Package Bio :: Package Phylo :: Module PhyloXML :: Class Point

Class Point

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BaseTree.TreeElement --+    
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            PhyloElement --+
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                          Point

Geographic coordinates of a point, with an optional altitude.

Used by element 'Distribution'.

:Parameters:
    geodetic_datum : string, required
        the geodetic datum (also called 'map datum'). For example, Google's
        KML uses 'WGS84'.
    lat : numeric
        latitude
    long : numeric
        longitude
    alt : numeric
        altitude
    alt_unit : string
        unit for the altitude (e.g. 'meter')

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, geodetic_datum, lat, long, alt=None, alt_unit=None)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

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Inherited from BaseTree.TreeElement: __repr__, __str__

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __setattr__

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self, geodetic_datum, lat, long, alt=None, alt_unit=None)
(Constructor)

source code

x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

Overrides: object.__init__: (inherited documentation)

Class Point

__init__(self, geodetic_datum, lat, long, alt=None, alt_unit=None) (Constructor)

init(self, geodetic_datum, lat, long, alt=None, alt_unit=None)
(Constructor)