Package com.yahoo.geo

Class BoundingBoxParser

java.lang.Object
com.yahoo.geo.BoundingBoxParser
public class BoundingBoxParser extends Object
Class for parsing a bounding box in text format: "n=37.44899,s=37.3323,e=-121.98241,w=-122.06566" 
 Input from:
 http://gws.maps.yahoo.com/findlocation?q=sunnyvale,ca&flags=X
 which gives this format:
 <boundingbox>
 <north>37.44899</north><south>37.3323</south><east>-121.98241</east><west>-122.06566</west>
 </boundingbox>
 it's also easy to use the geoplanet bounding box
 <boundingBox>  
 <southWest>  
 <latitude>40.183868</latitude>  
 <longitude>-74.819519</longitude>  
 </southWest>  
 <northEast>  
 <latitude>40.248291</latitude>  
 <longitude>-74.728798</longitude>  
 </northEast>  
 </boundingBox>  
 can be input as:
 s=40.183868,w=-74.819519,n=40.248291,e=-74.728798
Author:
arnej27959

  • Field Details

    • n

      public double n

    • s

      public double s

    • e

      public double e

    • w

      public double w

  • Constructor Details

    • BoundingBoxParser

      public BoundingBoxParser(String bb)
      parse the given string as a bounding box and return a parser object with parsed coordinates in member variables
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the input is malformed in any way