JavaGrinders.spatial
Class PolarVector

java.lang.Object
  JavaGrinders.spatial.SpatialVector
      JavaGrinders.spatial.PolarVector

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public class PolarVector
extends SpatialVector

characterizes a spherical vector with degrees for longitude and latitude, and vector length

Constructor Summary

PolarVector()
constructor that creates a zero vector.

PolarVector(double longDeg, double latDeg, double vecLength)
constructor specifying initial degrees for longitude and latitude, and vector length.

Method Summary

void	copy(PolarVector v) copy other vector into this one
double	getLat() retrieves the latitude component in radians
double	getLatDeg() retrieves the latitude component in degrees
double	getLength() retrieves the length of the vector
double	getLong() retrieves the longitude component in radians
double	getLongDeg() retrieves the longitude component in degrees
void	setLat(double newLat) sets the latitude component in radians
void	setLatDeg(double newLatDeg) sets the latitude component in degrees
void	setLong(double newLong) sets the longitude component in radians
void	setLongDeg(double newLongDeg) sets the longitude component in degrees
SpatialVector	toSpatialVector() returns the vector as polar coordinates
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of the vector.
void	updateXYZ() returns the vector as polar coordinates

Methods inherited from class JavaGrinders.spatial.SpatialVector

applyVector, applyVector, clone, copy, cross, dot, equals, getConnect, getEuclidianDistance, getLengthSquared, getManhattanDistance, getManhattanLength, getPolarVector, getScaledPoint, getSpatialVector, getSquaredEuclidianDistance, getX, getXY, getY, getZ, minus, negate, negateX, negateY, negateZ, plus, remapLatLongToDistanceCoords, rotate, rotate, rotateXY, rotateXZ, scale, setConnect, setLength, setX, setY, setZ, subtract, times, toPoint, toPolarVector, unitLength

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PolarVector

public PolarVector(double longDeg,
                   double latDeg,
                   double vecLength)

constructor specifying initial degrees for longitude and latitude, and vector length. Longitude for the western hemisphere and latitude for the southern hemisphere are expressed as negative values

Parameters:

longDeg - longitude degrees

latDeg - latitude degrees

vecLength - the length of the vector

PolarVector

public PolarVector()

constructor that creates a zero vector.

Method Detail

copy

public void copy(PolarVector v)

copy other vector into this one

Parameters:

v - a 3d vector

getLongDeg

public final double getLongDeg()

retrieves the longitude component in degrees

Overrides:

getLongDeg in class SpatialVector

Returns:

longitude in degrees

getLong

public final double getLong()

retrieves the longitude component in radians

Overrides:

getLong in class SpatialVector

Returns:

longitude in radians

getLatDeg

public final double getLatDeg()

retrieves the latitude component in degrees

Overrides:

getLatDeg in class SpatialVector

Returns:

latitude in degrees

getLat

public final double getLat()

retrieves the latitude component in radians

Overrides:

getLat in class SpatialVector

Returns:

latitude in radians

getLength

public final double getLength()

retrieves the length of the vector

Overrides:

getLength in class SpatialVector

Returns:

the magnitude of the vector

setLongDeg

public void setLongDeg(double newLongDeg)

sets the longitude component in degrees

Parameters:

newLongDeg - longitude degrees

setLong

public void setLong(double newLong)

sets the longitude component in radians

Parameters:

newLong - longitude degrees in radians

setLatDeg

public void setLatDeg(double newLatDeg)

sets the latitude component in degrees

Parameters:

newLatDeg - latitude degrees

setLat

public void setLat(double newLat)

sets the latitude component in radians

Parameters:

newLat - latitude degrees in radians

updateXYZ

public void updateXYZ()

returns the vector as polar coordinates

toSpatialVector

public SpatialVector toSpatialVector()

returns the vector as polar coordinates

Overrides:

toSpatialVector in class SpatialVector

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of the vector. Overrides the toString method in the base Object class.

Overrides:

toString in class SpatialVector

Returns:

a string representation of the vector