/*
* GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://geotools.org
*
* (C) 1999-2008, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
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*
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*/
package org.geotools.measure;
/**
* A latitude angle. Positive latitudes are North, while negative
* latitudes are South. This class has no direct OpenGIS equivalent.
*
* @since 2.0
* @source $URL$
* @version $Id$
* @author Martin Desruisseaux (PMO, IRD)
*
* @see Longitude
* @see AngleFormat
*/
public final class Latitude extends Angle {
/**
* Serial number for interoperability with different versions.
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = -4496748683919618976L;
/**
* Minimum legal value for latitude (-90°).
*/
public static final double MIN_VALUE = -90;
/**
* Maximum legal value for latitude (+90°).
*/
public static final double MAX_VALUE = +90;
/**
* Contruct a new latitude with the specified value.
*
* @param theta Angle in degrees.
*/
public Latitude(final double theta) {
super(theta);
}
/**
* Constructs a newly allocated {@code Latitude} object that
* represents the latitude value represented by the string. The
* string should represents an angle in either fractional degrees
* (e.g. 45.5°) or degrees with minutes and seconds (e.g. 45°30').
* The hemisphere (N or S) is optional (default to North).
*
* @param theta A string to be converted to a {@code Latitude}.
* @throws NumberFormatException if the string does not contain a parsable latitude.
*/
public Latitude(final String theta) throws NumberFormatException {
super(theta);
}
}