Package com.luciad.ais.geodesy

Class TLcdEllipsoidCircleUtil

java.lang.Object

com.luciad.ais.geodesy.TLcdEllipsoidCircleUtil

public class TLcdEllipsoidCircleUtil
extends Object

Utility class to calculate the geometry of a circle on the ellipsoid.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TLcdEllipsoidCircleUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static double	findCenter(ILcdPoint aP1, ILcdPoint aP2, ILcdPoint aP3, ILcdEllipsoid aEllipsoid, ILcd2DEditablePoint aResult)	Calculates the center point and the radius of a circle passing through 3 given points on an ellipsoid.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

TLcdEllipsoidCircleUtil

public TLcdEllipsoidCircleUtil()

Method Details

findCenter

public static double findCenter(ILcdPoint aP1,
 ILcdPoint aP2,
 ILcdPoint aP3,
 ILcdEllipsoid aEllipsoid,
 ILcd2DEditablePoint aResult)

Calculates the center point and the radius of a circle passing through 3 given points on an ellipsoid.

Parameters:

aP1 - a point on the circle.

aP2 - a point on the circle.

aP3 - a point on the circle.

aEllipsoid - ellipsoid on which the points are defined.

aResult - the center point of the circle as side effect.

Returns:

the radius of the circle (in meters).