Interface Conversion

All Superinterfaces:
CoordinateOperation, IdentifiedObject, Operation, SingleOperation
All Known Subinterfaces:
ConicProjection, CylindricalProjection, PlanarProjection, Projection
All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultConicProjection, DefaultConversion, DefaultCylindricalProjection, DefaultPlanarProjection, DefaultProjection, DefiningConversion

public interface Conversion extends Operation
An operation on coordinates that does not include any change of Datum. The best-known example of a coordinate conversion is a map projection. The parameters describing coordinate conversions are defined rather than empirically derived.

Note that some conversions have no parameters.

Since:
GeoAPI 1.0
Author:
Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)
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