geographiclib.geodesicline Namespace Reference

Classes
class	GeodesicLine

Detailed Description

Define the :class:`~geographiclib.geodesicline.GeodesicLine` class

The constructor defines the starting point of the line.  Points on the
line are given by

* :meth:`~geographiclib.geodesicline.GeodesicLine.Position` position
  given in terms of distance
* :meth:`~geographiclib.geodesicline.GeodesicLine.ArcPosition` position
  given in terms of spherical arc length

A reference point 3 can be defined with

* :meth:`~geographiclib.geodesicline.GeodesicLine.SetDistance` set
  position of 3 in terms of the distance from the starting point
* :meth:`~geographiclib.geodesicline.GeodesicLine.SetArc` set
  position of 3 in terms of the spherical arc length from the starting point

The object can also be constructed by

* :meth:`Geodesic.Line <geographiclib.geodesic.Geodesic.Line>`
* :meth:`Geodesic.DirectLine <geographiclib.geodesic.Geodesic.DirectLine>`
* :meth:`Geodesic.ArcDirectLine
  <geographiclib.geodesic.Geodesic.ArcDirectLine>`
* :meth:`Geodesic.InverseLine <geographiclib.geodesic.Geodesic.InverseLine>`

The public attributes for this class are

* :attr:`~geographiclib.geodesicline.GeodesicLine.a`
  :attr:`~geographiclib.geodesicline.GeodesicLine.f`
  :attr:`~geographiclib.geodesicline.GeodesicLine.caps`
  :attr:`~geographiclib.geodesicline.GeodesicLine.lat1`
  :attr:`~geographiclib.geodesicline.GeodesicLine.lon1`
  :attr:`~geographiclib.geodesicline.GeodesicLine.azi1`
  :attr:`~geographiclib.geodesicline.GeodesicLine.salp1`
  :attr:`~geographiclib.geodesicline.GeodesicLine.calp1`
  :attr:`~geographiclib.geodesicline.GeodesicLine.s13`
  :attr:`~geographiclib.geodesicline.GeodesicLine.a13`