ucar.mcidas

Class ConversionUtility

java.lang.Object

ucar.mcidas.ConversionUtility

public class ConversionUtility
extends Object

A collection of methods for doing various conversions.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ConversionUtility()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static float	FloatLatLon(int dddmmss) Convert a latitude or longitude in dddmmss format to floating point.
static double	GouldToNative(int inVal) Convert a Gould format floating point number to native double format
static float	LatLonToDistance(float lat1, float lon1, float lat2, float lon2) Find the distance in km between two points given the lats/lons.
static void	swap(int[] array, int first, int last) swap the bytes of an integer array

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConversionUtility

public ConversionUtility()

Method Detail

LatLonToDistance

public static float LatLonToDistance(float lat1,
                                     float lon1,
                                     float lat2,
                                     float lon2)

Find the distance in km between two points given the lats/lons.

Parameters:

lat1 - - latitude of first point

lat2 - - latitude of second point

lon1 - - longitude of first point

lon2 - - longitude of second point

Returns:

- the distance in km between the two input points

FloatLatLon

public static float FloatLatLon(int dddmmss)

Convert a latitude or longitude in dddmmss format to floating point.

Parameters:

dddmmss - - latitude or longitude

Returns:

- floating point representation of the input parameter.

GouldToNative

public static double GouldToNative(int inVal)

Convert a Gould format floating point number to native double format

Parameters:

inVal - - input Gould value

Returns:

- the input value converted to double floating point

swap

public static void swap(int[] array,
                        int first,
                        int last)

swap the bytes of an integer array

Parameters:

array - array of integers to be flipped

first - starting element of the array

last - last element of array to flip