GeographicLib  1.21
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GeographicLib::DMS Class Reference

Convert between degrees and DMS representation. More...

#include <GeographicLib/DMS.hpp>

List of all members.

Public Types

enum  flag {
  NONE, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, AZIMUTH,
  NUMBER
}
enum  component { DEGREE, MINUTE, SECOND }

Static Public Member Functions

static Math::real Decode (const std::string &dms, flag &ind)
static Math::real Decode (real d, real m=0, real s=0) throw ()
static void DecodeLatLon (const std::string &dmsa, const std::string &dmsb, real &lat, real &lon, bool swaplatlong=false)
static Math::real DecodeAngle (const std::string &angstr)
static Math::real DecodeAzimuth (const std::string &azistr)
static std::string Encode (real angle, component trailing, unsigned prec, flag ind, char dmssep)
static std::string Encode (real angle, component trailing, unsigned prec, flag ind=NONE)
static std::string Encode (real angle, unsigned prec, flag ind=NONE, char dmssep=char(0))
static void Encode (real ang, real &d, real &m) throw ()
static void Encode (real ang, real &d, real &m, real &s) throw ()

Detailed Description

Convert between degrees and DMS representation.

Parse a string representing degree, minutes, and seconds and return the angle in degrees and format an angle in degrees as degree, minutes, and seconds. In addition, handle NANs and infinities on input and output.

Example of use:

// Example of using the GeographicLib::DMS class
// $Id: c12828a51e75bb4a2a28f67768acdb405f63a197 $

#include <iostream>
#include <exception>
#include <GeographicLib/DMS.hpp>

using namespace std;
using namespace GeographicLib;

int main() {
  try {
    {
      string dms = "30d14'45.6\"S";
      DMS::flag type;
      double ang = DMS::Decode(dms, type);
      cout << type << " " << ang << "\n";
    }
    {
      double ang = -30.245715;
      string dms = DMS::Encode(ang, 6, DMS::LATITUDE);
      cout << dms << "\n";
    }
  }
  catch (const exception& e) {
    cerr << "Caught exception: " << e.what() << "\n";
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}

Member Enumeration Documentation

Indicator for presence of hemisphere indicator (N/S/E/W) on latitudes and longitudes.

Enumerator:
NONE 

No indicator present.

LATITUDE 

Latitude indicator (N/S) present.

LONGITUDE 

Longitude indicator (E/W) present.

AZIMUTH 

Used in Encode to indicate output of an azimuth in [000, 360) with no letter indicator.

NUMBER 

Used in Encode to indicate output of a plain number.

Definition at line 63 of file DMS.hpp.

Indicator for trailing units on an angle.

Enumerator:
DEGREE 

Trailing unit is degrees.

MINUTE 

Trailing unit is arc minutes.

SECOND 

Trailing unit is arc seconds.

Definition at line 95 of file DMS.hpp.


Member Function Documentation

Math::real GeographicLib::DMS::Decode ( const std::string &  dms,
flag ind 
) [static]

Convert a string in DMS to an angle.

Parameters:
[in]dmsstring input.
[out]inda DMS::flag value signaling the presence of a hemisphere indicator.
Returns:
angle (degrees).

Degrees, minutes, and seconds are indicated by the characters d, ' (single quote), " (double quote), and these components may only be given in this order. Any (but not all) components may be omitted and other symbols (e.g., the o symbol for degrees and the unicode prime and double prime symbols for minutes and seconds) may be substituted. The last component indicator may be omitted and is assumed to be the next smallest unit (thus 33d10 is interpreted as 33d10'). The final component may be a decimal fraction but the non-final components must be integers. Instead of using d, ', and " to indicate degrees, minutes, and seconds, : (colon) may be used to separate these components (numbers must appear before and after each colon); thus 50d30'10.3" may be written as 50:30:10.3, 5.5' may be written 0:5.5, and so on. The integer parts of the minutes and seconds components must be less than 60. A single leading sign is permitted. A hemisphere designator (N, E, W, S) may be added to the beginning or end of the string. The result is multiplied by the implied sign of the hemisphere designator (negative for S and W). In addition ind is set to DMS::LATITUDE if N or S is present, to DMS::LONGITUDE if E or W is present, and to DMS::NONE otherwise. Throws an error on a malformed string. No check is performed on the range of the result. Examples of legal and illegal strings are

  • LEGAL (all the entries on each line are equivalent)
    • -20.51125, 20d30'40.5"S, -20d30'40.5, -20d30.675, N-20d30'40.5", -20:30:40.5
    • 4d0'9, 4d9", 4d9'', 4:0:9, 004:00:09, 4.0025, 4.0025d, 4d0.15, 04:.15
  • ILLEGAL (the exception thrown explains the problem)
    • 4d5"4', 4::5, 4:5:, :4:5, 4d4.5'4", -N20.5, 1.8e2d, 4:60, 4d-5'

NOTE: At present, all the string handling in the C++ implementation GeographicLib is with 8-bit characters. The support for unicode symbols for degrees, minutes, and seconds is therefore via the UTF-8 encoding. (The Javascript implementation of this class uses unicode natively, of course.)

Here is the list of Unicode symbols supported for degrees, minutes, seconds:

  • degrees:
    • d, D lower and upper case letters
    • U+00b0 degree symbol
    • U+00ba masculine ordinal indicator
    • U+2070 superscript zero
  • minutes:
    • ' apostrophe
    • U+2032 prime
    • U+00b4 acute accent
  • seconds:
    • " quotation mark
    • U+2033 double prime
    • ' ' any two consecutive symbols for minutes

The codes with a leading zero byte, e.g., U+00b0, are accepted in their UTF-8 coded form 0xc2 0xb0 and as a single byte 0xb0.

Definition at line 31 of file DMS.cpp.

Referenced by main().

static Math::real GeographicLib::DMS::Decode ( real  d,
real  m = 0,
real  s = 0 
) throw () [inline, static]

Convert DMS to an angle.

Parameters:
[in]ddegrees.
[in]marc minutes.
[in]sarc seconds.
Returns:
angle (degrees)

This does not propagate the sign on d to the other components, so -3d20' would need to be represented as - DMS::Decode(3.0, 20.0) or DMS::Decode(-3.0, -20.0).

Definition at line 191 of file DMS.hpp.

void GeographicLib::DMS::DecodeLatLon ( const std::string &  dmsa,
const std::string &  dmsb,
real &  lat,
real &  lon,
bool  swaplatlong = false 
) [static]

Convert a pair of strings to latitude and longitude.

Parameters:
[in]dmsafirst string.
[in]dmsbsecond string.
[out]latlatitude.
[out]lonlongitude.
[in]swaplatlongif true assume longitude is given before latitude in the absence of hemisphere designators (default false).

By default, the lat (resp., lon) is assigned to the results of decoding dmsa (resp., dmsb). However this is overridden if either dmsa or dmsb contain a latitude or longitude hemisphere designator (N, S, E, W). Throws an error if the decoded numbers are out of the ranges [-90o, 90o] for latitude and [-180o, 360o] for longitude and, in which case lat and lon are unchanged. Finally the longitude is reduced to the range [-180o, 180o).

Definition at line 207 of file DMS.cpp.

Referenced by main().

Math::real GeographicLib::DMS::DecodeAngle ( const std::string &  angstr) [static]

Convert a string to an angle in degrees.

Parameters:
[in]angstrinput string.
Returns:
angle (degrees)

No hemisphere designator is allowed and no check is done on the range of the result.

Definition at line 240 of file DMS.cpp.

Referenced by ReadDistance().

Math::real GeographicLib::DMS::DecodeAzimuth ( const std::string &  azistr) [static]

Convert a string to an azimuth in degrees.

Parameters:
[in]azistrinput string.
Returns:
azimuth (degrees)

A hemisphere designator E/W can be used; the result is multiplied by -1 if W is present. Throws an error if the result is out of the range [-180o, 360o]. Finally the azimuth is reduced to the range [-180o, 180o).

Definition at line 249 of file DMS.cpp.

Referenced by main().

string GeographicLib::DMS::Encode ( real  angle,
component  trailing,
unsigned  prec,
flag  ind,
char  dmssep 
) [static]

Convert angle (in degrees) into a DMS string (using d, ', and ").

Parameters:
[in]angleinput angle (degrees)
[in]trailingDMS::component value indicating the trailing units on the string and this is given as a decimal number if necessary.
[in]precthe number of digits after the decimal point for the trailing component.
[in]indDMS::flag value indicated additional formatting.
[in]dmssepif non-null, use as the DMS separator character (instead of d, ', " delimiters).
Returns:
formatted string

The interpretation of ind is as follows:

  • ind == DMS::NONE, signed result no leading zeros on degrees except in the units place, e.g., -8d03'.
  • ind == DMS::LATITUDE, trailing N or S hemisphere designator, no sign, pad degrees to 2 digits, e.g., 08d03'S.
  • ind == DMS::LONGITUDE, trailing E or W hemisphere designator, no sign, pad degrees to 3 digits, e.g., 008d03'W.
  • ind == DMS::AZIMUTH, convert to the range [0, 360o), no sign, pad degrees to 3 digits, , e.g., 351d57'.

The integer parts of the minutes and seconds components are always given with 2 digits.

Definition at line 261 of file DMS.cpp.

Referenced by LatLonString(), AzimuthString(), DistanceStrings(), and main().

string GeographicLib::DMS::Encode ( real  angle,
component  trailing,
unsigned  prec,
flag  ind = NONE 
) [static]

Convert angle (in degrees) into a DMS string (using d, ', and ").

Parameters:
[in]angleinput angle (degrees)
[in]trailingDMS::component value indicating the trailing units on the string and this is given as a decimal number if necessary.
[in]precthe number of digits after the decimal point for the trailing component.
[in]indDMS::flag value indicated additional formatting.
Returns:
formatted string

COMPATIBILITY NOTE: This function calls Encode(real, component, unsigned, flag, char) with a 5th argument of char(0). At some point, Encode(real, component, unsigned, flag) and will be withdrawn and the interface to Encode(real, component, unsigned, flag, char) changed so that its 4th and 5th arguments have default values. This will preserve source-level compatibility.

Definition at line 338 of file DMS.cpp.

static std::string GeographicLib::DMS::Encode ( real  angle,
unsigned  prec,
flag  ind = NONE,
char  dmssep = char(0) 
) [inline, static]

Convert angle into a DMS string (using d, ', and ") selecting the trailing component based on the precision.

Parameters:
[in]angleinput angle (degrees)
[in]precthe precision relative to 1 degree.
[in]indDMS::flag value indicated additional formatting.
[in]dmssepif non-null, use as the DMS separator character (instead of d, ', " delimiters).
Returns:
formatted string

prec indicates the precision relative to 1 degree, e.g., prec = 3 gives a result accurate to 0.1' and prec = 4 gives a result accurate to 1". ind is interpreted as in DMS::Encode with the additional facility that DMS::NUMBER represents angle as a number in fixed format with precision prec.

Definition at line 332 of file DMS.hpp.

static void GeographicLib::DMS::Encode ( real  ang,
real &  d,
real &  m 
) throw () [inline, static]

Split angle into degrees and minutes

Parameters:
[in]angangle (degrees)
[out]ddegrees (an integer returned as a real)
[out]marc minutes.

Definition at line 348 of file DMS.hpp.

static void GeographicLib::DMS::Encode ( real  ang,
real &  d,
real &  m,
real &  s 
) throw () [inline, static]

Split angle into degrees and minutes and seconds.

Parameters:
[in]angangle (degrees)
[out]ddegrees (an integer returned as a real)
[out]marc minutes (an integer returned as a real)
[out]sarc seconds.

Definition at line 360 of file DMS.hpp.


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