Projection


superclasses:

Tuple

subclassing:

The user may define subclasses of this class.

attributes:

[category] ProjectionCategory

[xUnits] UnitMeaning

[yUnits] UnitMeaning

comments:

Projection is an abstract superclass. Should the Projection subclasses found below be inadequate, the user may define new subclasses of Projection.

category: indicates whether the projection is based on an ellipsoid or sphere. This is meaningful with respect to the following projection subclasses: LatitudeAndLongitude, TransverseMercator, Mercator, Stereographic, Polyconic, and LambertConformal. See the comment under ProjectionCategory for further clarification.

xUnits: defines the type of units applicable to x coordinate values.

yUnits: defines the type of units applicable to y coordinate values.


Links to Section 3.6.1 and the complete SAIF class list