NAME
Geo::ECEF - Converts between ECEF (earth centered earth fixed) coordinates and latitude, longitude and height above ellipsoid.
SYNOPSIS
use Geo::ECEF;
my $obj=Geo::ECEF->new(); #WGS84 is the default
my ($x, $y, $z)=$obj->ecef(39.197807, -77.108574, 55); #Lat (deg), Lon (deg), HAE (meters)
print "X: $x\tY: $y\tZ: $z\n";
my ($lat, $lon, $hae)=$obj->geodetic($x, $y, $z); #X (meters), Y (meters), Z (meters)
print "Lat: $lat \tLon: $lon \tHAE $hae\n";DESCRIPTION
Geo::ECEF provides two methods ecef and geodetic. The ecef method calculates the X,Y and Z coordinates in the ECEF (earth centered earth fixed) coordinate system from latitude, longitude and height above the ellipsoid. The geodetic method calculates the latitude, longitude and height above ellipsoid from ECEF coordinates.
The formulas were found at http://www.u-blox.ch/ and http://waas.stanford.edu/~wwu/maast/maastWWW1_0.zip.
This code is an object Perl rewrite of a similar package by Morten Sickel, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority
CONSTRUCTOR
new
The new() constructor initializes the ellipsoid method.
my $obj=Geo::ECEF->new("WGS84"); #WGS84 is the defaultMETHODS
initialize
ellipsoid
Method to set or retrieve the current ellipsoid object. The ellipsoid is a Geo::Ellipsoids object.
my $ellipsoid=$obj->ellipsoid; #Default is WGS84
$obj->ellipsoid('Clarke 1866'); #Built in ellipsoids from Geo::Ellipsoids
$obj->ellipsoid({a=>1}); #Custom Sphere 1 unit radiusecef
Method returns X (meters), Y (meters), Z (meters) from lat (degrees), lon (degrees), HAE (meters).
my ($x, $y, $z)=$obj->ecef(39.197807, -77.108574, 55);ecef_rad
Method returns X (meters), Y (meters), Z (meters) from lat (radians), lon (radians), HAE (meters).
my ($x, $y, $z)=$obj->ecef(0.678, -0.234, 55);This method may be copyright Michael Kleder, April 2006 from mathworks.com
geodetic
Calls the default geodetic method. This user interface will not change,
Method returns latitude (degrees), longitude (degrees), HAE (meters) from X (meters), Y (meters), Z (meters).
my ($lat, $lon, $hae)=$obj->geodetic($x, $y, $z);geodetic_iterative
Method returns latitude (degrees), longitude (degrees), HAE (meters) from X (meters), Y (meters), Z (meters). This is an iterative calculation.
my ($lat, $lon, $hae)=$obj->geodetic($x, $y, $z);Portions of this method may be...
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Method returns latitude (degrees), longitude (degrees), HAE (meters) from X (meters), Y (meters), Z (meters). This is a direct (non-iterative) calculation from the gpsd distribution.
my ($lat, $lon, $hae)=$obj->geodetic($x, $y, $z);This method may be copyright Michael Kleder, April 2006 from mathworks.com
TODO
SUPPORT
DavisNetworks.com supports all Perl applications big or small.
BUGS
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LIMITS
Win32 platforms cannot tell the difference between the deprecated geo::ecef module and the current Geo::ECEF module. The way to tell is if Geo::ECEF->can("new");
AUTHORS
Michael R. Davis qw/perl michaelrdavis com/
Morten Sickel http://sickel.net/
LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2007-2010 Michael R. Davis (mrdvt92)
Copyright (c) 2005 Morten Sickel (sickel.net)
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
Geo::Ellipsoids, Geo::Functions, geo::ecef, Astro::Coord::ECI, Geo::Tools, http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/xyz_getxyz.prl, http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/