Module org.opengis.geoapi

Package org.opengis.metadata.identification

Interface Resolution

@UML(identifier="MD_Resolution",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public interface Resolution

Level of detail expressed as a scale factor or a ground distance.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Double	getDistance()	Ground sample distance.
RepresentativeFraction	getEquivalentScale()	Level of detail expressed as the scale of a comparable hardcopy map or chart.

Method Details

getEquivalentScale

@Profile(level=CORE)
@UML(identifier="equivalentScale",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
RepresentativeFraction getEquivalentScale()

Level of detail expressed as the scale of a comparable hardcopy map or chart. Only one of equivalent scale and ground sample distance may be provided.

Returns:

Level of detail expressed as the scale of a comparable hardcopy, or null.

Condition:

Distance not documented.

getDistance

@Profile(level=CORE)
@UML(identifier="distance",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
Double getDistance()

Ground sample distance. Only one of equivalent scale and ground sample distance may be provided.

Warning: The return type of this method may change in GeoAPI 3.1. It may be replaced by the Length type in order to provide unit of measurement together with the value.

Returns:

The ground sample distance, or null.

Condition:

Equivalent scale not documented.

Unit:

Distance