geodesic.java

GEo 地理操作源代码

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 ** $Id: Geodesic.java,v 1.3 2004/05/06 15:51:52 desruisseaux Exp $
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 ** $Source: /cvsroot/geoapi/src/org/opengis/spatialschema/geometry/geometry/Geodesic.java,v $
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package org.opengis.spatialschema.geometry.geometry;


/**
 * Two distinct positions joined by a geodesic curve. The control points of a <code>Geodesic</code>
 * shall all lie on the geodesic between its start point and end point. Between these two points,
 * a geodesic curve defined from the {@linkplain org.opengis.referencing.datum.Ellipsoid ellipsoid} or geoid model
 * used by the {@linkplain org.opengis.referencing.crs.CoordinateReferenceSystem coordinate reference system} may
 * be used to interpolate other positions. Any other point in the {@link #getControlPoints controlPoint}
 * array must fall on this geodesic.
 *  
 * @UML abstract GM_Geodesic
 * @author ISO/DIS 19107
 * @author <A HREF="http://www.opengis.org">OpenGIS&reg; consortium</A>
 * @version 2.0
 *
 * @see GeometryFactory#createGeodesic
 */
public interface Geodesic extends GeodesicString {
}