// HamGridSquare.js // Copyright 2014 Paul Brewer KI6CQ // License: MIT License http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT // // Javascript routines to convert from lat-lon to Maidenhead Grid Squares // typically used in Ham Radio Satellite operations and VHF Contests // // Inspired in part by K6WRU Walter Underwood's python answer // http://ham.stackexchange.com/a/244 // to this stack overflow question: // How Can One Convert From Lat/Long to Grid Square // http://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/221/how-can-one-convert-from-lat-long-to-grid-square // latLonToGridSquare = function(param1,param2){ var lat=-100.0; var lon=0.0; var adjLat,adjLon,GLat,GLon,nLat,nLon,gLat,gLon,rLat,rLon; var U = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX' var L = U.toLowerCase(); // support Chris Veness 2002-2012 LatLon library and // other objects with lat/lon properties // properties could be numbers, or strings function toNum(x){ if (typeof(x) === 'number') return x; if (typeof(x) === 'string') return parseFloat(x); // dont call a function property here because of binding issue throw "HamGridSquare -- toNum -- can not convert input: "+x; } if (typeof(param1)==='object'){ if (param1.length === 2){ lat = toNum(param1[0]); lon = toNum(param1[1]); } else if (('lat' in param1) && ('lon' in param1)){ lat = (typeof(param1.lat)==='function')? toNum(param1.lat()): toNum(param1.lat); lon = (typeof(param1.lon)==='function')? toNum(param1.lon()): toNum(param1.lon); } else if (('latitude' in param1) && ('longitude' in param1)){ lat = (typeof(param1.latitude)==='function')? toNum(param1.latitude()): toNum(param1.latitude); lon = (typeof(param1.longitude)==='function')? toNum(param1.longitude()): toNum(param1.longitude); } else { throw "HamGridSquare -- can not convert object -- "+param1; } } else { lat = toNum(param1); lon = toNum(param2); } if (isNaN(lat)) throw "lat is NaN"; if (isNaN(lon)) throw "lon is NaN"; if (Math.abs(lat) === 90.0) throw "grid squares invalid at N/S poles"; if (Math.abs(lat) > 90) throw "invalid latitude: "+lat; if (Math.abs(lon) > 180) throw "invalid longitude: "+lon; adjLat = lat + 90; adjLon = lon + 180; GLat = U[Math.trunc(adjLat/10)]; GLon = U[Math.trunc(adjLon/20)]; nLat = ''+Math.trunc(adjLat % 10); nLon = ''+Math.trunc((adjLon/2) % 10); rLat = (adjLat - Math.trunc(adjLat)) * 60; rLon = (adjLon - 2*Math.trunc(adjLon/2)) *60; gLat = L[Math.trunc(rLat/2.5)]; gLon = L[Math.trunc(rLon/5)]; return GLon+GLat+nLon+nLat+gLon+gLat; } gridSquareToLatLon = function(grid, obj){ var returnLatLonConstructor = (typeof(LatLon)==='function'); var returnObj = (typeof(obj)==='object'); var lat=0.0,lon=0.0,aNum="a".charCodeAt(0),numA="A".charCodeAt(0); function lat4(g){ return 10*(g.charCodeAt(1)-numA)+parseInt(g.charAt(3))-90; } function lon4(g){ return 20*(g.charCodeAt(0)-numA)+2*parseInt(g.charAt(2))-180; } if ((grid.length!=4) && (grid.length!=6)) throw "gridSquareToLatLon: grid must be 4 or 6 chars: "+grid; if (/^[A-X][A-X][0-9][0-9]$/.test(grid)){ lat = lat4(grid)+0.5; lon = lon4(grid)+1; } else if (/^[A-X][A-X][0-9][0-9][a-x][a-x]$/.test(grid)){ lat = lat4(grid)+(1.0/60.0)*2.5*(grid.charCodeAt(5)-aNum+0.5); lon = lon4(grid)+(1.0/60.0)*5*(grid.charCodeAt(4)-aNum+0.5); } else throw "gridSquareToLatLon: invalid grid: "+grid; if (returnLatLonConstructor) return new LatLon(lat,lon); if (returnObj){ obj.lat = lat; obj.lon = lon; return obj; } return [lat,lon]; }; testGridSquare = function(){ // First four test examples are from "Conversion Between Geodetic and Grid Locator Systems", // by Edmund T. Tyson N5JTY QST January 1989 // original test data in Python / citations by Walter Underwood K6WRU // last test and coding into Javascript from Python by Paul Brewer KI6CQ var testData = [ ['Munich', [48.14666,11.60833], 'JN58td'], ['Montevideo', [[-34.91,-56.21166]], 'GF15vc'], ['Washington, DC', [{lat:38.92,lon:-77.065}], 'FM18lw'], ['Wellington', [{latitude:-41.28333,longitude:174.745}], 'RE78ir'], ['Newington, CT (W1AW)', [41.714775,-72.727260], 'FN31pr'], ['Palo Alto (K6WRU)', [[37.413708,-122.1073236]], 'CM87wj'], ['Chattanooga (KI6CQ/4)', [{lat:function(){ return "35.0542"; }, lon: function(){ return "-85.1142"}}], "EM75kb"] ]; var i=0,l=testData.length,result='',result2,result3,thisPassed=0,totalPassed=0; for(i=0;i