1 // constants.h -- various constant definitions
3 // Written by Curtis Olson, started February 2000.
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24 * Various constant definitions.
28 #ifndef _SG_CONSTANTS_H
29 #define _SG_CONSTANTS_H
32 #include <simgear/compiler.h>
37 // Make sure PI is defined in its various forms
39 #ifndef SGD_PI // remove me once FlightGear no longer uses PLIB
42 const double SGD_PI = M_PI;
43 const float SG_PI = M_PI;
45 const float SG_PI = 3.1415926535f;
46 const double SGD_PI = 3.1415926535;
49 #endif // of PLIB-SG guard
52 const double SGD_2PI = SGD_PI * 2.0;
56 # define SGD_PI_2 M_PI_2
58 # define SGD_PI_2 1.57079632679489661923
62 const double SGD_PI_4 = 0.78539816339744830961;
64 #ifndef SGD_DEGREES_TO_RADIANS // // remove me once FlightGear no longer uses PLIB
66 const double SGD_DEGREES_TO_RADIANS = SGD_PI / 180.0;
67 const double SGD_RADIANS_TO_DEGREES = 180.0 / SGD_PI;
69 const float SG_DEGREES_TO_RADIANS = SG_PI / 180.0f;
70 const float SG_RADIANS_TO_DEGREES = 180.0f / SG_PI;
72 #endif // of PLIB-SG guard
78 # define SG_E 2.7182818284590452354
81 /** pi/180/60/60, or about 100 feet at earths' equator */
82 #define SG_ONE_SECOND 4.848136811E-6
85 /** Radius of Earth in kilometers at the equator. Another source had
86 * 6378.165 but this is probably close enough */
87 #define SG_EARTH_RAD 6378.155
89 // Maximum terrain elevation from sea level
90 #define SG_MAX_ELEVATION_M 9000.0
92 // Earth parameters for WGS 84, taken from LaRCsim/ls_constants.h
94 /** Value of earth radius from LaRCsim (ft) */
95 #define SG_EQUATORIAL_RADIUS_FT 20925650.
97 /** Value of earth radius from LaRCsim (meter) */
98 #define SG_EQUATORIAL_RADIUS_M 6378138.12
100 /** Radius squared (ft) */
101 #define SG_EQ_RAD_SQUARE_FT 437882827922500.
103 /** Radius squared (meter) */
104 #define SG_EQ_RAD_SQUARE_M 40680645877797.1344
108 /** Arc seconds to radians. (arcsec*pi)/(3600*180) = rad */
109 #define SG_ARCSEC_TO_RAD 4.84813681109535993589e-06
111 /** Radians to arc seconds. (rad*3600*180)/pi = arcsec */
112 #define SG_RAD_TO_ARCSEC 206264.806247096355156
114 /** Feet to Meters */
115 #define SG_FEET_TO_METER 0.3048
117 /** Meters to Feet */
118 #define SG_METER_TO_FEET 3.28083989501312335958
120 /** Meters to Nautical Miles. 1 nm = 6076.11549 feet */
121 #define SG_METER_TO_NM 0.0005399568034557235
123 /** Nautical Miles to Meters */
124 #define SG_NM_TO_METER 1852.0000
126 /** Meters to Statute Miles. */
127 #define SG_METER_TO_SM 0.0006213699494949496
129 /** Statute Miles to Meters. */
130 #define SG_SM_TO_METER 1609.3412196
132 /** Radians to Nautical Miles. 1 nm = 1/60 of a degree */
133 #define SG_NM_TO_RAD 0.00029088820866572159
135 /** Nautical Miles to Radians */
136 #define SG_RAD_TO_NM 3437.7467707849392526
138 /** meters per second to Knots */
139 #define SG_MPS_TO_KT 1.9438444924406046432
141 /** Knots to meters per second */
142 #define SG_KT_TO_MPS 0.5144444444444444444
144 /** Feet per second to Knots */
145 #define SG_FPS_TO_KT 0.5924838012958962841
147 /** Knots to Feet per second */
148 #define SG_KT_TO_FPS 1.6878098571011956874
150 /** meters per second to Miles per hour */
151 #define SG_MPS_TO_MPH 2.2369362920544020312
153 /** meetrs per hour to Miles per second */
154 #define SG_MPH_TO_MPS 0.44704
156 /** Meters per second to Kilometers per hour */
157 #define SG_MPS_TO_KMH 3.6
159 /** Kilometers per hour to meters per second */
160 #define SG_KMH_TO_MPS 0.2777777777777777778
162 /** Pascal to Inch Mercury */
163 #define SG_PA_TO_INHG 0.0002952998330101010
165 /** Inch Mercury to Pascal */
166 #define SG_INHG_TO_PA 3386.388640341
169 /** For divide by zero avoidance, this will be close enough to zero */
170 #define SG_EPSILON 0.0000001
172 /** Highest binobj format version we know how to read/write. This starts at
173 * 0 and can go up to 65535 */
174 #define SG_BINOBJ_VERSION 6
176 /** for backwards compatibility */
177 #define SG_SCENERY_FILE_FORMAT "0.4"
180 #endif // _SG_CONSTANTS_H