Provides various geodetic operations on curves.
Description
IPolycurveGeodetic densifies features by connecting existing vertices with geodetic curves. A geodetic curve is a 1-dimensional curve defined on the surface of a spheroid (ellipsoid). Four types of geodetic curves are supported for polylines; one type is supported for circles and ellipses. A geodesic curve defines the shortest distance between two points. A loxodrome is a line of equal azimuth (from a pole). The Mercator projection shows loxodromes as straight lines. A great elliptic curve is defined by the intersection of a plane that contains the center of the spheroid and the spheroid surface and passes through two points. A normal section can be thought of as a simplified geodesic. It is defined by the intersection of a plane that passes through two points on the surface of the spheroid and is perpendicular to the surface ('normal') at the first point. The geodetic curve types are:
enum esriGeodeticType{esriGeodeticTypeGeodesic = 0,esriGeodeticTypeLoxodrome = 1,esriGeodeticTypeGreatElliptic = 2,esriGeodeticTypeNormalSection = 3};
The vertex attributes are preserved on input vertices and created vertices have attributes interpolated for them, based on length along the true geodetic curve. For the circle and ellipse constructors, the input center point can have a z value, which will be assigned to all vertices on the boundary of the figure.
All methods accept a parameter which describes the linear units of input lengths and distances or output lengths. If the unit parameter is not specified, meters are assumed. Angular parameters are specified in the angular units of the GCS associated with the polycurve being constructed. Typically these will be degrees, but a GCS that uses a different angular unit is possible. You also can specify how the polycurve should be densified when it is constructed.
enum esriCurveDensifyMethod
{
[
helpstring("Densify parameter is curve length increment. Output line segments will be
no longer than this. This method cannot be used when constructing geodesic circles or
ellipses.")
]
esriCurveDensifyByLength,
[
helpstring("Densify parameter is angle increment. Line segments will become shorter as
the curvature increases. For geodesic ellipses, the angle is with respect to the reference circle.")
]
esriCurveDensifyByAngle,
[
helpstring("Densify parameter is deviation from true curve. Line segments of varying length
will be generated. The curve parameter specifies the maximum allowable distance between
a line segment and the portion of the curve that it is approximating.")
]
esriCurveDensifyByDeviation
};
The recommended method is esriCurvedensifyByDeviation because it lets you control the absolute ground error of the densified approximation in the most direct way. It will also generate the fewest number of dense vertices subject to that constraint.
Members
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 |
DensifyGeodetic | Constructs different types of geodetic curves. The 'by length' and 'by deviation' densification methods are supported. |
|
GeodesicDensify | Densifies and reshapes existing segments so that the output segments follow the shortest ground path connecting input vertices. maxSegmentLength is in the units of the axis of the underlying spheroid of this polyline's gcs (usually meters). |
 |
LengthGeodetic | Returns length of this polycurve calculated using various types of geodetic methods. |
IPolycurveGeodetic.DensifyGeodetic Method
Constructs different types of geodetic curves. The 'by length' and 'by deviation' densification methods are supported.
Public Sub DensifyGeodetic ( _
ByVal geodeticLineType As esriGeodeticType, _
ByVal pLU As ILinearUnit, _
ByVal densifyMethod As esriCurveDensifyMethod, _
ByVal densifyParameter As Double _
)
public void DensifyGeodetic (
esriGeodeticType geodeticLineType,
ILinearUnit pLU,
esriCurveDensifyMethod densifyMethod,
double densifyParameter
);
Description
Densifies the polycurve by connecting its existing vertices with geodetic curves of the specified type.
enum esriGeodeticType{esriGeodeticTypeGeodesic = 0,esriGeodeticTypeLoxodrome = 1,esriGeodeticTypeGreatElliptic = 2,esriGeodeticTypeNormalSection = 3};
IPolycurveGeodetic.LengthGeodetic Property
Returns length of this polycurve calculated using various types of geodetic methods.
Public Function get_LengthGeodetic ( _
ByVal geodeticLineType As esriGeodeticType, _
ByVal pLU As ILinearUnit _
) As Double
public double get_LengthGeodetic (
esriGeodeticType geodeticLineType,
ILinearUnit pLU
);
Description
Returns the length of the polycurve calculated using various types of geodetic methods. The units of the reported length are specified by the linear unit parameter. If this parameter is null, the length is reported in meters. The polycurve can be in either a projected or geographic coordinate system.
enum esriGeodeticType{esriGeodeticTypeGeodesic = 0,esriGeodeticTypeLoxodrome = 1,esriGeodeticTypeGreatElliptic = 2,esriGeodeticTypeNormalSection = 3};
Inherited Interfaces
| Interfaces | Description |
|---|---|
| IPolycurve4 | Provides geodesic operations on curves. |
Classes that implement IPolycurveGeodetic
| Classes | Description |
|---|---|
| Polygon | A collection of rings ordered by their containment relationship; optionally has measure, height and ID attributes. |
| Polyline | An ordered collection of paths; optionally has measure, height and ID attributes. |