ECEFCoords#

class core.obs_coords.ECEFCoords(X, Y, Z)[source]#

Bases: object

Class to represent Earth-Centered-Earth-Fixed coordinates

__init__(X, Y, Z)[source]#

Constructor of ECEFCoords class

Parameters:

X (float) – X corrdinate (meters)
Y (float) – Y corrdinate (meters)
Z (float) – Z corrdinate (meters)

__str__()[source]#

Transform the object in string

Return type:: str
Returns:: String representation of coordinates

copy()[source]#

Copy the current object

Return type:: ECEFCoords
Returns:: A copy of current object

toGeoCoords()[source]#

Convert absolute geocentric coords to geodetic longitude, latitude and height

Return type:: GeoCoords
Returns:: GeoCoords representation of current coordinates

toENUCoords(base)[source]#

Convert local coordinates to absolute geocentric

Parameters:: base (Union[ECEFCoords, GeoCoords]) – Base coordinates
Return type:: ENUCoords
Returns:: Transformed coordinates

toECEFCoords()[source]#

Artificial function to ensure point is ECEFCoords

Return type:: ECEFCoords
Returns:: ECEFCoords

elevationTo(point)[source]#

Elevation between two ECEF coordinates

Parameters:: point (ECEFCoords) – Coordinate 2
Return type:: float
Returns:: Elevation (rad)

azimuthTo(point)[source]#

Azimut between two ECEF coordinates

Parameters:: point (ECEFCoords) – Coordinate 2
Return type:: float
Returns:: Azimuth (rad)

dot(point)[source]#: Dot product between two vectors

norm()[source]#

R^3 space euclidian norm of point

Return type:: float
Returns:: R^3 space euclidian norm

scalar(factor)[source]#

Scalar multiplication of a vector

Parameters:: factor (float) – Multiplication factor

distanceTo(point)[source]#

Distance between two ECEF coordinates

Parameters:: point (ECEFCoords) – Corrdinate 2
Return type:: float
Returns:: Distance (meters)

getX()[source]#

Return the X coordinate

Return type:: float

getY()[source]#

Return the X coordinate

Return type:: float

getZ()[source]#

Return the X coordinate

Return type:: float

setX(X)[source]#

Set the X coordinate

Parameters:: X (float) – X coordinate

setY(Y)[source]#

Set the Y coordinate

Parameters:: Y (float) – Y coordinate

setZ(Z)[source]#

Set the Z coordinate

Parameters:: Z (float) – Z coordinate