NAME
Astro::Montenbruck::Helpers - Helper functions for scripts.
VERSION
Version 1.00
DESCRIPTION
Helper functions for scripts, mainly string related.
EXPORT
FUNCTIONS
parse_geocoords(l => number, m => number)
Parse geographical coordinates
Named Arguments
l — longitude in degrees
m — latitude in degrees
Returns
List of formatted longitude and latitude, e.g: 037E35, 55N45.
dmsz_str($x, decimal => boolean)
Given ecliptic longitude $x, return string with Zodiac position: 12:30 Aqu or 312.50 Aqu depending on decimal option.
Options
decimal — return decimal degrees instead of degrees and minutes.
dms_str($x)
Given ecliptic longitude $x, return string of formatted degrees, minutes and seconds, e.g.: 312:30:02.
dms_or_dec_str($x, decimal => boolean, places => N, sign => boolean)
Format ecliptic longitude $x.
Options
decimal — return decimal degrees instead of degrees and minutes. Default is false
places — number of arc-degrees digits. If
$x = 1,3gives001,2gives01,1gives1. Default is 3sign — if true, the number will be prefixed with + or -, depending on its sign. Default: false.
hms_str($x, $decimal => boolean)
Format time value $x.
Options
decimal — return decimal degrees instead of degrees and minutes.
latde_str($h, $decimal => boolean)
Format time value $h.
Options
decimal — return decimal degrees instead of degrees and minutes.
format_geo( $lat, $lon)
Format geographical latitude and longitude.
Arguments
$lat — latitude, degrees, positive northward
$lat — longitude, degrees, positive westward
Return
A string DD[N|S]MM, DDD[W|E]MM. For instance, latitude 55.75 and longitude -37.58 will be formatted to 55N45, 037E35.
SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Astro::Montenbruck::CoCoAUTHOR
Sergey Krushinsky, <krushi at cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2009-2019 by Sergey Krushinsky
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.