The GARS Library was developed at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in collaboration with BIT Systems. The government has "unlimited rights" and is releasing this software to increase the impact of government investments by providing developers with the opportunity to take things in new directions. The software use, modification, and distribution rights are stipulated within the MIT license.

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GARS is a Java library providing Global Area Reference System functionality, a standardized geospatial reference system for areas.

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GARS gars = GARS.parse("006AG39");
Point point = gars.toPoint();
Point pointMeters = point.toMeters();

double latitude = 63.98862388;
double longitude = 29.06755082;
Point point2 = Point.point(longitude, latitude);
GARS gars2 = GARS.from(point2);
String garsCoordinate = gars2.toString();
String gars30m = gars2.coordinate(GridType.THIRTY_MINUTE);
String gars15m = gars2.coordinate(GridType.FIFTEEN_MINUTE);
String gars5m = gars2.coordinate(GridType.FIVE_MINUTE);

See gars-android for a concrete example

// GridTile tile = ...;

Grids grids = Grids.create();

ZoomGrids zoomGrids = grids.getGrids(tile.getZoom());
if (zoomGrids.hasGrids()) {

  for (Grid grid : zoomGrids) {

    List<GridLine> lines = grid.getLines(tile);
    if (lines != null) {
      for (GridLine line : lines) {
        Pixel pixel1 = line.getPoint1().getPixel(tile);
        Pixel pixel2 = line.getPoint2().getPixel(tile);
        // Draw line
      }
    }

    List<GridLabel> labels = grid.getLabels(tile);
    if (labels != null) {
      for (GridLabel label : labels) {
        PixelRange pixelRange = label.getBounds()
            .getPixelRange(tile);
        Pixel centerPixel = label.getCenter().getPixel(tile);
        // Draw label
      }
    }

  }
}

Default grid properties including zoom ranges, styles, and labelers are defined in gars.properties. The defaults can be changed in code by modifying the Grids.

Pull from the Maven Central Repository (JAR, POM, Source, Javadoc)

<dependency>
    <groupId>mil.nga</groupId>
    <artifactId>gars</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.3</version>
</dependency>

Build this repository using Eclipse and/or Maven:

mvn clean install

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