uk.co.silentsoftware.utils
Class GPSDataUtils

java.lang.Object
  uk.co.silentsoftware.utils.GPSDataUtils

public class GPSDataUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Helper class specific to FollowMe data structures to process and format GPS data into other types

Constructor Summary

GPSDataUtils()

Method Summary

static double	convertToDegreeMinute(java.lang.String position, java.lang.String direction) Utility method to convert the NMEA formatted coords into pure degree coords (no minutes/seconds) The format is suitable for mapping websites such as streetmap.co.uk
static javax.microedition.location.Coordinates	parseCoords(java.lang.String coordsString) Parse a string of the format "lat lon" where lat lon are coordinates and return a new Coordinates object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GPSDataUtils

public GPSDataUtils()

Method Detail

parseCoords

public static javax.microedition.location.Coordinates parseCoords(java.lang.String coordsString)

Parse a string of the format "lat lon" where lat lon are coordinates and return a new Coordinates object

Parameters:

coordsString -

Returns:

convertToDegreeMinute

public static double convertToDegreeMinute(java.lang.String position,
                                           java.lang.String direction)
                                    throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Utility method to convert the NMEA formatted coords into pure degree coords (no minutes/seconds) The format is suitable for mapping websites such as streetmap.co.uk

Parameters:

position -

direction -

Returns:

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException