casacore::Projection Class Reference

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#include <Projection.h>

Public Types
enum	Type {   AZP ,   SZP ,   TAN ,   SIN ,   STG ,   ARC ,   ZPN ,   ZEA ,   AIR ,   CYP ,   CAR ,   MER ,   CEA ,   COP ,   COD ,   COE ,   COO ,   BON ,   PCO ,   SFL ,   PAR ,   AIT ,   MOL ,   CSC ,   QSC ,   TSC ,   HPX ,   N_PROJ }
	Hold all the known types of celestial projections. More...

Public Member Functions
	Projection (Projection::Type which=CAR)
	Construct a projection which needs no parameters.
	Projection (const String &ctypeLin, const String &ctypeLat, const Vector< Double > &parameters)
	Construct a projection from FITS CTYPE keywords.
	Projection (Projection::Type which, const Vector< Double > &parameters)
	Construct a projection which needs parameters.
	Projection (const Projection &other)
	Copy constructor (copy semantics).
Projection &	operator= (const Projection &other)
	Assignment (copy semantics).
	~Projection ()
	Destructor.
Projection::Type	type () const
	What is the Type of this projection?
String	name () const
	What is the type of this projection as a String (e.g.
const Vector< Double > &	parameters () const
Bool	near (const Projection &other, Double tol=1.0e-6) const
	Comparison to fractional tolerance.

Static Public Member Functions
static String	name (Projection::Type proj)
static Projection::Type	type (const String &name)
	Turn a projection type name into a Type.
static uInt	nParameters (Projection::Type proj)
	How many parameters does this projection have at most?
static uInt	nMinParameters (Projection::Type proj)
static Bool	isZenithal (Projection::Type proj)
	Is this projection a 'zenithal' projection.

Private Member Functions
void	validate (const Bool verbose=False)
Projection::Type	type (String &ctypeLong, String &ctypeLat) const

Private Attributes
Projection::Type	which_p
Vector< Double >	parameters_p

Detailed Description

Geometric parameters needed for a sky projection to a plane

Intended use:

Public interface

Review Status

Reviewed By:

Peter Barnes

Date Reviewed:

1999/12/24

Test programs:

tProjection

Prerequisite

• Knowledge of astronomical coordinate conversions in general. Probably the best documents are the papers by Mark Calabretta and Eric Greisen. The initial draft from 1996 can be found at http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~mcalabre. It is this draft that the Coordinate classes are based upon. Since then, this paper has evolved into three which can be found at the above address, and will be published in the Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series (probably in 2000). The design has changed since the initial draft. When these papers are finalized, and the IAU has ratified the new standards, WCSLIB (Mark Calabretta's implementation of these conventions) will be revised for the new designs. At that time, the Coordinate classes may also be revised.

Synopsis

This class is used to hold:

1. The type of the projection (e.g. SIN); and
2. The parameters of the projection, if any. These parameters are described by Calabretta and Greisen (called PROJP) in the 1996 draft. In the recent versions, this paper has split into three, and the projection parameters have been reworked into the PV matrix. However, these have not yet been implemented in WCSLIB so we stick with the old ones for now.

Example

Projection proj(Projection::CAR);
cerr << proj.parameters() << endl;

This projection requires no parameters so the printed parameter vector would be of zero length.

Thrown Exceptions

• AipsError

To Do

• Worry about projection parameters which are unit dependent (i.e. radians vs. degrees).
• LONGPOLE should probably go in here.

Definition at line 93 of file Projection.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

Type

enum casacore::Projection::Type

Hold all the known types of celestial projections.

Enumerator
AZP	Zenithal/Azimuthal perspective.
SZP	Slant zenithal perspective, new.
TAN	Gnomonic.
SIN	Orthographics/synthesis.
STG	Stereographic.
ARC	zenith/azimuthal equidistant.
ZPN	zenithal/azimuthal polynomial.
ZEA	zenithal/azimuthal equal area.
AIR	Airy.
CYP	Cylindrical perspective.
CAR	Plate carree.
MER	Mercator.
CEA	Cylindrical equal area.
COP	Conic perspective.
COD	Conic equidistant.
COE	Conic equal area.
COO	Conic orthomorphic.
BON	Bonne.
PCO	Polyconic.
SFL	Sanson-Flamsteed (global sinusoidal). The old GLS projection is now SFL. The 'GLS' string will be converted to 'SFL'
PAR	Parabolic.
AIT	Hammer-Aitoff.
MOL	Mollweide.
CSC	COBE quadrilateralized spherical cube.
QSC	Quadrilateralized spherical cube.
TSC	Tangential spherical cube.
HPX	HEALPix grid.
N_PROJ	N_PROJ gives the number of supported projections - it shouldn't be used as a projection.

Definition at line 97 of file Projection.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Projection() [1/4]

casacore::Projection::Projection

(

Projection::Type

which = CAR

)

Construct a projection which needs no parameters.

SIN is unique in that it can be created with 0 or 2 parameters.

References CAR.

Referenced by near(), operator=(), and Projection().

Projection() [2/4]

casacore::Projection::Projection	(	const String &	ctypeLin,
		const String &	ctypeLat,
		const Vector< Double > &	parameters )

Construct a projection from FITS CTYPE keywords.

References parameters().

Projection() [3/4]

casacore::Projection::Projection	(	Projection::Type	which,
		const Vector< Double > &	parameters )

Construct a projection which needs parameters.

The parameter vector must be the length of the required number of parameters.

References parameters().

Projection() [4/4]

casacore::Projection::Projection

(

const Projection &

other

)

Copy constructor (copy semantics).

References Projection().

~Projection()

casacore::Projection::~Projection

(

)

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

isZenithal()

Bool casacore::Projection::isZenithal ( Projection::Type proj )

static

Is this projection a 'zenithal' projection.

name() [1/2]

String casacore::Projection::name

(

)

const

What is the type of this projection as a String (e.g.

"SIN").

Referenced by type().

name() [2/2]

String casacore::Projection::name ( Projection::Type proj )

static

near()

Bool casacore::Projection::near	(	const Projection &	other,
		Double	tol = 1.0e-6 ) const

Comparison to fractional tolerance.

References Projection().

nMinParameters()

uInt casacore::Projection::nMinParameters ( Projection::Type proj )

static

nParameters()

uInt casacore::Projection::nParameters ( Projection::Type proj )

static

How many parameters does this projection have at most?

What is the minimum number of parameters that have to be supplied? What are the parameter values?

operator=()

Projection & casacore::Projection::operator=

(

const Projection &

other

)

Assignment (copy semantics).

References Projection().

parameters()

const Vector< Double > & casacore::Projection::parameters ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 217 of file Projection.h.

References parameters_p.

Referenced by Projection(), and Projection().

type() [1/3]

Projection::Type casacore::Projection::type ( ) const

inline

What is the Type of this projection?

Definition at line 216 of file Projection.h.

References which_p.

type() [2/3]

Projection::Type casacore::Projection::type ( const String & name )

static

Turn a projection type name into a Type.

Returns N_PROJ if the projection is not known.

References name().

type() [3/3]

Projection::Type casacore::Projection::type ( String & ctypeLong, String & ctypeLat ) const

private

validate()

void casacore::Projection::validate ( const Bool verbose = False )

private

References casacore::False.

Member Data Documentation

parameters_p

Vector<Double> casacore::Projection::parameters_p

private

Definition at line 209 of file Projection.h.

Referenced by parameters().

which_p

Projection::Type casacore::Projection::which_p

private

Definition at line 208 of file Projection.h.

Referenced by type().

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

• coordinates/Coordinates/Projection.h