GeoCoordinate.Latitude Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Device.Location

Assembly:

System.Device.dll

Gets or sets the latitude of the GeoCoordinate.

public:
 property double Latitude { double get(); void set(double value); };

public double Latitude { get; set; }

member this.Latitude : double with get, set

Public Property Latitude As Double

Property Value

Double

Latitude of the location.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

Latitude is set outside the valid range.

Examples

The following example prints the latitude and longitude values that are obtained from a GeoCoordinate.

using System;
using System.Device.Location;

namespace LocationEvent1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            GeoCoordinateWatcher watcher;
            watcher = new GeoCoordinateWatcher();

            watcher.PositionChanged += (sender, e) =>
            {
                var coordinate = e.Position.Location;
                Console.WriteLine("Lat: {0}, Long: {1}", coordinate.Latitude,
                    coordinate.Longitude);
                // Uncomment to get only one event.
                // watcher.Stop();
            };

            // Begin listening for location updates.
            watcher.Start();
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Device.Location

Module GetLocationEvent
    Public Class CLocation
        Private WithEvents watcher As GeoCoordinateWatcher
        Public Sub GetLocationDataEvent()
            watcher = New System.Device.Location.GeoCoordinateWatcher()
            AddHandler watcher.PositionChanged, AddressOf watcher_PositionChanged
            watcher.Start()

        End Sub

        Private Sub watcher_PositionChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GeoPositionChangedEventArgs(Of GeoCoordinate))
            PrintPosition(e.Position.Location.Latitude, e.Position.Location.Longitude)
            ' Uncomment the following to stop receiving updates after the first one.
            ' watcher.Stop()
        End Sub

        Private Sub PrintPosition(ByVal Latitude As Double, ByVal Longitude As Double)
            Console.WriteLine("Latitude: {0}, Longitude {1}", Latitude, Longitude)
        End Sub
    End Class


    Public Sub Main()
        Dim myLocation As New CLocation()
        myLocation.GetLocationDataEvent()
        Console.WriteLine("Enter any key to quit.")
        Console.ReadLine()
    End Sub

End Module

Remarks

Latitude can range from -90.0 to 90.0. Latitude is measured in degrees north or south from the equator. Positive values are north of the equator and negative values are south of the equator.