Interface GeodeticDatum

All Superinterfaces:

Datum, Identified­Object

All Known Implementing Classes:

Default­Geodetic­Datum, Default­Geodetic­Datum.Dynamic

@UML(identifier="CD_GeodeticDatum",
     specification=ISO_19111)
public interface GeodeticDatum
extends Datum

Defines the location and precise orientation in 3-dimensional space of a defined ellipsoid (or sphere) that approximates the shape of the earth. Used also for Cartesian coordinate system centered in this ellipsoid (or sphere).

Since:

1.0

See Also:

• Ellipsoid
• Prime­Meridian

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface Datum

ANCHOR_POINT_KEY, DOMAIN_OF_VALIDITY_KEY, REALIZATION_EPOCH_KEY, SCOPE_KEY

Fields inherited from interface IdentifiedObject

ALIAS_KEY, IDENTIFIERS_KEY, NAME_KEY, REMARKS_KEY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Ellipsoid	get­Ellipsoid()	Returns the ellipsoid.
Prime­Meridian	get­Prime­Meridian()	Returns the prime meridian.

Methods inherited from interface Datum

get­Anchor­Point, get­Domain­Of­Validity, get­Realization­Epoch, get­Scope

Methods inherited from interface IdentifiedObject

get­Alias, get­Identifiers, get­Name, get­Remarks, to­WKT

Method Details

getEllipsoid

@UML(identifier="ellipsoid",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19111)
Ellipsoid getEllipsoid()

Returns the ellipsoid.

Returns:

The ellipsoid.

getPrimeMeridian

@UML(identifier="primeMeridian",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19111)
PrimeMeridian getPrimeMeridian()

Returns the prime meridian.

Returns:

The prime meridian.