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itprorh66 / SolarPV-Simulator

A Python Project to model the operation of an off grid Solar Power System in order to define correct sizing information.
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Use GPS coordinates to identify Site Location #22

Closed itprorh66 closed 3 years ago

itprorh66 commented 3 years ago

Provide an option on the Site Definition Screen for entering GPS coordinates rather than Lat. Lon coordinates for the location of the site. This can be done by providing a checkbox to indicate GPS coordinates. This also requires definition of a function to convert GPS coordinates to Lat, Lon coordinates for gathering NASA data and supplying other calculations within the PVLIB library.

itprorh66 commented 3 years ago

Since, the GPS coordinate system is simply the lat/lon in terms of decimal degrees, the current data entry for location is already compatible with GPS coordinates. In review of adding a capability to enter location in terms of Degrees, Mins, secs itnwas felt this capability was not fully useful. For this reason this enhancement has been rejected and closed.