Interesting - another bit of the puzzle :)

Cheers Jody !

Michael

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Jody Garnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The code in unsupported/isogeometry is a "fork" of JTS ... why you ask?
> JTS is an implementation of the Simple Feature for SQL definition of
> Geometry
> unsupported/isogeometry is an implementation of the ISO 19107 definition of
> Geometry
>
> Why do we need two definitions? The JTS one is focused on a "flat world"
> geometry; everything is straight lines on a plane. The ISO 19107 definition
> is more complicated (curves on a sphere, 3d structures, etc...).
>
> For now (ie the next couple of years) use JTS; and help round up
> funds/volunteers for the ISO19107 work.
> Jody
>>
>> if you really want to know all the gory details have a look at
>> CGAlgorithms.signedArea (in the geotools source under
>> unsupported/isogeometry) which is the function used by Polygon to
>> calculate area.
>>
>> Actually - it's not that gory :)
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Gloria Muñoz wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>> I have a question that maybe is a little silly but, does anyone know
>>> how the method getArea()
>>>
>>>
>
>

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