org.gscg.common.geo
Class CalculateLatLonDistance

java.lang.Object
  org.gscg.common.geo.CalculateLatLonDistance

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class CalculateLatLonDistance

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

Calculates the distance between two lat/long points. The distance is returned in km.

Copyright (c) 2003-2005 Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628 BX Delft, the Netherlands. All rights reserved. See for project information www.simulation.tudelft.nl . The source code and binary code of this software is proprietary information of Delft University of Technology.

Since:

1.0.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2005/06/16 12:34:08 $

Author:

Stijn-Pieter van Houten

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

CalculateLatLonDistance()
constructs a new CalculateLatLonDistance

Method Summary

double	getDistance(nl.tudelft.simulation.dsol.animation.LocatableInterface location1, nl.tudelft.simulation.dsol.animation.LocatableInterface location2)
double	getDistance(javax.vecmath.Point2d location1, javax.vecmath.Point2d location2) Returns the distance between two points (lat/lon) in kilometres.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CalculateLatLonDistance

public CalculateLatLonDistance()

constructs a new CalculateLatLonDistance

Method Detail

getDistance

public double getDistance(nl.tudelft.simulation.dsol.animation.LocatableInterface location1,
                          nl.tudelft.simulation.dsol.animation.LocatableInterface location2)

Parameters:

location1 - location 1

location2 - location 2

Returns:

returns the distance

getDistance

public double getDistance(javax.vecmath.Point2d location1,
                          javax.vecmath.Point2d location2)

Returns the distance between two points (lat/lon) in kilometres.

Parameters:

location1 - location 1

location2 - location 2

Returns:

returns the distance in kilometres

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Parameters:

args - command line arguments