SGPdotNET.CoordinateSystem

Coordinate

Stores a generic location

public abstract class SGPdotNET.CoordinateSystem.Coordinate

Methods

Type	Name	Summary
Angle	AngleTo(Coordinate to)	Calculates the Great Circle distance as an angle to another geodetic coordinate, ignoring altitude
Boolean	CanSee(Coordinate other)	Returns true if there is line-of-sight between this coordinate and the supplied one by checking if this coordinate is within the footprint of the other
Double	DistanceTo(Coordinate to)	Calculates the Great Circle distance (km) to another coordinate
Boolean	Equals(Coordinate other)
Boolean	Equals(Object obj)
Double	GetFootprint()	Calculates the visibility radius (km) of the satellite by which any distances from this coordinate less than the radius are able to see this coordinate
Angle	GetFootprintAngle()	Calculates the visibility radius (radians) of the satellite by which any distances from this coordinate less than the radius are able to see this coordinate
List<GeodeticCoordinate>	GetFootprintBoundary(Int32 numPoints = 60)	Gets a list of geodetic coordinates which define the bounds of the visibility footprint at a specific time
Int32	GetHashCode()
TopocentricObservation	Observe(Coordinate to, Nullable<DateTime> time = null)	Calculates the look angles between this coordinate and target
String	ToDegreesMinutesSeconds()	Converts this coordinate to its Degrees-Minutes-Seconds (DMS) representation, disregarding altitude
EciCoordinate	ToEci(DateTime dt)	Converts this coordinate to an ECI one
GeodeticCoordinate	ToGeodetic()	Converts this coordinate to a geodetic one
String	ToMaidenhead(MaidenheadPrecision precision = FiveKilometers, MaidenheadStandard standard = AaToXx)	Converts this coordinate to its Maidenhead Locator System representation, disregarding altitude
Vector3	ToSphericalEcef()	Converts this coordinate to an ECEF one, assuming a spherical earth

Static Fields

Type	Name	Summary
Coordinate	NorthPole	A coordinate that represents the geographic North Pole
Coordinate	SouthPole	A coordinate that represents the geographic South Pole

EciCoordinate

Stores an Earth-centered inertial position for a particular time

public class SGPdotNET.CoordinateSystem.EciCoordinate
    : Coordinate

Properties

Type	Name	Summary
Vector3	Position	The position component of the coordinate
DateTime	Time	The time component of the coordinate
Vector3	Velocity	The velocity component of the coordinate

Methods

Type	Name	Summary
Boolean	Equals(EciCoordinate other)
Boolean	Equals(Object obj)
Int32	GetHashCode()
EciCoordinate	ToEci(DateTime dt)
GeodeticCoordinate	ToGeodetic()	Converts this ECI position to a geodetic one
String	ToString()

GeodeticCoordinate

Stores a geodetic location

public class SGPdotNET.CoordinateSystem.GeodeticCoordinate
    : Coordinate

Properties

Type	Name	Summary
Double	Altitude	Altitude in kilometers
Angle	Latitude	Latitude, where -PI/2 (South Pole) <= latitude (radians) < PI/2 (North Pole)
Angle	Longitude	Longitude, where -PI <= longitude (radians) < PI

Methods

Type	Name	Summary
Boolean	Equals(Object obj)
Boolean	Equals(GeodeticCoordinate other)
Int32	GetHashCode()
EciCoordinate	ToEci(DateTime dt)	Converts this geodetic position to an ECI one
GeodeticCoordinate	ToGeodetic()
String	ToString()

MaidenheadPrecision

Defines the avilable granularities for the conversion to the Maidenhead system

public enum SGPdotNET.CoordinateSystem.MaidenheadPrecision
    : Enum, IComparable, IFormattable, IConvertible

Enum

Value	Name	Summary
0	ThousandKilometers	One pair, accurate to 1111.2 kilometers
1	HunderedKilometers	Two pairs, accurate to 111.12 kilometers
2	FiveKilometers	Three pairs, accurate to 4.630 kilometers
3	FiveHundredMeters	Four pairs, accurate to 463 meters
4	TwentyMeters	Five pairs, accurate to 19.2917 meters
5	TwoMeters	Six pairs, accurate to 1.9292 meters

MaidenheadStandard

Defines the available standards for converting the 5th pair of the Maidenhead Locator System

public enum SGPdotNET.CoordinateSystem.MaidenheadStandard
    : Enum, IComparable, IFormattable, IConvertible

Enum

Value	Name	Summary
0	AaToXx	The standard where the 5th pair ranges from AA to XX
1	AaToYy	The standard where the 5th pair ranges from AA to YY