A class to describe a point in latitude, longitude and elevation. __eq__ and __repr__ methods excluded. This class was created for my Curtin University, Masters of Geospatial Science, Spatial Computations 100, second assignment, BoreholeWrangler V3.0.

APLocationObject.py

class LocationObject:
    # Class properties
    fLatitude = None
    fLongitude = None
    fElevation = None

    # Class hidden properties
    # Minimum and maximum values to validate location inputs.
    _MIN_LATITUDE = -90.0
    _MAX_LATITUDE = 90.0
    _MIN_LONGITUDE = -180.0
    _MAX_LONGITUDE = 180.0
    _MIN_ELEVATION = -16.0
    _MAX_ELEVATION = 8848.0

    def __init__(self, fLatitudeInput, fLongitudeInput, fElevationInput=0.0):
        try:  # Exception handling for invalid latitude input
            if self._MIN_LATITUDE <= fLatitudeInput <= self._MAX_LATITUDE:
                self.fLatitude = float(fLatitudeInput)
            else:
                raise ValueError("Latitude input not on planet Earth")
        except ValueError:
            raise ValueError("Non-numerical input to latitude value")

        try:  # Exception handling for invalid longitude input
            if self._MIN_LONGITUDE <= fLongitudeInput <= self._MAX_LONGITUDE:
                self.fLongitude = float(fLongitudeInput)
            else:
                raise ValueError("Longitude input not on planet Earth")
        except ValueError:
            raise ValueError("Non-numerical input to longitude value")

        try:  # Exception handling for invalid elevation input
            if self._MIN_ELEVATION <= fElevationInput <= self._MAX_ELEVATION:
                self.fElevation = float(fElevationInput)
            else:
                raise ValueError("Elevation input not on the surface of the Earth")
        except ValueError:
            raise ValueError("Non-numerical input to elevation value")