1 // constants.h -- various constant definitions
3 // Written by Curtis Olson, started February 2000.
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25 * Various constant definitions.
29 #ifndef _SG_CONSTANTS_H
30 #define _SG_CONSTANTS_H
33 #include <simgear/compiler.h>
35 #ifdef SG_HAVE_STD_INCLUDES
38 # ifdef SG_MATH_EXCEPTION_CLASH
39 # define exception C_exception
47 // Make sure PI is defined in its various forms
49 // SG_PI and SGD_PI (float and double) come from plib/sg.h
52 #define SGD_2PI 6.28318530717958647692
56 # define SGD_PI_2 M_PI_2
58 # define SGD_PI_2 1.57079632679489661923
62 #define SGD_PI_4 0.78539816339744830961
68 # define SG_E 2.7182818284590452354
71 /** pi/180/60/60, or about 100 feet at earths' equator */
72 #define SG_ONE_SECOND 4.848136811E-6
75 /** Radius of Earth in kilometers at the equator. Another source had
76 * 6378.165 but this is probably close enough */
77 #define SG_EARTH_RAD 6378.155
80 // Earth parameters for WGS 84, taken from LaRCsim/ls_constants.h
82 /** Value of earth radius from LaRCsim (ft) */
83 #define SG_EQUATORIAL_RADIUS_FT 20925650.
85 /** Value of earth radius from LaRCsim (meter) */
86 #define SG_EQUATORIAL_RADIUS_M 6378138.12
88 /** Radius squared (ft) */
89 #define SG_EQ_RAD_SQUARE_FT 437882827922500.
91 /** Radius squared (meter) */
92 #define SG_EQ_RAD_SQUARE_M 40680645877797.1344
96 /** Arc seconds to radians. (arcsec*pi)/(3600*180) = rad */
97 #define SG_ARCSEC_TO_RAD 4.84813681109535993589e-06
99 /** Radians to arc seconds. (rad*3600*180)/pi = arcsec */
100 #define SG_RAD_TO_ARCSEC 206264.806247096355156
102 /** Feet to Meters */
103 #define SG_FEET_TO_METER 0.3048
105 /** Meters to Feet */
106 #define SG_METER_TO_FEET 3.28083989501312335958
108 /** Meters to Nautical Miles. 1 nm = 6076.11549 feet */
109 #define SG_METER_TO_NM 0.0005399568034557235
111 /** Nautical Miles to Meters */
112 #define SG_NM_TO_METER 1852.0000
114 /** Meters to Statute Miles. */
115 #define SG_METER_TO_SM 0.0006213699494949496
117 /** Statute Miles to Meters. */
118 #define SG_SM_TO_METER 1609.3412196
120 /** Radians to Nautical Miles. 1 nm = 1/60 of a degree */
121 #define SG_NM_TO_RAD 0.00029088820866572159
123 /** Nautical Miles to Radians */
124 #define SG_RAD_TO_NM 3437.7467707849392526
126 /** Miles per second to Knots */
127 #define SG_MPS_TO_KT 1.9438444924406046432
129 /** Knots to Miles per second */
130 #define SG_KT_TO_MPS 0.5144444444444444444
132 /** Miles per second to Miles per hour */
133 #define SG_MPS_TO_MPH 2.2369362920544020312
135 /** Miles per hour to Miles per second */
136 #define SG_MPH_TO_MPS 0.44704
138 /** Meters per second to Kilometers per hour */
139 #define SG_MPS_TO_KMH 3.6
141 /** Kilometers per hour to Miles per second */
142 #define SG_KMH_TO_MPS 0.2777777777777777778
144 /** Pascal to Inch Mercury */
145 #define SG_PA_TO_INHG 0.0002952998330101010
147 /** Inch Mercury to Pascal */
148 #define SG_INHG_TO_PA 3386.388640341
151 /** For divide by zero avoidance, this will be close enough to zero */
152 #define SG_EPSILON 0.0000001
154 /** Highest binobj format version we know how to read/write. This starts at
155 * 0 and can go up to 65535 */
156 #define SG_BINOBJ_VERSION 6
158 /** for backwards compatibility */
159 #define SG_SCENERY_FILE_FORMAT "0.4"
162 #endif // _SG_CONSTANTS_H