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/* gvSIG. Desktop Geographic Information System.
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* Copyright ? 2007-2012 gvSIG Association
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*
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* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
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* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details.
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
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* MA 02110-1301, USA.
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* For any additional information, do not hesitate to contact us
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* at info AT gvsig.com, or visit our website www.gvsig.com.
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*/
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package org.gvsig.proj; |
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import org.gvsig.proj.catalog.CRSDefinition; |
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import org.gvsig.proj.catalog.exception.CoordinateReferenceSystemNotFoundException; |
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import org.gvsig.tools.lang.Cloneable; |
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/**
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* Coordinate Reference System (CRS). A CRS defines how a set of coordinates relate
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* to real positions (on earth, on other planet or in the space). Some CRSs include
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* a projection, which defines a mathematical model to approximate the surface of an
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* area of the earth using a planar surface.
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*
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* Note that a set of coordinates is meaningless if their CRS is not defined, as these
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* values can refer to different locations on the Earth depending on the CRS being used.
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*
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* @see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinate_reference_system
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* @see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection
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* @author gvSIG Team
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*/
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public interface CoordinateReferenceSystem extends Cloneable { |
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/**
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* Gets the definition of the coordinate reference system. The CRSDefinition
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* fully defines the CRS
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*
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* @return
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* @throws UnsupportedOperationException
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* @throws CoordinateReferenceSystemNotFoundException
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*/
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CRSDefinition getDefinition() throws CoordinateReferenceSystemNotFoundException, UnsupportedOperationException; |
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} |