Geometry handling functions: core. More...

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Macros
#define	GAIA_GEODESIC_ARC_LENGTH_DEGREES 0
	Arc Length measured in Degrees.

#define	GAIA_GEODESIC_ARC_LENGTH_METERS 1
	Arc Length measured in Meters.

#define	GAIA_GEODESIC_CHORD_LENGTH_DEGREES 2
	Chord Length measured in Degrees.

#define	GAIA_GEODESIC_CHORD_LENGTH_METERS 3
	Chord Length measured in Meters.

#define	GAIA_GEODESIC_CENTRAL_ANGLE_RADIANS 4
	Central Angle measured in Radians.

#define	GAIA_GEODESIC_CENTRAL_ANGLE_DEGREES 5
	Central Angle measured in Degrees.

#define	GAIA_GEODESIC_ARC_AREA_METERS 6
	Area of segment/arc measured in Square Meters.

#define	GAIA_GEODESIC_ARC_HEIGHT_METERS 7
	Height of segment/arc in Meters.

Functions
GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaFree (void *ptr)
	Safely frees any dynamic memory block allocated by the library itself. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPointPtr	gaiaAllocPoint (double x, double y)
	Allocates a 2D POINT [XY]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPointPtr	gaiaAllocPointXYZ (double x, double y, double z)
	Allocates a 3D POINT [XYZ]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPointPtr	gaiaAllocPointXYM (double x, double y, double m)
	Allocates a 2D POINT [XYM]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPointPtr	gaiaAllocPointXYZM (double x, double y, double z, double m)
	Allocates a 3D POINT [XYZM]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaFreePoint (gaiaPointPtr ptr)
	Destroys a POINT object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaLinestringPtr	gaiaAllocLinestring (int vert)
	Allocates a 2D LINESTRING [XY]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaLinestringPtr	gaiaAllocLinestringXYZ (int vert)
	Allocates a 3D LINESTRING [XYZ]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaLinestringPtr	gaiaAllocLinestringXYM (int vert)
	Allocates a 2D LINESTRING [XYM]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaLinestringPtr	gaiaAllocLinestringXYZM (int vert)
	Allocates a 3D LINESTRING [XYZM]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaFreeLinestring (gaiaLinestringPtr ptr)
	Destroys a LINESTRING object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaCopyLinestringCoords (gaiaLinestringPtr dst, gaiaLinestringPtr src)
	Copies coordinates between two LINESTRING objects. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaCopyLinestringCoordsEx (gaiaLinestringPtr dst, gaiaLinestringPtr src, double z_no_data, double m_no_data)
	Copies coordinates between two LINESTRING objects. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaCopyLinestringCoordsReverse (gaiaLinestringPtr dst, gaiaLinestringPtr src)
	Copies coordinates between two LINESTRING objects in reverse order. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaRingPtr	gaiaAllocRing (int vert)
	Allocates a 2D RING [XY]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaRingPtr	gaiaAllocRingXYZ (int vert)
	Allocates a 3D RING [XYZ]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaRingPtr	gaiaAllocRingXYM (int vert)
	Allocates 2D RING [XYM]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaRingPtr	gaiaAllocRingXYZM (int vert)
	Allocates a 3D RING [XYZM]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaFreeRing (gaiaRingPtr ptr)
	Destroys a RING object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaCopyRingCoords (gaiaRingPtr dst, gaiaRingPtr src)
	Copies coordinates between two RING objects. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaCopyRingCoordsEx (gaiaRingPtr dst, gaiaRingPtr src, double z_no_data, double m_no_data)
	Copies coordinates between two RING objects. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaCopyRingCoordsReverse (gaiaRingPtr dst, gaiaRingPtr src)
	Copies coordinates between two RING objects in reverse order. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr	gaiaAllocPolygon (int vert, int holes)
	Allocates a 2D POLYGON [XY]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr	gaiaAllocPolygonXYZ (int vert, int holes)
	Allocates a 3D POLYGON [XYZ]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr	gaiaAllocPolygonXYM (int vert, int holes)
	Allocates a 2D POLYGON [XYM]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr	gaiaAllocPolygonXYZM (int vert, int holes)
	Allocates a 3D POLYGON [XYZM]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr	gaiaCreatePolygon (gaiaRingPtr ring)
	Allocates a POLYGON. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaFreePolygon (gaiaPolygonPtr polyg)
	Destroys a POLYGON object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaAllocGeomColl (void)
	Allocates a 2D Geometry [XY]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaAllocGeomCollXYZ (void)
	Allocates a 3D Geometry [XYZ]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaAllocGeomCollXYM (void)
	Allocates a 2D Geometry [XYM]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaAllocGeomCollXYZM (void)
	Allocates a 3D Geometry [XYZM]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaFreeGeomColl (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Destroys a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaAddPointToGeomColl (gaiaGeomCollPtr p, double x, double y)
	Creates a new 2D Point [XY] object into a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaAddPointToGeomCollXYZ (gaiaGeomCollPtr p, double x, double y, double z)
	Creates a new 3D Point [XYZ] object into a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaAddPointToGeomCollXYM (gaiaGeomCollPtr p, double x, double y, double m)
	Creates a new 2D Point [XYM] object into a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaAddPointToGeomCollXYZM (gaiaGeomCollPtr p, double x, double y, double z, double m)
	Creates a new 3D Point [XYZM] object into a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaLinestringPtr	gaiaAddLinestringToGeomColl (gaiaGeomCollPtr p, int vert)
	Creates a new Linestring object into a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaInsertLinestringInGeomColl (gaiaGeomCollPtr p, gaiaLinestringPtr line)
	Inserts an already existing Linestring object into a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr	gaiaAddPolygonToGeomColl (gaiaGeomCollPtr p, int vert, int interiors)
	Creates a new Polygon object into a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr	gaiaInsertPolygonInGeomColl (gaiaGeomCollPtr p, gaiaRingPtr ring)
	Creates a new Polygon object into a Geometry object starting from an already existing Ring object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaRingPtr	gaiaAddInteriorRing (gaiaPolygonPtr p, int pos, int vert)
	Creates a new Interior Ring object into a Polygon object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaInsertInteriorRing (gaiaPolygonPtr p, gaiaRingPtr ring)
	Inserts an already existing Ring object into a Polygon object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaAddRingToPolyg (gaiaPolygonPtr polyg, gaiaRingPtr ring)
	Inserts an already existing Ring object into a Polygon object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaLinestringPtr	gaiaCloneLinestring (gaiaLinestringPtr line)
	Duplicates a Linestring object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaLinestringPtr	gaiaCloneLinestringSpecial (gaiaLinestringPtr line, int mode)
	Duplicates a Linestring object (special) More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaRingPtr	gaiaCloneRing (gaiaRingPtr ring)
	Duplicates a Ring object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaRingPtr	gaiaCloneRingSpecial (gaiaRingPtr ring, int mode)
	Duplicates a Ring object (special) More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr	gaiaClonePolygon (gaiaPolygonPtr polyg)
	Duplicates a Polygon object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr	gaiaClonePolygonSpecial (gaiaPolygonPtr polyg, int mode)
	Duplicates a Polygon object (special) More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaCloneGeomColl (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Duplicates a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaCloneGeomCollSpecial (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom, int mode)
	Duplicates a Geometry object (special) More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaCloneGeomCollPoints (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Duplicates a Geometry object [Points only]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaCloneGeomCollLinestrings (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Duplicates a Geometry object [Linestrings only]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaCloneGeomCollPolygons (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Duplicates a Geometry object [Polygons only]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaCastGeomCollToXY (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Duplicates a Geometry object [casting dimensions to 2D XY]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZ (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Duplicates a Geometry object [casting dimensions to 3D XYZ]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaCastGeomCollToXYM (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Duplicates a Geometry object [casting dimensions to 2D XYM]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZM (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Duplicates a Geometry object [casting dimensions to 3D XYZM]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZnoData (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom, double no_data)
	Duplicates a Geometry object [casting dimensions to 3D XYZ - noData]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaCastGeomCollToXYMnoData (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom, double no_data)
	Duplicates a Geometry object [casting dimensions to 2D XYM - noData]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZMnoData (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom, double z_no_data, double m_no_data)
	Duplicates a Geometry object [casting dimensions to 3D XYZM - noData]. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaLineGetPoint (gaiaLinestringPtr ln, int v, double x, double y, double z, double m)
	Gets coodinates from a Linestring's Point. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaLineSetPoint (gaiaLinestringPtr ln, int v, double x, double y, double z, double m)
	Sets coordinates for a Linestring's Point. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaRingGetPoint (gaiaRingPtr rng, int v, double x, double y, double z, double m)
	Gets coordinates from a Ring's Point. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaRingSetPoint (gaiaRingPtr rng, int v, double x, double y, double z, double m)
	Sets coodinates for a Ring's Point. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaDimension (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Determines OGC dimensions for a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaGeometryType (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Determines the corresponding Type for a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaGeometryAliasType (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Determines the corresponding Type for a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaIsEmpty (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Checks for empty Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaCheckClockwise (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Checks for Clockwise Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaCheckCounterClockwise (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Checks for CounterClockwise Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaIsToxic (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Checks for toxic Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaIsToxic_r (const void *p_cache, gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Checks for toxic Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaIsNotClosedRing (gaiaRingPtr ring)
	Checks for not-closed Rings. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaIsNotClosedRing_r (const void *p_data, gaiaRingPtr ring)
	Checks for not-closed Rings. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaIsNotClosedGeomColl (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Checks for not-closed Rings in a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaIsNotClosedGeomColl_r (const void *p_data, gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Checks for not-closed Rings in a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaSanitize (gaiaGeomCollPtr org)
	Attempts to sanitize a possibly malformed Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaEnsureClosedRings (gaiaGeomCollPtr org)
	Attempts to sanitize a possibly malformed Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaRemoveRepeatedPoints (gaiaGeomCollPtr org, double tolerance)
	Attempts to sanitize a possibly malformed Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaLinearize (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom, int force_multi)
	Attempts to resolve a (Multi)Linestring from a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaDissolveSegments (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Attempts to resolve a collection of Segments from a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaDissolvePoints (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Attempts to resolve a collection of Points from a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaExtractPointsFromGeomColl (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Extracts any Point from a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaExtractLinestringsFromGeomColl (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Extracts any Linestring from a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaExtractPolygonsFromGeomColl (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Extracts any Polygon from a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaMergeGeometries (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom1, gaiaGeomCollPtr geom2)
	Merges two Geometry objects into a single one. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaMergeGeometries_r (const void *p_cache, gaiaGeomCollPtr geom1, gaiaGeomCollPtr geom2)
	Merges two Geometry objects into a single one. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaAddMeasure (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom, double m_start, double m_end)
	Will return a new GEOMETRY (supporting M) with measures linearly interpolated between the start and end points. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaInterpolatePoint (const void p_cache, gaiaGeomCollPtr line, gaiaGeomCollPtr point, double m_value)
	Will interpolate the M-value for a LinestringM at the point closest to the given Point. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaLocateBetweenMeasures (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom, double m_start, double m_end)
	Return a GeometryCollection containing elements matching the specified range of measures. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaIsValidTrajectory (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Checks if a Geometry object is valid Trajectory. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaTrajectoryInterpolatePoint (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom, double m)
	Attempts to interpolate a Point along a Trajectory accordingly to given M-Value. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double	gaiaMeasureLength (int dims, double *coords, int vert)
	Measures the geometric length for a Linestring or Ring. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double	gaiaMeasureArea (gaiaRingPtr ring)
	Measures the geometric area for a Ring object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaRingCentroid (gaiaRingPtr ring, double rx, double ry)
	Determines the Centroid for a Ring object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaClockwise (gaiaRingPtr p)
	Determines the direction for a Ring object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaIsPointOnRingSurface (gaiaRingPtr ring, double pt_x, double pt_y)
	Check if a Point lays on a Ring surface. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaIsPointOnPolygonSurface (gaiaPolygonPtr polyg, double x, double y)
	Checks if a Point lays on a Polygon surface. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double	gaiaMinDistance (double x0, double y0, int dims, double *coords, int vert)
	Computes the minimum distance between a Point and a Linestring or Ring. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaIntersect (double x0, double y0, double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2, double x3, double y3, double x4, double y4)
	Determines the intesection Point between two Segments. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaShiftCoords (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom, double shift_x, double shift_y)
	Shifts any coordinate within a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaShiftCoords3D (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom, double shift_x, double shift_y, double shift_z)
	Shifts any coordinate within a 3D Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaShiftLongitude (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Shifts negative longitudes. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaNormalizeLonLat (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Shifts any coordinate to within the "normal range" of longitude and latitude values (-180.0 to 180.0 longitude and -90.0 to 90.0 latitude). More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaScaleCoords (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom, double scale_x, double scale_y)
	Scales any coordinate within a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaRotateCoords (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom, double angle)
	Rotates any coordinate within a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaReflectCoords (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom, int x_axis, int y_axis)
	Reflects any coordinate within a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaSwapCoords (gaiaGeomCollPtr geom)
	Swaps any coordinate within a Geometry object. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaLinestringEquals (gaiaLinestringPtr line1, gaiaLinestringPtr line2)
	Checks if two Linestring objects are equivalent. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaPolygonEquals (gaiaPolygonPtr polyg1, gaiaPolygonPtr polyg2)
	Checks if two Polygons objects are equivalent. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaEllipseParams (const char name, double a, double b, double rf)
	Retrieves Geodesic params for an Ellipsoid definition. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double	gaiaGreatCircleDistance (double a, double b, double lat1, double lon1, double lat2, double lon2)
	Calculates the Great Circle Distance between between two Points. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double	gaiaGeodesicDistance (double a, double b, double rf, double lat1, double lon1, double lat2, double lon2)
	Calculates the Geodesic Distance between two Points. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double	gaiaGreatCircleTotalLength (double a, double b, int dims, double *coords, int vert)
	Calculates the Great Circle Total Length for a Linestring / Ring. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double	gaiaGeodesicTotalLength (double a, double b, double rf, int dims, double *coords, int vert)
	Calculates the Geodesic Total Length for a Linestring / Ring. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaConvertLength (double value, int unit_from, int unit_to, double *cvt)
	Convert a Length from a Measure Unit to another. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int	gaiaGeodesicArcLength (sqlite3 sqlite, const void cache, gaiaGeomCollPtr geom1, gaiaGeomCollPtr geom2, int return_type, double *retval)
	Computes several Geodesic values based on the Distance between two Geometries. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaMakeCircle (double center_x, double center_y, double radius, double step)
	Creates a Circle (Linestring) Geometry. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaMakeEllipse (double center_x, double center_y, double x_axis, double y_axis, double step)
	Creates an Ellipse (Linestring) Geometry. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaMakeArc (double center_x, double center_y, double radius, double start, double stop, double step)
	Creates a Circular Arc (Linestring) Geometry. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaMakeEllipticArc (double center_x, double center_y, double x_axis, double y_axis, double start, double stop, double step)
	Creates an Elliptic Arc (Linestring) Geometry. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr	gaiaMakePolygon (gaiaGeomCollPtr exterior, gaiaGeomCollPtr interiors)
	Creates a Polygon from closed Linestrings. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double	gaiaCurvosityIndex (const void *p_cache, gaiaLinestringPtr line, int extra_points)
	Computes the Curvosity Index for some Linestrings. More...

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void	gaiaUpDownHeight (gaiaLinestringPtr line, double up, double down)
	Computes the Uphill and Downhill total Height for some 3D Linestrings. More...

Detailed Description

Geometry handling functions: core.

Function Documentation

◆ gaiaAddInteriorRing()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaRingPtr gaiaAddInteriorRing	(	gaiaPolygonPtr	p,
		int	pos,
		int	vert
	)

Creates a new Interior Ring object into a Polygon object.

Parameters

p	pointer to the Polygon object.
pos	relative position index [first Interior Ring has index 0].
vert	number of points (aka vertices) into the Ring.

Returns: the pointer to the newly created Ring object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaAllocPolygon, gaiaAllocPolygonXYZ, gaiaAllocPolygonXYM, gaiaAllocPolygonXYZM

Note: ownership of the Ring object belongs to the Polygon object.
the newly created Ring will have the same dimensions the Polygon has.

Examples: demo2.c.

◆ gaiaAddLinestringToGeomColl()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaLinestringPtr gaiaAddLinestringToGeomColl	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	p,
		int	vert
	)

Creates a new Linestring object into a Geometry object.

Parameters

p	pointer to the Geometry object.
vert	number of points [aka vertices] into the Linestring.

Returns: the pointer to newly created Linestring: NULL on failure.

Note: ownership of the newly created Linestring object belongs to the Geometry object.
the newly created Linestring will have the same dimensions as the Geometry has.

Examples: demo2.c.

◆ gaiaAddMeasure()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaAddMeasure	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom,
		double	m_start,
		double	m_end
	)

Will return a new GEOMETRY (supporting M) with measures linearly interpolated between the start and end points.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object of the Linestring or MultiLinestring type.
m_start	M start value
m_end	M end value

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry: NULL on failure.

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, this including any Geometry created by gaiaAddMeasure()
the newly created Geometry will contain Linestrings.
if the input Geometry has no M dimension it will be added, otherwise it will overwritten.
an eventual Z will be preserved unaffected.

◆ gaiaAddPointToGeomColl()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaAddPointToGeomColl	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	p,
		double	x,
		double	y
	)

Creates a new 2D Point [XY] object into a Geometry object.

Parameters

p	pointer to the Geometry object
x	X coordinate of the Point to be created
y	X coordinate of the Point to be created

Note: ownership of the newly created POINT object belongs to the Geometry object.

Examples: demo2.c, demo3.c, and demo4.c.

◆ gaiaAddPointToGeomCollXYM()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaAddPointToGeomCollXYM	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	p,
		double	x,
		double	y,
		double	m
	)

Creates a new 2D Point [XYM] object into a Geometry object.

Parameters

p	pointer to the Geometry object
x	X coordinate of the Point to be created
y	X coordinate of the Point to be created
m	M measure of the Point to be created

Note: ownership of the newly created POINT object belongs to the Geometry object.

◆ gaiaAddPointToGeomCollXYZ()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaAddPointToGeomCollXYZ	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	p,
		double	x,
		double	y,
		double	z
	)

Creates a new 3D Point [XYZ] object into a Geometry object.

Parameters

p	pointer to the Geometry object
x	X coordinate of the Point to be created
y	X coordinate of the Point to be created
z	Z coordinate of the Point to be created

Note: ownership of the newly created POINT object belongs to the Geometry object.

◆ gaiaAddPointToGeomCollXYZM()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaAddPointToGeomCollXYZM	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	p,
		double	x,
		double	y,
		double	z,
		double	m
	)

Creates a new 3D Point [XYZM] object into a Geometry object.

Parameters

p	pointer to the Geometry object
x	X coordinate of the Point to be created
y	X coordinate of the Point to be created
z	Z coordinate of the Point to be created
m	M measure of the Point to be created

Note: ownership of the newly created POINT object belongs to the Geometry object.

◆ gaiaAddPolygonToGeomColl()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr gaiaAddPolygonToGeomColl	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	p,
		int	vert,
		int	interiors
	)

Creates a new Polygon object into a Geometry object.

Parameters

p	pointer to the Geometry object.
vert	number of points [aka vertices] into the Polygon's Exterior Ring.
interiors	number of Interiors Rings [0, if no Interior Ring is required]

Returns: the pointer to newly created Polygon: NULL on failure.

Note: ownership of the newly created Polygon object belongs to the Geometry object.
the newly created Polygon will have the same dimensions as the Geometry has.

Examples: demo2.c.

◆ gaiaAddRingToPolyg()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaAddRingToPolyg	(	gaiaPolygonPtr	polyg,
		gaiaRingPtr	ring
	)

Inserts an already existing Ring object into a Polygon object.

Parameters

polyg	pointer to the Polygon object
ring	pointer to the Ring object

See also: gaiaInsertInteriorRing

Note: ownership of the Ring object will be transferred to the Polygon object.
the newly created Polygon will have the same dimensions as the Ring has.
if required the Polygon's Interior Rings count could be increased.

◆ gaiaAllocGeomColl()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaAllocGeomColl ( void )

Allocates a 2D Geometry [XY].

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreeGeomColl

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, unless you've passed ownership of the Geometry object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

Examples: demo2.c, demo3.c, and demo4.c.

◆ gaiaAllocGeomCollXYM()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaAllocGeomCollXYM ( void )

Allocates a 2D Geometry [XYM].

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreeGeomColl

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, unless you've passed ownership of the Geometry object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocGeomCollXYZ()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaAllocGeomCollXYZ ( void )

Allocates a 3D Geometry [XYZ].

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreeGeomColl

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, unless you've passed ownership of the Geometry object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocGeomCollXYZM()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaAllocGeomCollXYZM ( void )

Allocates a 3D Geometry [XYZM].

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreeGeomColl

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, unless you've passed ownership of the Geometry object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocLinestring()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaLinestringPtr gaiaAllocLinestring ( int vert )

Allocates a 2D LINESTRING [XY].

Parameters

vert	number of points [aka vertices] into the Linestring

Returns: the pointer to newly created LINESTRING object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreeLinestring, gaiaLineSetPoint, gaiaLineGetPoint, gaiaSetPoint, gaiaGetPoint

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated LINESTRING, unless you've passed ownership of the LINESTRING object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocLinestringXYM()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaLinestringPtr gaiaAllocLinestringXYM ( int vert )

Allocates a 2D LINESTRING [XYM].

Parameters

vert	number of points [aka vertices] into the Linestring

Returns: the pointer to newly created LINESTRING object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreeLinestring, gaiaLineSetPoint, gaiaLineGetPoint, gaiaSetPointXYM, gaiaGetPointXYM

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated LINESTRING, unless you've passed ownership of the LINESTRING object to some further

object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocLinestringXYZ()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaLinestringPtr gaiaAllocLinestringXYZ ( int vert )

Allocates a 3D LINESTRING [XYZ].

Parameters

vert	number of points [aka vertices] into the Linestring

Returns: the pointer to newly created LINESTRING object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreeLinestring, gaiaLineSetPoint, gaiaLineGetPoint, gaiaSetPointXYZ, gaiaGetPointXYZ

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated LINESTRING, unless you've passed ownership of the LINESTRING object to some further

object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocLinestringXYZM()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaLinestringPtr gaiaAllocLinestringXYZM ( int vert )

Allocates a 3D LINESTRING [XYZM].

Parameters

vert	number of points [aka vertices] into the Linestring

Returns: the pointer to newly created LINESTRING object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreeLinestring, gaiaLineSetPoint, gaiaLineGetPoint, gaiaSetPointXYZM, gaiaGetPointXYZM

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated LINESTRING, unless you've passed ownership of the LINESTRING object to some further

object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocPoint()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPointPtr gaiaAllocPoint	(	double	x,
		double	y
	)

Allocates a 2D POINT [XY].

Parameters

x	the X coordinate.
y	the Y coordinate.

Returns: the pointer to the newly created POINT object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreePoint

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated POINT, unless you've passed ownership of the POINT object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocPointXYM()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPointPtr gaiaAllocPointXYM	(	double	x,
		double	y,
		double	m
	)

Allocates a 2D POINT [XYM].

Parameters

x	the X coordinate.
y	the Y coordinate.
m	the M measure.

Returns: the pointer to the newly created POINT object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreePoint

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated POINT, unless you've passed ownership of the POINT object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocPointXYZ()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPointPtr gaiaAllocPointXYZ	(	double	x,
		double	y,
		double	z
	)

Allocates a 3D POINT [XYZ].

Parameters

x	the X coordinate.
y	the Y coordinate.
z	the Z coordinate.

Returns: the pointer to the newly created POINT object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreePoint

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated POINT, unless you've passed ownership of the POINT object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocPointXYZM()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPointPtr gaiaAllocPointXYZM	(	double	x,
		double	y,
		double	z,
		double	m
	)

Allocates a 3D POINT [XYZM].

Parameters

x	the X coordinate.
y	the Y coordinate.
z	the Z coordinate.
m	the M measure.

Returns: the pointer to the newly created POINT object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreePoint

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated POINT, unless you've passed ownership of the POINT object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocPolygon()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr gaiaAllocPolygon	(	int	vert,
		int	holes
	)

Allocates a 2D POLYGON [XY].

Parameters

vert	number of points [aka vertices] into the Exterior Ring.
holes	number of Interior Rings [0, if no Interior Ring is required].

Returns: the pointer to newly created POLYGON object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreePolygon

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated POLYGON, unless you've passed ownership of the POLYGON object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocPolygonXYM()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr gaiaAllocPolygonXYM	(	int	vert,
		int	holes
	)

Allocates a 2D POLYGON [XYM].

Parameters

vert	number of points [aka vertices] into the Exterior Ring.
holes	number of Interior Rings [0, if no Interior Ring is required].

Returns: the pointer to newly created POLYGON object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreePolygon

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated POLYGON, unless you've passed ownership of the POLYGON object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocPolygonXYZ()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr gaiaAllocPolygonXYZ	(	int	vert,
		int	holes
	)

Allocates a 3D POLYGON [XYZ].

Parameters

vert	number of points [aka vertices] into the Exterior Ring.
holes	number of Interior Rings [0, if no Interior Ring is required].

Returns: the pointer to newly created POLYGON object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreePolygon

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated POLYGON, unless you've passed ownership of the POLYGON object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocPolygonXYZM()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr gaiaAllocPolygonXYZM	(	int	vert,
		int	holes
	)

Allocates a 3D POLYGON [XYZM].

Parameters

vert	number of points [aka vertices] into the Exterior Ring.
holes	number of Interior Rings [may by 0, if no Interior Ring is required].

Returns: the pointer to newly created POLYGON object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreePolygon

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated POLYGON, unless you've passed ownership of the POLYGON object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocRing()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaRingPtr gaiaAllocRing ( int vert )

Allocates a 2D RING [XY].

Parameters

vert	number of points [aka vertices] into the Ring

Returns: the pointer to newly created RING object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreeRing, gaiaRingSetPoint, gaiaRingGetPoint, gaiaSetPoint, gaiaGetPoint

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated RING, unless you've passed ownership of the RING object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocRingXYM()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaRingPtr gaiaAllocRingXYM ( int vert )

Allocates 2D RING [XYM].

Parameters

vert	number of points [aka vertices] into the Ring

Returns: the pointer to newly created RING object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreeRing, gaiaRingSetPoint, gaiaRingGetPoint, gaiaSetPointXYM, gaiaGetPointXYM

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated RING, unless you've passed ownership of the RING object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocRingXYZ()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaRingPtr gaiaAllocRingXYZ ( int vert )

Allocates a 3D RING [XYZ].

Parameters

vert	number of points [aka vertices] into the Ring

Returns: the pointer to newly created RING object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreeRing, gaiaRingSetPoint, gaiaRingGetPoint, gaiaSetPointXYZ, gaiaGetPointXYZ

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated RING, unless you've passed ownership of the RING object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaAllocRingXYZM()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaRingPtr gaiaAllocRingXYZM ( int vert )

Allocates a 3D RING [XYZM].

Parameters

vert	number of points [aka vertices] into the Ring

Returns: the pointer to newly created RING object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaFreeRing, gaiaRingSetPoint, gaiaRingGetPoint, gaiaSetPointXYZM, gaiaSetPointXYZM

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated RING, unless you've passed ownership of the RING object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.

◆ gaiaCastGeomCollToXY()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaCastGeomCollToXY ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Duplicates a Geometry object [casting dimensions to 2D XY].

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object [origin].

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCloneGeomColl, gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZ, gaiaCastGeomCollToXYM, gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZM

Note: the newly created object is an exact copy of the original one; except in that any elementary item will be casted to 2D [XY] dimensions.

◆ gaiaCastGeomCollToXYM()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaCastGeomCollToXYM ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Duplicates a Geometry object [casting dimensions to 2D XYM].

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object [origin].

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCloneGeomColl, gaiaCastGeomCollToXY, gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZ, gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZM, gaiaCastGeomCollToXYMnoData

Note: the newly created object is an exact copy of the original one; except in that any elementary item will be cast to 2D [XYM] dimensions.

◆ gaiaCastGeomCollToXYMnoData()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaCastGeomCollToXYMnoData	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom,
		double	no_data
	)

Duplicates a Geometry object [casting dimensions to 2D XYM - noData].

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object [origin].
no_data	the default M value

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCastGeomCollToXYM

Note: the newly created object is an exact copy of the original one; except in that any elementary item will be cast to 2D [XYM] dimensions.

◆ gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZ()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZ ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Duplicates a Geometry object [casting dimensions to 3D XYZ].

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object [origin].

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCloneGeomColl, gaiaCastGeomCollToXY, gaiaCastGeomCollToXYM, gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZM, gaiaCostGeomCollToXYZnoData

Note: the newly created object is an exact copy of the original one; except in that any elementary item will be cast to 3D [XYZ] dimensions.

◆ gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZM()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZM ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Duplicates a Geometry object [casting dimensions to 3D XYZM].

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object [origin].

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCloneGeomColl, gaiaCastGeomCollToXY, gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZ, gaiaCastGeomCollToXYM, gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZMnoData

Note: the newly created object is an exact copy of the original one; except in that any elementary item will be cast to 3D [XYZM] dimensions.

◆ gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZMnoData()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZMnoData	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom,
		double	z_no_data,
		double	m_no_data
	)

Duplicates a Geometry object [casting dimensions to 3D XYZM - noData].

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object [origin].
z_no_data	the default Z value
m_no_data	the default M value

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZM

Note: the newly created object is an exact copy of the original one; except in that any elementary item will be cast to 3D [XYZM] dimensions.

◆ gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZnoData()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZnoData	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom,
		double	no_data
	)

Duplicates a Geometry object [casting dimensions to 3D XYZ - noData].

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object [origin].
no_data	the default Z value

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCostGeomCollToXYZ

Note: the newly created object is an exact copy of the original one; except in that any elementary item will be cast to 3D [XYZ] dimensions.

◆ gaiaCheckClockwise()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaCheckClockwise ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Checks for Clockwise Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object

Returns: 0 if the Geometry is not clockwise: otherwise any other different value.

Note: a Clockwise Geometry contains no Polygons, or alternatively contains only Clockwise Polygons. A Clockwise Polygon has a Clockwise exterior ring and all interior rings are Counter-Clockwise.

◆ gaiaCheckCounterClockwise()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaCheckCounterClockwise ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Checks for CounterClockwise Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object

Returns: 0 if the Geometry is not counter-clockwise: otherwise any other different value.

Note: a CounterClockwise Geometry contains no Polygons, or alternatively contains only CounterClockwise Polygons. A CounterClockwise Polygon has a CounterClockwise exterior ring and all interior rings are Clockwise.

◆ gaiaClockwise()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaClockwise ( gaiaRingPtr p )

Determines the direction for a Ring object.

Parameters

p	pointer to Ring object

Returns: 0 if the ring has counter-clockwise direction; any other different value for clockwise direction.

◆ gaiaCloneGeomColl()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaCloneGeomColl ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Duplicates a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object [origin].

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCloneLinestring, gaiaCloneRing, gaiaClonePolygon, gaiaCloneGeomCollPoints, gaiaCloneGeomCollLinestrings, gaiaCloneGeomCollPolygons, gaiaCastGeomCollToXY, gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZ, gaiaCastGeomCollToXYM, gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZM, gaiaExtractPointsFromGeomColl, gaiaExtractLinestringsFromGeomColl, gaiaExtractPolygonsFromGeomColl, gaiaMergeGeometries, gaiaCloneGeomCollSpecial

Note: the newly created object is an exact copy of the original one.

◆ gaiaCloneGeomCollLinestrings()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaCloneGeomCollLinestrings ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Duplicates a Geometry object [Linestrings only].

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object [origin].

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCloneLinestring, gaiaCloneRing, gaiaClonePolygon, gaiaCloneGeomColl, gaiaCloneGeomCollPoints, gaiaCloneGeomCollPolygons

Note: the newly created object is an exact copy of the original one; except in that only Linestrings objects will be copied.
Caveat: an empty Geometry could be returned.

◆ gaiaCloneGeomCollPoints()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaCloneGeomCollPoints ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Duplicates a Geometry object [Points only].

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object [origin].

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCloneLinestring, gaiaCloneRing, gaiaClonePolygon, gaiaCloneGeomColl, gaiaCloneGeomCollLinestrings, gaiaCloneGeomCollPolygons

Note: the newly created object is an exact copy of the original one; except in that only Point objects will be copied.
Caveat: an empty Geometry could be returned.

◆ gaiaCloneGeomCollPolygons()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaCloneGeomCollPolygons ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Duplicates a Geometry object [Polygons only].

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object [origin].

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCloneLinestring, gaiaCloneRing, gaiaClonePolygon, gaiaCloneGeomColl, gaiaCloneGeomCollPoints, gaiaCloneGeomCollLinestrings

Note: the newly created object is an exact copy of the original one; except in that only Polygons objects will be copied.
Caveat: an empty Geometry could be returned.

◆ gaiaCloneGeomCollSpecial()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaCloneGeomCollSpecial	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom,
		int	mode
	)

Duplicates a Geometry object (special)

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object [origin].
mode	one of GAIA_SAME_ORDER, GAIA_REVERSE_ORDER or GAIA_LHR_ORDER.

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCloneLinestringSpecial, gaiaCloneRingSpecial, gaiaClonePolygonSpecial, gaiaCloneGeomColl

Note: if GAIA_REVERSE_ORDER is specified, then any Linestring and/or Ring into the newly created object will be in reverse order. If GAIA_LHR_ORDER is specified instead, any Polygong will have the Exterior Ring in clockwise orientation, and any Interior Ring int counter-clockwise orientation. In any other case this function will simply default to gaiaCloneGeomColl.

◆ gaiaCloneLinestring()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaLinestringPtr gaiaCloneLinestring ( gaiaLinestringPtr line )

Duplicates a Linestring object.

Parameters

line	pointer to Linestring object [origin].

Returns: the pointer to newly created Linestring object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCloneRing, gaiaClonePolygon, gaiaCloneGeomColl, gaiaCloneGeomCollPoints, gaiaCloneGeomCollLinestrings, gaiaCloneGeomCollPolygons, gaiaCloneLinestringSpecial

Note: the newly created object is an exact copy of the original one.

◆ gaiaCloneLinestringSpecial()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaLinestringPtr gaiaCloneLinestringSpecial	(	gaiaLinestringPtr	line,
		int	mode
	)

Duplicates a Linestring object (special)

Parameters

line	pointer to Linestring object [origin].
mode	one of GAIA_SAME_ORDER or GAIA_REVERSE_ORDER.

Returns: the pointer to newly created Linestring object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCloneLinestring, gaiaCloneGeomCollSpecial

Note: if GAIA_REVERSE_ORDER is specified, then any vertex into the newly created object will be in reverse order [first vertex will be last one, and last vertex will be the first one]. In any other case this function will simply default to gaiaCloneLinestring.

◆ gaiaClonePolygon()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr gaiaClonePolygon ( gaiaPolygonPtr polyg )

Duplicates a Polygon object.

Parameters

polyg pointer to Polygon object [origin].

Returns: the pointer to newly created Polygon object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCloneLinestring, gaiaCloneRing, gaiaCloneGeomColl, gaiaCloneGeomCollPoints, gaiaCloneGeomCollLinestrings, gaiaCloneGeomCollPolygons, gaiaClonePolygonSpecial

Note: the newly created object is an exact copy of the original one.

◆ gaiaClonePolygonSpecial()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr gaiaClonePolygonSpecial	(	gaiaPolygonPtr	polyg,
		int	mode
	)

Duplicates a Polygon object (special)

Parameters

polyg	pointer to Polygon object [origin].
mode	one of GAIA_SAME_ORDER, GAIA_REVERSE_ORDER, or GAIA_LHR_ORDER.

Returns: the pointer to newly created Polygon object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaClonePolygon, gaiaCloneGeomCollSpecial

Note: if GAIA_REVERSE_ORDER is specified, then any Ring into the newly created object will be in reverse order. If GAIA_CW_ORDER is specified, any Exterior Ring will have clockwise orientation, and any Interior Ring will have counter-clockwise orientation. If GAIA_CCW_ORDER is specified, any Exterior Ring will have counter-clockwise orientation, and any Interior Ring will have clockwise orientation. In any other case this function will simply default to gaiaClonePolygon.

◆ gaiaCloneRing()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaRingPtr gaiaCloneRing ( gaiaRingPtr ring )

Duplicates a Ring object.

Parameters

ring	pointer to Ring object [origin].

Returns: the pointer to newly created Ring object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCloneLinestring, gaiaClonePolygon, gaiaCloneGeomColl, gaiaCloneGeomCollPoints, gaiaCloneGeomCollLinestrings, gaiaCloneGeomCollPolygons, gaiaCloneRingSpecial

Note: the newly created object is an exact copy of the original one.

◆ gaiaCloneRingSpecial()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaRingPtr gaiaCloneRingSpecial	(	gaiaRingPtr	ring,
		int	mode
	)

Duplicates a Ring object (special)

Parameters

ring	pointer to Ring object [origin].
mode	one of GAIA_SAME_ORDER or GAIA_REVERSE_ORDER.

Returns: the pointer to newly created Ring object: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaCloneRing, gaiaClonePolygonSpecial

Note: if GAIA_REVERSE_ORDER is specified, then any vertex into the newly created object will be in reverse order [first vertex will be last one, and last vertex will be the first one]. In any other case this function will simply default to gaiaCloneRing.

◆ gaiaConvertLength()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaConvertLength	(	double	value,
		int	unit_from,
		int	unit_to,
		double *	cvt
	)

Convert a Length from a Measure Unit to another.

Parameters

value	the length measure to be converted.
unit_from	original Measure Unit.
unit_to	converted Measure Unit.
cvt	on completion this variable will contain the converted length measure.

Note: supported Measu Units are: GAIA_KM, GAIA_M, GAIA_DM, GAIA_CM, GAIA_MM, GAIA_KMI, GAIA_IN, GAIA_FT, GAIA_YD, GAIA_MI, GAIA_FATH, GAIC_CH, GAIA_LINK, GAIA_US_IN, GAIA_US_FT, GAIA_US_YD, GAIA_US_CH, GAIA_US_MI, GAIA_IND_YD, GAIA_IND_FT, GAIA_IND_CH

◆ gaiaCopyLinestringCoords()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaCopyLinestringCoords	(	gaiaLinestringPtr	dst,
		gaiaLinestringPtr	src
	)

Copies coordinates between two LINESTRING objects.

Parameters

dst	destination LINESTRING [output]
src	origin LINESTRING [input]

See also: gaiaCopyLinestringCoordsReverse, gaiaCopyLinestringCoordsEx

Note: both LINESTRING objects must have exactly the same number of points: if dimensions aren't the same for both objects, then the appropriate conversion will be silently applied.

◆ gaiaCopyLinestringCoordsEx()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaCopyLinestringCoordsEx	(	gaiaLinestringPtr	dst,
		gaiaLinestringPtr	src,
		double	z_no_data,
		double	m_no_data
	)

Copies coordinates between two LINESTRING objects.

Parameters

dst	destination LINESTRING [output]
src	origin LINESTRING [input]
z_no_data	the default Z value \parma m_no_data the default M value

See also: gaiaCopyLinestringCoords

Note: both LINESTRING objects must have exactly the same number of points: if dimensions aren't the same for both objects, then the appropriate conversion will be silently applied.

◆ gaiaCopyLinestringCoordsReverse()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaCopyLinestringCoordsReverse	(	gaiaLinestringPtr	dst,
		gaiaLinestringPtr	src
	)

Copies coordinates between two LINESTRING objects in reverse order.

Parameters

dst	destination LINESTRING [output]
src	origin LINESTRING [input]

See also: gaiaCopyLinestringCoords

Note: both LINESTRING objects must have exactly the same number of points: if dimensions aren't the same for both objects, then the appropriate conversion will be silently applied.

◆ gaiaCopyRingCoords()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaCopyRingCoords	(	gaiaRingPtr	dst,
		gaiaRingPtr	src
	)

Copies coordinates between two RING objects.

Parameters

dst	destination RING [output]
src	origin RING [input]

See also: gaiaCopyRingCoordsReverse, gaiaCopyRingCoordEx

Note: both RING objects must have exactly the same number of points: if dimensions aren't the same for both objects, then the appropriate conversion will be silently applied.

◆ gaiaCopyRingCoordsEx()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaCopyRingCoordsEx	(	gaiaRingPtr	dst,
		gaiaRingPtr	src,
		double	z_no_data,
		double	m_no_data
	)

Copies coordinates between two RING objects.

Parameters

dst	destination RING [output]
src	origin RING [input]
z_no_data	the default Z value
m_no_data	the default M value

See also: gaiaCopyRingCoords

Note: both RING objects must have exactly the same number of points: if dimensions aren't the same for both objects, then the appropriate conversion will be silently applied.

◆ gaiaCopyRingCoordsReverse()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaCopyRingCoordsReverse	(	gaiaRingPtr	dst,
		gaiaRingPtr	src
	)

Copies coordinates between two RING objects in reverse order.

Parameters

dst	destination RING [output]
src	origin RING [input]

See also: gaiaCopyRingCoords

Note: both RING objects must have exactly the same number of points: if dimensions aren't the same for both objects, then the appropriate conversion will be silently applied.

◆ gaiaCreatePolygon()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr gaiaCreatePolygon ( gaiaRingPtr ring )

Allocates a POLYGON.

Parameters

ring	pointer to a valid RING object: assumed to be the Polygon's Exterior Ring.

Returns: the pointer to newly created POLYGON object: NULL on failure

See also: gaiaAllocRing, gaiaAllocRingXYZ, gaiaAllocRingXYM, gaiaAllocRingXYZM, gaiaFreePolygon

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated POLYGON, unless you've passed ownership of the POLYGON object to some further object: in this case destroying the higher order object will implicitly destroy any contained child object.
Ownership of passed Ring object will be transferred to the Polygon object being created.

◆ gaiaCurvosityIndex()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double gaiaCurvosityIndex	(	const void *	p_cache,
		gaiaLinestringPtr	line,
		int	extra_points
	)

Computes the Curvosity Index for some Linestrings.

Parameters

p_cache	a memory pointer returned by spatialite_alloc_connection()
line	a generic Linestring.
extra_points	number of points to be interpolated at regular distance into the reference line.

Returns: the calculated Curvosity Index (expected to be in the range between 0.0 and 1.0).

◆ gaiaDimension()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaDimension ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Determines OGC dimensions for a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object

Returns: OGC dimensions

Note

OGC dimensions are defined as follows:

if the Geometry doesn't contain any elementary item: -1
if the Geometry only contains Point items: 0
if the Geometry only contains Point / Linestring items: 1
if the Geometry contains some Polygon item: 2

Examples: demo2.c.

◆ gaiaDissolvePoints()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaDissolvePoints ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Attempts to resolve a collection of Points from a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object.

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaLinearize, gaiaDissolveSegments

Note

you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, this including any Geometry created by gaiaDissolvePoints()
the input Geometry can be of any arbitrary type:

any Point will be copied untouched.
any Linestring will be dissolved into sparse Points.
any Ring will be dissolved into sparse Points.

◆ gaiaDissolveSegments()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaDissolveSegments ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Attempts to resolve a collection of Segments from a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object.

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaLinearize, gaiaDissolvePoints

Note

you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, this including any Geometry created by gaiaDissolveSegments()
the input Geometry can be of any arbitrary type:

any Point will be copied untouched.
any Linestring will be dissolved into Segments.
any Ring will be dissolved into Segments.

◆ gaiaEllipseParams()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaEllipseParams	(	const char *	name,
		double *	a,
		double *	b,
		double *	rf
	)

Retrieves Geodesic params for an Ellipsoid definition.

Parameters

name	text string identifying an Ellipsoid definition.
a	on completion this variable will contain the first geodesic param.
b	on completion this variable will contain the second geodesic param.
rf	on completion this variable will contain the third geodesic param.

Returns: 0 on failure: any other value on success.

See also: gaiaGreatCircleDistance, gaiaGeodesicDistance, gaiaGreatCircleTotalLength, gaiaGeodesicTotalLength

Note: supported Ellipsoid definitions are: MERIT, SGS85, GRS80, IAU76, airy, APL4.9, NWL9D, mod_airy, andrae, aust_SA, GRS67, bessel, bess_nam, clrk66, clrk80, CPM, delmbr, engelis, evrst30, evrst48, evrst56, evrst69, evrstSS, fschr60

◆ gaiaEnsureClosedRings()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaEnsureClosedRings ( gaiaGeomCollPtr org )

Attempts to sanitize a possibly malformed Geometry object.

Parameters

org	pointer to Geometry object.

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaIsToxic, gaiaSanitize, gaiaRemoveRepeatedPoint

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, this including any Geometry created by gaiaSanitize()
the output Geometry will surely have proper Ring closure: for sure any Ring will have exactly coinciding first and last Points.

◆ gaiaExtractLinestringsFromGeomColl()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaExtractLinestringsFromGeomColl ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Extracts any Linestring from a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaExtractPointsFromGeomColl, gaiaExtractPolygonsFromGeomColl, gaiaCloneGeomColl

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, this including any Geometry created by gaiaExtractLinestringsFromGeomColl()
the newly created Geometry will contain any Linestring contained into the input Geometry.
if the input Geometry doesn't contains any Linestring, then NULL will be returned.

◆ gaiaExtractPointsFromGeomColl()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaExtractPointsFromGeomColl ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Extracts any Point from a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaExtractLinestringsFromGeomColl, gaiaExtractPolygonsFromGeomColl, gaiaCloneGeomColl

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, this including any Geometry created by gaiaExtractPointsFromGeomColl()
the newly created Geometry will contain any Point contained into the input Geometry.
if the input Geometry doesn't contains any Point, then NULL will be returned.

◆ gaiaExtractPolygonsFromGeomColl()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaExtractPolygonsFromGeomColl ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Extracts any Polygon from a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaExtractPointsFromGeomColl, gaiaExtractLinestringsFromGeomColl, gaiaCloneGeomColl

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, this including any Geometry created by gaiaExtractPolygonsFromGeomColl()
the newly created Geometry will contain any Polygon contained into the input Geometry.
if the input Geometry doesn't contains any Polygon, then NULL will be returned.

◆ gaiaFree()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaFree ( void * ptr )

Safely frees any dynamic memory block allocated by the library itself.

Parameters

ptr	pointer to dynamically allocated memory

Note: on some platforms (most notably, Microsoft Windows) many different runtime libraries may actually support the same process.
attempting to free() a memory block allocated by a different runtime module may easily cause fatal memory corruption.

◆ gaiaFreeGeomColl()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaFreeGeomColl ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Destroys a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to the Geometry object to be destroyed

See also: gaiaAllocGeomColl, gaiaAllocGeomCollXYZ, gaiaAllocGeomCollXYM, gaiaAllocGeomCollXYZM

Note: attempting to destroy any Geometry object whose ownership has already been transferred to some other (higher order) object is a serious error, and will easily cause severe memory corruption.
Ownership of each POINT, LINESTRING or POLYGON object referenced by a Geometry object always belongs to the Geometry itself, so destroying the Geometry will surely destroy any related elementary geometry item as well.

Examples: demo1.c, demo2.c, demo3.c, and demo4.c.

◆ gaiaFreeLinestring()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaFreeLinestring ( gaiaLinestringPtr ptr )

Destroys a LINESTRING object.

Parameters

ptr	pointer to the LINESTRING object to be destroyed

See also: gaiaAllocLinestring, gaiaAllocLinestringXYZ, gaiaAllocLinestringXYM, gaiaAllocLinestringXYZM

Note: attempting to destroy any LINESTRING object whose ownnership has already been transferred to some other (higher order) object is a serious error, and will easily cause severe memory corruption.

◆ gaiaFreePoint()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaFreePoint ( gaiaPointPtr ptr )

Destroys a POINT object.

Parameters

ptr	pointer to the POINT object to be destroyed

See also: gaiaAllocPoint, gaiaAllocPointXYZ, gaiaAllocPointXYM, gaiaAllocPointXYZM

Note: attempting to destroy any POINT object whose ownership has already been transferred to some other (higher order) object is a serious error, and will easily cause severe memory corruption.

◆ gaiaFreePolygon()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaFreePolygon ( gaiaPolygonPtr polyg )

Destroys a POLYGON object.

Parameters

polyg pointer to the POLYGON object to be destroyed

See also: gaiaAllocPolygon, gaiaAllocPolygonXYZ, gaiaAllocPolygonXYM, gaiaAllocPolygonXYZM, gaiaCreatePolygon

Note: attempting to destroy any POLYGON object whose ownership has already been transferred to some other (higher order) object is a serious error, and will easily cause severe memory corruption.
Ownership of each RING object referenced by a POLYGON object always belongs to the POLYGON itself, so destroying the POLYGON will surely destroy any related RING as well.

◆ gaiaFreeRing()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaFreeRing ( gaiaRingPtr ptr )

Destroys a RING object.

Parameters

ptr	pointer to the RING object to be destroyed

See also: gaiaAllocRing, gaiaAllocRingXYZ, gaiaAllocRingXYM, gaiaAllocRingXYZM

Note: attempting to destroy any RING object whose ownership has already been transferred to some other (higher order) object is a serious error, and will easily cause severe memory corruption.

◆ gaiaGeodesicArcLength()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaGeodesicArcLength	(	sqlite3 *	sqlite,
		const void *	cache,
		gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom1,
		gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom2,
		int	return_type,
		double *	retval
	)

Computes several Geodesic values based on the Distance between two Geometries.

Parameters

db_handle	handle to the current DB connection.
cache	the same memory pointer passed to the corresponding call to spatialite_init_ex() and returned by spatialite_alloc_connection()
geom1	the first Geometry.
geom2	the second Geometry.
return_type	selects wich value has be computed. Must be one between: GAIA_GEODESIC_ARC_LENGTH_METERS, GAIA_GEODESIC_ARC_LENGTH_DEGREES, GAIA_GEODESIC_CHORD_LENGTH_METERS, GAIA_GEODESIC_CHORD_LENGTH_DEGREES, GAIA_GEODESIC_CENTRAL_ANGLE_DEGREES, GAIA_GEODESIC_CENTRAL_ANGLE_RADIANS, GAIA_GEODESIC_ARC_AREA_METERS or GAIA_GEODESIC_ARC_HEIGHT_METERS.
retval	on completion this variable will contain the computed value.

Returns: 0 on failure: any other value on success.

See also: gaiaGeodesicDistance, gaiaGeodesicTotalLength

Note: Both geom1 and geom2 must share the same SRID, that is expected to be of the Geographic type (longitudes and latitudes).
Requires to be supported by a recent version of PROJ (>= 4.9.0).
If not supported by GEOS only two POINT Geometries will be accepted.

◆ gaiaGeodesicDistance()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double gaiaGeodesicDistance	(	double	a,
		double	b,
		double	rf,
		double	lat1,
		double	lon1,
		double	lat2,
		double	lon2
	)

Calculates the Geodesic Distance between two Points.

Parameters

a	first geodesic parameter.
b	second geodesic parameter.
rf	third geodesic parameter.
lat1	Latitude of first Point.
lon1	Longitude of first Point.
lat2	Latitude of second Point.
lon2	Longitude of second Point.

Returns: the calculated Geodesic Distance.

See also: gaiaEllipseParams, gaiaGreatCircleDistance, gaiaGreatCircleTotalLength, gaiaGeodesicTotalLength, gaiaGeodesicArcLength

Note: the returned distance is expressed in Kilometers.
the Geodesic method is much more accurate but slowest to be calculated.

◆ gaiaGeodesicTotalLength()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double gaiaGeodesicTotalLength	(	double	a,
		double	b,
		double	rf,
		int	dims,
		double *	coords,
		int	vert
	)

Calculates the Geodesic Total Length for a Linestring / Ring.

Parameters

a	first geodesic parameter.
b	second geodesic parameter.
rf	third geodesic parameter.
dims	dimensions: one of GAIA_XY, GAIA_XY_Z, GAIA_XY_M or GAIA_XY_ZM
coords	pointed to COORD mem-array
vert	number of Points (aka Vertices) within the COORD mem-array

Returns: the calculated Geodesic Total Length.

See also: gaiaEllipseParams, gaiaGreatCircleDistance, gaiaGeodesicDistance, gaiaGreatCircleTotalLength, gaiaGeodesicArcLength

Note: the returned length is expressed in Kilometers.
the Geodesic method is much more accurate but slowest to be calculated.
dims, coords and vert are usually expected to correspond to DimensionModel, Coords and Points members from a gaiaLinestringStruct or gaiaRingStruct.

◆ gaiaGeometryAliasType()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaGeometryAliasType ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Determines the corresponding Type for a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object

Returns: the corresponding Geometry Type

See also: gaiaGeometryType

Note: Type is one of: GAIA_POINT, GAIA_LINESTRING, GAIA_POLYGON, GAIA_MULTIPOINT, GAIA_MULTILINESTRING, GAIA_MULTIPOLYGON, GAIA_GEOMETRYCOLLECTION
on failure GAIA_NONE will be returned.

Remarks: deprecated function (used in earlier SpatiaLite versions).

◆ gaiaGeometryType()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaGeometryType ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Determines the corresponding Type for a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object

Returns: the corresponding Geometry Type

Note: Type is one of: GAIA_POINT, GAIA_LINESTRING, GAIA_POLYGON, GAIA_MULTIPOINT, GAIA_MULTILINESTRING, GAIA_MULTIPOLYGON, GAIA_GEOMETRYCOLLECTION, GAIA_POINTZ, GAIA_LINESTRINGZ, GAIA_POLYGONZ, GAIA_MULTIPOINTZ, GAIA_MULTILINESTRINGZ, GAIA_MULTIPOLYGONZ, GAIA_GEOMETRYCOLLECTIONZ, GAIA_POINTM, GAIA_LINESTRINGM, GAIA_POLYGONM, GAIA_MULTIPOINTM, GAIA_MULTILINESTRINGM, GAIA_MULTIPOLYGONM, GAIA_GEOMETRYCOLLECTIONM, GAIA_POINTZM, GAIA_LINESTRINGZM, GAIA_POLYGONZM, GAIA_MULTIPOINTZM, GAIA_MULTILINESTRINGZM, GAIA_MULTIPOLYGONZM, GAIA_GEOMETRYCOLLECTIONZM
on failure GAIA_NONE will be returned.

Examples: demo1.c, and demo2.c.

◆ gaiaGreatCircleDistance()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double gaiaGreatCircleDistance	(	double	a,
		double	b,
		double	lat1,
		double	lon1,
		double	lat2,
		double	lon2
	)

Calculates the Great Circle Distance between between two Points.

Parameters

a	first geodesic parameter.
b	second geodesic parameter.
lat1	Latitude of first Point.
lon1	Longitude of first Point.
lat2	Latitude of second Point.
lon2	Longitude of second Point.

Returns: the calculated Great Circle Distance.

See also: gaiaEllipseParams, gaiaGeodesicDistance, gaiaGreatCircleTotalLength, gaiaGeodesicTotalLength

Note: the returned distance is expressed in Kilometers.
the Great Circle method is less accurate but fastest to be calculated.

◆ gaiaGreatCircleTotalLength()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double gaiaGreatCircleTotalLength	(	double	a,
		double	b,
		int	dims,
		double *	coords,
		int	vert
	)

Calculates the Great Circle Total Length for a Linestring / Ring.

Parameters

a	first geodesic parameter.
b	second geodesic parameter.
dims	dimensions: one of GAIA_XY, GAIA_XY_Z, GAIA_XY_M or GAIA_XY_ZM
coords	pointed to COORD mem-array
vert	number of Points (aka Vertices) within the COORD mem-array

Returns: the calculated Great Circle Total Length.

See also: gaiaEllipseParams, gaiaGreatCircleDistance, gaiaGeodesicDistance, gaiaGeodesicTotalLength

Note: the returned length is expressed in Kilometers.
the Great Circle method is less accurate but fastest to be calculated.
dims, coords and vert are usually expected to correspond to DimensionModel, Coords and Points members from a gaiaLinestringStruct or gaiaRingStruct

◆ gaiaInsertInteriorRing()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaInsertInteriorRing	(	gaiaPolygonPtr	p,
		gaiaRingPtr	ring
	)

Inserts an already existing Ring object into a Polygon object.

Parameters

p	pointer to the Polygon object
ring	pointer to the Ring object

See also: gaiaAddRingToPolygon

Note: ownership of the Ring object still remains to the calling procedure (a duplicated copy of the original Ring will be inserted into the Polygon).
the newly created Polygon will have the same dimensions as the Ring has.
if required the Polygon's Interior Rings count could be increased.

◆ gaiaInsertLinestringInGeomColl()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaInsertLinestringInGeomColl	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	p,
		gaiaLinestringPtr	line
	)

Inserts an already existing Linestring object into a Geometry object.

Parameters

p	pointer to the Geometry object.
line	pointer to the Linestring object.

Note: ownership of the Linestring object will be transferred to the Geometry object.

◆ gaiaInsertPolygonInGeomColl()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaPolygonPtr gaiaInsertPolygonInGeomColl	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	p,
		gaiaRingPtr	ring
	)

Creates a new Polygon object into a Geometry object starting from an already existing Ring object.

Parameters

p	pointer to the Geometry object.
ring	pointer to the Ring object [assumed to represent to Polygon's Exterior Ring].

Returns: the pointer to the newly created Polygon object: NULL on failure.

Note: ownership of the Ring object will be transferred to the Polygon object, and the Polygon object ownerships belongs to the Geometry object.
the Polygon object will have the same dimensions as the Ring object has.

◆ gaiaInterpolatePoint()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaInterpolatePoint	(	const void *	p_cache,
		gaiaGeomCollPtr	line,
		gaiaGeomCollPtr	point,
		double *	m_value
	)

Will interpolate the M-value for a LinestringM at the point closest to the given Point.

Parameters

p_cache	a memory pointer returned by spatialite_alloc_connection()
line	pointer to Geometry object of the Linestring type and supporting the M dimension.
point	pointer to Geometry object of the Point type.
m_value	on succesfull completion this variable will contain the interpolated M value

Returns: 0 on failure: any other value on success.

◆ gaiaIntersect()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaIntersect	(	double *	x0,
		double *	y0,
		double	x1,
		double	y1,
		double	x2,
		double	y2,
		double	x3,
		double	y3,
		double	x4,
		double	y4
	)

Determines the intesection Point between two Segments.

Parameters

x0	on completion this variable will contain the Intersection X coord
y0	on completion this variable will contain the Intersection Y coord
x1	start Point X of first Segment
y1	start Point Y of first Segment
x2	end Point X of first Segment
y2	end Point Y of first Segment
x3	start Point X of second Segment
y3	start Point Y of second Segment
x4	end Point X of second Segment
y4	end Point Y of second Segment

Returns: 0 if the Segments doesn't intersect at all: any other value on success.

◆ gaiaIsEmpty()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaIsEmpty ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Checks for empty Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object

Returns: 0 if the Geometry is empty: otherwise any other different value.

Note: an empty Geometry is a Geometry not containing any elementary item: i.e. no Points, no Linestrings and no Polygons at all.

◆ gaiaIsNotClosedGeomColl()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaIsNotClosedGeomColl ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Checks for not-closed Rings in a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object

Returns: 0 if the Geometry has no unclosed Rings: otherwise any other different value.

See also: gaiaIsNotClosedGeomColl_r, gaiaIsToxic, gaiaIsNotClosedRing

Note: This function allows to explicitly identify any Geometry containing at least one unclosed Ring.
not reentrant and thread unsafe.

◆ gaiaIsNotClosedGeomColl_r()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaIsNotClosedGeomColl_r	(	const void *	p_data,
		gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom
	)

Checks for not-closed Rings in a Geometry object.

Parameters

p_cache	a memory pointer returned by spatialite_alloc_connection()
geom	pointer to Geometry object

Returns: 0 if the Geometry has no unclosed Rings: otherwise any other different value.

See also: gaiaIsNotClosedGeomColl, gaiaIsToxic, gaiaIsNotClosedRing

Note: This function allows to explicitly identify any Geometry containing at least one unclosed Ring.
reentrant and thread-safe.

◆ gaiaIsNotClosedRing()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaIsNotClosedRing ( gaiaRingPtr ring )

Checks for not-closed Rings.

Parameters

ring	pointer to Ring object

Returns: 0 if the Ring in unclosed: otherwise any other different value.

See also: gaiaIsNotClosedRing_r, gaiaIsToxic, gaiaIsNotClosedGeomColl

Note: unclosed Rings cause GEOS supported functions to crash.
SpatiaLite will always carefully check any Ring before passing it to GEOS, eventually silently inserting a further point required so to properly close the figure.
This function allows to explicitly identify any unclosed Ring.
not reentrant and thread unsafe.

◆ gaiaIsNotClosedRing_r()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaIsNotClosedRing_r	(	const void *	p_data,
		gaiaRingPtr	ring
	)

Checks for not-closed Rings.

Parameters

p_cache	a memory pointer returned by spatialite_alloc_connection()
ring	pointer to Ring object

Returns: 0 if the Ring in unclosed: otherwise any other different value.

See also: gaiaIsNotClosedRing, gaiaIsToxic, gaiaIsNotClosedGeomColl

Note: unclosed Rings cause GEOS supported functions to crash.
SpatiaLite will always carefully check any Ring before passing it to GEOS, eventually silently inserting a further point required so to properly close the figure.
This function allows to explicitly identify any unclosed Ring.
reentrant and thread-safe.

◆ gaiaIsPointOnPolygonSurface()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaIsPointOnPolygonSurface	(	gaiaPolygonPtr	polyg,
		double	x,
		double	y
	)

Checks if a Point lays on a Polygon surface.

Parameters

polyg	pointer to Polygon object
x	Point X coordinate
y	Point Y coordinate

Returns: 0 if false: any other value if true

◆ gaiaIsPointOnRingSurface()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaIsPointOnRingSurface	(	gaiaRingPtr	ring,
		double	pt_x,
		double	pt_y
	)

Check if a Point lays on a Ring surface.

Parameters

ring	pointer to Ring object
pt_x	Point X coordinate
pt_y	Point Y coordinate

Returns: 0 if false: any other value if true

◆ gaiaIsToxic()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaIsToxic ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Checks for toxic Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object

Returns: 0 if the Geometry is not toxic: otherwise any other different value.

See also: gaiaIsToxic_r, gaiaSanitize

Note: a toxic Geometry is a Geometry containing severely malformed Polygons: i.e. containing less than 4 Points.
Or containing severely malformed Linestrings: i.e. containing less than 2 Points.
Attempting to pass any toxic Geometry to GEOS supported functions will easily cause a crash.
not reentrant and thread unsafe.

◆ gaiaIsToxic_r()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaIsToxic_r	(	const void *	p_cache,
		gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom
	)

Checks for toxic Geometry object.

Parameters

p_cache	a memory pointer returned by spatialite_alloc_connection()
geom	pointer to Geometry object

Returns: 0 if the Geometry is not toxic: otherwise any other different value.

See also: gaiaIsToxic, gaiaSanitize

Note: a toxic Geometry is a Geometry containing severely malformed Polygons: i.e. containing less than 4 Points.
Or containing severely malformed Linestrings: i.e. containing less than 2 Points.
Attempting to pass any toxic Geometry to GEOS supported functions will easily cause a crash.
reentrant and thread-safe.

◆ gaiaIsValidTrajectory()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaIsValidTrajectory ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Checks if a Geometry object is valid Trajectory.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object

Returns: 0 if false; any other value if true

See also: gaiaTrajectoryInterpolatePoint

Note: a Geometry is considered to be a valid Trajectory if it contains a simple LINESTRING supporting M-values growing from each vertex to the next.

◆ gaiaLinearize()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaLinearize	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom,
		int	force_multi
	)

Attempts to resolve a (Multi)Linestring from a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object.
force_multi	0 if the returned Geometry could represent a Linestring: any other value if casting to MultiLinestring is required unconditionally.

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaDissolveSegments, gaiaDissolvePoints

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, this including any Geometry created by gaiaLinearize()
the input Geometry is expected to contain Polygons only: then any Ring will be transformed into the corresponding Linestring.

◆ gaiaLineGetPoint()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaLineGetPoint	(	gaiaLinestringPtr	ln,
		int	v,
		double *	x,
		double *	y,
		double *	z,
		double *	m
	)

Gets coodinates from a Linestring's Point.

Parameters

ln	pointer to Linestring object.
v	relative position of Point: first Point has index 0
x	on completion this variable will contain the Point X coordinate.
y	on completion this variable will contain the Point Y coordinate.
z	on completion this variable will contain the Point Z coordinate.
m	on completion this variable will contain the Point M measure.

Returns: 0 on failure: any other different value on success.

See also: gaiaLineSetPoint, gaiaGetPoint, gaiaGetPointXYZ, gaiaGetPointXYM, gaiaGetPointXYZM

Note: this function perform the same identical task performed by gaiaGetPoint(), gaiaGetPointXYZ(), gaiaGetPointXYM() and gaiaGetPointXYZM() macros.
using the gaiaLineGetPoint() function is a little bit slower but is intrinsically safest, because misused macros can easily cause severe memory corruption.
gaiaLineGetPoint() instead will always ensure that the appropriate dimensions (as declared by the Linestring object) will be correctly used.

◆ gaiaLineSetPoint()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaLineSetPoint	(	gaiaLinestringPtr	ln,
		int	v,
		double	x,
		double	y,
		double	z,
		double	m
	)

Sets coordinates for a Linestring's Point.

Parameters

ln	pointer to Linestring object.
v	relative position of Point: first Point has index 0
x	the Point's X coordinate.
y	the Point's Y coordinate.
z	the Point's Z coordinate.
m	the Point's M measure.

Returns: 0 on failure: any other different value on success.

See also: gaiaLineGetPoint, gaiaSetPoint, gaiaSetPointXYZ, gaiaSetPointXYM, gaiaSetPointXYZM

Note: this function perform the same identical task performed by gaiaSetPoint(), gaiaSetPointXYZ(), gaiaSetPointXYM() and gaiaSetPointXYZM() macros.
using the gaiaLineSetPoint() function is a little bit slower but is intrinsically safest, because misused macros can easily cause severe memory corruption.
gaiaLineSetPoint() instead will always ensure that the appropriate dimensions (as declared by the Linestring object) will be correctly used.

◆ gaiaLinestringEquals()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaLinestringEquals	(	gaiaLinestringPtr	line1,
		gaiaLinestringPtr	line2
	)

Checks if two Linestring objects are equivalent.

Parameters

line1	pointer to first Linestring object.
line2	pointer to second Linestring object.

Returns: 0 if false: any other different value if true

See also: gaiaPolygonEquals

Note: two Linestrings objects are assumed to be equivalent if exactly

Remarks: deprecated function (used in earlier SpatiaLite versions). the same Points are found in both them.

◆ gaiaLocateBetweenMeasures()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaLocateBetweenMeasures	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom,
		double	m_start,
		double	m_end
	)

Return a GeometryCollection containing elements matching the specified range of measures.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object
m_start	range of measures: start value
m_end	range of measures: end value

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry: NULL on failure.

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, this including any Geometry created by gaiaLocateBetweenMeasures()
the newly created Geometry will contain Points and/or Linestrings.
if the input Geometry has no M dimension then NULL will be returned.
if the input Geometry doesn't contains any point/vertex corresponding to the required range of measures then NULL will be returned.
if the input Geometry contains any Polygon (or is a GeometryCollection) then NULL will be returned.

◆ gaiaMakeArc()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaMakeArc	(	double	center_x,
		double	center_y,
		double	radius,
		double	start,
		double	stop,
		double	step
	)

Creates a Circular Arc (Linestring) Geometry.

Parameters

center_x	center point X coordinate.
center_y	center point Y coordinate.
radius	the circle's radius.
start	the start angle (in degrees).
start	the stop angle (in degrees).
step	angular distance (in degrees) between points on the circumference.

See also: gaiaMakeCircle, gaiaMakeEllipse, gaiaMakeEllipticArc

Note: simply a convenience method defaulting to gaiaMakeEllipticArc with both axes set to radius value

◆ gaiaMakeCircle()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaMakeCircle	(	double	center_x,
		double	center_y,
		double	radius,
		double	step
	)

Creates a Circle (Linestring) Geometry.

Parameters

center_x	center point X coordinate.
center_y	center point Y coordinate.
radius	the circle's radius.
step	angular distance (in degrees) between points on the circumference.

See also: gaiaMakeArc, gaiaMakeEllipse, gaiaMakeEllipticArc

Note: simply a convenience method defaulting to gaiaMakeEllipse with both axes set to radius value

◆ gaiaMakeEllipse()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaMakeEllipse	(	double	center_x,
		double	center_y,
		double	x_axis,
		double	y_axis,
		double	step
	)

Creates an Ellipse (Linestring) Geometry.

Parameters

center_x	center point X coordinate.
center_y	center point Y coordinate.
x_axis	the ellipses's X axis.
y_axis	the ellipses's Y axis.
step	angular distance (in degrees) between points on the ellipse.

See also: gaiaMakeEllipticArc, gaiaMakeCircle, gaiaMakeArc

◆ gaiaMakeEllipticArc()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaMakeEllipticArc	(	double	center_x,
		double	center_y,
		double	x_axis,
		double	y_axis,
		double	start,
		double	stop,
		double	step
	)

Creates an Elliptic Arc (Linestring) Geometry.

Parameters

center_x	center point X coordinate.
center_y	center point Y coordinate.
x_axis	the ellipses's X axis.
y_axis	the ellipses's Y axis.
start	the start angle (in degrees).
start	the stop angle (in degrees).
step	angular distance (in degrees) between points on the ellipse.

See also: gaiaMakeCircle, gaiaMakeEllipse, gaiaMakeEllipticArc

◆ gaiaMakePolygon()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaMakePolygon	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	exterior,
		gaiaGeomCollPtr	interiors
	)

Creates a Polygon from closed Linestrings.

Parameters

exterior	a closed Linestring assumed to represent the Exterior Ring.
interiors	one (or more than one) clsed Linestrings assumed to represent all Interior Rings (could be a Linstring or a MultiLinestring). NULL if there are no Interior Rings at all.

See also: gaiaPolygonize

Note: this method will simply check if all the received Linestrings are closed, but it could possibly return an invalid Polygon if there is any topology inconsistency between the exterior and interior rings. You are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, this including any Geometry returned by gaiaPolygonize()
not reentrant and thread unsafe.

◆ gaiaMeasureArea()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double gaiaMeasureArea ( gaiaRingPtr ring )

Measures the geometric area for a Ring object.

Parameters

ring	pointer to Ring object

Returns: the calculated geometric area

See also: gaiaGeomCollArea

Remarks: internal method: doesn't require any GEOS support.

◆ gaiaMeasureLength()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double gaiaMeasureLength	(	int	dims,
		double *	coords,
		int	vert
	)

Measures the geometric length for a Linestring or Ring.

Parameters

dims	dimensions: one of GAIA_XY, GAIA_XY_Z, GAIA_XY_M or GAIA_XY_ZM
coords	pointed to COORD mem-array
vert	number of Points (aka Vertices) within the COORD mem-array

Returns: the calculated geometric length

See also: gaiaGeomCollLength

Note: dims, coords and vert are usually expected to correspond to DimensionModel, Coords and Points members from a gaiaLinestringStruct or gaiaRingStruct

Remarks: internal method: doesn't require any GEOS support.

◆ gaiaMergeGeometries()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaMergeGeometries	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom1,
		gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom2
	)

Merges two Geometry objects into a single one.

Parameters

geom1	pointer to first Geometry object.
geom2	pointer to second Geometry object.

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaMergeGeometries_r, gaiaCloneGeomColl

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, this including any Geometry created by gaiaMergeGeometries()
the newly created Geometry will contain any Point, Linestring and/or Polygon contained in both input Geometries.
not reentrant and thread unsafe.

◆ gaiaMergeGeometries_r()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaMergeGeometries_r	(	const void *	p_cache,
		gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom1,
		gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom2
	)

Merges two Geometry objects into a single one.

Parameters

p_cache	a memory pointer returned by spatialite_alloc_connection()
geom1	pointer to first Geometry object.
geom2	pointer to second Geometry object.

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaMergeGeometries, gaiaCloneGeomColl

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, this including any Geometry created by gaiaMergeGeometries()
the newly created Geometry will contain any Point, Linestring and/or Polygon contained in both input Geometries.
reentrant and thread-safe.

◆ gaiaMinDistance()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE double gaiaMinDistance	(	double	x0,
		double	y0,
		int	dims,
		double *	coords,
		int	vert
	)

Computes the minimum distance between a Point and a Linestring or Ring.

Parameters

x0	Point X coordinate
y0	Point Y coordinate
dims	dimensions: one of GAIA_XY, GAIA_XY_Z, GAIA_XY_M or GAIA_XY_ZM
coords	pointed to COORD mem-array
vert	number of Points (aka Vertices) within the COORD mem-array

Returns: the calculated minumum distance.

Note: dims, coords and vert are usually expected to correspond to DimensionModel, Coords and Points members from a gaiaLinestringStruct or gaiaRingStruct

◆ gaiaNormalizeLonLat()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaNormalizeLonLat ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Shifts any coordinate to within the "normal range" of longitude and latitude values (-180.0 to 180.0 longitude and -90.0 to 90.0 latitude).

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object.

See also: gaiaScaleCoords, gaiaRotateCoords, gaiaReflectCoords, gaiaSwapCoords, gaiaShiftCoords3D, gaiaShiftLongitude

◆ gaiaPolygonEquals()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaPolygonEquals	(	gaiaPolygonPtr	polyg1,
		gaiaPolygonPtr	polyg2
	)

Checks if two Polygons objects are equivalent.

Parameters

polyg1	pointer to first Polygon object.
polyg2	pointer to second Polygon object.

Returns: 0 if false: any other different value if true

See also: gaiaLinestringEquals

Note: two Polygon objects are assumed to be equivalent if exactly the same Points are found in both them.

Remarks: deprecated function (used in earlier SpatiaLite versions).

◆ gaiaReflectCoords()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaReflectCoords	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom,
		int	x_axis,
		int	y_axis
	)

Reflects any coordinate within a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object.
x_axis	if set to 0, no X axis reflection will be applied: otherwise the X axis will be reflected.
y_axis	if set to 0, no Y axis reflection will be applied: otherwise the Y axis will be reflected.

See also: gaiaShiftCoords, gaiaScaleCoords, gaiaRotateCoords, gaiaSwapCoords

◆ gaiaRemoveRepeatedPoints()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaRemoveRepeatedPoints	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	org,
		double	tolerance
	)

Attempts to sanitize a possibly malformed Geometry object.

Parameters

org	pointer to Geometry object.
tolerance

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaIsToxic, gaiaSanitizeGeometry, gaiaEnsureClosedRings

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, this including any Geometry created by gaiaSanitize()
the output Geometry will surely have no repeated Points on Linestrings or Rings or MultiPoints (i.e. consecutive Points sharing exactly the same coordinates or falling within the given tolerace): any repeated Point will be suppressed, simply leaving only the first occurrence.

◆ gaiaRingCentroid()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaRingCentroid	(	gaiaRingPtr	ring,
		double *	rx,
		double *	ry
	)

Determines the Centroid for a Ring object.

Parameters

ring	pointer to Ring object.
rx	on completion this variable will contain the centroid X coordinate.
ry	on completion this variable will contain the centroid Y coordinate.

See also: gaiaGeomCollCentroid

Remarks: internal method: doesn't require any GEOS support.

◆ gaiaRingGetPoint()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaRingGetPoint	(	gaiaRingPtr	rng,
		int	v,
		double *	x,
		double *	y,
		double *	z,
		double *	m
	)

Gets coordinates from a Ring's Point.

Parameters

rng	pointer to Ring object.
v	relative position of Point: first Point has index 0
x	on completion this variable will contain the Point X coordinate.
y	on completion this variable will contain the Point Y coordinate.
z	on completion this variable will contain the Point Z coordinate.
m	on completion this variable will contain the Point M measure.

Returns: 0 on failure: any other different value on success.

See also: gaiaRingSetPoint, gaiaGetPoint, gaiaGetPointXYZ, gaiaGetPointXYM, gaiaGetPointXYZM

Note: this function perform the same identical task performed by gaiaGetPoint(), gaiaGetPointXYZ(), gaiaGetPointXYM() and gaiaGetPointXYZM() macros.
using the gaiaRingGetPoint() function is a little bit slower but is intrinsically safest, because misused macros can easily cause severe memory corruption.
gaiaRingGetPoint() instead will always ensure that the appropriate dimensions (as declared by the Ring object) will be correctly used.

◆ gaiaRingSetPoint()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE int gaiaRingSetPoint	(	gaiaRingPtr	rng,
		int	v,
		double	x,
		double	y,
		double	z,
		double	m
	)

Sets coodinates for a Ring's Point.

Parameters

rng	pointer to Ring object.
v	relative position of Point: first Point has index 0
x	the Point's X coordinate.
y	the Point's Y coordinate.
z	the Point's Z coordinate.
m	the Point's M measure.

Returns: 0 on failure: any other different value on success.

See also: gaiaRingGetPoint, gaiaGetPoint, gaiaGetPointXYZ, gaiaSetPointXYM, gaiaSetPointXYZM

Note: this function perform the same identical task performed by gaiaSetPoint(), gaiaSetPointXYZ(), gaiaSetPointXYM() and gaiaSetPointXYZM() macros.
using the gaiaRingSetPoint() function is a little bit slower but is intrinsically safest, because misused macros can easily cause severe memory corruption.
gaiaRingSetPoint() instead will always ensure that the appropriate dimensions (as declared by the Ring object) will be correctly used.

◆ gaiaRotateCoords()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaRotateCoords	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom,
		double	angle
	)

Rotates any coordinate within a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object.
angle	rotation angle [expressed in Degrees].

See also: gaiaShiftCoords, gaiaScaleCoords, gaiaReflectCoords, gaiaSwapCoords

◆ gaiaSanitize()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaSanitize ( gaiaGeomCollPtr org )

Attempts to sanitize a possibly malformed Geometry object.

Parameters

org	pointer to Geometry object.

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry: NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaIsToxic, gaiaEnsureClosedRings, gaiaRemoveRepeatedPoints

Note

you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, this including any Geometry created by gaiaSanitize()
the output Geometry will surely have:

no repeated Points on Linestrings or Rings (i.e. consecutive Points sharing exactly the same coordinates): any repeated Point will be suppressed, simply leaving only the first occurrence.
proper Ring closure: for sure any Ring will have exactly coinciding first and last Points.

◆ gaiaScaleCoords()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaScaleCoords	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom,
		double	scale_x,
		double	scale_y
	)

Scales any coordinate within a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object.
scale_x	X axis scale factor.
scale_y	Y axis scale factor.

See also: gaiaShiftCoords, gaiaRotateCoords, gaiaReflectCoords, gaiaSwapCoords

◆ gaiaShiftCoords()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaShiftCoords	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom,
		double	shift_x,
		double	shift_y
	)

Shifts any coordinate within a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object.
shift_x	X axis shift factor.
shift_y	Y axis shift factor.

See also: gaiaScaleCoords, gaiaRotateCoords, gaiaReflectCoords, gaiaSwapCoords, gaiaShiftCoords3D, gaiaShiftLongitude

◆ gaiaShiftCoords3D()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaShiftCoords3D	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom,
		double	shift_x,
		double	shift_y,
		double	shift_z
	)

Shifts any coordinate within a 3D Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object.
shift_x	X axis shift factor.
shift_y	Y axis shift factor.
shift_z	Z axis shift factor.

See also: gaiaScaleCoords, gaiaRotateCoords, gaiaReflectCoords, gaiaSwapCoords, gaiaShiftCoords, gaiaShiftLongitude, gaiaNormalizeLonLat

◆ gaiaShiftLongitude()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaShiftLongitude ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Shifts negative longitudes.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object.

See also: gaiaShiftCoords, gaiaShiftCoords3D, gaiaNormalizeLonLat

Note: only intended for geographic (longitude/latitude) coordinates. Negative longitudes (-180/0) will be shifted by 360, thus allowing to represent longitudes in the 0/360 range and effectively crossing the International Date Line.

◆ gaiaSwapCoords()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaSwapCoords ( gaiaGeomCollPtr geom )

Swaps any coordinate within a Geometry object.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object.

See also: gaiaShiftCoords, gaiaScaleCoords, gaiaRotateCoords, gaiaReflectCoords

Note: the X and Y axes will be swapped.

◆ gaiaTrajectoryInterpolatePoint()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE gaiaGeomCollPtr gaiaTrajectoryInterpolatePoint	(	gaiaGeomCollPtr	geom,
		double	m
	)

Attempts to interpolate a Point along a Trajectory accordingly to given M-Value.

Parameters

geom	pointer to Geometry object (expected to be a valid Trajectory)
m	the M-Value to be interpolated

Returns: the pointer to newly created Geometry object representing a Point laying on the input Geometry and positioned at the given M-Value NULL on failure.

See also: gaiaIsValidTrajectory, gaiaFreeGeomColl

Note: you are responsible to destroy (before or after) any allocated Geometry, this including any Geometry returned by gaiaTrajectoryInterpolatePoint()
not reentrant and thread unsafe.; a Geometry is considered to be a valid Trajectory if it contains a simple LINESTRING supporting M-values growing from each vertex to the next.

◆ gaiaUpDownHeight()

GAIAGEO_DECLARE void gaiaUpDownHeight	(	gaiaLinestringPtr	line,
		double *	up,
		double *	down
	)

Computes the Uphill and Downhill total Height for some 3D Linestrings.

Parameters

line	a generic Linestring.
up	on completion this variable will contain the total Uphill Height. Will always be ZERO for any 2D Linestring.
down	on completion this variable will contain the total Downhill Height. Will always be ZERO for any 2D Linestring.

Macros

Functions

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

◆ gaiaAddInteriorRing()

◆ gaiaAddLinestringToGeomColl()

◆ gaiaAddMeasure()

◆ gaiaAddPointToGeomColl()

◆ gaiaAddPointToGeomCollXYM()

◆ gaiaAddPointToGeomCollXYZ()

◆ gaiaAddPointToGeomCollXYZM()

◆ gaiaAddPolygonToGeomColl()

◆ gaiaAddRingToPolyg()

◆ gaiaAllocGeomColl()

◆ gaiaAllocGeomCollXYM()

◆ gaiaAllocGeomCollXYZ()

◆ gaiaAllocGeomCollXYZM()

◆ gaiaAllocLinestring()

◆ gaiaAllocLinestringXYM()

◆ gaiaAllocLinestringXYZ()

◆ gaiaAllocLinestringXYZM()

◆ gaiaAllocPoint()

◆ gaiaAllocPointXYM()

◆ gaiaAllocPointXYZ()

◆ gaiaAllocPointXYZM()

◆ gaiaAllocPolygon()

◆ gaiaAllocPolygonXYM()

◆ gaiaAllocPolygonXYZ()

◆ gaiaAllocPolygonXYZM()

◆ gaiaAllocRing()

◆ gaiaAllocRingXYM()

◆ gaiaAllocRingXYZ()

◆ gaiaAllocRingXYZM()

◆ gaiaCastGeomCollToXY()

◆ gaiaCastGeomCollToXYM()

◆ gaiaCastGeomCollToXYMnoData()

◆ gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZ()

◆ gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZM()

◆ gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZMnoData()

◆ gaiaCastGeomCollToXYZnoData()

◆ gaiaCheckClockwise()

◆ gaiaCheckCounterClockwise()

◆ gaiaClockwise()

◆ gaiaCloneGeomColl()

◆ gaiaCloneGeomCollLinestrings()

◆ gaiaCloneGeomCollPoints()

◆ gaiaCloneGeomCollPolygons()

◆ gaiaCloneGeomCollSpecial()

◆ gaiaCloneLinestring()

◆ gaiaCloneLinestringSpecial()

◆ gaiaClonePolygon()

◆ gaiaClonePolygonSpecial()

◆ gaiaCloneRing()

◆ gaiaCloneRingSpecial()

◆ gaiaConvertLength()

◆ gaiaCopyLinestringCoords()

◆ gaiaCopyLinestringCoordsEx()

◆ gaiaCopyLinestringCoordsReverse()

◆ gaiaCopyRingCoords()

◆ gaiaCopyRingCoordsEx()

◆ gaiaCopyRingCoordsReverse()

◆ gaiaCreatePolygon()

◆ gaiaCurvosityIndex()

◆ gaiaDimension()

◆ gaiaDissolvePoints()

◆ gaiaDissolveSegments()

◆ gaiaEllipseParams()

◆ gaiaEnsureClosedRings()

◆ gaiaExtractLinestringsFromGeomColl()

◆ gaiaExtractPointsFromGeomColl()

◆ gaiaExtractPolygonsFromGeomColl()

◆ gaiaFree()

◆ gaiaFreeGeomColl()

◆ gaiaFreeLinestring()

◆ gaiaFreePoint()

◆ gaiaFreePolygon()

◆ gaiaFreeRing()

◆ gaiaGeodesicArcLength()

◆ gaiaGeodesicDistance()

◆ gaiaGeodesicTotalLength()