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GeomagneticField.java

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package android.hardware;

import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

/**
 * This class is used to estimated estimate magnetic field at a given point on
 * Earth, and in particular, to compute the magnetic declination from true
 * north.
 *
 * <p>This uses the World Magnetic Model produced by the United States National
 * Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.  More details about the model can be found at
 * <a href="http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/WMM/DoDWMM.shtml">http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/WMM/DoDWMM.shtml</a>.
 * This class currently uses WMM-2005 which is valid until 2010, but should
 * produce acceptable results for several years after that.
 */
public class GeomagneticField {
    // The magnetic field at a given point, in nonoteslas in geodetic
    // coordinates.
    private float mX;
    private float mY;
    private float mZ;

    // Geocentric coordinates -- set by computeGeocentricCoordinates.
    private float mGcLatitudeRad;
    private float mGcLongitudeRad;
    private float mGcRadiusKm;

    // Constants from WGS84 (the coordinate system used by GPS)
    static private final float EARTH_SEMI_MAJOR_AXIS_KM = 6378.137f;
    static private final float EARTH_SEMI_MINOR_AXIS_KM = 6356.7523f;
    static private final float EARTH_REFERENCE_RADIUS_KM = 6371.2f;

    // These coefficients and the formulae used below are from:
    // NOAA Technical Report: The US/UK World Magnetic Model for 2005-2010
    static private final float[][] G_COEFF = new float[][] {
        { 0f },
        { -29556.8f, -1671.7f },
        { -2340.6f, 3046.9f, 1657.0f },
        { 1335.4f, -2305.1f, 1246.7f, 674.0f },
        { 919.8f, 798.1f, 211.3f, -379.4f, 100.0f },
        { -227.4f, 354.6f, 208.7f, -136.5f, -168.3f, -14.1f },
        { 73.2f, 69.7f, 76.7f, -151.2f, -14.9f, 14.6f, -86.3f },
        { 80.1f, -74.5f, -1.4f, 38.5f, 12.4f, 9.5f, 5.7f, 1.8f },
        { 24.9f, 7.7f, -11.6f, -6.9f, -18.2f, 10.0f, 9.2f, -11.6f, -5.2f },
        { 5.6f, 9.9f, 3.5f, -7.0f, 5.1f, -10.8f, -1.3f, 8.8f, -6.7f, -9.1f },
        { -2.3f, -6.3f, 1.6f, -2.6f, 0.0f, 3.1f, 0.4f, 2.1f, 3.9f, -0.1f, -2.3f },
        { 2.8f, -1.6f, -1.7f, 1.7f, -0.1f, 0.1f, -0.7f, 0.7f, 1.8f, 0.0f, 1.1f, 4.1f },
        { -2.4f, -0.4f, 0.2f, 0.8f, -0.3f, 1.1f, -0.5f, 0.4f, -0.3f, -0.3f, -0.1f,
          -0.3f, -0.1f } };

    static private final float[][] H_COEFF = new float[][] {
        { 0f },
        { 0.0f, 5079.8f },
        { 0.0f, -2594.7f, -516.7f },
        { 0.0f, -199.9f, 269.3f, -524.2f },
        { 0.0f, 281.5f, -226.0f, 145.8f, -304.7f },
        { 0.0f, 42.4f, 179.8f, -123.0f, -19.5f, 103.6f },
        { 0.0f, -20.3f, 54.7f, 63.6f, -63.4f, -0.1f, 50.4f },
        { 0.0f, -61.5f, -22.4f, 7.2f, 25.4f, 11.0f, -26.4f, -5.1f },
        { 0.0f, 11.2f, -21.0f, 9.6f, -19.8f, 16.1f, 7.7f, -12.9f, -0.2f },
        { 0.0f, -20.1f, 12.9f, 12.6f, -6.7f, -8.1f, 8.0f, 2.9f, -7.9f, 6.0f },
        { 0.0f, 2.4f, 0.2f, 4.4f, 4.8f, -6.5f, -1.1f, -3.4f, -0.8f, -2.3f, -7.9f },
        { 0.0f, 0.3f, 1.2f, -0.8f, -2.5f, 0.9f, -0.6f, -2.7f, -0.9f, -1.3f, -2.0f, -1.2f },
        { 0.0f, -0.4f, 0.3f, 2.4f, -2.6f, 0.6f, 0.3f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.3f, -0.9f, -0.4f,
          0.8f } };

    static private final float[][] DELTA_G = new float[][] {
        { 0f },
        { 8.0f, 10.6f },
        { -15.1f, -7.8f, -0.8f },
        { 0.4f, -2.6f, -1.2f, -6.5f },
        { -2.5f, 2.8f, -7.0f, 6.2f, -3.8f },
        { -2.8f, 0.7f, -3.2f, -1.1f, 0.1f, -0.8f },
        { -0.7f, 0.4f, -0.3f, 2.3f, -2.1f, -0.6f, 1.4f },
        { 0.2f, -0.1f, -0.3f, 1.1f, 0.6f, 0.5f, -0.4f, 0.6f },
        { 0.1f, 0.3f, -0.4f, 0.3f, -0.3f, 0.2f, 0.4f, -0.7f, 0.4f },
        { 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f },
        { 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f },
        { 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f },
        { 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f } };

    static private final float[][] DELTA_H = new float[][] {
        { 0f },
        { 0.0f, -20.9f },
        { 0.0f, -23.2f, -14.6f },
        { 0.0f, 5.0f, -7.0f, -0.6f },
        { 0.0f, 2.2f, 1.6f, 5.8f, 0.1f },
        { 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.7f, 2.1f, 4.8f, -1.1f },
        { 0.0f, -0.6f, -1.9f, -0.4f, -0.5f, -0.3f, 0.7f },
        { 0.0f, 0.6f, 0.4f, 0.2f, 0.3f, -0.8f, -0.2f, 0.1f },
        { 0.0f, -0.2f, 0.1f, 0.3f, 0.4f, 0.1f, -0.2f, 0.4f, 0.4f },
        { 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f },
        { 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f },
        { 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f },
        { 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f } };

    static private final long BASE_TIME =
        new GregorianCalendar(2005, 1, 1).getTimeInMillis();

    // The ratio between the Gauss-normalized associated Legendre functions and
    // the Schmid quasi-normalized ones. Compute these once staticly since they
    // don't depend on input variables at all.
    static private final float[][] SCHMIDT_QUASI_NORM_FACTORS =
        computeSchmidtQuasiNormFactors(G_COEFF.length);

    /**
     * Estimate the magnetic field at a given point and time.
     *
     * @param gdLatitudeDeg
     *            Latitude in WGS84 geodetic coordinates -- positive is east.
     * @param gdLongitudeDeg
     *            Longitude in WGS84 geodetic coordinates -- positive is north.
     * @param altitudeMeters
     *            Altitude in WGS84 geodetic coordinates, in meters.
     * @param timeMillis
     *            Time at which to evaluate the declination, in milliseconds
     *            since January 1, 1970. (approximate is fine -- the declination
     *            changes very slowly).
     */
    public GeomagneticField(float gdLatitudeDeg,
                            float gdLongitudeDeg,
                            float altitudeMeters,
                            long timeMillis) {
        final int MAX_N = G_COEFF.length; // Maximum degree of the coefficients.

        // We don't handle the north and south poles correctly -- pretend that
        // we're not quite at them to avoid crashing.
        gdLatitudeDeg = Math.min(90.0f - 1e-5f,
                                 Math.max(-90.0f + 1e-5f, gdLatitudeDeg));
        computeGeocentricCoordinates(gdLatitudeDeg,
                                     gdLongitudeDeg,
                                     altitudeMeters);

        assert G_COEFF.length == H_COEFF.length;

        // Note: LegendreTable computes associated Legendre functions for
        // cos(theta).  We want the associated Legendre functions for
        // sin(latitude), which is the same as cos(PI/2 - latitude), except the
        // derivate will be negated.
        LegendreTable legendre =
            new LegendreTable(MAX_N - 1,
                              (float) (Math.PI / 2.0 - mGcLatitudeRad));

        // Compute a table of (EARTH_REFERENCE_RADIUS_KM / radius)^n for i in
        // 0..MAX_N-2 (this is much faster than calling Math.pow MAX_N+1 times).
        float[] relativeRadiusPower = new float[MAX_N + 2];
        relativeRadiusPower[0] = 1.0f;
        relativeRadiusPower[1] = EARTH_REFERENCE_RADIUS_KM / mGcRadiusKm;
        for (int i = 2; i < relativeRadiusPower.length; ++i) {
            relativeRadiusPower[i] = relativeRadiusPower[i - 1] *
                relativeRadiusPower[1];
        }

        // Compute tables of sin(lon * m) and cos(lon * m) for m = 0..MAX_N --
        // this is much faster than calling Math.sin and Math.com MAX_N+1 times.
        float[] sinMLon = new float[MAX_N];
        float[] cosMLon = new float[MAX_N];
        sinMLon[0] = 0.0f;
        cosMLon[0] = 1.0f;
        sinMLon[1] = (float) Math.sin(mGcLongitudeRad);
        cosMLon[1] = (float) Math.cos(mGcLongitudeRad);

        for (int m = 2; m < MAX_N; ++m) {
            // Standard expansions for sin((m-x)*theta + x*theta) and
            // cos((m-x)*theta + x*theta).
            int x = m >> 1;
            sinMLon[m] = sinMLon[m-x] * cosMLon[x] + cosMLon[m-x] * sinMLon[x];
            cosMLon[m] = cosMLon[m-x] * cosMLon[x] - sinMLon[m-x] * sinMLon[x];
        }

        float inverseCosLatitude = 1.0f / (float) Math.cos(mGcLatitudeRad);
        float yearsSinceBase =
            (timeMillis - BASE_TIME) / (365f * 24f * 60f * 60f * 1000f);

        // We now compute the magnetic field strength given the geocentric
        // location. The magnetic field is the derivative of the potential
        // function defined by the model. See NOAA Technical Report: The US/UK
        // World Magnetic Model for 2005-2010 for the derivation.
        float gcX = 0.0f;  // Geocentric northwards component.
        float gcY = 0.0f;  // Geocentric eastwards component.
        float gcZ = 0.0f;  // Geocentric downwards component.

        for (int n = 1; n < MAX_N; n++) {
            for (int m = 0; m <= n; m++) {
                // Adjust the coefficients for the current date.
                float g = G_COEFF[n][m] + yearsSinceBase * DELTA_G[n][m];
                float h = H_COEFF[n][m] + yearsSinceBase * DELTA_H[n][m];

                // Negative derivative with respect to latitude, divided by
                // radius.  This looks like the negation of the version in the
                // NOAA Techincal report because that report used
                // P_n^m(sin(theta)) and we use P_n^m(cos(90 - theta)), so the
                // derivative with respect to theta is negated.
                gcX += relativeRadiusPower[n+2]
                    * (g * cosMLon[m] + h * sinMLon[m])
                    * legendre.mPDeriv[n][m]
                    * SCHMIDT_QUASI_NORM_FACTORS[n][m];

                // Negative derivative with respect to longitude, divided by
                // radius.
                gcY += relativeRadiusPower[n+2] * m
                    * (g * sinMLon[m] - h * cosMLon[m])
                    * legendre.mP[n][m]
                    * SCHMIDT_QUASI_NORM_FACTORS[n][m]
                    * inverseCosLatitude;

                // Negative derivative with respect to radius.
                gcZ -= (n + 1) * relativeRadiusPower[n+2]
                    * (g * cosMLon[m] + h * sinMLon[m])
                    * legendre.mP[n][m]
                    * SCHMIDT_QUASI_NORM_FACTORS[n][m];
            }
        }

        // Convert back to geodetic coordinates.  This is basically just a
        // rotation around the Y-axis by the difference in latitudes between the
        // geocentric frame and the geodetic frame.
        double latDiffRad = Math.toRadians(gdLatitudeDeg) - mGcLatitudeRad;
        mX = (float) (gcX * Math.cos(latDiffRad)
                      + gcZ * Math.sin(latDiffRad));
        mY = gcY;
        mZ = (float) (- gcX * Math.sin(latDiffRad)
                      + gcZ * Math.cos(latDiffRad));
    }

    /**
     * @return The X (northward) component of the magnetic field in nanoteslas.
     */
    public float getX() {
        return mX;
    }

    /**
     * @return The Y (eastward) component of the magnetic field in nanoteslas.
     */
    public float getY() {
        return mY;
    }

    /**
     * @return The Z (downward) component of the magnetic field in nanoteslas.
     */
    public float getZ() {
        return mZ;
    }

    /**
     * @return The declination of the horizontal component of the magnetic
     *         field from true north, in degrees (i.e. positive means the
     *         magnetic field is rotated east that much from true north).
     */
    public float getDeclination() {
        return (float) Math.toDegrees(Math.atan2(mY, mX));
    }

    /**
     * @return The inclination of the magnetic field in degrees -- positive
     *         means the magnetic field is rotated downwards.
     */
    public float getInclination() {
        return (float) Math.toDegrees(Math.atan2(mZ,
                                                 getHorizontalStrength()));
    }

    /**
     * @return  Horizontal component of the field strength in nonoteslas.
     */
    public float getHorizontalStrength() {
        return (float) Math.sqrt(mX * mX + mY * mY);
    }

    /**
     * @return  Total field strength in nanoteslas.
     */
    public float getFieldStrength() {
        return (float) Math.sqrt(mX * mX + mY * mY + mZ * mZ);
    }

    /**
     * @param gdLatitudeDeg
     *            Latitude in WGS84 geodetic coordinates.
     * @param gdLongitudeDeg
     *            Longitude in WGS84 geodetic coordinates.
     * @param altitudeMeters
     *            Altitude above sea level in WGS84 geodetic coordinates.
     * @return Geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between closest point on the
     *         equator and this point, at the center of the earth.
     */
    private void computeGeocentricCoordinates(float gdLatitudeDeg,
                                              float gdLongitudeDeg,
                                              float altitudeMeters) {
        float altitudeKm = altitudeMeters / 1000.0f;
        float a2 = EARTH_SEMI_MAJOR_AXIS_KM * EARTH_SEMI_MAJOR_AXIS_KM;
        float b2 = EARTH_SEMI_MINOR_AXIS_KM * EARTH_SEMI_MINOR_AXIS_KM;
        double gdLatRad = Math.toRadians(gdLatitudeDeg);
        float clat = (float) Math.cos(gdLatRad);
        float slat = (float) Math.sin(gdLatRad);
        float tlat = slat / clat;
        float latRad =
            (float) Math.sqrt(a2 * clat * clat + b2 * slat * slat);

        mGcLatitudeRad = (float) Math.atan(tlat * (latRad * altitudeKm + b2)
                                           / (latRad * altitudeKm + a2));

        mGcLongitudeRad = (float) Math.toRadians(gdLongitudeDeg);

        float radSq = altitudeKm * altitudeKm
            + 2 * altitudeKm * (float) Math.sqrt(a2 * clat * clat +
                                                 b2 * slat * slat)
            + (a2 * a2 * clat * clat + b2 * b2 * slat * slat)
            / (a2 * clat * clat + b2 * slat * slat);
        mGcRadiusKm = (float) Math.sqrt(radSq);
    }


    /**
     * Utility class to compute a table of Gauss-normalized associated Legendre
     * functions P_n^m(cos(theta))
     */
    static private class LegendreTable {
        // These are the Gauss-normalized associated Legendre functions -- that
        // is, they are normal Legendre functions multiplied by
        // (n-m)!/(2n-1)!! (where (2n-1)!! = 1*3*5*...*2n-1)
        public final float[][] mP;

        // Derivative of mP, with respect to theta.
        public final float[][] mPDeriv;

        /**
         * @param maxN
         *            The maximum n- and m-values to support
         * @param thetaRad
         *            Returned functions will be Gauss-normalized
         *            P_n^m(cos(thetaRad)), with thetaRad in radians.
         */
        public LegendreTable(int maxN, float thetaRad) {
            // Compute the table of Gauss-normalized associated Legendre
            // functions using standard recursion relations. Also compute the
            // table of derivatives using the derivative of the recursion
            // relations.
            float cos = (float) Math.cos(thetaRad);
            float sin = (float) Math.sin(thetaRad);

            mP = new float[maxN + 1][];
            mPDeriv = new float[maxN + 1][];
            mP[0] = new float[] { 1.0f };
            mPDeriv[0] = new float[] { 0.0f };
            for (int n = 1; n <= maxN; n++) {
            	mP[n] = new float[n + 1];
                mPDeriv[n] = new float[n + 1];
                for (int m = 0; m <= n; m++) {
                    if (n == m) {
                        mP[n][m] = sin * mP[n - 1][m - 1];
                        mPDeriv[n][m] = cos * mP[n - 1][m - 1]
                            + sin * mPDeriv[n - 1][m - 1];
                    } else if (n == 1 || m == n - 1) {
                        mP[n][m] = cos * mP[n - 1][m];
                        mPDeriv[n][m] = -sin * mP[n - 1][m]
                            + cos * mPDeriv[n - 1][m];
                    } else {
                        assert n > 1 && m < n - 1;
                        float k = ((n - 1) * (n - 1) - m * m)
                            / (float) ((2 * n - 1) * (2 * n - 3));
                        mP[n][m] = cos * mP[n - 1][m] - k * mP[n - 2][m];
                        mPDeriv[n][m] = -sin * mP[n - 1][m]
                            + cos * mPDeriv[n - 1][m] - k * mPDeriv[n - 2][m];
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Compute the ration between the Gauss-normalized associated Legendre
     * functions and the Schmidt quasi-normalized version. This is equivalent to
     * sqrt((m==0?1:2)*(n-m)!/(n+m!))*(2n-1)!!/(n-m)!
     */
    private static float[][] computeSchmidtQuasiNormFactors(int maxN) {
        float[][] schmidtQuasiNorm = new float[maxN + 1][];
        schmidtQuasiNorm[0] = new float[] { 1.0f };
        for (int n = 1; n <= maxN; n++) {
            schmidtQuasiNorm[n] = new float[n + 1];
            schmidtQuasiNorm[n][0] =
                schmidtQuasiNorm[n - 1][0] * (2 * n - 1) / (float) n;
            for (int m = 1; m <= n; m++) {
                schmidtQuasiNorm[n][m] = schmidtQuasiNorm[n][m - 1]
                    * (float) Math.sqrt((n - m + 1) * (m == 1 ? 2 : 1)
                                / (float) (n + m));
            }
        }
        return schmidtQuasiNorm;
    }
}