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# GeomagneticField

`public class GeomagneticField`
`extends Object` ``

java.lang.Object
↳ | android.hardware.GeomagneticField

Estimates magnetic field at a given point on Earth, and in particular, to compute the magnetic declination from true north.

This uses the World Magnetic Model produced by the United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. More details about the model can be found at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/WMM/DoDWMM.shtml. This class currently uses WMM-2015 which is valid until 2020, but should produce acceptable results for several years after that. Future versions of Android may use a newer version of the model.

## Summary

### Public constructors
`GeomagneticField(float gdLatitudeDeg, float gdLongitudeDeg, float altitudeMeters, long timeMillis)` Estimate the magnetic field at a given point and time.

### Public methods
`float` | `getDeclination()`
`float` | `getFieldStrength()`
`float` | `getHorizontalStrength()`
`float` | `getInclination()`
`float` | `getX()`
`float` | `getY()`
`float` | `getZ()`

### Inherited methods
From class `java.lang.Object`
`Object` | `clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean` | `equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void` | `finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>` | `getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int` | `hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void` | `notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void` | `notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String` | `toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void` | `wait(long timeout, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void` | `wait(long timeout)` Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.
`final void` | `wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object.

## Public constructors

### GeomagneticField

    public GeomagneticField (float gdLatitudeDeg,
                    float gdLongitudeDeg,
                    float altitudeMeters,
                    long timeMillis)

Estimate the magnetic field at a given point and time.

Parameters
`gdLatitudeDeg` | `float`: Latitude in WGS84 geodetic coordinates -- positive is east.
`gdLongitudeDeg` | `float`: Longitude in WGS84 geodetic coordinates -- positive is north.
`altitudeMeters` | `float`: Altitude in WGS84 geodetic coordinates, in meters.
`timeMillis` | `long`: Time at which to evaluate the declination, in milliseconds since January 1, 1970. (approximate is fine -- the declination changes very slowly).

## Public methods

### getDeclination

    public float getDeclination ()

Returns
`float` | 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).

### getFieldStrength

    public float getFieldStrength ()

Returns
`float` | Total field strength in nanoteslas.

### getHorizontalStrength

    public float getHorizontalStrength ()

Returns
`float` | Horizontal component of the field strength in nanoteslas.

### getInclination

    public float getInclination ()

Returns
`float` | The inclination of the magnetic field in degrees -- positive means the magnetic field is rotated downwards.

### getX

    public float getX ()

Returns
`float` | The X (northward) component of the magnetic field in nanoteslas.

### getY

    public float getY ()

Returns
`float` | The Y (eastward) component of the magnetic field in nanoteslas.

### getZ

    public float getZ ()

Returns
`float` | The Z (downward) component of the magnetic field in nanoteslas.

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