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/* gvSIG. Desktop Geographic Information System.
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* Copyright ? 2007-2012 gvSIG Association
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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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* 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 javax.measure.Unit; |
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import javax.measure.quantity.Length; |
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import org.cresques.cts.IProjection; |
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import org.gvsig.proj.catalog.CRSDefinition; |
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import org.gvsig.proj.catalog.CRSType; |
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import org.gvsig.proj.catalog.TransformationDefinition; |
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import org.gvsig.proj.catalog.exception.CoordinateReferenceSystemException; |
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import org.gvsig.proj.catalog.exception.TransformationException; |
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import org.gvsig.proj.catalog.exception.UnsupportedCoordinateReferenceSystemException; |
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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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* @return
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*/
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CRSDefinition getDefinition(); |
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/**
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* Some CRSs include a projection, which defines a mathematical model to approximate
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* the surface of an area of the earth using a planar surface. CRS including a
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* projection are called projected CRSs
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*
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* @return true if the CRS is projected, false otherwise. It also returns true
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* for derived CRSs whose {@link #getBaseCRS() base CRS} is a projected CRS
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*/
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boolean isProjected();
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/**
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* Returns true if the CRS is geographic. It also returns true for derived CRSs
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* whose {@link #getBaseCRS() base CRS} is a geographic CRS.
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*
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* @return
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*/
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boolean isGeographic();
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/**
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* If this CRS is a projected CRS (or a derived CRS whose base CRS is a projected
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* CRS), it converts coordinates from this CoordinateReferenceSystem to the
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* base Geographic CRS. If the CRS is a geographic CRS, it returns the same
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* coordinates without further transformation.
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*
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* @param point
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* @return
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* @throws TransformationException if {@link #isProjected()} and
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* {@link #isGeographic()} are both false
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*/
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double[] toGeo(double[] point) throws TransformationException; |
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/**
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* Calculates the distance between 2 points on the surface of the Earth.
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*
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* The distances are calculated based on the characteristics of CRSDefinition,
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* using geodetic distances when possible. Geodetic distances offer highly
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* accurate measurements and are based on the exact shape of the ellipsoid.
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*
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* If this CRSDefinition is projected, then the geodetic calculations are done
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* using its base (geographic) CRS. If this CRSDefinition is not geodetic nor
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* projected, then Euclidean distances are calculated.
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*
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* The provided points are considered to be 2D points
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* (additional dimensions are ignored).
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*
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* @param point1
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* @param point2
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* @param the unit in which the distance should be measure
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* @return The distance between point1 and point2 measured in the units
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* provided by the unit parameter.
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* @throws CoordinateReferenceSystemException if an error is produced calculating the distance
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*/
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double getDistance(double[] point1, double[] point2, Unit<Length> unit) throws CoordinateReferenceSystemException; |
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/**
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* Calculates the distance between 2 points on the surface of the Earth.
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*
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* If this CRS is projected and useBaseCRS is <code>false</code>, then
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* the Euclidean distance is calculated. If the CRS is projected and
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* <code>useBaseCRS</code> is <code>true<code>, then the
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* geodetic distance is calculated, using its base (geographic) CRS.
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*
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* If the CRS is geodetic, then the geodetic distance is calculated.
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* If the CRS is not projected nor geometric, then the Euclidean distance
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* is calculated.
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*
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* Geodetic distances offer highly accurate measurements and are based on
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* the exact shape of the ellipsoid.
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* The provided points are considered to be 2D points
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* (additional dimensions are ignored).
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*
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* @param point1
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* @param point2
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* @param the unit in which the distance should be measure
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*
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* @return The distance between point1 and point2 measured in the units
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* provided by the unit parameter.
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* @throws CoordinateReferenceSystemException if an error is produced calculating the distance
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*/
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double getDistance(double[] point1, double[] point2, boolean useBaseCRS, Unit<Length> unit) throws CoordinateReferenceSystemException; |
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/**
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* Returns a legacy IProjection object, the interface used in older gvSIG
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* versions to represent CoordinateReferenceSystems. This method will be
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* removed in the future, so migrate your code to {@link CoordinateReferenceSystem}
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* and the new API as soon as possible.
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*
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* @return
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*/
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@Deprecated
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IProjection getIProjection(); |
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} |