org.opengis.referencing.cs
Interface SphericalCS

All Superinterfaces:
CoordinateSystem, IdentifiedObject

@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
Version:
Abstract specification 2.0

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
 



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