Package org.opengis.metadata.extent

Interface GeographicBoundingBox

All Superinterfaces:

GeographicExtent

All Known Implementing Classes:

GeographicBoundingBoxImpl

@UML(identifier="EX_GeographicBoundingBox",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public interface GeographicBoundingBox
extends GeographicExtent

Geographic position of the dataset. This is only an approximate so specifying the co-ordinate reference system is unnecessary.

Since:

GeoAPI 1.0

Author:

Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
double	getEastBoundLongitude()	Returns the eastern-most coordinate of the limit of the dataset extent.
double	getNorthBoundLatitude()	Returns the northern-most, coordinate of the limit of the dataset extent.
double	getSouthBoundLatitude()	Returns the southern-most coordinate of the limit of the dataset extent.
double	getWestBoundLongitude()	Returns the western-most coordinate of the limit of the dataset extent.

Methods inherited from interface GeographicExtent

getInclusion

Method Detail

getWestBoundLongitude

@UML(identifier="westBoundLongitude",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
double getWestBoundLongitude()

Returns the western-most coordinate of the limit of the dataset extent. The value is expressed in longitude in decimal degrees (positive east).

Returns:

The western-most longitude between -180 and +180°.

getEastBoundLongitude

@UML(identifier="eastBoundLongitude",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
double getEastBoundLongitude()

Returns the eastern-most coordinate of the limit of the dataset extent. The value is expressed in longitude in decimal degrees (positive east).

Returns:

The eastern-most longitude between -180 and +180°.

getSouthBoundLatitude

@UML(identifier="southBoundLatitude",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
double getSouthBoundLatitude()

Returns the southern-most coordinate of the limit of the dataset extent. The value is expressed in latitude in decimal degrees (positive north).

Returns:

The southern-most latitude between -90 and +90°.

getNorthBoundLatitude

@UML(identifier="northBoundLatitude",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
double getNorthBoundLatitude()

Returns the northern-most, coordinate of the limit of the dataset extent. The value is expressed in latitude in decimal degrees (positive north).

Returns:

The northern-most latitude between -90 and +90°.