#!/usr/bin/python import mlat import numpy #here's some test data to validate the algorithm teststations = [[37.76225, -122.44254, 100], [37.409044, -122.077748, 100], [37.585085, -121.986395, 100]] testalt = 8000 testplane = numpy.array(mlat.llh2ecef([37.617175,-122.380843, testalt])) testme = mlat.llh2geoid(teststations[0]) teststamps = [10, 10 + numpy.linalg.norm(testplane-numpy.array(mlat.llh2geoid(teststations[1]))) / mlat.c, 10 + numpy.linalg.norm(testplane-numpy.array(mlat.llh2geoid(teststations[2]))) / mlat.c, ] replies = [] for i in range(0, len(teststations)): replies.append((teststations[i], teststamps[i])) ans = mlat.mlat(replies, testalt) error = numpy.linalg.norm(numpy.array(mlat.llh2ecef(ans))-numpy.array(testplane)) range = numpy.linalg.norm(mlat.llh2geoid(ans)-numpy.array(mlat.llh2geoid(teststations[0]))) print "Error: %.2fm" % (error) print "Range: %.2fkm (from first station in list)" % (range/1000)