MgCoordinateSystemMeasure Class Reference

Provides operations for measuring the distance between 2 coordinates and the azimuth of 2 coordinates as well as calculating a coordinate position given an initial coordinate, an azimuth, and a distance. More...

Inheritance diagram for MgCoordinateSystemMeasure:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
virtual double	GetAzimuth (MgCoordinate *coord1, MgCoordinate *coord2)=0
	Computes the angle with respect to north of a vector formed by two coordinates.
virtual double	GetAzimuth (double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2)=0
	Computes the angle with respect to the north of a vector formed by two coordinates.
virtual MgCoordinate *	GetCoordinate (MgCoordinate *coord, double azimuth, double distance)=0
	Computes a coordinate given a distance along a vector that is defined by a starting coordinate and an azimuth (Angle with respect to the North).
virtual MgCoordinate *	GetCoordinate (double xStart, double yStart, double azimuth, double distance)=0
	Computes a coordinate a given distance along a vector that is defined by a starting coordinate and an azimuth (Angle with respect to the North).
virtual double	GetDistance (MgCoordinate *coord1, MgCoordinate *coord2)=0
	Computes the distance between two coordinates.
virtual double	GetDistance (double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2)=0
	Computes the distance between two coordinates.
virtual MgEnvelope *	GetEnvelope ()=0
	Computes the envelope of the MgCoordinateSystemMeasure object.

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Detailed Description

Provides operations for measuring the distance between 2 coordinates and the azimuth of 2 coordinates as well as calculating a coordinate position given an initial coordinate, an azimuth, and a distance.

Remarks:

If the coordinate system supports it, the ellipsoid definition is used in the operations.
To verify that the operations yield correct results, do the following:

1. get the distance between 2 coordinate.
2. get azimuth12, the azimuth from coordinate1 to coordinate2
3. get azimuth21,the azimuth from coordinate2 to coordinate1
4. get coordinate12, given coordinate1, azimuth12 and distance; coordinate 12 should be the same as coordinate2
5. get coordinate21, given coordinate2, azimuth21 and distance; coordinate 21 should be the same as coordinate1