flightgear/src/ATCDCL/ATCProjection.hxx

// ATCProjection.hxx - A convienience projection class for the ATC/AI system.
//
// Written by David Luff, started 2002.
//
// Copyright (C) 2002  David C Luff - david.luff@nottingham.ac.uk
//
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#ifndef _FG_ATC_PROJECTION_HXX
#define _FG_ATC_PROJECTION_HXX

#include <simgear/math/SGMath.hxx>

// FGATCAlignedProjection - a class to project an area local to a runway onto an orthogonal co-ordinate system
// with the origin at the threshold and the runway aligned with the y axis.
class FGATCAlignedProjection {

public:
    FGATCAlignedProjection();
    FGATCAlignedProjection(const SGGeod& centre, double heading);
    ~FGATCAlignedProjection();

    void Init(const SGGeod& centre, double heading);

    // Convert a lat/lon co-ordinate (degrees) to the local projection (meters)
    SGVec3d ConvertToLocal(const SGGeod& pt);

    // Convert a local projection co-ordinate (meters) to lat/lon (degrees)
    SGGeod ConvertFromLocal(const SGVec3d& pt);

private:
    SGGeod _origin;	// lat/lon of local area origin (the threshold)
    double _theta;	// the rotation angle for alignment in radians
    double _correction_factor;	// Reduction in surface distance per degree of longitude due to latitude.  Saves having to do a cos() every call.

};

#endif	// _FG_ATC_PROJECTION_HXX