GreatCircle Class Reference

#include <greatcircle.h>

Public Member Functions
	GreatCircle (double az1, double alt1, double az2, double alt2)
double	altAtAz (double azDegrees) const
void	waypoint (double fraction, double *az, double *alt) const

Detailed Description

A class to compute points along a great circle from one az/alt to another.

Author

Hy Murveit

Version

1.0

Definition at line 27 of file greatcircle.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

GreatCircle()

GreatCircle::GreatCircle	(	double	az1,
		double	alt1,
		double	az2,
		double	alt2 )

Construct a GreatCircle object for a path between az1,alt1 to az2,alt2.

Parameters

az1	starting azimuth value (degrees).
alt1	starting altitude value (degrees).
az2	ending azimuth value (degrees).
alt2	ending altitude value (degrees).

Definition at line 37 of file greatcircle.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

altAtAz()

double GreatCircle::altAtAz

(

double

azDegrees

)

const

Definition at line 90 of file greatcircle.cpp.

waypoint()

void GreatCircle::waypoint	(	double	fraction,
		double *	az,
		double *	alt ) const

Return the azimuth and altitude for a waypoint.

Parameters

fraction	the desired fraction of the total path
az	the returned azimuth value (degrees)
alt	the returned altitude value (degrees)

Definition at line 75 of file greatcircle.cpp.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• greatcircle.h
• greatcircle.cpp