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| 2 | Jcoord
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| 3 | readme.txt
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| 5 | (c) 2006 Jonathan Stott
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| 6 |
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| 7 | Created on 11-Feb-2006
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| 9 | 1.0 - 11 Feb 2006
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| 10 | - Initial version created from PHPcoord v2.2
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| 12 |
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| 13 | Jcoord is a collection of Java classes that provide functions for handling
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| 14 | various co-ordinate systems and converting between them. Currently, OSGB
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| 15 | (Ordnance Survey of Great Britain) grid references, UTM (Universal Transverse
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| 16 | Mercator) references and latitude/longitude are supported. A function is
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| 17 | also provided to find the surface distance between two points of latitude
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| 18 | and longitude.
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| 20 | When using the OSGB conversions, the majority of applications use the
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| 21 | WGS84 datum rather than the OSGB36 datum. Conversions between the two
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| 22 | data were added in v1.1 - the conversions should be accurate to within
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| 23 | 5m or so. If accuracy is not important (i.e. to within 200m or so),
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| 24 | then it isn't necessary to perform the conversions.
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| 25 |
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| 26 | Examples of how to use the classes in Jcoord can be found in the
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| 27 | uk.me.jstott.jcoord.Test class
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| 29 | See http://www.jstott.me.uk/jcoord/ for latest releases and information.
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| 32 | DISCLAIMER
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| 33 |
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| 34 | Accuracy of the co-ordinate conversions contained within the Jcoord
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| 35 | package is not guaranteed. Use of the conversions is entirely at your
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| 36 | own risk and I cannot be held responsible for any consequences of
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| 37 | errors created by the conversions. I do not recommend using the package
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| 38 | for mission-critical applications.
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| 39 |
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| 40 |
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| 41 | LICENSING
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| 43 | This software product is available under the GNU General Public License
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| 44 | (GPL). Terms of the GPL can be read at http://www.jstott.me.uk/gpl/.
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| 45 | Any commercial use requires the purchase of a license - contact me at
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| 46 | jcoord@jstott.me.uk for details.
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