Package org.jscience.geography.coordinates

Class XYZ

java.lang.Object

org.jscience.geography.coordinates.Coordinates<GeocentricCRS<XYZ>>

org.jscience.geography.coordinates.XYZ

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, javolution.lang.Immutable, javolution.lang.Realtime, javolution.lang.ValueType, javolution.xml.XMLSerializable, org.opengis.spatialschema.geometry.DirectPosition, org.opengis.spatialschema.geometry.geometry.Position, org.opengis.util.Cloneable

public final class XYZ
extends Coordinates<GeocentricCRS<XYZ>>

This class represents the geocentric Earth-Centered, Earth-Fixed (ECEF) cartesian coordinates used in GPS/GLONASS.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static GeocentricCRS<XYZ>	CRS	Holds the coordinate reference system for all instances of this class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
XYZ	copy()	Returns a copy of these coordinates allocated by the calling thread (possibly on the stack).
GeocentricCRS<XYZ>	getCoordinateReferenceSystem()	Returns the reference system for this coordinates.
int	getDimension()	OpenGIS® - The length of coordinate sequence (the number of entries).
double	getOrdinate(int dimension)	OpenGIS® - Returns the ordinate at the specified dimension.
Float64Vector	toVector(Unit<Length> unit)	Returns the x/y/z coordinates value as a 3-dimensional vector.
static XYZ	valueOf(double x, double y, double z, Unit<Length> unit)	Returns the spatial position corresponding to the specified coordinates.
static XYZ	valueOf(Float64Vector vector, Unit<Length> unit)	Returns the spatial position corresponding to the specified 3-dimensional vector.
double	xValue(Unit<Length> unit)	Returns the x coordinate value as double
double	yValue(Unit<Length> unit)	Returns the y coordinate value as double
double	zValue(Unit<Length> unit)	Returns the z coordinate value as double

Methods inherited from class org.jscience.geography.coordinates.Coordinates

clone, getCoordinates, getPosition, setOrdinate, toString, toText

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

CRS

public static final GeocentricCRS<XYZ> CRS

Holds the coordinate reference system for all instances of this class.

Method Detail

valueOf

public static XYZ valueOf(double x,
                          double y,
                          double z,
                          Unit<Length> unit)

Returns the spatial position corresponding to the specified coordinates.

Parameters:

x - the x value stated in the specified unit.

y - the y value stated in the specified unit.

z - the z value stated in the specified unit.

unit - the length unit in which the coordinates are stated.

Returns:

the corresponding 3D position.

valueOf

public static XYZ valueOf(Float64Vector vector,
                          Unit<Length> unit)

Returns the spatial position corresponding to the specified 3-dimensional vector.

Parameters:

vector - the 3-dimensional vector holding the x/y/z coordinates.

unit - the length unit in which the coordinates are stated.

Returns:

the corresponding 3D position.

xValue

public double xValue(Unit<Length> unit)

Returns the x coordinate value as double

Parameters:

unit - the length unit of the x coordinate value to return.

Returns:

the x coordinate stated in the specified unit.

yValue

public double yValue(Unit<Length> unit)

Returns the y coordinate value as double

Parameters:

unit - the length unit of the x coordinate value to return.

Returns:

the z coordinate stated in the specified unit.

zValue

public double zValue(Unit<Length> unit)

Returns the z coordinate value as double

Parameters:

unit - the length unit of the x coordinate value to return.

Returns:

the z coordinate stated in the specified unit.

toVector

public Float64Vector toVector(Unit<Length> unit)

Returns the x/y/z coordinates value as a 3-dimensional vector.

Parameters:

unit - the length unit of the vector coordinates.

Returns:

a vector holding the x/y/z coordinates stated in the specified unit.

getCoordinateReferenceSystem

public GeocentricCRS<XYZ> getCoordinateReferenceSystem()

Description copied from class: Coordinates

Returns the reference system for this coordinates.

Specified by:

getCoordinateReferenceSystem in interface org.opengis.spatialschema.geometry.DirectPosition

Specified by:

getCoordinateReferenceSystem in class Coordinates<GeocentricCRS<XYZ>>

Returns:

the associated coordinate reference system.

getDimension

public int getDimension()

Description copied from class: Coordinates

OpenGIS® - The length of coordinate sequence (the number of entries). This is determined by the coordinate reference system.

Specified by:

getDimension in interface org.opengis.spatialschema.geometry.DirectPosition

Specified by:

getDimension in class Coordinates<GeocentricCRS<XYZ>>

Returns:

the dimensionality of this position.

getOrdinate

public double getOrdinate(int dimension)
                   throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

Description copied from class: Coordinates

OpenGIS® - Returns the ordinate at the specified dimension.

Specified by:

getOrdinate in interface org.opengis.spatialschema.geometry.DirectPosition

Specified by:

getOrdinate in class Coordinates<GeocentricCRS<XYZ>>

Parameters:

dimension - The dimension in the range 0 to dimension-1.

Returns:

The coordinate at the specified dimension.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the specified dimension is out of bounds.

copy

public XYZ copy()

Description copied from class: Coordinates

Returns a copy of these coordinates allocated by the calling thread (possibly on the stack).

Specified by:

copy in interface javolution.lang.ValueType

Specified by:

copy in class Coordinates<GeocentricCRS<XYZ>>

Returns:

an identical and independant copy of these coordinates .