Interface DistanceStyle

All Known Implementing Classes:
ArcDistance, LinearDistance, LinearSquaredDistance, NormalDistance, NormalSquaredDistance

public interface DistanceStyle
Distance computation styles, supporting various ways of computing distance to shapes.
WARNING: This API is experimental and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.
  • Field Details

    • ARC

      static final ArcDistance ARC
      Arc distance calculator
    • LINEAR

      static final LinearDistance LINEAR
      Linear distance calculator
    • LINEAR_SQUARED

      static final LinearSquaredDistance LINEAR_SQUARED
      Linear distance squared calculator
    • NORMAL

      static final NormalDistance NORMAL
      Normal distance calculator
    • NORMAL_SQUARED

      static final NormalSquaredDistance NORMAL_SQUARED
      Normal distance squared calculator
  • Method Details

    • computeDistance

      default double computeDistance(GeoPoint point1, GeoPoint point2)
      Compute the distance from a point to another point.
      Parameters:
      point1 - Starting point
      point2 - Final point
      Returns:
      the distance
    • computeDistance

      double computeDistance(GeoPoint point1, double x2, double y2, double z2)
      Compute the distance from a point to another point.
      Parameters:
      point1 - Starting point
      x2 - Final point x
      y2 - Final point y
      z2 - Final point z
      Returns:
      the distance
    • computeDistance

      default double computeDistance(PlanetModel planetModel, Plane plane, GeoPoint point, Membership... bounds)
      Compute the distance from a plane to a point.
      Parameters:
      planetModel - The planet model
      plane - The plane
      point - The point
      bounds - are the plane bounds
      Returns:
      the distance
    • computeDistance

      double computeDistance(PlanetModel planetModel, Plane plane, double x, double y, double z, Membership... bounds)
      Compute the distance from a plane to a point.
      Parameters:
      planetModel - The planet model
      plane - The plane
      x - The point x
      y - The point y
      z - The point z
      bounds - are the plane bounds
      Returns:
      the distance
    • toAggregationForm

      default double toAggregationForm(double distance)
      Convert a distance to a form meant for aggregation. This is meant to be used in conjunction with aggregateDistances() and fromAggregationForm(). Distances should be converted to aggregation form before aggregation is attempted, and they should be converted back from aggregation form to yield a final result.
      Parameters:
      distance - is an output of computeDistance().
      Returns:
      the distance, converted to aggregation form.
    • aggregateDistances

      default double aggregateDistances(double distance1, double distance2)
      Aggregate two distances together to produce a "sum". This is usually just an addition operation, but in the case of squared distances it is more complex. Distances should be converted to aggregation form before aggregation is attempted, and they should be converted back from aggregation form to yield a final result.
      Parameters:
      distance1 - is the first aggregation form distance.
      distance2 - is the second aggregation form distance.
      Returns:
      the combined aggregation form distance.
    • fromAggregationForm

      default double fromAggregationForm(double aggregateDistance)
      Convert an aggregation form distance value back to an actual distance. This is meant to be used in conjunction with toAggregationForm() and aggregateDistances(). Distances should be converted to aggregation form before aggregation is attempted, and they should be converted back from aggregation form to yield a final result.
      Parameters:
      aggregateDistance - is the aggregate form of the distance.
      Returns:
      the combined distance.
    • findDistancePoints

      GeoPoint[] findDistancePoints(PlanetModel planetModel, double distanceValue, GeoPoint startPoint, Plane plane, Membership... bounds)
      Find a GeoPoint, at a specified distance from a starting point, within the specified bounds. The GeoPoint must be in the specified plane.
      Parameters:
      planetModel - is the planet model.
      distanceValue - is the distance to set the new point at, measured from point1 and on the way to point2.
      startPoint - is the starting point.
      plane - is the plane that the point must be in.
      bounds - are the constraints on where the point can be found.
      Returns:
      zero, one, or two points at the proper distance from startPoint.
    • findMinimumArcDistance

      double findMinimumArcDistance(PlanetModel planetModel, double distanceValue)
      Given a distance metric, find the minimum arc distance represented by that distance metric.
      Parameters:
      planetModel - is the planet model.
      distanceValue - is the distance metric.
      Returns:
      the minimum arc distance that that distance value can represent given the planet model.
    • findMaximumArcDistance

      double findMaximumArcDistance(PlanetModel planetModel, double distanceValue)
      Given a distance metric, find the maximum arc distance represented by the distance metric.
      Parameters:
      planetModel - is the planet model.
      distanceValue - is the distance metric.
      Returns:
      the maximum arc distance that that distance value can represent given the planet model.