Module org.opengis.geoapi

Package org.opengis.referencing.cs

Interface CoordinateSystem

All Superinterfaces:

IdentifiedObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

AffineCS, CartesianCS, CylindricalCS, EllipsoidalCS, LinearCS, PolarCS, SphericalCS, TimeCS, UserDefinedCS, VerticalCS

@UML(identifier="CS_CoordinateSystem",
     specification=ISO_19111)
public interface CoordinateSystem
extends IdentifiedObject

The set of coordinate system axes that spans a given coordinate space. A coordinate system (CS) is derived from a set of (mathematical) rules for specifying how coordinates in a given space are to be assigned to points. The coordinate values in a coordinate tuple shall be recorded in the order in which the coordinate system axes associations are recorded, whenever those coordinates use a coordinate reference system that uses this coordinate system.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

• CoordinateSystemAxis
• Unit
• Datum
• CoordinateReferenceSystem

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface IdentifiedObject

ALIAS_KEY, IDENTIFIERS_KEY, NAME_KEY, REMARKS_KEY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
CoordinateSystemAxis	getAxis(int dimension)	Returns the axis for this coordinate system at the specified dimension.
int	getDimension()	Returns the dimension of the coordinate system.

Methods inherited from interface IdentifiedObject

getAlias, getIdentifiers, getName, getRemarks, toWKT

Method Details

getDimension

int getDimension()

Returns the dimension of the coordinate system.

Returns:

The dimension of the coordinate system.

getAxis

@UML(identifier="axis",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19111)
CoordinateSystemAxis getAxis(int dimension)
                      throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

Returns the axis for this coordinate system at the specified dimension. Each coordinate system must have at least one axis.

Parameters:

dimension - The zero based index of axis.

Returns:

The axis at the specified dimension.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if dimension is out of bounds.