Class Distance

Hierarchy: Object , Distance

public class Distance

Functions to compute distance between basic geometric structures.

public static double segmentToSegment(Coordinate A, Coordinate B, Coordinate C, Coordinate D)

Computes the distance from a line segment AB to a line segment CD Note: NON-ROBUST!

Parameters:: A - A a point of one line; B - B the second point of (must be different to A); C - C one point of the line; D - D another point of the line (must be different to A)

public static double pointToSegmentString(Coordinate p, Coordinate[] line)

Computes the distance from a point to a sequence of line segments.

Parameters:: p - p a point; line - line a sequence of contiguous line segments defined by their vertices

public static double pointToSegment(Coordinate p, Coordinate A, Coordinate B)

Computes the distance from a point p to a line segment AB Note: NON-ROBUST!

Parameters:: p - p the point to compute the distance for; A - A one point of the line; B - B another point of the line (must be different to A)

public static double pointToLinePerpendicular(Coordinate p, Coordinate A, Coordinate B)

Computes the perpendicular distance from a point p to the (infinite) line containing the points AB

Parameters:: p - p the point to compute the distance for; A - A one point of the line; B - B another point of the line (must be different to A)