Welcome to the lofar antenna positions documentation!

lofarantpos is a Python library containing LOFAR antenna positions, and tools for working with them. The coordinates are mirrored from the official source: the LOFAR git repository.

A convenience submodule is included for making matplotlib plots of (collections of) LOFAR stations.

Installation

Installation is typically done with pip:

$ pip install --upgrade lofarantpos

Usage

Contents

• lofarantpos package
  • lofarantpos.db
    • Antenna
    • ContainerLocation
    • LofarAntennaDatabase
      • LofarAntennaDatabase.antennas
      • LofarAntennaDatabase.phase_centres
      • LofarAntennaDatabase.hba_rotations
      • LofarAntennaDatabase.pqr_to_etrs
      • LofarAntennaDatabase.lora_detector_pqr
      • LofarAntennaDatabase.antenna_etrs()
      • LofarAntennaDatabase.antenna_pqr()
      • LofarAntennaDatabase.hba_dipole_etrs()
      • LofarAntennaDatabase.hba_dipole_pqr()
      • LofarAntennaDatabase.pqr_to_localnorth()
      • LofarAntennaDatabase.rotation_from_north()
    • LoraDetector
    • PhaseCentre
    • RotationMatrix
    • getcol()
    • install_prefix()
    • parse_csv()
    • parse_hba_rotations()
  • lofarantpos.geo
    • geographic_array_from_xyz()
    • geographic_from_xyz()
    • localnorth_to_etrs()
    • normal_vector_ellipsoid()
    • normal_vector_meridian_plane()
    • normalized_earth_radius()
    • projection_matrix()
    • transform()
    • xyz_from_geographic()
  • lofarantpos.plotutil
    • add_background()
    • plot_core()
    • plot_hba()
    • plot_lba()
    • plot_station()
    • plot_superterp()
• Plotting examples