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Interface drasys.or.geom.geo.EllipsoidI

public interface EllipsoidI
An interface used to abstractly access ellipsoids.
Copyright (C) 1998 by DRA Systems all rights reserved.

Method Index

o getEccentricity()
Returns the eccentricity of the ellipsoid.
o getEccentricitySquared()
Returns the square of the eccentricity of the ellipsoid.
o getEquatorialRadius()
Returns the equatorial radius of the ellipsoid.
o getFlattening()
Returns the flattening of the ellipsoid.
o getInverseMeridinalDistance(double)
Returns the latitude in radians that is 'distance' from the equator.
o getMeanRadius()
Returns the mean radius of the ellipsoid.
o getMeridinalDistance(double)
Returns the meridinal distance from the equator to a latitude given in radians.
o getMeridinalDistance(double, double, double)
Returns the meridinal distance from the equator to a latitude given in radians.
o getName()
Returns the name used to identify the ellipsoid.
o getPolarRadius()
Returns the polar radius of the ellipsoid.
o greatCircleSphericalDistance(PointI, PointI)
Returns the great circle distance in the units of the ellipsoid.

Methods

o getName 
 public abstract String getName()
Returns the name used to identify the ellipsoid.

o getFlattening 
 public abstract double getFlattening()
Returns the flattening of the ellipsoid.

o getEccentricity 
 public abstract double getEccentricity()
Returns the eccentricity of the ellipsoid.

o getEccentricitySquared 
 public abstract double getEccentricitySquared()
Returns the square of the eccentricity of the ellipsoid.

o getPolarRadius 
 public abstract double getPolarRadius()
Returns the polar radius of the ellipsoid.

o getEquatorialRadius 
 public abstract double getEquatorialRadius()
Returns the equatorial radius of the ellipsoid.

o getMeanRadius 
 public abstract double getMeanRadius()
Returns the mean radius of the ellipsoid.

o greatCircleSphericalDistance 
 public abstract double greatCircleSphericalDistance(PointI point1,
                                                     PointI point2)
Returns the great circle distance in the units of the ellipsoid.

o getMeridinalDistance 
 public abstract double getMeridinalDistance(double radians)
Returns the meridinal distance from the equator to a latitude given in radians. The arguments are the sin and cos of the latitude.

o getMeridinalDistance 
 public abstract double getMeridinalDistance(double radians,
                                             double sin,
                                             double cos)
Returns the meridinal distance from the equator to a latitude given in radians. The arguments are the sin and cos of the latitude.

o getInverseMeridinalDistance 
 public abstract double getInverseMeridinalDistance(double distance)
Returns the latitude in radians that is 'distance' from the equator. 

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