org.opengis.referencing.cs

Interface SphericalCS

All Superinterfaces:

CoordinateSystem, IdentifiedObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultSphericalCS

@UML(identifier="CS_SphericalCS",
     specification=ISO_19111)
public interface SphericalCS
extends CoordinateSystem

A three-dimensional coordinate system with one distance measured from the origin and two angular coordinates. Not to be confused with an ellipsoidal coordinate system based on an ellipsoid "degenerated" into a sphere. A SphericalCS shall have three axis associations.

Used with CRS type(s)
Geocentric, Engineering

Since:

GeoAPI 1.0

Author:

Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface IdentifiedObject

ALIAS_KEY, IDENTIFIERS_KEY, NAME_KEY, REMARKS_KEY

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface CoordinateSystem

getAxis, getDimension

Methods inherited from interface IdentifiedObject

getAlias, getIdentifiers, getName, getRemarks, toWKT