Location#

Methods for information about locations.

location.lookup_altitude(latitude, longitude)

Look up location altitude from low-resolution altitude map supplied with pvlib.

Classes#

location.Location(latitude, longitude[, tz, ...])

Location objects are convenient containers for latitude, longitude, time zone, and altitude data associated with a particular geographic location.

A Location object may be created from the metadata returned by these file types:

Methods for calculating time series of certain variables for a given location are available through this class.