com.raben.telescope.comm
Class MeadeCoordinateConverter

java.lang.Object
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public class MeadeCoordinateConverter

extends java.lang.Object

Facade to encode and decode Meade coordinate formats

Author:

Vern Raben

Constructor Summary

MeadeCoordinateConverter()
Creates a new instance of MeadeCoordinateConverter

Method Summary

double	decodeAltitudeString(java.lang.String alt) Decode altitude or declination string in form of sDD*MM'SS# or sDD*MM
double	decodeAzimuthString(java.lang.String az)
java.awt.geom.Point2D	decodeCoordinatesFromNemaString(java.lang.String nemaStr) Decode coordinates from GPS NEMA string
double	decodeRightAscensionString(java.lang.String str) Decode right ascension string
java.util.Calendar	decodeTimeFromNemaString(java.lang.String nemaStr) Decode date and time from GPS NEMA string
java.lang.String	encodeAltitudeAsString(double altitude)
java.lang.String	encodeAzimuthAsString(double azimuth)
java.lang.String	encodeDeclinationAsString(double decl)
java.lang.String	encodeRightAscensionAsString(double ra)
TelescopeModel	getTelescopeModel() Get the Telescope model
boolean	isHighPrecision() Returns whether precision is high or not
void	setHighPrecision(boolean precision) Set whether encode/decode should be high precision
void	setTelescopeModel(TelescopeModel telescopeModel) Set the Telescope model

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MeadeCoordinateConverter

public MeadeCoordinateConverter()

Creates a new instance of MeadeCoordinateConverter

Method Detail

decodeAltitudeString

public double decodeAltitudeString(java.lang.String alt)

Decode altitude or declination string in form of sDD*MM'SS# or sDD*MM

Parameters:

alt - or dec string

Returns:

altitude or declination in degrees

decodeAzimuthString

public double decodeAzimuthString(java.lang.String az)

decodeRightAscensionString

public double decodeRightAscensionString(java.lang.String str)

Decode right ascension string

Parameters:

str - String to decode in format HH:MM.T# or HH:MM:SS#

Returns:

Angle in degres

encodeAltitudeAsString

public java.lang.String encodeAltitudeAsString(double altitude)

encodeAzimuthAsString

public java.lang.String encodeAzimuthAsString(double azimuth)

encodeRightAscensionAsString

public java.lang.String encodeRightAscensionAsString(double ra)

encodeDeclinationAsString

public java.lang.String encodeDeclinationAsString(double decl)

getTelescopeModel

public TelescopeModel getTelescopeModel()

Get the Telescope model

Returns:

Model of telescope

setTelescopeModel

public void setTelescopeModel(TelescopeModel telescopeModel)

Set the Telescope model

Parameters:

telescopeModel - to be used

setHighPrecision

public void setHighPrecision(boolean precision)

Set whether encode/decode should be high precision

Parameters:

precision - True if high precision is to be used

isHighPrecision

public boolean isHighPrecision()

Returns whether precision is high or not

Returns:

boolean true if high precision

decodeCoordinatesFromNemaString

public java.awt.geom.Point2D decodeCoordinatesFromNemaString(java.lang.String nemaStr)

Decode coordinates from GPS NEMA string

Parameters:

nemaStr -

Returns:

Geographic coordinate in degrees

decodeTimeFromNemaString

public java.util.Calendar decodeTimeFromNemaString(java.lang.String nemaStr)

Decode date and time from GPS NEMA string

Parameters:

nemaStr -

Returns:

Date/time UTC