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() >>> >>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Geotools-gt2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users
