Java Degree Convert to degreesMinSecToDegrees(String position)

Description

degrees Min Sec To Degrees

License

LGPL

Declaration

public static double degreesMinSecToDegrees(String position) throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from w  w w  .  j a  va  2s . c  om*/
 * Offers various useful methods related to geopositionning.
 * <p>License: This library is under the GNU Lesser General Public License</p>
 *
 * @author Praplan Christophe
 * @author Velen Stephane
 * @version 1.0 <p>Geneva, the 23.03.2006
 */

public class Main {

    public static double degreesMinSecToDegrees(String position) throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException {
        double result;
        try {
            if (position.charAt(position.length() - 1) == 'W' || position.charAt(position.length() - 1) == 'E') {
                result = Double.parseDouble(position.substring(7, 12)) / 60;
                result = (Double.parseDouble(position.substring(4, 6)) + result) / 60;
                result += Double.parseDouble(position.substring(0, 3));
            } else {
                result = Double.parseDouble(position.substring(6, 11)) / 60;
                result = (Double.parseDouble(position.substring(3, 5)) + result) / 60;
                result += Double.parseDouble(position.substring(0, 2));
            }
            if (position.charAt(position.length() - 1) == 'W' || position.charAt(position.length() - 1) == 'S')
                return -result;
            else
                return result;
        } catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("Bad entry format");
        }
    }
}

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2. degrees(double d)
3. degrees2Dist(double degrees, double radius)
4. degreesDiff(double a1, double a2)
5. degreeSin(double angle)
6. degreesToDecimal(String input)
7. degreesToMetres(double degrees)
8. degreesToPercent(float n)
9. degreesToRA(double val)