BaseGeodeticRepresentation

class astropy.coordinates.BaseGeodeticRepresentation(lon, lat=None, height=None, copy=True)

Bases: astropy.coordinates.BaseRepresentation

Base geodetic representation.

Parameters

lon, latLongitude, Latitude or equivalent

The longitude and latitude of the point(s), in angular units. The latitude should be between -90 and 90 degrees, and the longitude will be wrapped to an angle between 0 and 360 degrees. These can also be instances of Quantity, Angle, Longitude, or Latitude.

heightQuantity

The height to the point(s).

copybool, optional

If True (default), arrays will be copied. If False, arrays will be references, though possibly broadcast to ensure matching shapes.

Attributes Summary

attr_classes
height	The ‘height’ component of the points(s).
lat	The ‘lat’ component of the points(s).
lon	The ‘lon’ component of the points(s).

Methods Summary

from_cartesian(cart)	Converts 3D rectangular cartesian coordinates (assumed geocentric) to WGS84 geodetic coordinates.
to_cartesian()	Converts WGS84 geodetic coordinates to 3D rectangular (geocentric) cartesian coordiantes.

Attributes Documentation

attr_classes = {'height': <class 'astropy.units.quantity.Quantity'>, 'lat': <class 'astropy.coordinates.angles.Latitude'>, 'lon': <class 'astropy.coordinates.angles.Longitude'>}

height

The ‘height’ component of the points(s).

lat

The ‘lat’ component of the points(s).

lon

The ‘lon’ component of the points(s).

Methods Documentation

classmethod from_cartesian(cart)

Converts 3D rectangular cartesian coordinates (assumed geocentric) to WGS84 geodetic coordinates.

to_cartesian()

Converts WGS84 geodetic coordinates to 3D rectangular (geocentric) cartesian coordiantes.