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 ** $Id: GridGeometry.java,v 1.2 2006/07/13 06:28:31 poth Exp $
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package org.opengis.coverage.grid;

// OpenGIS direct dependencies


/**
 * Describes the geometry and georeferencing information of the grid coverage.
 * The grid range attribute determines the valid grid coordinates and allows
 * for calculation of grid size. A grid coverage may or may not have georeferencing.
 *
 * @UML datatype CV_GridGeometry
 * @author <A HREF="http://www.opengis.org">OpenGIS® consortium</A>
 * @version <A HREF="http://www.opengis.org/docs/01-004.pdf">Grid Coverage specification 1.0</A>
 */
public interface GridGeometry {
    /**
     * The valid coordinate range of a grid coverage.
     * The lowest valid grid coordinate is zero.
     * A grid with 512 cells can have a minimum coordinate of 0 and maximum of 512,
     * with 511 as the highest valid index.
     *
     * @return The valid coordinate range of a grid coverage.
     * @UML mandatory gridRange
     *
     * @revisit Should we relax the constraint that the lowest valid grid coordinate is zero?
     *          {@link java.awt.image.RenderedImage} allow arbitrary integer coordinates for
     *          the upper left corner. If we force it to zero, the mapping from Java2D to
     *          GridCoverage may no longer be direct. (Note: if we relax this specification,
     *          then the package description need to be updated as well, and
     *          {@link GridRange#getLower} too).
     */
    GridRange getGridRange();

    /**
     * The conversion allows for the transformations from grid coordinates to real
     * world earth coordinates. The transform is often an affine transformation. The
     * coordinate reference system of the real world coordinates is given by the
     * {@link org.opengis.coverage.Coverage#getCoordinateReferenceSystem} method.
     * If no conversion is given, this attribute will be <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @return The conversion from grid coordinates to
     *         {@linkplain org.opengis.coverage.Coverage#getCoordinateReferenceSystem
     *         real world earth coordinates}.
     * @UML mandatory gridToCoordinateSystem
     */
    //MathTransform getGridToCoordinateSystem();
}
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