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.IX Title "Geo::Constants 3pm"
.TH Geo::Constants 3pm "2016-10-17" "perl v5.24.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Geo::Constants \- Package for standard Geo:: constants.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
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\&  use Geo::Constants qw{PI DEG RAD}; #import into namespace
\&  print "PI:  ", PI(), "\en";
\&  print "d/r: ", DEG(), "\en";
\&  print "r/d: ", RAD(), "\en";
\&
\&  use Geo::Constants;                #Perl OO
\&  my $obj = Geo::Constants\->new();
\&  print "PI:  ", $obj\->PI, "\en";
\&  print "d/r: ", $obj\->DEG, "\en";
\&  print "r/d: ", $obj\->RAD, "\en";
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
.SH "CONSTRUCTOR"
.IX Header "CONSTRUCTOR"
.SS "new"
.IX Subsection "new"
The \fInew()\fR constructor
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  my $obj = Geo::Constants\->new();
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.SH "METHODS"
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.SS "\s-1PI\s0"
.IX Subsection "PI"
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\&  my $pi = $obj\->PI;
\&
\&  use Geo::Constants qw{PI};
\&  my $pi = PI();
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.SS "\s-1DEG\s0"
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\&  my $degrees_per_radian = $obj\->DEG;
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\&  use Geo::Constants qw{DEG};
\&  my $degrees_per_radian = DEG();
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.SS "\s-1RAD\s0"
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\&  my $radians_per_degree = $obj\->RAD;
\&
\&  use Geo::Constants qw{DEG};
\&  my $radians_per_degree = RAD();
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.SS "\s-1KNOTS\s0"
.IX Subsection "KNOTS"
1 nautical mile per hour = (1852/3600) m/s \- United States Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, \s-1NIST\s0 Special Publication 330, 2001 Edition
.PP
Returns 1852/3600
.SH "TODO"
.IX Header "TODO"
Add more constants
.SH "BUGS"
.IX Header "BUGS"
Please send to the geo-perl email list.
.SH "LIMITS"
.IX Header "LIMITS"
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Michael R. Davis qw/perl michaelrdavis com/
.SH "LICENSE"
.IX Header "LICENSE"
Copyright (c) 2006 Michael R. Davis (mrdvt92)
.PP
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Geo::Functions
Geo::Ellipsoids