/ 
Geo-Point-0.10
River stage one • 7 direct dependents • 8 total dependents
/ Geo::Line

NAME

Geo::Line - a sequence of connected points

INHERITANCE

Geo::Line
  is a Geo::Shape

Geo::Line
  is a Math::Polygon

SYNOPSIS

my $line  = Geo::Line->new(points => [$p1, $p2]);
my $line  = Geo::Line->line($p1, $p2);

my $ring  = Geo::Line->ring($p1, $p2, $p3, $p1);
my $ring  = Geo::Line->ring($p1, $p2, $p3);

my $plane = Geo::Line->filled($p1, $p2, $p3, $p1);
my $plane = Geo::Line->filled($p1, $p2, $p3);

DESCRIPTION

A 2-dimensional sequence of connected points. The points will be forced to use the same projection.

METHODS

Constructors

Geo::Line->bboxFromString(STRING, {PROJECTION])

    Create a square from the STRING. The coordinates can be separated by a comma (preferrably), or blanks. When the coordinates end on NSEW, the order does not matter, otherwise lat-long or xy order is presumed.

    This routine is very smart. It understands PROJLABEL: <4 coordinates in any order, but with NSEW> ...

    example: bbox from string

    my $x = '5n 2n 3e e12';       # coordinates in any order
my $x = '5e , 2n, 3n, e12';    # coordinates in any order
my $x = '2.12-23.1E, N1-4';   # stretches
my $x = 'wgs84: 2-5e, 1-8n';  # starts with projection
my $x = 'wgs84: e2d12' -3d, n1, n7d12'34"';

my ($xmin, $ymin, $xmax, $ymax, $proj)
   = Geo::Line->bboxFromString($x);

my $p = Geo::Line->ringFromString($x);

# When parsing user applications, you probably want:
my $p = eval { Geo::Line->bboxFromString($x) };
warn $@ if $@;

$obj->filled(POINTS, OPTIONS)

Geo::Line->filled(POINTS, OPTIONS)

    The POINTS form a ring() and the filled is part of the geometrical shape.

$obj->line(POINTS, OPTIONS)

Geo::Line->line(POINTS, OPTIONS)

    construct a line, which will probably not have the same begin and end point. The POINTS are passed as new(points), and the other OPTIONS are passed to new() as well.

$obj->new([OPTIONS], [POINTS], [OPTIONS])

Geo::Line->new([OPTIONS], [POINTS], [OPTIONS])

    When called as instance method, the projection, ring, and filled attributes are taken from the initiator, like a clone with modification.

    Option   --Defined in     --Default
bbox       Math::Polygon    undef
clockwise  Math::Polygon    undef
filled                      <false>
points                      <data>
proj       Geo::Shape       <see Geo::Proj::defaultProjection()
ring                        <false>

    . bbox => ARRAY

    . clockwise => BOOLEAN

    . filled => BOOLEAN

      Implies ring. The filled of the ring is included in the geometrical shape.

    . points => ARRAY-OF-POINTS|ARRAY-OF-COORDINATES

      With this option, you can specify either Geo::Point objects, or coordinate pairs which will get transformed into such objects. WARNING: in that case, the coordinates must be in xy order.

    . proj => LABEL

    . ring => BOOLEAN

      The first point is the last point. When specified, you have to make sure that this is the case. If ring() is used to create this object, that routine will check/repair it for you.

    example:

    my $point = Geo::Point->xy(1, 2);
my $line  = Geo::Line->new
  ( points => [$point, [3,4], [5,6], $point]
  , ring   => 1
  )'

$obj->ring(POINTS, OPTIONS)

Geo::Line->ring(POINTS, OPTIONS)

    The first and last point will be made the same: if not yet, than a reference to the first point is appended to the list. A "ring" does not cover the internal.

Geo::Line->ringFromString(STRING, [PROJECTION])

    Calls bboxFromString() and then produces a ring object from than. Don't forget the eval when you call this method.

Attributes

$obj->geopoint(INDEX, [INDEX, ..])

    Returns the Geo::Point for the point with the specified INDEX or indices.

$obj->geopoints

    In LIST context, this returns all points as separate scalars: each is a Geo::Point with projection information. In SCALAR context, a reference to the coordinates is returned.

    With points(), you get arrays with XY coordinates returned, but without the projection information. That will be much faster, but not sufficient for some uses.

$obj->isFilled

    Returns a true value is the internals of the ring of points are declared to belong to the shape.

$obj->isRing

    Returns a true value if the sequence of points are a ring or filled: the first point is the last.

$obj->nrPoints

$obj->order

$obj->point(INDEX, [INDEX, ...])

$obj->points

$obj->proj

$obj->proj4

Projections

$obj->in(LABEL|'utm')

$obj->projectOn(NICK, POINTS)

Geometry

$obj->area

    Returns the area enclosed by the polygon. Only useful when the points are in some orthogonal projection.

$obj->bbox

    The bounding box coordinates. These are more useful for rings than for open line pieces.

$obj->bboxCenter

$obj->bboxRing([XMIN, YMIN, XMAX, YMAX, [PROJ]])

Geo::Line->bboxRing([XMIN, YMIN, XMAX, YMAX, [PROJ]])

$obj->beautify(OPTIONS)

$obj->clip((XMIN,XMAX,YMIN,YMAX)|OBJECT)

$obj->clockwise

$obj->contains(POINT)

$obj->counterClockwise

$obj->distance(OBJECT, [UNIT])

$obj->equal((OTHER|ARRAY, [TOLERANCE])|POINTS)

$obj->equal(OBJECT, [TOLERANCE])

$obj->isClockwise

$obj->isClosed

$obj->length

    The length of the line, only useful in a orthogonal coordinate system (projection). See also perimeter().

$obj->perimeter

    The length of the line on the ring. A check is performed that the ring is closed, but further this returns the result of length()

$obj->same((OTHER|ARRAY, [TOLERANCE])|POINTS)

$obj->sameAs(OTHER, TOLERANCE)

$obj->startMinXY

Transformations

$obj->grid(OPTIONS)

$obj->mirror(OPTIONS)

$obj->move(OPTIONS)

$obj->resize(OPTIONS)

$obj->rotate(OPTIONS)

$obj->simplify(OPTIONS)

Clipping

$obj->fillClip1(BOX)

$obj->lineClip(BOX)

Display

$obj->deg2dm(DEGREES, POS, NEG)

Geo::Line->deg2dm(DEGREES, POS, NEG)

$obj->deg2dms(DEGREES, POS, NEG)

Geo::Line->deg2dms(DEGREES, POS, NEG)

$obj->dms2deg(DMS)

Geo::Line->dms2deg(DMS)

$obj->string([PROJECTION])

    Returns a string representation of the line, which is also used for stringification.

    example:

DIAGNOSTICS

Error: area requires a ring of points

    If you think you have a ring of points (a polygon), than do specify that when that object is instantiated (ring() or new(ring)).

Error: distance calculation not implemented between a $kind and a $kind

    Only a subset of all objects can be used in the distance calculation. The limitation is purely caused by lack of time to implement this.

Error: in() not implemented for a $class

Error: perimeter requires a ring of points

SEE ALSO

This module is part of Geo-Point distribution version 0.10, built on January 21, 2009. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/geo/ All modules in this suite: "Geo::Point", "Geo::Proj4", "Geo::WKT", "Math::Polygon", "Geo::GML", "Geo::ISO19139", "Geo::EOP", and "Geo::Format::Envisat".

Please post questions or ideas to http://geo-perl@list.hut.fi|the mailinglist

LICENSE

Copyrights 2005-2009 by Mark Overmeer. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html