earth surface. It can also store details about that point, such as its elevation and vegetation. Provides functions such as distance between two points, and projection along a bearing.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Point::Point

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)

Point::Point	(	double	_lat,
		double	_lon
	)

Create new Point object with given coordinates.

Parameters:

	_lat	Latitude to assign to new point (range -90 to 90)
	_lon	Longitude to assign to new point (range -180 to 180)

Point::Point	(	double	_lat,
		double	_lon,
		double	_towerHeight
	)

Create new Point object with given coordinates. Also set the height of a tower at this point to the height given in meters.

Parameters:

	_lat	Latitude to assign to new point (range -90 to 90)
	_lon	Longitude to assign to new point (range -180 to 180)
	_towerHeight	Height to assign to tower at this point (in meters)

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Member Function Documentation

double Point::distance

(

Point *

p

)

Calculate the distance between this point and the second given point.

Parameters:

p

Second point to compare this object against

Returns:

Distance between the two given points in kilometers

double Point::bearing

(

Point *

p

)

Calculate the compass bearing from this point towards the second given point. If we walk from this point using the returned bearing, we will reach the second point.

Parameters:

p

Second point to compare this object against.

Returns:

Bearing from this point towards second given point (value returned in radians (range 0 to 2)

Point* Point::project	(	double	bearing,
		double	distance
	)

Project this point along the given bearing line for the given distance and return the new point.

Parameters:

	bearing	Bearing to follow from this point in radians (range 0 to 2)
	distance	Distance to walk along bearing line in kilometers

Returns:

New point object after walking given distance along the bearing line.

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Friends And Related Function Documentation

ostream& operator<<	(	ostream &	output,
		const Point &	p
	)			[friend]

Output point in "(lat,long)" format.

ofstream& operator<<	(	ofstream &	output,
		const Point &	p
	)			[friend]

Output point in "lat\tlong" format.

ifstream& operator>>	(	ifstream &	input,
		Point &	p
	)			[friend]

Read in point in "lat\tlong" format.

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Member Data Documentation

double Point::lat

Actual latitude of this point.

double Point::lon

Actual longitude of this point.

double Point::elev

Optional elevation of given point, usually filled by a Source object.

double Point::towerHeight

Optional height of a tower at this point.

double Point::vegHeight

Optional height of vegetation above ground elevation at this point, usually filled by a Source object.

int Point::vegType

Optional raw vegetation type, usually filled by vegetation Source object.

int Point::vegCover

Optional percentage (0-100) of vegetation cover as read from vegetation Source object.

int Point::landType

Optional raw land use type, usually filled by a land-use Source object.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• geom.h

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