Module org.opengis.geoapi.example

module org.opengis.geoapi.example
An example of a very simple GeoAPI implementation. This implementation is not complete, but can be used as a starting point for implementers. Since every files in this module are placed into the Public Domain, anyone is free to do whatever they wish with those files.

Metadata

The org.opengis.metadata package and sub-packages contain a large amount of interfaces, which may give the impression that implementing metadata is very tedious. However the Proxy class can provide dynamically generated implementations. The metadata example in this module shows how to implement every metadata interfaces with only two small classes.

Referencing

The ISO 19111 model contains lot of details, some of them being ignored by existing libraries. For example some libraries make no distinction between:
  • Ellipsoid and Geodetic Datum
  • Coordinate System and Coordinate Reference System
  • Coordinate Operation and Math Transform
This module follows the path of simpler libraries by merging different ISO concepts in the same class. While this is not a recommended approach for strict ISO 19111 compliance, the intent is to demonstrate that implementers can hide some of the ISO 19111 complexity.