Inheritance diagram for Geo::OGR::Geometry:

Public Class Methods
Geo::OGR::Geometry	new (scalar type=scalar Geo::OGR::wkbUnknown, scalar WKT=undef, scalar WKB=undef, scalar GML=undef)
Geo::OGR::Geometry	create (scalar type)
Geo::OGR::Geometry	create (hash params)
Public Object Methods
	FlattenTo2D ()
scalar	CoordinateDimension (scalar dimension)
scalar	GetCoordinateDimension ()
	SetCoordinateDimension (scalar dimension)
scalar	GetDimension ()
scalar	AsText ()
scalar	AsBinary (scalar byte_order= 'XDR')
scalar	AsGML ()
scalar	AsKML ()
scalar	AsJSON ()
	AddPoint (scalar x, scalar y, scalar z)
	AddPoint_2D (scalar x, scalar y)
	AddPoint_3D (scalar x, scalar y, scalar z)
	SetPoint (scalar index, scalar x, scalar y, scalar z)
	SetPoint_2D (scalar index, scalar x, scalar y)
	SetPoint_3D (scalar index, scalar x, scalar y, scalar z)
scalar	GetPointCount ()
list	GetPoint (scalar index=0)
scalar	GetPoint_2D (scalar index=0)
scalar	GetPoint_3D (scalar index=0)
scalar	GetX (scalar index=0)
scalar	GetY (scalar index=0)
scalar	GetZ (scalar index=0)
list	Point (scalar index, scalar x, scalar y, scalar z)
listref	Points (listref points)
	Empty ()
scalar	IsEmpty ()
scalar	IsRing ()
scalar	IsSimple ()
scalar	IsValid ()
	Move (scalar dx, scalar dy, scalar dz)
	AddGeometryDirectly (scalar other)
	AddGeometry (scalar other)
Geo::OGR::Geometry	Clone ()
scalar	GeometryType ()
scalar	Length ()
scalar	Area ()
scalar	GetGeometryCount ()
scalar	GetGeometryRef (scalar index)
Geo::OGR::Geometry	ConvexHull ()
Geo::OGR::Geometry	BuildPolygonFromEdges (scalar BestEffort=0, scalar AutoClose=0, scalar Tolerance=0)
Geo::OGR::Geometry	Collect (list geometries)
list	Dissolve ()
Geo::OGR::Geometry	ForceToPolygon ()
Geo::OGR::Geometry	ForceToMultiPoint (list points)
Geo::OGR::Geometry	ForceToMultiLineString (list linestrings)
Geo::OGR::Geometry	ForceToMultiPolygon (list polygons)
Geo::OGR::Geometry	ForceToCollection (list geometries)
Geo::OGR::Geometry	Buffer (scalar distance, scalar quadsecs=30)
Geo::OGR::Geometry	Intersection (scalar other)
Geo::OGR::Geometry	Union (scalar other)
Geo::OGR::Geometry	UnionCascaded ()
Geo::OGR::Geometry	Difference (scalar other)
Geo::OGR::Geometry	SymDifference (scalar other)
Geo::OGR::Geometry	Boundary ()
scalar	Distance (scalar other)
scalar	Intersects (scalar other)
scalar	Equals (scalar other)
scalar	Disjoint (scalar other)
scalar	Touches (scalar other)
scalar	Crosses (scalar other)
scalar	Within (scalar other)
scalar	Contains (scalar other)
scalar	Overlaps (scalar other)
	Segmentize (scalar MaxLength)
Geo::OGR::Geometry	Simplify (scalar Tolerance)
	TransformTo (scalar srs)
	Transform (scalar trans)
Geo::OSR::SpatialReference	GetSpatialReference ()
	AssignSpatialReference (scalar srs)
	CloseRings ()
list	GetEnvelope ()
list	GetEnvelope3D ()
Geo::OGR::Geometry	Centroid ()
scalar	WkbSize ()
scalar	GetGeometryType ()
scalar	GetGeometryName ()
Public Attributes
list	GEOMETRY_TYPES
list	BYTE_ORDER_TYPES

Detailed Description

Note:: Most spatial analysis methods require GEOS to work rigorously.

Member Function Documentation

Geo::OGR::Geometry::AddGeometry ( scalar other )

Add a copy of another geometry to a geometry collection

Parameters:

other a Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Geo::OGR::Geometry::AddGeometryDirectly ( scalar other )

Parameters:

other a Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Geo::OGR::Geometry::AddPoint	(	scalar	x,
		scalar	y,
		scalar	z
	)

Set the data of a point or add a point to a line string. Consider using Geo::OGR::Geometry::Points. Note that the coordinate dimension is automatically upgraded to 25D (3) if z is given.

Parameters:

x
y
z	[optional] Calls internally the 2D or 3D version depending on the number of parameters.

Geo::OGR::Geometry::AddPoint_2D	(	scalar	x,
		scalar	y
	)

Set the data of a point or add a point to a line string. Consider using Geo::OGR::Geometry::Points.

Parameters:

x
y

Geo::OGR::Geometry::AddPoint_3D	(	scalar	x,
		scalar	y,
		scalar	z
	)

Set the data of a point or add a point to a line string. Note that the coordinate dimension is automatically upgraded to 25D (3). Consider using Geo::OGR::Geometry::Points.

Parameters:

x
y
z

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::Area ( )

Note:: a.k.a. GetArea

Returns:: the area of the polygon or multipolygon

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::AsBinary ( scalar byte_order = 'XDR' )

This geometric object as a Well-known binary string.

Note:: a.k.a. ExportToWkb

Parameters:

byte_order XDR or NDR

Returns:: a WKB binary string

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::AsGML ( )

This geometric object as a GML string.

Note:: a.k.a. ExportToGML

Returns:: a GML string

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::AsJSON ( )

This geometric object as a JSON string.

Note:: a.k.a. ExportToJson

Returns:: JSON string

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::AsKML ( )

This geometric object as a KML string.

Note:: a.k.a. ExportToKML

Returns:: KML string

Geo::OGR::Geometry::AssignSpatialReference ( scalar srs )

Parameters:

srs	a Geo::OSR::SpatialReference object

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::AsText ( )

This geometric object in Well Known Text.

Note:: a.k.a. ExportToWkt

Returns:: a WKT string

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::Boundary ( )

Note:: a.k.a. GetBoundary

Returns:: the boundary of this geometry as a geometry

Since:: 1.8.0

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::Buffer	(	scalar	distance,
		scalar	quadsecs = `30`
	)

Parameters:

distance
quadsecs

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::BuildPolygonFromEdges	(	scalar	BestEffort = `0`,
		scalar	AutoClose = `0`,
		scalar	Tolerance = `0`
	)

Attempt to create a polygon from a collection of lines or from a multilinestring.

Parameters:

BestEffort	For future
AutoClose	Assure the first and last points of rings are same.
Tolerance	Snap distance.

Exceptions:

Several possibilities, some are reported, some are general errors.

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object (Polygon)

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::Centroid ( )

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Since:: 1.8.0

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::Clone ( )

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Geo::OGR::Geometry::CloseRings ( )

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::Collect ( list geometries )

Create a geometrycollection from this and possibly other geometries.

Parameters:

geometries [optional] More geometries to add to the collection.

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object of type geometrycollection.

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::Contains ( scalar other )

Parameters:

other a Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Returns:: true if this geometry contains the other geometry, false otherwise

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::ConvexHull ( )

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::CoordinateDimension ( scalar dimension )

Parameters:

dimension [optional]

Returns:: 2 or 3

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::create ( scalar type )

Parameters:

type	One of geometry type strings: 'Point', 'LineString', etc.

Usage:

$g = Geo::OGR::Geometry->create(...arguments...);

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::create ( hash params )

Parameters:

%params

A named parameter, one of: GeometryType, WKT, WKB, HEXWKB, HEXEWKB (PostGIS extended WKB), GML, GeoJSON, arc, and/or Points.

Points An anonymous array as in method Geo::OGR::Geometry::Points; Note: requires also GeometryType parameter
arc An anonymous list of [CenterX, CenterY, CenterZ, PrimaryRadius, SecondaryRadius, Rotation, StartAngle, EndAngle, MaxAngleStepSizeDegrees]

Note:: uses CreateGeometryFrom* functions from Geo::OGR

Usage:

$g = Geo::OGR::Geometry->create(...arguments...);

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::Crosses ( scalar other )

Parameters:

other a Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Returns:: true if this geometry crosses the other geometry, false otherwise

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::Difference ( scalar other )

Parameters:

other a Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::Disjoint ( scalar other )

Parameters:

other a Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Returns:: true if this geometry is disjoint from the other geometry, false otherwise

list Geo::OGR::Geometry::Dissolve ( )

Dissolve a geometrycollection into separate geometries.

Returns:: a list of new Geo::OGR::Geometry objects cloned from the collection.

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::Distance ( scalar other )

Parameters:

other a Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Returns:: the distance to the other geometry

Geo::OGR::Geometry::Empty ( )

Clear geometry data, i.e., remove all points, or, for a point, set the coordinate dimension as zero.

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::Equals ( scalar other )

Note:: a.k.a. Equal (deprecated)

Parameters:

other a Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Returns:: true if this geometry is equivalent to the other geometry, false otherwise

Geo::OGR::Geometry::FlattenTo2D ( )

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::ForceToCollection ( list geometries )

Create a geometrycollection from the geometry.

Parameters:

geometries [optional] More geometries to add to the collection.

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object of type geometrycollection.

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::ForceToMultiLineString ( list linestrings )

Attempt to create a multilinestring from the geometry, which must be a linestring.

Parameters:

linestrings [optional] More linestrings to add to the collection.

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object of type multilinestring.

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::ForceToMultiPoint ( list points )

Attempt to create a multipoint from the geometry, which must be a point.

Parameters:

points [optional] More points to add to the collection.

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object of type multipoint.

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::ForceToMultiPolygon ( list polygons )

Attempt to create a multipolygon from the geometry, which must be a polygon.

Parameters:

polygons [optional] More polygons to add to the collection.

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object of type multipolygon.

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::ForceToPolygon ( )

Attempt to create a polygon from the geometry.

Exceptions:

None	reported. If this method fails, just a copy is returned.

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::GeometryType ( )

Returns:: the geometry type

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetCoordinateDimension ( )

Returns:: an integer

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetDimension ( )

Returns:: 0, 1, or 2

list Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetEnvelope ( )

Note:: In scalar context returns a reference to an anonymous array containing the envelope.; The order of values is different from those returned by Geo::OGR::Layer::GetExtent.

Returns:: the envelope ($minx, $maxx, $miny, $maxy)

list Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetEnvelope3D ( )

Note:: In scalar context returns a reference to an anonymous array containing the envelope.

Returns:: the 3-D envelope ($minx, $maxx, $miny, $maxy, $minz, $maxz)

Since:: 1.9.0

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetGeometryCount ( )

Returns:: an integer

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetGeometryName ( )

Deprecated:: use string names

Returns:: a string

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetGeometryRef ( scalar index )

Parameters:

index

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object whose data is a part of the parent geometry

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetGeometryType ( )

Deprecated:: use Geo::OGR::Geometry::GeometryType, which returns the type as a string

Returns:: type as an integer

list Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetPoint ( scalar index = 0 )

Parameters:

index

Returns:: (x,y) or a list with more coordinates

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetPoint_2D ( scalar index = 0 )

Parameters:

index

Returns:: (x,y) or a list with more coordinates

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetPoint_3D ( scalar index = 0 )

Parameters:

index

Returns:: (x,y) or a list with more coordinates

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetPointCount ( )

Returns:: an integer

Geo::OSR::SpatialReference Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetSpatialReference ( )

Returns:: a new Geo::OSR::SpatialReference object

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetX ( scalar index = 0 )

Parameters:

index

Returns:: a number

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetY ( scalar index = 0 )

Parameters:

index

Returns:: a number

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::GetZ ( scalar index = 0 )

Parameters:

index

Returns:: a number

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::Intersection ( scalar other )

Parameters:

other a Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::Intersects ( scalar other )

Note:: a.k.a. Intersect (deprecated)

Parameters:

other a Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Returns:: true if this geometry intersects with the other geometry, false otherwise

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::IsEmpty ( )

Test whether the geometry is empty (has no points, or, for a point, has coordinate dimension of zero).

Returns:: boolean

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::IsRing ( )

Test if the geometry is a ring. Requires GEOS in GDAL.

Returns:: boolean

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::IsSimple ( )

Test the simplicity of the geometry (OGC sense). Requires GEOS in GDAL.

Returns:: boolean

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::IsValid ( )

Test the validity of the geometry (OGC sense). Requires GEOS in GDAL.

Returns:: boolean

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::Length ( )

Returns:: the length of the linestring

Geo::OGR::Geometry::Move	(	scalar	dx,
		scalar	dy,
		scalar	dz
	)

Move every point of the object as defined by the parameters.

Parameters:

dx
dy
dz	[optional]

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::new	(	scalar	type = `scalar Geo::OGR::wkbUnknown`,
		scalar	WKT = `undef`,
		scalar	WKB = `undef`,
		scalar	GML = `undef`
	)

Deprecated:: use Geo::OGR::Geometry::create, which accepts type as a string

Parameters:

type	one of Geo::OGR::wkb*
WKT
WKB
GML

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::Overlaps ( scalar other )

Parameters:

other a Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Returns:: true if this geometry overlaps the other geometry, false otherwise

list Geo::OGR::Geometry::Point	(	scalar	index,
		scalar	x,
		scalar	y,
		scalar	z
	)

Get or set the point

Parameters:

index	The index of the point. Optional (ignored if given) for Point and Point25D geometries.
x	[optional]
y	[optional]
z	[optional]

Returns:

listref Geo::OGR::Geometry::Points ( listref points )

Get or set the points of the geometry. The points (vertices) are stored in obvious lists of lists. When setting, the geometry is first emptied. The method uses internally either AddPoint_2D or AddPoint_3D depending on the coordinate dimension of the input data.

Note:: The same structure may represent different geometries depending on the actual geometry type of the object.

Parameters:

points [optional] A reference to an array. A point is a reference to an array of numbers, a linestring or a ring is a reference to an array of points, a polygon is a reference to an array of rings, etc.

Returns:: A reference to an array.

Geo::OGR::Geometry::Segmentize ( scalar MaxLength )

Modify the geometry such it has no segment longer than the given length.

Parameters:

MaxLength the given length

Geo::OGR::Geometry::SetCoordinateDimension ( scalar dimension )

Parameters:

dimension

Geo::OGR::Geometry::SetPoint	(	scalar	index,
		scalar	x,
		scalar	y,
		scalar	z
	)

Set the data of a point or a line string. Note that the coordinate dimension is automatically upgraded to 25D (3) if z is given.

Parameters:

index
x
y
z	[optional]

Geo::OGR::Geometry::SetPoint_2D	(	scalar	index,
		scalar	x,
		scalar	y
	)

Parameters:

index
x
y

Geo::OGR::Geometry::SetPoint_3D	(	scalar	index,
		scalar	x,
		scalar	y,
		scalar	z
	)

Set the data of a point or a line string. Note that the coordinate dimension is automatically upgraded to 25D (3).

Parameters:

index
x
y
z

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::Simplify ( scalar Tolerance )

Simplify the geometry.

Parameters:

Tolerance the length tolerance for the simplification

Since:: 1.8.0

Returns:: a new Geo::OSR::Geometry object

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::SymDifference ( scalar other )

Compute symmetric difference.

Note:: a.k.a. SymmetricDifference

Parameters:

other a Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Since:: 1.8.0

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::Touches ( scalar other )

Parameters:

other a Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Returns:: true if this geometry touches the other geometry, false otherwise

Geo::OGR::Geometry::Transform ( scalar trans )

Parameters:

trans a Geo::OSR::CoordinateTransformation object

Geo::OGR::Geometry::TransformTo ( scalar srs )

Parameters:

srs	a Geo::OSR::SpatialReference object

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::Union ( scalar other )

Parameters:

other a Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Geo::OGR::Geometry Geo::OGR::Geometry::UnionCascaded ( )

Returns:: a new Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Since:: 1.8.0

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::Within ( scalar other )

Parameters:

other a Geo::OGR::Geometry object

Returns:: true if this geometry is within the other geometry, false otherwise

scalar Geo::OGR::Geometry::WkbSize ( )

Returns:: an integer

Member Data Documentation

list Geo::OGR::Geometry::BYTE_ORDER_TYPES

Byte order strings, one of: XDR NDR

list Geo::OGR::Geometry::GEOMETRY_TYPES

Geometry types supported by GDAL, one of: Unknown Point LineString Polygon MultiPoint MultiLineString MultiPolygon GeometryCollection None LinearRingPoint25D LineString25D Polygon25D MultiPoint25D MultiLineString25D MultiPolygon25D GeometryCollection25D

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

lib/Geo/OGR.pm

Public Class Methods

Public Object Methods

Public Attributes

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

Member Data Documentation