Helper functions for various unit types. More...

#include <qgsunittypes.h>

Public Types
enum	AngleUnit { AngleDegrees = 0, Radians, Gon, MinutesOfArc, SecondsOfArc, Turn, UnknownAngleUnit }
	Units of angles. More...

enum	AreaUnit { SquareMeters = 0, SquareKilometers, SquareFeet, SquareYards, SquareMiles, Hectares, Acres, SquareNauticalMiles, SquareDegrees, UnknownAreaUnit }
	Units of area. More...

enum	DistanceUnitType { Standard = 0, Geographic, UnknownType }
	Types of distance units. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static AngleUnit	decodeAngleUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=0)
	Decodes an angular unit from a string. More...

static AreaUnit	decodeAreaUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=0)
	Decodes an areal unit from a string. More...

static QGis::UnitType	decodeDistanceUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=0)
	Decodes a distance unit from a string. More...

static AreaUnit	distanceToAreaUnit (QGis::UnitType distanceUnit)
	Converts a distance unit to its corresponding area unit, eg meters to square meters. More...

static QString	encodeUnit (QGis::UnitType unit)
	Encodes a distance unit to a string. More...

static QString	encodeUnit (AreaUnit unit)
	Encodes an areal unit to a string. More...

static QString	encodeUnit (AngleUnit unit)
	Encodes an angular unit to a string. More...

static QString	formatAngle (double angle, int decimals, AngleUnit unit)
	Returns an angle formatted as a friendly string. More...

static double	fromUnitToUnitFactor (QGis::UnitType fromUnit, QGis::UnitType toUnit)
	Returns the conversion factor between the specified distance units. More...

static double	fromUnitToUnitFactor (AreaUnit fromUnit, AreaUnit toUnit)
	Returns the conversion factor between the specified areal units. More...

static double	fromUnitToUnitFactor (AngleUnit fromUnit, AngleUnit toUnit)
	Returns the conversion factor between the specified angular units. More...

static AreaUnit	stringToAreaUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=0)
	Converts a translated string to an areal unit. More...

static QGis::UnitType	stringToDistanceUnit (const QString &string, bool *ok=0)
	Converts a translated string to a distance unit. More...

static QString	toString (QGis::UnitType unit)
	Returns a translated string representing a distance unit. More...

static QString	toString (AreaUnit unit)
	Returns a translated string representing an areal unit. More...

static QString	toString (AngleUnit unit)
	Returns a translated string representing an angular unit. More...

static DistanceUnitType	unitType (QGis::UnitType unit)
	Returns the type for a distance unit. More...

static DistanceUnitType	unitType (AreaUnit unit)
	Returns the type for an areal unit. More...

Detailed Description

Helper functions for various unit types.

Note: Added in version 2.14

Definition at line 35 of file qgsunittypes.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum QgsUnitTypes::AngleUnit

Units of angles.

Enumerator
AngleDegrees	degrees
Radians	square kilometers
Gon	gon/gradian
MinutesOfArc	minutes of arc
SecondsOfArc	seconds of arc
Turn	turn/revolutions
UnknownAngleUnit	unknown angle unit

Definition at line 64 of file qgsunittypes.h.

enum QgsUnitTypes::AreaUnit

Units of area.

Enumerator
SquareMeters	square meters
SquareKilometers	square kilometers
SquareFeet	square feet
SquareYards	square yards
SquareMiles	square miles
Hectares	hectares
Acres	acres
SquareNauticalMiles	square nautical miles
SquareDegrees	square degrees, for planar geographic CRS area measurements
UnknownAreaUnit	unknown areal unit

Definition at line 49 of file qgsunittypes.h.

enum QgsUnitTypes::DistanceUnitType

Types of distance units.

Enumerator
Standard	unit is a standard measurement unit
Geographic	unit is a geographic (eg degree based) unit
UnknownType	unknown unit type

Definition at line 41 of file qgsunittypes.h.

Member Function Documentation

QgsUnitTypes::AngleUnit QgsUnitTypes::decodeAngleUnit	(	const QString &	string,
		bool *	ok = `0`
	)

static

Decodes an angular unit from a string.

Parameters

string	string to decode
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

Returns: decoded units

See also: encodeUnit()

Definition at line 723 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

QgsUnitTypes::AreaUnit QgsUnitTypes::decodeAreaUnit	(	const QString &	string,
		bool *	ok = `0`
	)

static

Decodes an areal unit from a string.

Parameters

string	string to decode
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

Returns: decoded units

See also: encodeUnit()

Definition at line 302 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

QGis::UnitType QgsUnitTypes::decodeDistanceUnit	(	const QString &	string,
		bool *	ok = `0`
	)

static

Decodes a distance unit from a string.

Parameters

string	string to decode
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

Returns: decoded units

See also: encodeUnit()

Definition at line 96 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

QgsUnitTypes::AreaUnit QgsUnitTypes::distanceToAreaUnit ( QGis::UnitType distanceUnit )

static

Converts a distance unit to its corresponding area unit, eg meters to square meters.

Parameters

distanceUnit distance unit to convert

Returns: matching areal unit

Definition at line 678 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

QString QgsUnitTypes::encodeUnit ( QGis::UnitType unit )

static

Encodes a distance unit to a string.

Parameters

unit	unit to encode

Returns: encoded string

See also: decodeDistanceUnit()

Definition at line 68 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

QString QgsUnitTypes::encodeUnit ( QgsUnitTypes::AreaUnit unit )

static

Encodes an areal unit to a string.

Parameters

unit	unit to encode

Returns: encoded string

See also: decodeAreaUnit()

Definition at line 274 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

QString QgsUnitTypes::encodeUnit ( QgsUnitTypes::AngleUnit unit )

static

Encodes an angular unit to a string.

Parameters

unit	unit to encode

Returns: encoded string

See also: decodeAngleUnit()

Definition at line 701 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

QString QgsUnitTypes::formatAngle	(	double	angle,
		int	decimals,
		QgsUnitTypes::AngleUnit	unit
	)

static

Returns an angle formatted as a friendly string.

Parameters

angle	angle to format
decimals	number of decimal places to show
unit	unit of angle

Returns: formatted angle string

Definition at line 912 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

double QgsUnitTypes::fromUnitToUnitFactor	(	QGis::UnitType	fromUnit,
		QGis::UnitType	toUnit
	)

static

Returns the conversion factor between the specified distance units.

Parameters

fromUnit	distance unit to convert from
toUnit	distance unit to convert to

Returns: multiplication factor to convert between units

Definition at line 177 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

double QgsUnitTypes::fromUnitToUnitFactor	(	QgsUnitTypes::AreaUnit	fromUnit,
		QgsUnitTypes::AreaUnit	toUnit
	)

static

Returns the conversion factor between the specified areal units.

Parameters

fromUnit	area unit to convert from
toUnit	area unit to convert to

Returns: multiplication factor to convert between units

Definition at line 397 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

double QgsUnitTypes::fromUnitToUnitFactor	(	QgsUnitTypes::AngleUnit	fromUnit,
		QgsUnitTypes::AngleUnit	toUnit
	)

static

Returns the conversion factor between the specified angular units.

Parameters

fromUnit	angle unit to convert from
toUnit	angle unit to convert to

Returns: multiplication factor to convert between units

Definition at line 772 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

QgsUnitTypes::AreaUnit QgsUnitTypes::stringToAreaUnit	(	const QString &	string,
		bool *	ok = `0`
	)

static

Converts a translated string to an areal unit.

Parameters

string	string representing an areal unit
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

See also: toString()

Definition at line 364 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

QGis::UnitType QgsUnitTypes::stringToDistanceUnit	(	const QString &	string,
		bool *	ok = `0`
	)

static

Converts a translated string to a distance unit.

Parameters

string	string representing a distance unit
ok	optional boolean, will be set to true if string was converted successfully

See also: toString()

Definition at line 147 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

QString QgsUnitTypes::toString ( QGis::UnitType unit )

static

Returns a translated string representing a distance unit.

Parameters

unit	unit to convert to string

See also: stringToDistanceUnit()

Definition at line 120 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

QString QgsUnitTypes::toString ( QgsUnitTypes::AreaUnit unit )

static

Returns a translated string representing an areal unit.

Parameters

unit	unit to convert to string

See also: stringToAreaUnit()

Definition at line 336 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

QString QgsUnitTypes::toString ( QgsUnitTypes::AngleUnit unit )

static

Returns a translated string representing an angular unit.

Parameters

unit	unit to convert to string

Definition at line 750 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

QgsUnitTypes::DistanceUnitType QgsUnitTypes::unitType ( QGis::UnitType unit )

static

Returns the type for a distance unit.

Definition at line 26 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

QgsUnitTypes::DistanceUnitType QgsUnitTypes::unitType ( QgsUnitTypes::AreaUnit unit )

static

Returns the type for an areal unit.

Definition at line 44 of file qgsunittypes.cpp.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

/tmp/buildd/qgis-2.14.0+99unstable/src/core/qgsunittypes.h
/tmp/buildd/qgis-2.14.0+99unstable/src/core/qgsunittypes.cpp

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