pygeodesy.ecef.EcefVeness

Conversion between geodetic and geocentric, Earth-Centered, Earth-Fixed (ECEF) coordinates transcoded from Chris Veness' JavaScript classes LatLonEllipsoidal, Cartesian.

reverse (self, xyz, y=None, z=None, M=None, **lon00_name)

Conversion from geocentric (x, y, z) to geodetic (lat, lon, height) transcoded from Chris Veness' JavaScript.

Uses B. R. Bowring’s formulation for μm precision in concise form The accuracy of geodetic latitude and height equations, Survey Review, Vol 28, 218, Oct 1985.

Arguments:

xyz - A geocentric (Cartesian, Ecef9Tuple) or scalar ECEF x coordinate (meter).
y - ECEF y coordinate for scalar xyz and z (meter).
z - ECEF z coordinate for scalar xyz and y (meter).
M - Ignored, rotation matrix M not available.
lon00_name - Optional name=NN (str) and optional keyword argument lon00=INT0 (degrees), an arbitrary "polar" longitude returned if x=0 and y=0, see property lon00.

Returns:

An Ecef9Tuple

(x, y, z, lat, lon, height, C, 
          M, datum)

with geodetic coordinates

(lat, lon, 
          height)

for the given geocentric ones

(x, y, 
          z)

, case C, M=None always and datum if available.

Raises:

EcefError - Invalid xyz or scalar x or y and/or z not scalar for scalar xyz.

Overrides: _EcefBase.reverse

See Also: Toms, Ralph M. An Efficient Algorithm for Geocentric to Geodetic Coordinate Conversion, Sept 1995 and An Improved Algorithm for Geocentric to Geodetic Coordinate Conversion, Apr 1996, both from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Sudano, John J, An exact conversion from an Earth-centered coordinate system to latitude longitude and altitude.

Class EcefVeness

reverse (self, xyz, y=None, z=None, M=None, **lon00_name)