GeoLat - The geodetic latitude of the observer (SpecFrames only)

Description:

This attribute specifies the geodetic latitude of the observer, in degrees. Together with the GeoLon, Epoch, RefRA, and RefDec  attributes, it defines the Doppler shift introduced by the observers diurnal motion around the Earth's axis, which is needed when converting SpecFrames  to or from the topocentric standard of rest. The maximum velocity error, which can be caused by an incorrect value, is 0.5 km/s. The default value for the attribute is zero.

The value is stored internally in radians, but is converted to and from a degrees string for access. Some example input formats are: "22:19:23.2", "22 19 23.2", "22:19.387", "22.32311", "N22.32311", "-45.6", "S45.6". As indicated, the sign of the latitude can optionally be indicated using characters "N" and "S" in place of the usual "$+$" and "-". When converting the stored value to a string, the format "[s]dd:mm:ss.s" is used, when "[s]" is "N" or "S".

Type:

String.