Module: Geodesy

Extended by:
Geodesy
Included in:
Geodesy
Defined in:
lib/geodesy/destination.rb,
lib/geodesy.rb,
lib/geodesy/bearing.rb,
lib/geodesy/version.rb,
lib/geodesy/latitude.rb,
lib/geodesy/longitude.rb,
lib/geodesy/conversions.rb,
lib/geodesy/coordinates.rb

Overview

Will return a coordinate based on a starting point, the bearing, and the distance.

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: Conversions Classes: Bearing, Coordinates, Destination, Latitude, Longitude

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
"0.0.1"
COMPASS_POINTS = 
%w[N NE E SE S SW W NW]
EARTH_RADIUS = 
6371.0
KM_TO_MI = 
0.621371192
DEGREES_PER_RADIAN = 
57.2957795
YARDS_PER_METER = 
1.09361
METERS_TO_YARDS = 
0.9144

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#bearing(starting, ending) ⇒ Object

starting is an array of [ lat, lng ] ending is an array of [ lat, lng ]

Returns

It returns a floating point number



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# File 'lib/geodesy.rb', line 20

def bearing(starting, ending)
  Bearing.new(
    Coordinates.new(*starting),
    Coordinates.new(*ending)
  ).calculate
end

#final_coordinate(starting, bearing, distance = 10) ⇒ Object

starting is an array of [ lat, lng ] bearing is a float distance is an integer or float - units: meters

Returns

It returns a Coordinates Object



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# File 'lib/geodesy.rb', line 37

def final_coordinate(starting, bearing, distance = 10)
  Destination.new(
    Coordinates.new(*starting),
    bearing,
    distance
  ).calculate
end