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-// localconsts.hxx -- various constant that are shared 
-//
-// Written by Curtis Olson, started September 2000.
-//
-// Copyright (C) 2000  Curtis L. Olson  - http://www.flightgear.org/~curt
-//
-// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-// modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
-// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-// version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-// Library General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
-// License along with this library; if not, write to the
-// Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-// Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
-//
-// $Id$
-
-
-#ifndef _SG_LOCAL_CONSTS_HXX
-#define _SG_LOCAL_CONSTS_HXX
-
-
-// Value of earth flattening parameter from ref [8] 
-//
-//      Note: FP = f
-//            E  = 1-f
-//            EPS = sqrt(1-(1-f)^2)
-//
-
-static const double FP =   0.003352813178;
-static const double E  =   0.996647186;
-static const double EPS =  0.081819221;
-static const double INVG = 0.031080997;
-
-
-#endif // _SG_LOCAL_CONSTS_HXX