# OGRGeometry C++ API

Include file: ogr_geometry.h

## OGRGeometryFactory class

class OGRGeometryFactory

  Create geometry objects from well known text/binary.

  Public Static Functions

  static OGRErr createFromWkb(const void*, const OGRSpatialReference*, OGRGeometry**, size_t = static_cast<size_t>(-1), OGRwkbVariant = wkbVariantOldOgc)

    Create a geometry object of the appropriate type from its well known binary representation.

    Note that if nBytes is passed as zero, no checking can be done on whether the pabyData is sufficient. This can result in a crash if the input data is corrupt. This function returns no indication of the number of bytes from the data source actually used to represent the returned geometry object. Use OGRGeometry::WkbSize() on the returned geometry to establish the number of bytes it required in WKB format.

    Also note that this is a static method, and that there is no need to instantiate an OGRGeometryFactory object.

    The C function OGR_G_CreateFromWkb() is the same as this method.

    Parameters:

      - pabyData -- pointer to the input BLOB data.

      - poSR -- pointer to the spatial reference to be assigned to the created geometry object. This may be NULL.

      - ppoReturn -- the newly created geometry object will be assigned to the indicated pointer on return. This will be NULL in case of failure. If not NULL, *ppoReturn should be freed with OGRGeometryFactory::destroyGeometry() after use.

      - nBytes -- the number of bytes available in pabyData, or -1 if it isn't known

      - eWkbVariant -- WKB variant.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  static OGRErr createFromWkb(const void *pabyData, const OGRSpatialReference*, OGRGeometry**, size_t nSize, OGRwkbVariant eVariant, size_t &nBytesConsumedOut)

    Create a geometry object of the appropriate type from its well known binary representation.

    Note that if nBytes is passed as zero, no checking can be done on whether the pabyData is sufficient. This can result in a crash if the input data is corrupt. This function returns no indication of the number of bytes from the data source actually used to represent the returned geometry object. Use OGRGeometry::WkbSize() on the returned geometry to establish the number of bytes it required in WKB format.

    Also note that this is a static method, and that there is no need to instantiate an OGRGeometryFactory object.

    The C function OGR_G_CreateFromWkb() is the same as this method.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

    Parameters:

      - pabyData -- pointer to the input BLOB data.

      - poSR -- pointer to the spatial reference to be assigned to the created geometry object. This may be NULL.

      - ppoReturn -- the newly created geometry object will be assigned to the indicated pointer on return. This will be NULL in case of failure. If not NULL, *ppoReturn should be freed with OGRGeometryFactory::destroyGeometry() after use.

      - nBytes -- the number of bytes available in pabyData, or -1 if it isn't known

      - eWkbVariant -- WKB variant.

      - nBytesConsumedOut -- output parameter. Number of bytes consumed.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  static OGRErr createFromWkt(const char*, const OGRSpatialReference*, OGRGeometry**)

    Create a geometry object of the appropriate type from its well known text representation.

    The C function OGR_G_CreateFromWkt() is the same as this method.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

    Parameters:

      - pszData -- input zero terminated string containing well known text representation of the geometry to be created.

      - poSR -- pointer to the spatial reference to be assigned to the created geometry object. This may be NULL.

      - ppoReturn -- the newly created geometry object will be assigned to the indicated pointer on return. This will be NULL if the method fails. If not NULL, *ppoReturn should be freed with OGRGeometryFactory::destroyGeometry() after use.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  static OGRErr createFromWkt(const char**, const OGRSpatialReference*, OGRGeometry**)

    Create a geometry object of the appropriate type from its well known text representation.

    The C function OGR_G_CreateFromWkt() is the same as this method.

    Example:

        const char* wkt= "POINT(0 0)";

        // cast because OGR_G_CreateFromWkt will move the pointer
        char* pszWkt = (char*) wkt;
        OGRSpatialReferenceH ref = OSRNewSpatialReference(NULL);
        OGRGeometryH new_geom;
        OSRSetAxisMappingStrategy(poSR, OAMS_TRADITIONAL_GIS_ORDER);
        OGRErr err = OGR_G_CreateFromWkt(&pszWkt, ref, &new_geom);

    Parameters:

      - ppszData -- input zero terminated string containing well known text representation of the geometry to be created. The pointer is updated to point just beyond that last character consumed.

      - poSR -- pointer to the spatial reference to be assigned to the created geometry object. This may be NULL.

      - ppoReturn -- the newly created geometry object will be assigned to the indicated pointer on return. This will be NULL if the method fails. If not NULL, *ppoReturn should be freed with OGRGeometryFactory::destroyGeometry() after use.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  static inline OGRErr createFromWkt(char **ppszInput, const OGRSpatialReference *poSRS, OGRGeometry **ppoGeom)

    Deprecated.

    Deprecated:

      in GDAL 2.3

  static OGRErr createFromFgf(const void*, OGRSpatialReference*, OGRGeometry**, int = -1, int* = nullptr)

    Create a geometry object of the appropriate type from its FGF (FDO Geometry Format) binary representation.

    Also note that this is a static method, and that there is no need to instantiate an OGRGeometryFactory object.

    The C function OGR_G_CreateFromFgf() is the same as this method.

    Parameters:

      - pabyData -- pointer to the input BLOB data.

      - poSR -- pointer to the spatial reference to be assigned to the created geometry object. This may be NULL.

      - ppoReturn -- the newly created geometry object will be assigned to the indicated pointer on return. This will be NULL in case of failure, but NULL might be a valid return for a NULL shape.

      - nBytes -- the number of bytes available in pabyData.

      - pnBytesConsumed -- if not NULL, it will be set to the number of bytes consumed (at most nBytes).

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  static OGRGeometry *createFromGML(const char*)

    Create geometry from GML.

    This method translates a fragment of GML containing only the geometry portion into a corresponding OGRGeometry. There are many limitations on the forms of GML geometries supported by this parser, but they are too numerous to list here.

    The following GML2 elements are parsed : Point, LineString, Polygon, MultiPoint, MultiLineString, MultiPolygon, MultiGeometry.

    (OGR >= 1.8.0) The following GML3 elements are parsed : Surface, MultiSurface, PolygonPatch, Triangle, Rectangle, Curve, MultiCurve, LineStringSegment, Arc, Circle, CompositeSurface, OrientableSurface, Solid, Tin, TriangulatedSurface.

    Arc and Circle elements are stroked to linestring, by using a 4 degrees step, unless the user has overridden the value with the OGR_ARC_STEPSIZE configuration variable.

    The C function OGR_G_CreateFromGML() is the same as this method.

    Parameters:

      pszData -- The GML fragment for the geometry.

    Returns:

      a geometry on success, or NULL on error.

  static OGRGeometry *createFromGEOS(GEOSContextHandle_t hGEOSCtxt, GEOSGeom)

    Builds a OGRGeometry* from a GEOSGeom.

    Parameters:

      - hGEOSCtxt -- GEOS context

      - geosGeom -- GEOS geometry

    Returns:

      a OGRGeometry*

  static OGRGeometry *createFromGeoJson(const char*, int = -1)

    Create geometry from GeoJson fragment.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

    Parameters:

      - pszJsonString -- The GeoJSON fragment for the geometry.

      - nSize -- (new in GDAL 3.4) Optional length of the string if it is not null-terminated

    Returns:

      a geometry on success, or NULL on error.

  static OGRGeometry *createFromGeoJson(const CPLJSONObject &oJSONObject)

    Create geometry from GeoJson fragment.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

    Parameters:

      oJsonObject -- The JSONObject class describes the GeoJSON geometry.

    Returns:

      a geometry on success, or NULL on error.

  static void destroyGeometry(OGRGeometry*)

    Destroy geometry object.

    Equivalent to invoking delete on a geometry, but it guaranteed to take place within the context of the GDAL/OGR heap.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_DestroyGeometry().

    Parameters:

      poGeom -- the geometry to deallocate.

  static OGRGeometry *createGeometry(OGRwkbGeometryType)

    Create an empty geometry of desired type.

    This is equivalent to allocating the desired geometry with new, but the allocation is guaranteed to take place in the context of the GDAL/OGR heap.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_CreateGeometry().

    Parameters:

      eGeometryType -- the type code of the geometry class to be instantiated.

    Returns:

      the newly create geometry or NULL on failure. Should be freed with OGRGeometryFactory::destroyGeometry() after use.

  static OGRGeometry *forceToPolygon(OGRGeometry*)

    Convert to polygon.

    Tries to force the provided geometry to be a polygon. This effects a change on multipolygons. Starting with GDAL 2.0, curve polygons or closed curves will be changed to polygons. The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or potentially the same one).

    Note: the resulting polygon may break the Simple Features rules for polygons, for example when converting from a multi-part multipolygon.

    Parameters:

      poGeom -- the input geometry - ownership is passed to the method.

    Returns:

      new geometry.

  static OGRGeometry *forceToLineString(OGRGeometry*, bool bOnlyInOrder = true)

    Convert to line string.

    Tries to force the provided geometry to be a line string. This nominally effects a change on multilinestrings. In GDAL 2.0, for polygons or curvepolygons that have a single exterior ring, it will return the ring. For circular strings or compound curves, it will return an approximated line string.

    The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or potentially the same one).

    Parameters:

      - poGeom -- the input geometry - ownership is passed to the method.

      - bOnlyInOrder -- flag that, if set to FALSE, indicate that the order of points in a linestring might be reversed if it enables to match the extremity of another linestring. If set to TRUE, the start of a linestring must match the end of another linestring.

    Returns:

      new geometry.

  static OGRGeometry *forceToMultiPolygon(OGRGeometry*)

    Convert to multipolygon.

    Tries to force the provided geometry to be a multipolygon. Currently this just effects a change on polygons. The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or potentially the same one).

    Returns:

      new geometry.

  static OGRGeometry *forceToMultiPoint(OGRGeometry*)

    Convert to multipoint.

    Tries to force the provided geometry to be a multipoint. Currently this just effects a change on points or collection of points. The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or potentially the same one).

    Returns:

      new geometry.

  static OGRGeometry *forceToMultiLineString(OGRGeometry*)

    Convert to multilinestring.

    Tries to force the provided geometry to be a multilinestring.

    - linestrings are placed in a multilinestring.

    - circularstrings and compoundcurves will be approximated and placed in a multilinestring.

    - geometry collections will be converted to multilinestring if they only contain linestrings.

    - polygons will be changed to a collection of linestrings (one per ring).

    - curvepolygons will be approximated and changed to a collection of ( linestrings (one per ring).

    The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or potentially the same one).

    Returns:

      new geometry.

  static OGRGeometry *forceTo(OGRGeometry *poGeom, OGRwkbGeometryType eTargetType, const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr)

    Convert to another geometry type.

    Tries to force the provided geometry to the specified geometry type.

    It can promote 'single' geometry type to their corresponding collection type (see OGR_GT_GetCollection()) or the reverse. non-linear geometry type to their corresponding linear geometry type (see OGR_GT_GetLinear()), by possibly approximating circular arcs they may contain. Regarding conversion from linear geometry types to curve geometry types, only "wrapping" will be done. No attempt to retrieve potential circular arcs by de-approximating stroking will be done. For that, OGRGeometry::getCurveGeometry() can be used.

    The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or potentially the same one).

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      - poGeom -- the input geometry - ownership is passed to the method.

      - eTargetType -- target output geometry type.

      - papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings or NULL.

    Returns:

      new geometry.

  static OGRGeometry *removeLowerDimensionSubGeoms(const OGRGeometry *poGeom)

    Remove sub-geometries from a geometry collection that do not have the maximum topological dimensionality of the collection.

    This is typically to be used as a cleanup phase after running OGRGeometry::MakeValid()

    For example, MakeValid() on a polygon can return a geometry collection of polygons and linestrings. Calling this method will return either a polygon or multipolygon by dropping those linestrings.

    On a non-geometry collection, this will return a clone of the passed geometry.

    Since

      GDAL 3.1.0

    Parameters:

      poGeom -- input geometry

    Returns:

      a new geometry.

  static OGRGeometry *organizePolygons(OGRGeometry **papoPolygons, int nPolygonCount, int *pbResultValidGeometry, const char **papszOptions = nullptr)

    Organize polygons based on geometries.

    Analyse a set of rings (passed as simple polygons), and based on a geometric analysis convert them into a polygon with inner rings, (or a MultiPolygon if dealing with more than one polygon) that follow the OGC Simple Feature specification.

    All the input geometries must be OGRPolygon/OGRCurvePolygon with only a valid exterior ring (at least 4 points) and no interior rings.

    The passed in geometries become the responsibility of the method, but the papoPolygons "pointer array" remains owned by the caller.

    For faster computation, a polygon is considered to be inside another one if a single point of its external ring is included into the other one. (unless 'OGR_DEBUG_ORGANIZE_POLYGONS' configuration option is set to TRUE. In that case, a slower algorithm that tests exact topological relationships is used if GEOS is available.)

    In cases where a big number of polygons is passed to this function, the default processing may be really slow. You can skip the processing by adding METHOD=SKIP to the option list (the result of the function will be a multi-polygon with all polygons as toplevel polygons) or only make it analyze counterclockwise polygons by adding METHOD=ONLY_CCW to the option list if you can assume that the outline of holes is counterclockwise defined (this is the convention for example in shapefiles, Personal Geodatabases or File Geodatabases).

    For FileGDB, in most cases, but not always, a faster method than ONLY_CCW can be used. It is CCW_INNER_JUST_AFTER_CW_OUTER. When using it, inner rings are assumed to be counterclockwise oriented, and following immediately the outer ring (clockwise oriented) that they belong to. If that assumption is not met, an inner ring could be attached to the wrong outer ring, so this method must be used with care.

    If the OGR_ORGANIZE_POLYGONS configuration option is defined, its value will override the value of the METHOD option of papszOptions (useful to modify the behavior of the shapefile driver)

    Parameters:

      - papoPolygons -- array of geometry pointers - should all be OGRPolygons or OGRCurvePolygons. Ownership of the geometries is passed, but not of the array itself.

      - nPolygonCount -- number of items in papoPolygons

      - pbIsValidGeometry -- value may be set to FALSE if an invalid result is detected. Validity checks vary according to the method used and are are limited to what is needed to link inner rings to outer rings, so a result of TRUE does not mean that OGRGeometry::IsValid() returns TRUE.

      - papszOptions -- a list of strings for passing options

    Returns:

      a single resulting geometry (either OGRPolygon, OGRCurvePolygon, OGRMultiPolygon, OGRMultiSurface or OGRGeometryCollection). Returns a POLYGON EMPTY in the case of nPolygonCount being 0.

  static bool haveGEOS()

    Test if GEOS enabled.

    This static method returns TRUE if GEOS support is built into OGR, otherwise it returns FALSE.

    Returns:

      TRUE if available, otherwise FALSE.

  static OGRGeometry *transformWithOptions(const OGRGeometry *poSrcGeom, OGRCoordinateTransformation *poCT, char **papszOptions, const TransformWithOptionsCache &cache = TransformWithOptionsCache())

    Transform a geometry.

    Parameters:

      - poSrcGeom -- source geometry

      - poCT -- coordinate transformation object, or NULL.

      - papszOptions -- options. Including WRAPDATELINE=YES and DATELINEOFFSET=.

      - cache -- Cache. May increase performance if persisted between invocations

    Returns:

      (new) transformed geometry.

  static OGRGeometry *approximateArcAngles(double dfX, double dfY, double dfZ, double dfPrimaryRadius, double dfSecondaryAxis, double dfRotation, double dfStartAngle, double dfEndAngle, double dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees, const bool bUseMaxGap = false)

    Stroke arc to linestring.

    Stroke an arc of a circle to a linestring based on a center point, radius, start angle and end angle, all angles in degrees.

    If the dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees is zero, then a default value will be used. This is currently 4 degrees unless the user has overridden the value with the OGR_ARC_STEPSIZE configuration variable.

    If the OGR_ARC_MAX_GAP configuration variable is set, the straight-line distance between adjacent pairs of interpolated points will be limited to the specified distance. If the distance between a pair of points exceeds this maximum, additional points are interpolated between the two points.

    See also

    CPLSetConfigOption()

    Since

      OGR 1.8.0

    Parameters:

      - dfCenterX -- center X

      - dfCenterY -- center Y

      - dfZ -- center Z

      - dfPrimaryRadius -- X radius of ellipse.

      - dfSecondaryRadius -- Y radius of ellipse.

      - dfRotation -- rotation of the ellipse clockwise.

      - dfStartAngle -- angle to first point on arc (clockwise of X-positive)

      - dfEndAngle -- angle to last point on arc (clockwise of X-positive)

      - dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees -- the largest step in degrees along the arc, zero to use the default setting.

      - bUseMaxGap -- Optional: whether to honor OGR_ARC_MAX_GAP.

    Returns:

      OGRLineString geometry representing an approximation of the arc.

  static int GetCurveParameters(double x0, double y0, double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2, double &R, double &cx, double &cy, double &alpha0, double &alpha1, double &alpha2)

    Returns the parameter of an arc circle.

    Angles are return in radians, with trigonometic convention (counter clock wise)

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      - x0 -- x of first point

      - y0 -- y of first point

      - x1 -- x of intermediate point

      - y1 -- y of intermediate point

      - x2 -- x of final point

      - y2 -- y of final point

      - R -- radius (output)

      - cx -- x of arc center (output)

      - cy -- y of arc center (output)

      - alpha0 -- angle between center and first point, in radians (output)

      - alpha1 -- angle between center and intermediate point, in radians (output)

      - alpha2 -- angle between center and final point, in radians (output)

    Returns:

      TRUE if the points are not aligned and define an arc circle.

  static OGRLineString *curveToLineString(double x0, double y0, double z0, double x1, double y1, double z1, double x2, double y2, double z2, int bHasZ, double dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees, const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr)

    Converts an arc circle into an approximate line string.

    The arc circle is defined by a first point, an intermediate point and a final point.

    The provided dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees is a hint. The discretization algorithm may pick a slightly different value.

    So as to avoid gaps when rendering curve polygons that share common arcs, this method is guaranteed to return a line with reversed vertex if called with inverted first and final point, and identical intermediate point.

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      - x0 -- x of first point

      - y0 -- y of first point

      - z0 -- z of first point

      - x1 -- x of intermediate point

      - y1 -- y of intermediate point

      - z1 -- z of intermediate point

      - x2 -- x of final point

      - y2 -- y of final point

      - z2 -- z of final point

      - bHasZ -- TRUE if z must be taken into account

      - dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees -- the largest step in degrees along the arc, zero to use the default setting.

      - papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings or NULL. Recognized options:

        - ADD_INTERMEDIATE_POINT=STEALTH/YES/NO (Default to STEALTH). Determine if and how the intermediate point must be output in the linestring. If set to STEALTH, no explicit intermediate point is added but its properties are encoded in low significant bits of intermediate points and OGRGeometryFactory::curveFromLineString() can decode them. This is the best compromise for round-tripping in OGR and better results with PostGIS ST_LineToCurve(). If set to YES, the intermediate point is explicitly added to the linestring. If set to NO, the intermediate point is not explicitly added.

    Returns:

      the converted geometry (ownership to caller).

  static OGRCurve *curveFromLineString(const OGRLineString *poLS, const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr)

    Try to convert a linestring approximating curves into a curve.

    This method can return a COMPOUNDCURVE, a CIRCULARSTRING or a LINESTRING.

    This method is the reverse of curveFromLineString().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      - poLS -- handle to the geometry to convert.

      - papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings. Unused for now. Must be set to NULL.

    Returns:

      the converted geometry (ownership to caller).

  class TransformWithOptionsCache

    Opaque class used as argument to transformWithOptions()

    struct Private

## OGRGeometry class

class OGRGeometry

  Abstract base class for all geometry classes.

  Some spatial analysis methods require that OGR is built on the GEOS library to work properly. The precise meaning of methods that describe spatial relationships between geometries is described in the SFCOM, or other simple features interface specifications, like "OpenGIS® Implementation Specification for Geographic information - Simple feature access - Part 1: Common architecture":

  <a href="

  http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfa">OGC 06-103r4

  In GDAL 2.0, the hierarchy of classes has been extended with (working draft) ISO SQL/MM Part 3 (ISO/IEC 13249-3) curve geometries : CIRCULARSTRING (OGRCircularString), COMPOUNDCURVE (OGRCompoundCurve), CURVEPOLYGON (OGRCurvePolygon), MULTICURVE (OGRMultiCurve) and MULTISURFACE (OGRMultiSurface).

  Subclassed by OGRCurve, OGRGeometryCollection, OGRPoint, OGRSurface

  Public Functions

  OGRGeometry(const OGRGeometry &other)

    Copy constructor.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the constructor existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  OGRGeometry &operator=(const OGRGeometry &other)

    Assignment operator.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the operator existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  inline bool operator==(const OGRGeometry &other) const

    Returns if two geometries are equal.

  inline bool operator!=(const OGRGeometry &other) const

    Returns if two geometries are different.

  virtual int getDimension() const = 0

    Get the dimension of this object.

    This method corresponds to the SFCOM IGeometry::GetDimension() method. It indicates the dimension of the object, but does not indicate the dimension of the underlying space (as indicated by OGRGeometry::getCoordinateDimension()).

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetDimension().

    Returns:

      0 for points, 1 for lines and 2 for surfaces.

  virtual int getCoordinateDimension() const

    Get the dimension of the coordinates in this object.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetCoordinateDimension().

    Deprecated:

      use CoordinateDimension().

    Returns:

      this will return 2 or 3.

  int CoordinateDimension() const

    Get the dimension of the coordinates in this object.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_CoordinateDimension().

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

    Returns:

      this will return 2 for XY, 3 for XYZ and XYM, and 4 for XYZM data.

  virtual OGRBoolean IsEmpty() const = 0

    Returns TRUE (non-zero) if the object has no points.

    Normally this returns FALSE except between when an object is instantiated and points have been assigned.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::IsEmpty() method.

    Returns:

      TRUE if object is empty, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual OGRBoolean IsValid() const

    Test if the geometry is valid.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_IsValid().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always return FALSE.

    Returns:

      TRUE if the geometry has no points, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual OGRGeometry *MakeValid(CSLConstList papszOptions = nullptr) const

    Attempts to make an invalid geometry valid without losing vertices.

    Already-valid geometries are cloned without further intervention.

    Running OGRGeometryFactory::removeLowerDimensionSubGeoms() as a post-processing step is often desired.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_MakeValid().

    This function is built on the GEOS >= 3.8 library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS >= 3.8 library, this function will return a clone of the input geometry if it is valid, or NULL if it is invalid

    Since

      GDAL 3.0

    Parameters:

      papszOptions -- NULL terminated list of options, or NULL. The following options are available:

      - METHOD=LINEWORK/STRUCTURE. LINEWORK is the default method, which combines all rings into a set of noded lines and then extracts valid polygons from that linework. The STRUCTURE method (requires GEOS >= 3.10 and GDAL >= 3.4) first makes all rings valid, then merges shells and subtracts holes from shells to generate valid result. Assumes that holes and shells are correctly categorized.

      - KEEP_COLLAPSED=YES/NO. Only for METHOD=STRUCTURE. NO (default): collapses are converted to empty geometries YES: collapses are converted to a valid geometry of lower dimension.

    Returns:

      a newly allocated geometry now owned by the caller, or NULL on failure.

  virtual OGRGeometry *Normalize() const

    Attempts to bring geometry into normalized/canonical form.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Normalize().

    This function is built on the GEOS library; check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this function will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Since

      GDAL 3.3

    Returns:

      a newly allocated geometry now owned by the caller, or NULL on failure.

  virtual OGRBoolean IsSimple() const

    Test if the geometry is simple.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_IsSimple().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always return FALSE.

    Returns:

      TRUE if the geometry has no points, otherwise FALSE.

  inline OGRBoolean Is3D() const

    Returns whether the geometry has a Z component.

  inline OGRBoolean IsMeasured() const

    Returns whether the geometry has a M component.

  virtual OGRBoolean IsRing() const

    Test if the geometry is a ring.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_IsRing().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always return FALSE.

    Returns:

      TRUE if the geometry has no points, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual void empty() = 0

    Clear geometry information. This restores the geometry to its initial state after construction, and before assignment of actual geometry.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::Empty() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Empty().

  virtual OGRGeometry *clone() const = 0

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual void getEnvelope(OGREnvelope *psEnvelope) const = 0

    Computes and returns the bounding envelope for this geometry in the passed psEnvelope structure.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetEnvelope().

    Parameters:

      psEnvelope -- the structure in which to place the results.

  virtual void getEnvelope(OGREnvelope3D *psEnvelope) const = 0

    Computes and returns the bounding envelope (3D) for this geometry in the passed psEnvelope structure.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetEnvelope3D().

    Since

      OGR 1.9.0

    Parameters:

      psEnvelope -- the structure in which to place the results.

  virtual size_t WkbSize() const = 0

    Returns size of related binary representation.

    This method returns the exact number of bytes required to hold the well known binary representation of this geometry object. Its computation may be slightly expensive for complex geometries.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::WkbSize() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_WkbSize().

    Returns:

      size of binary representation in bytes.

  OGRErr importFromWkb(const GByte*, size_t = static_cast<size_t>(-1), OGRwkbVariant = wkbVariantOldOgc)

    Assign geometry from well known binary data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the binaries type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkb().

    Parameters:

      - pabyData -- the binary input data.

      - nSize -- the size of pabyData in bytes, or -1 if not known.

      - eWkbVariant -- if wkbVariantPostGIS1, special interpretation is done for curve geometries code

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkb(const unsigned char*, size_t, OGRwkbVariant, size_t &nBytesConsumedOut) = 0

    Assign geometry from well known binary data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the binaries type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkb().

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

    Parameters:

      - pabyData -- the binary input data.

      - nSize -- the size of pabyData in bytes, or -1 if not known.

      - eWkbVariant -- if wkbVariantPostGIS1, special interpretation is done for curve geometries code

      - nBytesConsumedOut -- output parameter. Number of bytes consumed.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual OGRErr exportToWkb(OGRwkbByteOrder, unsigned char*, OGRwkbVariant = wkbVariantOldOgc) const = 0

    Convert a geometry into well known binary format.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ExportToWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ExportToWkb() or OGR_G_ExportToIsoWkb(), depending on the value of eWkbVariant.

    Parameters:

      - eByteOrder -- One of wkbXDR or wkbNDR indicating MSB or LSB byte order respectively.

      - pabyData -- a buffer into which the binary representation is written. This buffer must be at least OGRGeometry::WkbSize() byte in size.

      - eWkbVariant -- What standard to use when exporting geometries with three dimensions (or more). The default wkbVariantOldOgc is the historical OGR variant. wkbVariantIso is the variant defined in ISO SQL/MM and adopted by OGC for SFSQL 1.2.

    Returns:

      Currently OGRERR_NONE is always returned.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkt(const char **ppszInput) = 0

    Assign geometry from well known text data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the text type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKT() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkt().

    Parameters:

      ppszInput -- pointer to a pointer to the source text. The pointer is updated to pointer after the consumed text.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  OGRErr exportToWkt(char **ppszDstText, OGRwkbVariant = wkbVariantOldOgc) const

    Convert a geometry into well known text format.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ExportToWKT() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ExportToWkt().

    Parameters:

      - ppszDstText -- a text buffer is allocated by the program, and assigned to the passed pointer. After use, *ppszDstText should be freed with CPLFree().

      - variant -- the specification that must be conformed too :

        - wkbVariantOgc for old-style 99-402 extended dimension (Z) WKB types

        - wkbVariantIso for SFSQL 1.2 and ISO SQL/MM Part 3

    Returns:

      Currently OGRERR_NONE is always returned.

  virtual std::string exportToWkt(const OGRWktOptions &opts = OGRWktOptions(), OGRErr *err = nullptr) const = 0

    Export a WKT geometry.

    Parameters:

      - opts -- Output options.

      - err -- Pointer to error code, if desired.

    Returns:

      WKT string representing this geometry.

  virtual OGRwkbGeometryType getGeometryType() const = 0

    Fetch geometry type.

    Note that the geometry type may include the 2.5D flag. To get a 2D flattened version of the geometry type apply the wkbFlatten() macro to the return result.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryType().

    Returns:

      the geometry type code.

  OGRwkbGeometryType getIsoGeometryType() const

    Get the geometry type that conforms with ISO SQL/MM Part3.

    Returns:

      the geometry type that conforms with ISO SQL/MM Part3

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const = 0

    Fetch WKT name for geometry type.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryName().

    Returns:

      name used for this geometry type in well known text format. The returned pointer is to a static internal string and should not be modified or freed.

  void dumpReadable(FILE*, const char* = nullptr, CSLConstList papszOptions = nullptr) const

    Dump geometry in well known text format to indicated output file.

    A few options can be defined to change the default dump :

    - DISPLAY_GEOMETRY=NO : to hide the dump of the geometry

    - DISPLAY_GEOMETRY=WKT or YES (default) : dump the geometry as a WKT

    - DISPLAY_GEOMETRY=SUMMARY : to get only a summary of the geometry

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_DumpReadable().

    Parameters:

      - fp -- the text file to write the geometry to.

      - pszPrefix -- the prefix to put on each line of output.

      - papszOptions -- NULL terminated list of options (may be NULL)

  std::string dumpReadable(const char* = nullptr, CSLConstList papszOptions = nullptr) const

    Dump geometry in well known text format to indicated output file.

    A few options can be defined to change the default dump :

    - DISPLAY_GEOMETRY=NO : to hide the dump of the geometry

    - DISPLAY_GEOMETRY=WKT or YES (default) : dump the geometry as a WKT

    - DISPLAY_GEOMETRY=SUMMARY : to get only a summary of the geometry

    Since

      GDAL 3.7

    Parameters:

      - pszPrefix -- the prefix to put on each line of output.

      - papszOptions -- NULL terminated list of options (may be NULL)

    Returns:

      a string with the geometry representation.

  virtual void flattenTo2D() = 0

    Convert geometry to strictly 2D. In a sense this converts all Z coordinates to 0.0.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_FlattenTo2D().

  virtual char *exportToGML(const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr) const

    Convert a geometry into GML format.

    The GML geometry is expressed directly in terms of GML basic data types assuming the this is available in the gml namespace. The returned string should be freed with CPLFree() when no longer required.

    The supported options in OGR 1.8.0 are :

    - FORMAT=GML3. Otherwise it will default to GML 2.1.2 output.

    - GML3_LINESTRING_ELEMENT=curve. (Only valid for FORMAT=GML3) To use gml:Curve element for linestrings. Otherwise gml:LineString will be used .

    - GML3_LONGSRS=YES/NO. (Only valid for FORMAT=GML3) Default to YES. If YES, SRS with EPSG authority will be written with the "urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::" prefix. In the case, if the SRS is a geographic SRS without explicit AXIS order, but that the same SRS authority code imported with ImportFromEPSGA() should be treated as lat/long, then the function will take care of coordinate order swapping. If set to NO, SRS with EPSG authority will be written with the "EPSG:" prefix, even if they are in lat/long order.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ExportToGMLEx().

    Parameters:

      papszOptions -- NULL-terminated list of options.

    Returns:

      A GML fragment or NULL in case of error.

  virtual char *exportToKML() const

    Convert a geometry into KML format.

    The returned string should be freed with CPLFree() when no longer required.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ExportToKML().

    Returns:

      A KML fragment or NULL in case of error.

  virtual char *exportToJson() const

    Convert a geometry into GeoJSON format.

    The returned string should be freed with CPLFree() when no longer required.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ExportToJson().

    Returns:

      A GeoJSON fragment or NULL in case of error.

  virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) = 0

    Accept a visitor.

  virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const = 0

    Accept a visitor.

  virtual GEOSGeom exportToGEOS(GEOSContextHandle_t hGEOSCtxt) const

    Returns a GEOSGeom object corresponding to the geometry.

    Parameters:

      hGEOSCtxt -- GEOS context

    Returns:

      a GEOSGeom object corresponding to the geometry.

  virtual OGRBoolean hasCurveGeometry(int bLookForNonLinear = FALSE) const

    Returns if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

    Returns if a geometry is, contains or may contain a CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE.

    If bLookForNonLinear is set to TRUE, it will be actually looked if the geometry or its subgeometries are or contain a non-linear geometry in them. In which case, if the method returns TRUE, it means that getLinearGeometry() would return an approximate version of the geometry. Otherwise, getLinearGeometry() would do a conversion, but with just converting container type, like COMPOUNDCURVE -> LINESTRING, MULTICURVE -> MULTILINESTRING or MULTISURFACE -> MULTIPOLYGON, resulting in a "loss-less" conversion.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_HasCurveGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      bLookForNonLinear -- set it to TRUE to check if the geometry is or contains a CIRCULARSTRING.

    Returns:

      TRUE if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

  virtual OGRGeometry *getCurveGeometry(const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr) const

    Return curve version of this geometry.

    Returns a geometry that has possibly CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE in it, by de-approximating curve geometries.

    If the geometry has no curve portion, the returned geometry will be a clone of it.

    The ownership of the returned geometry belongs to the caller.

    The reverse method is OGRGeometry::getLinearGeometry().

    This function is the same as C function OGR_G_GetCurveGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings. Unused for now. Must be set to NULL.

    Returns:

      a new geometry.

  virtual OGRGeometry *getLinearGeometry(double dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees = 0, const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr) const

    Return, possibly approximate, non-curve version of this geometry.

    Returns a geometry that has no CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE in it, by approximating curve geometries.

    The ownership of the returned geometry belongs to the caller.

    The reverse method is OGRGeometry::getCurveGeometry().

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetLinearGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      - dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees -- the largest step in degrees along the arc, zero to use the default setting.

      - papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings. See OGRGeometryFactory::curveToLineString() for valid options.

    Returns:

      a new geometry.

  virtual void closeRings()

    Force rings to be closed.

    If this geometry, or any contained geometries has polygon rings that are not closed, they will be closed by adding the starting point at the end.

  virtual void setCoordinateDimension(int nDimension)

    Set the coordinate dimension.

    This method sets the explicit coordinate dimension. Setting the coordinate dimension of a geometry to 2 should zero out any existing Z values. Setting the dimension of a geometry collection, a compound curve, a polygon, etc. will affect the children geometries. This will also remove the M dimension if present before this call.

    Deprecated:

      use set3D() or setMeasured().

    Parameters:

      nNewDimension -- New coordinate dimension value, either 2 or 3.

  virtual void set3D(OGRBoolean bIs3D)

    Add or remove the Z coordinate dimension.

    This method adds or removes the explicit Z coordinate dimension. Removing the Z coordinate dimension of a geometry will remove any existing Z values. Adding the Z dimension to a geometry collection, a compound curve, a polygon, etc. will affect the children geometries.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

    Parameters:

      bIs3D -- Should the geometry have a Z dimension, either TRUE or FALSE.

  virtual void setMeasured(OGRBoolean bIsMeasured)

    Add or remove the M coordinate dimension.

    This method adds or removes the explicit M coordinate dimension. Removing the M coordinate dimension of a geometry will remove any existing M values. Adding the M dimension to a geometry collection, a compound curve, a polygon, etc. will affect the children geometries.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

    Parameters:

      bIsMeasured -- Should the geometry have a M dimension, either TRUE or FALSE.

  virtual void assignSpatialReference(const OGRSpatialReference *poSR)

    Assign spatial reference to this object.

    Any existing spatial reference is replaced, but under no circumstances does this result in the object being reprojected. It is just changing the interpretation of the existing geometry. Note that assigning a spatial reference increments the reference count on the OGRSpatialReference, but does not copy it.

    Starting with GDAL 2.3, this will also assign the spatial reference to potential sub-geometries of the geometry (OGRGeometryCollection, OGRCurvePolygon/OGRPolygon, OGRCompoundCurve, OGRPolyhedralSurface and their derived classes).

    This is similar to the SFCOM IGeometry::put_SpatialReference() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_AssignSpatialReference().

    Parameters:

      poSR -- new spatial reference system to apply.

  inline const OGRSpatialReference *getSpatialReference(void) const

    Returns spatial reference system for object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::get_SpatialReference() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetSpatialReference().

    Returns:

      a reference to the spatial reference object. The object may be shared with many geometry objects, and should not be modified.

  virtual OGRErr transform(OGRCoordinateTransformation *poCT) = 0

    Apply arbitrary coordinate transformation to geometry.

    This method will transform the coordinates of a geometry from their current spatial reference system to a new target spatial reference system. Normally this means reprojecting the vectors, but it could include datum shifts, and changes of units.

    Note that this method does not require that the geometry already have a spatial reference system. It will be assumed that they can be treated as having the source spatial reference system of the OGRCoordinateTransformation object, and the actual SRS of the geometry will be ignored. On successful completion the output OGRSpatialReference of the OGRCoordinateTransformation will be assigned to the geometry.

    This method only does reprojection on a point-by-point basis. It does not include advanced logic to deal with discontinuities at poles or antimeridian. For that, use the OGRGeometryFactory::transformWithOptions() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Transform().

    Parameters:

      poCT -- the transformation to apply.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE on success or an error code.

  OGRErr transformTo(const OGRSpatialReference *poSR)

    Transform geometry to new spatial reference system.

    This method will transform the coordinates of a geometry from their current spatial reference system to a new target spatial reference system. Normally this means reprojecting the vectors, but it could include datum shifts, and changes of units.

    This method will only work if the geometry already has an assigned spatial reference system, and if it is transformable to the target coordinate system.

    Because this method requires internal creation and initialization of an OGRCoordinateTransformation object it is significantly more expensive to use this method to transform many geometries than it is to create the OGRCoordinateTransformation in advance, and call transform() with that transformation. This method exists primarily for convenience when only transforming a single geometry.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_TransformTo().

    Parameters:

      poSR -- spatial reference system to transform to.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE on success, or an error code.

  virtual void segmentize(double dfMaxLength)

    Modify the geometry such it has no segment longer then the given distance.

    This method modifies the geometry to add intermediate vertices if necessary so that the maximum length between 2 consecutive vertices is lower than dfMaxLength.

    Interpolated points will have Z and M values (if needed) set to 0. Distance computation is performed in 2d only

    This function is the same as the C function OGR_G_Segmentize()

    Parameters:

      dfMaxLength -- the maximum distance between 2 points after segmentization

  virtual OGRBoolean Intersects(const OGRGeometry*) const

    Do these features intersect?

    Determines whether two geometries intersect. If GEOS is enabled, then this is done in rigorous fashion otherwise TRUE is returned if the envelopes (bounding boxes) of the two geometries overlap.

    The poOtherGeom argument may be safely NULL, but in this case the method will always return TRUE. That is, a NULL geometry is treated as being everywhere.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Intersects().

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the other geometry to test against.

    Returns:

      TRUE if the geometries intersect, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual OGRBoolean Equals(const OGRGeometry*) const = 0

    Returns TRUE if two geometries are equivalent.

    This operation implements the SQL/MM ST_OrderingEquals() operation.

    The comparison is done in a structural way, that is to say that the geometry types must be identical, as well as the number and ordering of sub-geometries and vertices. Or equivalently, two geometries are considered equal by this method if their WKT/WKB representation is equal. Note: this must be distinguished for equality in a spatial way (which is the purpose of the ST_Equals() operation).

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Equals().

    Returns:

      TRUE if equivalent or FALSE otherwise.

  virtual OGRBoolean Disjoint(const OGRGeometry*) const

    Test for disjointness.

    Tests if this geometry and the other passed into the method are disjoint.

    Geometry validity is not checked. In case you are unsure of the validity of the input geometries, call IsValid() before, otherwise the result might be wrong.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Disjoint().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the geometry to compare to this geometry.

    Returns:

      TRUE if they are disjoint, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual OGRBoolean Touches(const OGRGeometry*) const

    Test for touching.

    Tests if this geometry and the other passed into the method are touching.

    Geometry validity is not checked. In case you are unsure of the validity of the input geometries, call IsValid() before, otherwise the result might be wrong.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Touches().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the geometry to compare to this geometry.

    Returns:

      TRUE if they are touching, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual OGRBoolean Crosses(const OGRGeometry*) const

    Test for crossing.

    Tests if this geometry and the other passed into the method are crossing.

    Geometry validity is not checked. In case you are unsure of the validity of the input geometries, call IsValid() before, otherwise the result might be wrong.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Crosses().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the geometry to compare to this geometry.

    Returns:

      TRUE if they are crossing, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual OGRBoolean Within(const OGRGeometry*) const

    Test for containment.

    Tests if actual geometry object is within the passed geometry.

    Geometry validity is not checked. In case you are unsure of the validity of the input geometries, call IsValid() before, otherwise the result might be wrong.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Within().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the geometry to compare to this geometry.

    Returns:

      TRUE if poOtherGeom is within this geometry, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual OGRBoolean Contains(const OGRGeometry*) const

    Test for containment.

    Tests if actual geometry object contains the passed geometry.

    Geometry validity is not checked. In case you are unsure of the validity of the input geometries, call IsValid() before, otherwise the result might be wrong.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Contains().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the geometry to compare to this geometry.

    Returns:

      TRUE if poOtherGeom contains this geometry, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual OGRBoolean Overlaps(const OGRGeometry*) const

    Test for overlap.

    Tests if this geometry and the other passed into the method overlap, that is their intersection has a non-zero area.

    Geometry validity is not checked. In case you are unsure of the validity of the input geometries, call IsValid() before, otherwise the result might be wrong.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Overlaps().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the geometry to compare to this geometry.

    Returns:

      TRUE if they are overlapping, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual OGRGeometry *Boundary() const

    Compute boundary.

    A new geometry object is created and returned containing the boundary of the geometry on which the method is invoked.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Boundary().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Since

      OGR 1.8.0

    Returns:

      a newly allocated geometry now owned by the caller, or NULL on failure.

  virtual double Distance(const OGRGeometry*) const

    Compute distance between two geometries.

    Returns the shortest distance between the two geometries. The distance is expressed into the same unit as the coordinates of the geometries.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Distance().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the other geometry to compare against.

    Returns:

      the distance between the geometries or -1 if an error occurs.

  virtual OGRGeometry *ConvexHull() const

    Compute convex hull.

    A new geometry object is created and returned containing the convex hull of the geometry on which the method is invoked.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ConvexHull().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Returns:

      a newly allocated geometry now owned by the caller, or NULL on failure.

  virtual OGRGeometry *ConcaveHull(double dfRatio, bool bAllowHoles) const

    Compute "concave hull" of a geometry.

    The concave hull is fully contained within the convex hull and also contains all the points of the input, but in a smaller area. The area ratio is the ratio of the area of the convex hull and the concave hull. Frequently used to convert a multi-point into a polygonal area. that contains all the points in the input Geometry.

    A new geometry object is created and returned containing the concave hull of the geometry on which the method is invoked.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ConcaveHull().

    This method is built on the GEOS >= 3.11 library If OGR is built without the GEOS >= 3.11 librray, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Since

      GDAL 3.6

    Parameters:

      - dfRatio -- Ratio of the area of the convex hull and the concave hull.

      - bAllowHoles -- Whether holes are allowed.

    Returns:

      a newly allocated geometry now owned by the caller, or NULL on failure.

  virtual OGRGeometry *Buffer(double dfDist, int nQuadSegs = 30) const

    Compute buffer of geometry.

    Builds a new geometry containing the buffer region around the geometry on which it is invoked. The buffer is a polygon containing the region within the buffer distance of the original geometry.

    Some buffer sections are properly described as curves, but are converted to approximate polygons. The nQuadSegs parameter can be used to control how many segments should be used to define a 90 degree curve - a quadrant of a circle. A value of 30 is a reasonable default. Large values result in large numbers of vertices in the resulting buffer geometry while small numbers reduce the accuracy of the result.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Buffer().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Parameters:

      - dfDist -- the buffer distance to be applied. Should be expressed into the same unit as the coordinates of the geometry.

      - nQuadSegs -- the number of segments used to approximate a 90 degree (quadrant) of curvature.

    Returns:

      the newly created geometry, or NULL if an error occurs.

  virtual OGRGeometry *Intersection(const OGRGeometry*) const

    Compute intersection.

    Generates a new geometry which is the region of intersection of the two geometries operated on. The Intersects() method can be used to test if two geometries intersect.

    Geometry validity is not checked. In case you are unsure of the validity of the input geometries, call IsValid() before, otherwise the result might be wrong.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Intersection().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the other geometry intersected with "this" geometry.

    Returns:

      a new geometry representing the intersection or NULL if there is no intersection or an error occurs.

  virtual OGRGeometry *Union(const OGRGeometry*) const

    Compute union.

    Generates a new geometry which is the region of union of the two geometries operated on.

    Geometry validity is not checked. In case you are unsure of the validity of the input geometries, call IsValid() before, otherwise the result might be wrong.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Union().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the other geometry unioned with "this" geometry.

    Returns:

      a new geometry representing the union or NULL if an error occurs.

  virtual OGRGeometry *UnionCascaded() const

    Compute union using cascading.

    Geometry validity is not checked. In case you are unsure of the validity of the input geometries, call IsValid() before, otherwise the result might be wrong.

    The input geometry must be a MultiPolygon.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_UnionCascaded().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Deprecated:

      Use UnaryUnion() instead

    Since

      OGR 1.8.0

    Returns:

      a new geometry representing the union or NULL if an error occurs.

  OGRGeometry *UnaryUnion() const

    Returns the union of all components of a single geometry.

    Usually used to convert a collection into the smallest set of polygons that cover the same area.

    See https://postgis.net/docs/ST_UnaryUnion.html for more details.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_UnaryUnion().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Since

      GDAL 3.7

    Returns:

      a new geometry representing the union or NULL if an error occurs.

  virtual OGRGeometry *Difference(const OGRGeometry*) const

    Compute difference.

    Generates a new geometry which is the region of this geometry with the region of the second geometry removed.

    Geometry validity is not checked. In case you are unsure of the validity of the input geometries, call IsValid() before, otherwise the result might be wrong.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Difference().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the other geometry removed from "this" geometry.

    Returns:

      a new geometry representing the difference or NULL if the difference is empty or an error occurs.

  virtual OGRGeometry *SymDifference(const OGRGeometry*) const

    Compute symmetric difference.

    Generates a new geometry which is the symmetric difference of this geometry and the second geometry passed into the method.

    Geometry validity is not checked. In case you are unsure of the validity of the input geometries, call IsValid() before, otherwise the result might be wrong.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_SymDifference().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Since

      OGR 1.8.0

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the other geometry.

    Returns:

      a new geometry representing the symmetric difference or NULL if the difference is empty or an error occurs.

  virtual OGRErr Centroid(OGRPoint *poPoint) const

    Compute the geometry centroid.

    The centroid location is applied to the passed in OGRPoint object. The centroid is not necessarily within the geometry.

    This method relates to the SFCOM ISurface::get_Centroid() method however the current implementation based on GEOS can operate on other geometry types such as multipoint, linestring, geometrycollection such as multipolygons. OGC SF SQL 1.1 defines the operation for surfaces (polygons). SQL/MM-Part 3 defines the operation for surfaces and multisurfaces (multipolygons).

    This function is the same as the C function OGR_G_Centroid().

    This function is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this function will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Since

      OGR 1.8.0 as a OGRGeometry method (previously was restricted to OGRPolygon)

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE on success or OGRERR_FAILURE on error.

  virtual OGRGeometry *Simplify(double dTolerance) const

    Simplify the geometry.

    This function is the same as the C function OGR_G_Simplify().

    This function is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this function will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Since

      OGR 1.8.0

    Parameters:

      dTolerance -- the distance tolerance for the simplification.

    Returns:

      the simplified geometry or NULL if an error occurs.

  OGRGeometry *SimplifyPreserveTopology(double dTolerance) const

    Simplify the geometry while preserving topology.

    This function is the same as the C function OGR_G_SimplifyPreserveTopology().

    This function is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this function will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Since

      OGR 1.9.0

    Parameters:

      dTolerance -- the distance tolerance for the simplification.

    Returns:

      the simplified geometry or NULL if an error occurs.

  virtual OGRGeometry *DelaunayTriangulation(double dfTolerance, int bOnlyEdges) const

    Return a Delaunay triangulation of the vertices of the geometry.

    This function is the same as the C function OGR_G_DelaunayTriangulation().

    This function is built on the GEOS library, v3.4 or above. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this function will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Since

      OGR 2.1

    Parameters:

      - dfTolerance -- optional snapping tolerance to use for improved robustness

      - bOnlyEdges -- if TRUE, will return a MULTILINESTRING, otherwise it will return a GEOMETRYCOLLECTION containing triangular POLYGONs.

    Returns:

      the geometry resulting from the Delaunay triangulation or NULL if an error occurs.

  virtual OGRGeometry *Polygonize() const

    Polygonizes a set of sparse edges.

    A new geometry object is created and returned containing a collection of reassembled Polygons: NULL will be returned if the input collection doesn't corresponds to a MultiLinestring, or when reassembling Edges into Polygons is impossible due to topological inconsistencies.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Polygonize().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Since

      OGR 1.9.0

    Returns:

      a newly allocated geometry now owned by the caller, or NULL on failure.

  virtual double Distance3D(const OGRGeometry *poOtherGeom) const

    Returns the 3D distance between two geometries.

    The distance is expressed into the same unit as the coordinates of the geometries.

    This method is built on the SFCGAL library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the SFCGAL library, this method will always return -1.0

    This function is the same as the C function OGR_G_Distance3D().

    Since

      GDAL 2.2

    Returns:

      distance between the two geometries

  virtual void swapXY()

    Swap x and y coordinates.

    Since

      OGR 1.8.0

  inline OGRPoint *toPoint()

    Down-cast to OGRPoint*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbPoint.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRPoint *toPoint() const

    Down-cast to OGRPoint*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbPoint.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRCurve *toCurve()

    Down-cast to OGRCurve*.

    Implies prior checking that OGR_GT_IsSubClass(getGeometryType(), wkbCurve).

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRCurve *toCurve() const

    Down-cast to OGRCurve*.

    Implies prior checking that OGR_GT_IsSubClass(getGeometryType(), wkbCurve).

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRSimpleCurve *toSimpleCurve()

    Down-cast to OGRSimpleCurve*.

    Implies prior checking that getGeometryType() is wkbLineString, wkbCircularString or a derived type.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRSimpleCurve *toSimpleCurve() const

    Down-cast to OGRSimpleCurve*.

    Implies prior checking that getGeometryType() is wkbLineString, wkbCircularString or a derived type.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRLineString *toLineString()

    Down-cast to OGRLineString*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbLineString.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRLineString *toLineString() const

    Down-cast to OGRLineString*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbLineString.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRLinearRing *toLinearRing()

    Down-cast to OGRLinearRing*.

    Implies prior checking that EQUAL(getGeometryName(), "LINEARRING").

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRLinearRing *toLinearRing() const

    Down-cast to OGRLinearRing*.

    Implies prior checking that EQUAL(getGeometryName(), "LINEARRING").

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRCircularString *toCircularString()

    Down-cast to OGRCircularString*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbCircularString.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRCircularString *toCircularString() const

    Down-cast to OGRCircularString*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbCircularString.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRCompoundCurve *toCompoundCurve()

    Down-cast to OGRCompoundCurve*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbCompoundCurve.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRCompoundCurve *toCompoundCurve() const

    Down-cast to OGRCompoundCurve*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbCompoundCurve.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRSurface *toSurface()

    Down-cast to OGRSurface*.

    Implies prior checking that OGR_GT_IsSubClass(getGeometryType(), wkbSurface).

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRSurface *toSurface() const

    Down-cast to OGRSurface*.

    Implies prior checking that OGR_GT_IsSubClass(getGeometryType(), wkbSurface).

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRPolygon *toPolygon()

    Down-cast to OGRPolygon*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbPolygon or wkbTriangle.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRPolygon *toPolygon() const

    Down-cast to OGRPolygon*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbPolygon or wkbTriangle.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRTriangle *toTriangle()

    Down-cast to OGRTriangle*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbTriangle.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRTriangle *toTriangle() const

    Down-cast to OGRTriangle*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbTriangle.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRCurvePolygon *toCurvePolygon()

    Down-cast to OGRCurvePolygon*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbCurvePolygon or wkbPolygon or wkbTriangle.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRCurvePolygon *toCurvePolygon() const

    Down-cast to OGRCurvePolygon*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbCurvePolygon or wkbPolygon or wkbTriangle.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRGeometryCollection *toGeometryCollection()

    Down-cast to OGRGeometryCollection*.

    Implies prior checking that OGR_GT_IsSubClass(getGeometryType(), wkbGeometryCollection).

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRGeometryCollection *toGeometryCollection() const

    Down-cast to OGRGeometryCollection*.

    Implies prior checking that OGR_GT_IsSubClass(getGeometryType(), wkbGeometryCollection).

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRMultiPoint *toMultiPoint()

    Down-cast to OGRMultiPoint*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbMultiPoint.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRMultiPoint *toMultiPoint() const

    Down-cast to OGRMultiPoint*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbMultiPoint.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRMultiLineString *toMultiLineString()

    Down-cast to OGRMultiLineString*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbMultiLineString.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRMultiLineString *toMultiLineString() const

    Down-cast to OGRMultiLineString*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbMultiLineString.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRMultiPolygon *toMultiPolygon()

    Down-cast to OGRMultiPolygon*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbMultiPolygon.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRMultiPolygon *toMultiPolygon() const

    Down-cast to OGRMultiPolygon*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbMultiPolygon.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRMultiCurve *toMultiCurve()

    Down-cast to OGRMultiCurve*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbMultiCurve and derived types.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRMultiCurve *toMultiCurve() const

    Down-cast to OGRMultiCurve*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbMultiCurve and derived types.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRMultiSurface *toMultiSurface()

    Down-cast to OGRMultiSurface*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbMultiSurface and derived types.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRMultiSurface *toMultiSurface() const

    Down-cast to OGRMultiSurface*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbMultiSurface and derived types.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRPolyhedralSurface *toPolyhedralSurface()

    Down-cast to OGRPolyhedralSurface*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbPolyhedralSurface or wkbTIN.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRPolyhedralSurface *toPolyhedralSurface() const

    Down-cast to OGRPolyhedralSurface*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbPolyhedralSurface or wkbTIN.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline OGRTriangulatedSurface *toTriangulatedSurface()

    Down-cast to OGRTriangulatedSurface*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbTIN.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const OGRTriangulatedSurface *toTriangulatedSurface() const

    Down-cast to OGRTriangulatedSurface*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbTIN.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  Public Static Functions

  static GEOSContextHandle_t createGEOSContext()

    Create a new GEOS context.

    Returns:

      a new GEOS context.

  static void freeGEOSContext(GEOSContextHandle_t hGEOSCtxt)

    Destroy a GEOS context.

    Parameters:

      hGEOSCtxt -- GEOS context

  static inline OGRGeometryH ToHandle(OGRGeometry *poGeom)

    Convert a OGRGeometry* to a OGRGeometryH.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  static inline OGRGeometry *FromHandle(OGRGeometryH hGeom)

    Convert a OGRGeometryH to a OGRGeometry*.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

## OGRPoint class

class OGRPoint : public OGRGeometry

  Point class.

  Implements SFCOM IPoint methods.

  Subclassed by OGRIteratedPoint

  Public Functions

  OGRPoint()

    Create an empty point.

  OGRPoint(double x, double y)

    Create a point.

    Parameters:

      - xIn -- x

      - yIn -- y

  OGRPoint(double x, double y, double z)

    Create a point.

    Parameters:

      - xIn -- x

      - yIn -- y

      - zIn -- z

  OGRPoint(double x, double y, double z, double m)

    Create a point.

    Parameters:

      - xIn -- x

      - yIn -- y

      - zIn -- z

      - mIn -- m

  OGRPoint(const OGRPoint &other)

    Copy constructor.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the constructor existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  OGRPoint &operator=(const OGRPoint &other)

    Assignment operator.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the operator existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  virtual size_t WkbSize() const override

    Returns size of related binary representation.

    This method returns the exact number of bytes required to hold the well known binary representation of this geometry object. Its computation may be slightly expensive for complex geometries.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::WkbSize() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_WkbSize().

    Returns:

      size of binary representation in bytes.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkb(const unsigned char*, size_t, OGRwkbVariant, size_t &nBytesConsumedOut) override

    Assign geometry from well known binary data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the binaries type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkb().

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

    Parameters:

      - pabyData -- the binary input data.

      - nSize -- the size of pabyData in bytes, or -1 if not known.

      - eWkbVariant -- if wkbVariantPostGIS1, special interpretation is done for curve geometries code

      - nBytesConsumedOut -- output parameter. Number of bytes consumed.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual OGRErr exportToWkb(OGRwkbByteOrder, unsigned char*, OGRwkbVariant = wkbVariantOldOgc) const override

    Convert a geometry into well known binary format.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ExportToWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ExportToWkb() or OGR_G_ExportToIsoWkb(), depending on the value of eWkbVariant.

    Parameters:

      - eByteOrder -- One of wkbXDR or wkbNDR indicating MSB or LSB byte order respectively.

      - pabyData -- a buffer into which the binary representation is written. This buffer must be at least OGRGeometry::WkbSize() byte in size.

      - eWkbVariant -- What standard to use when exporting geometries with three dimensions (or more). The default wkbVariantOldOgc is the historical OGR variant. wkbVariantIso is the variant defined in ISO SQL/MM and adopted by OGC for SFSQL 1.2.

    Returns:

      Currently OGRERR_NONE is always returned.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkt(const char**) override

    Assign geometry from well known text data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the text type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKT() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkt().

    Parameters:

      ppszInput -- pointer to a pointer to the source text. The pointer is updated to pointer after the consumed text.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual std::string exportToWkt(const OGRWktOptions &opts = OGRWktOptions(), OGRErr *err = nullptr) const override

    Export a point to WKT.

    Parameters:

      - opts -- Output options.

      - err -- Pointer to error code, if desired.

    Returns:

      WKT string representing this point.

  virtual int getDimension() const override

    Get the dimension of this object.

    This method corresponds to the SFCOM IGeometry::GetDimension() method. It indicates the dimension of the object, but does not indicate the dimension of the underlying space (as indicated by OGRGeometry::getCoordinateDimension()).

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetDimension().

    Returns:

      0 for points, 1 for lines and 2 for surfaces.

  virtual OGRPoint *clone() const override

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual void empty() override

    Clear geometry information. This restores the geometry to its initial state after construction, and before assignment of actual geometry.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::Empty() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Empty().

  virtual void getEnvelope(OGREnvelope *psEnvelope) const override

    Computes and returns the bounding envelope for this geometry in the passed psEnvelope structure.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetEnvelope().

    Parameters:

      psEnvelope -- the structure in which to place the results.

  virtual void getEnvelope(OGREnvelope3D *psEnvelope) const override

    Computes and returns the bounding envelope (3D) for this geometry in the passed psEnvelope structure.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetEnvelope3D().

    Since

      OGR 1.9.0

    Parameters:

      psEnvelope -- the structure in which to place the results.

  inline virtual OGRBoolean IsEmpty() const override

    Returns TRUE (non-zero) if the object has no points.

    Normally this returns FALSE except between when an object is instantiated and points have been assigned.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::IsEmpty() method.

    Returns:

      TRUE if object is empty, otherwise FALSE.

  inline double getX() const

    Return x.

    Fetch X coordinate.

    Relates to the SFCOM IPoint::get_X() method.

    Returns:

      the X coordinate of this point.

  inline double getY() const

    Return y.

    Fetch Y coordinate.

    Relates to the SFCOM IPoint::get_Y() method.

    Returns:

      the Y coordinate of this point.

  inline double getZ() const

    Return z.

    Fetch Z coordinate.

    Relates to the SFCOM IPoint::get_Z() method.

    Returns:

      the Z coordinate of this point, or zero if it is a 2D point.

  inline double getM() const

    Return m.

  virtual void setCoordinateDimension(int nDimension) override

    Set the coordinate dimension.

    This method sets the explicit coordinate dimension. Setting the coordinate dimension of a geometry to 2 should zero out any existing Z values. Setting the dimension of a geometry collection, a compound curve, a polygon, etc. will affect the children geometries. This will also remove the M dimension if present before this call.

    Deprecated:

      use set3D() or setMeasured().

    Parameters:

      nNewDimension -- New coordinate dimension value, either 2 or 3.

  inline void setX(double xIn)

    Set x.

    Assign point X coordinate.

    There is no corresponding SFCOM method.

    Parameters:

      xIn -- x

  inline void setY(double yIn)

    Set y.

    Assign point Y coordinate.

    There is no corresponding SFCOM method.

    Parameters:

      yIn -- y

  inline void setZ(double zIn)

    Set z.

    Assign point Z coordinate. Calling this method will force the geometry coordinate dimension to 3D (wkbPoint|wkbZ).

    There is no corresponding SFCOM method.

    Parameters:

      zIn -- z

  inline void setM(double mIn)

    Set m.

    Parameters:

      mIn -- m

  virtual OGRBoolean Equals(const OGRGeometry*) const override

    Returns TRUE if two geometries are equivalent.

    This operation implements the SQL/MM ST_OrderingEquals() operation.

    The comparison is done in a structural way, that is to say that the geometry types must be identical, as well as the number and ordering of sub-geometries and vertices. Or equivalently, two geometries are considered equal by this method if their WKT/WKB representation is equal. Note: this must be distinguished for equality in a spatial way (which is the purpose of the ST_Equals() operation).

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Equals().

    Returns:

      TRUE if equivalent or FALSE otherwise.

  virtual OGRBoolean Intersects(const OGRGeometry*) const override

    Do these features intersect?

    Determines whether two geometries intersect. If GEOS is enabled, then this is done in rigorous fashion otherwise TRUE is returned if the envelopes (bounding boxes) of the two geometries overlap.

    The poOtherGeom argument may be safely NULL, but in this case the method will always return TRUE. That is, a NULL geometry is treated as being everywhere.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Intersects().

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the other geometry to test against.

    Returns:

      TRUE if the geometries intersect, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual OGRBoolean Within(const OGRGeometry*) const override

    Test for containment.

    Tests if actual geometry object is within the passed geometry.

    Geometry validity is not checked. In case you are unsure of the validity of the input geometries, call IsValid() before, otherwise the result might be wrong.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Within().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the geometry to compare to this geometry.

    Returns:

      TRUE if poOtherGeom is within this geometry, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const override

    Fetch WKT name for geometry type.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryName().

    Returns:

      name used for this geometry type in well known text format. The returned pointer is to a static internal string and should not be modified or freed.

  virtual OGRwkbGeometryType getGeometryType() const override

    Fetch geometry type.

    Note that the geometry type may include the 2.5D flag. To get a 2D flattened version of the geometry type apply the wkbFlatten() macro to the return result.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryType().

    Returns:

      the geometry type code.

  virtual OGRErr transform(OGRCoordinateTransformation *poCT) override

    Apply arbitrary coordinate transformation to geometry.

    This method will transform the coordinates of a geometry from their current spatial reference system to a new target spatial reference system. Normally this means reprojecting the vectors, but it could include datum shifts, and changes of units.

    Note that this method does not require that the geometry already have a spatial reference system. It will be assumed that they can be treated as having the source spatial reference system of the OGRCoordinateTransformation object, and the actual SRS of the geometry will be ignored. On successful completion the output OGRSpatialReference of the OGRCoordinateTransformation will be assigned to the geometry.

    This method only does reprojection on a point-by-point basis. It does not include advanced logic to deal with discontinuities at poles or antimeridian. For that, use the OGRGeometryFactory::transformWithOptions() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Transform().

    Parameters:

      poCT -- the transformation to apply.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE on success or an error code.

  virtual void flattenTo2D() override

    Convert geometry to strictly 2D. In a sense this converts all Z coordinates to 0.0.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_FlattenTo2D().

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) override

    Accept a visitor.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const override

    Accept a visitor.

  virtual void swapXY() override

    Swap x and y coordinates.

    Since

      OGR 1.8.0

  Public Static Functions

  static OGRPoint *createXYM(double x, double y, double m)

    Create a XYM point.

    Since

      GDAL 3.1

    Parameters:

      - x -- x

      - y -- y

      - m -- m

## OGRLineString class

class OGRLineString : public OGRSimpleCurve

  Concrete representation of a multi-vertex line.

  Note: for implementation convenience, we make it inherit from OGRSimpleCurve whereas SFSQL and SQL/MM only make it inherits from OGRCurve.

  Subclassed by OGRLinearRing

  Public Functions

  OGRLineString()

    Create an empty line string.

  OGRLineString(const OGRLineString &other)

    Copy constructor.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the constructor existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  OGRLineString &operator=(const OGRLineString &other)

    Assignment operator.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the operator existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  virtual OGRLineString *clone() const override

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual OGRLineString *CurveToLine(double dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees = 0, const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr) const override

    Return a linestring from a curve geometry.

    The returned geometry is a new instance whose ownership belongs to the caller.

    If the dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees is zero, then a default value will be used. This is currently 4 degrees unless the user has overridden the value with the OGR_ARC_STEPSIZE configuration variable.

    This method relates to the ISO SQL/MM Part 3 ICurve::CurveToLine() method.

    This function is the same as C function OGR_G_CurveToLine().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      - dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees -- the largest step in degrees along the arc, zero to use the default setting.

      - papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings or NULL. See OGRGeometryFactory::curveToLineString() for valid options.

    Returns:

      a line string approximating the curve

  virtual OGRGeometry *getCurveGeometry(const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr) const override

    Return curve version of this geometry.

    Returns a geometry that has possibly CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE in it, by de-approximating curve geometries.

    If the geometry has no curve portion, the returned geometry will be a clone of it.

    The ownership of the returned geometry belongs to the caller.

    The reverse method is OGRGeometry::getLinearGeometry().

    This function is the same as C function OGR_G_GetCurveGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings. Unused for now. Must be set to NULL.

    Returns:

      a new geometry.

  virtual double get_Area() const override

    Get the area of the (closed) curve.

    This method is designed to be used by OGRCurvePolygon::get_Area().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Returns:

      the area of the feature in square units of the spatial reference system in use.

  virtual OGRwkbGeometryType getGeometryType() const override

    Fetch geometry type.

    Note that the geometry type may include the 2.5D flag. To get a 2D flattened version of the geometry type apply the wkbFlatten() macro to the return result.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryType().

    Returns:

      the geometry type code.

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const override

    Fetch WKT name for geometry type.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryName().

    Returns:

      name used for this geometry type in well known text format. The returned pointer is to a static internal string and should not be modified or freed.

  virtual int isClockwise() const override

    Returns TRUE if the ring has clockwise winding (or less than 2 points)

    Assumes that the line is closed.

    Returns:

      TRUE if clockwise otherwise FALSE.

  inline OGRSimpleCurve *toUpperClass()

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline const OGRSimpleCurve *toUpperClass() const

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) override

    Accept a visitor.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const override

    Accept a visitor.

## OGRLinearRing class

class OGRLinearRing : public OGRLineString

  Concrete representation of a closed ring.

  This class is functionally equivalent to an OGRLineString, but has a separate identity to maintain alignment with the OpenGIS simple feature data model. It exists to serve as a component of an OGRPolygon.

  The OGRLinearRing has no corresponding free standing well known binary representation, so importFromWkb() and exportToWkb() will not actually work. There is a non-standard GDAL WKT representation though.

  Because OGRLinearRing is not a "proper" free standing simple features object, it cannot be directly used on a feature via SetGeometry(), and cannot generally be used with GEOS for operations like Intersects(). Instead the polygon should be used, or the OGRLinearRing should be converted to an OGRLineString for such operations.

  Note: this class exists in SFSQL 1.2, but not in ISO SQL/MM Part 3.

  Public Functions

  OGRLinearRing()

    Constructor.

  OGRLinearRing(const OGRLinearRing &other)

    Copy constructor.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the constructor existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  explicit OGRLinearRing(OGRLinearRing*)

    Constructor.

    Parameters:

      poSrcRing -- source ring.

  OGRLinearRing &operator=(const OGRLinearRing &other)

    Assignment operator.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the operator existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const override

    Fetch WKT name for geometry type.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryName().

    Returns:

      name used for this geometry type in well known text format. The returned pointer is to a static internal string and should not be modified or freed.

  virtual OGRLinearRing *clone() const override

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual void reverseWindingOrder()

    Reverse order of points.

  virtual void closeRings() override

    Force rings to be closed.

    If this geometry, or any contained geometries has polygon rings that are not closed, they will be closed by adding the starting point at the end.

  OGRBoolean isPointInRing(const OGRPoint *pt, int bTestEnvelope = TRUE) const

    Returns whether the point is inside the ring.

    Parameters:

      - poPoint -- point

      - bTestEnvelope -- set to TRUE if the presence of the point inside the ring envelope must be checked first.

    Returns:

      TRUE or FALSE.

  OGRBoolean isPointOnRingBoundary(const OGRPoint *pt, int bTestEnvelope = TRUE) const

    Returns whether the point is on the ring boundary.

    Parameters:

      - poPoint -- point

      - bTestEnvelope -- set to TRUE if the presence of the point inside the ring envelope must be checked first.

    Returns:

      TRUE or FALSE.

  virtual OGRErr transform(OGRCoordinateTransformation *poCT) override

    Apply arbitrary coordinate transformation to geometry.

    This method will transform the coordinates of a geometry from their current spatial reference system to a new target spatial reference system. Normally this means reprojecting the vectors, but it could include datum shifts, and changes of units.

    Note that this method does not require that the geometry already have a spatial reference system. It will be assumed that they can be treated as having the source spatial reference system of the OGRCoordinateTransformation object, and the actual SRS of the geometry will be ignored. On successful completion the output OGRSpatialReference of the OGRCoordinateTransformation will be assigned to the geometry.

    This method only does reprojection on a point-by-point basis. It does not include advanced logic to deal with discontinuities at poles or antimeridian. For that, use the OGRGeometryFactory::transformWithOptions() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Transform().

    Parameters:

      poCT -- the transformation to apply.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE on success or an error code.

  inline OGRLineString *toUpperClass()

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline const OGRLineString *toUpperClass() const

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) override

    Accept a visitor.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const override

    Accept a visitor.

## OGRCircularString class

class OGRCircularString : public OGRSimpleCurve

  Concrete representation of a circular string, that is to say a curve made of one or several arc circles.

  Note: for implementation convenience, we make it inherit from OGRSimpleCurve whereas SQL/MM only makes it inherits from OGRCurve.

  Compatibility: ISO SQL/MM Part 3.

  Since

    GDAL 2.0

  Public Functions

  OGRCircularString()

    Create an empty circular string.

  OGRCircularString(const OGRCircularString &other)

    Copy constructor.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the constructor existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  OGRCircularString &operator=(const OGRCircularString &other)

    Assignment operator.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the operator existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkb(const unsigned char*, size_t, OGRwkbVariant, size_t &nBytesConsumedOut) override

    Assign geometry from well known binary data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the binaries type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkb().

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

    Parameters:

      - pabyData -- the binary input data.

      - nSize -- the size of pabyData in bytes, or -1 if not known.

      - eWkbVariant -- if wkbVariantPostGIS1, special interpretation is done for curve geometries code

      - nBytesConsumedOut -- output parameter. Number of bytes consumed.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual OGRErr exportToWkb(OGRwkbByteOrder, unsigned char*, OGRwkbVariant = wkbVariantOldOgc) const override

    Convert a geometry into well known binary format.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ExportToWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ExportToWkb() or OGR_G_ExportToIsoWkb(), depending on the value of eWkbVariant.

    Parameters:

      - eByteOrder -- One of wkbXDR or wkbNDR indicating MSB or LSB byte order respectively.

      - pabyData -- a buffer into which the binary representation is written. This buffer must be at least OGRGeometry::WkbSize() byte in size.

      - eWkbVariant -- What standard to use when exporting geometries with three dimensions (or more). The default wkbVariantOldOgc is the historical OGR variant. wkbVariantIso is the variant defined in ISO SQL/MM and adopted by OGC for SFSQL 1.2.

    Returns:

      Currently OGRERR_NONE is always returned.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkt(const char**) override

    Assign geometry from well known text data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the text type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKT() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkt().

    Parameters:

      ppszInput -- pointer to a pointer to the source text. The pointer is updated to pointer after the consumed text.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual std::string exportToWkt(const OGRWktOptions &opts = OGRWktOptions(), OGRErr *err = nullptr) const override

    Export a circular string to WKT.

    Parameters:

      - opts -- Output options.

      - err -- Pointer to error code, if desired.

    Returns:

      WKT string representing this circular string.

  virtual OGRBoolean IsValid() const override

    Test if the geometry is valid.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_IsValid().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always return FALSE.

    Returns:

      TRUE if the geometry has no points, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual void getEnvelope(OGREnvelope *psEnvelope) const override

    Computes and returns the bounding envelope for this geometry in the passed psEnvelope structure.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetEnvelope().

    Parameters:

      psEnvelope -- the structure in which to place the results.

  virtual void getEnvelope(OGREnvelope3D *psEnvelope) const override

    Computes and returns the bounding envelope (3D) for this geometry in the passed psEnvelope structure.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetEnvelope3D().

    Since

      OGR 1.9.0

    Parameters:

      psEnvelope -- the structure in which to place the results.

  virtual OGRCircularString *clone() const override

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual double get_Length() const override

    Returns the length of the curve.

    This method relates to the SFCOM ICurve::get_Length() method.

    Returns:

      the length of the curve, zero if the curve hasn't been initialized.

  virtual OGRLineString *CurveToLine(double dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees = 0, const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr) const override

    Return a linestring from a curve geometry.

    The returned geometry is a new instance whose ownership belongs to the caller.

    If the dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees is zero, then a default value will be used. This is currently 4 degrees unless the user has overridden the value with the OGR_ARC_STEPSIZE configuration variable.

    This method relates to the ISO SQL/MM Part 3 ICurve::CurveToLine() method.

    This function is the same as C function OGR_G_CurveToLine().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      - dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees -- the largest step in degrees along the arc, zero to use the default setting.

      - papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings or NULL. See OGRGeometryFactory::curveToLineString() for valid options.

    Returns:

      a line string approximating the curve

  virtual void Value(double, OGRPoint*) const override

    Fetch point at given distance along curve.

    This method relates to the SF COM ICurve::get_Value() method.

    This function is the same as the C function OGR_G_Value().

    Parameters:

      - dfDistance -- distance along the curve at which to sample position. This distance should be between zero and get_Length() for this curve.

      - poPoint -- the point to be assigned the curve position.

  virtual double get_Area() const override

    Get the area of the (closed) curve.

    This method is designed to be used by OGRCurvePolygon::get_Area().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Returns:

      the area of the feature in square units of the spatial reference system in use.

  virtual OGRwkbGeometryType getGeometryType() const override

    Fetch geometry type.

    Note that the geometry type may include the 2.5D flag. To get a 2D flattened version of the geometry type apply the wkbFlatten() macro to the return result.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryType().

    Returns:

      the geometry type code.

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const override

    Fetch WKT name for geometry type.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryName().

    Returns:

      name used for this geometry type in well known text format. The returned pointer is to a static internal string and should not be modified or freed.

  virtual void segmentize(double dfMaxLength) override

    Modify the geometry such it has no segment longer then the given distance.

    This method modifies the geometry to add intermediate vertices if necessary so that the maximum length between 2 consecutive vertices is lower than dfMaxLength.

    Interpolated points will have Z and M values (if needed) set to 0. Distance computation is performed in 2d only

    This function is the same as the C function OGR_G_Segmentize()

    Parameters:

      dfMaxLength -- the maximum distance between 2 points after segmentization

  virtual OGRBoolean hasCurveGeometry(int bLookForNonLinear = FALSE) const override

    Returns if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

    Returns if a geometry is, contains or may contain a CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE.

    If bLookForNonLinear is set to TRUE, it will be actually looked if the geometry or its subgeometries are or contain a non-linear geometry in them. In which case, if the method returns TRUE, it means that getLinearGeometry() would return an approximate version of the geometry. Otherwise, getLinearGeometry() would do a conversion, but with just converting container type, like COMPOUNDCURVE -> LINESTRING, MULTICURVE -> MULTILINESTRING or MULTISURFACE -> MULTIPOLYGON, resulting in a "loss-less" conversion.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_HasCurveGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      bLookForNonLinear -- set it to TRUE to check if the geometry is or contains a CIRCULARSTRING.

    Returns:

      TRUE if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

  virtual OGRGeometry *getLinearGeometry(double dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees = 0, const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr) const override

    Return, possibly approximate, non-curve version of this geometry.

    Returns a geometry that has no CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE in it, by approximating curve geometries.

    The ownership of the returned geometry belongs to the caller.

    The reverse method is OGRGeometry::getCurveGeometry().

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetLinearGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      - dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees -- the largest step in degrees along the arc, zero to use the default setting.

      - papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings. See OGRGeometryFactory::curveToLineString() for valid options.

    Returns:

      a new geometry.

  inline OGRSimpleCurve *toUpperClass()

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline const OGRSimpleCurve *toUpperClass() const

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) override

    Accept a visitor.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const override

    Accept a visitor.

## OGRCurve class

class OGRCurve : public OGRGeometry

  Abstract curve base class for OGRLineString, OGRCircularString and OGRCompoundCurve.

  Subclassed by OGRCompoundCurve, OGRSimpleCurve

  Public Types

  typedef OGRPoint ChildType

    Type of child elements.

  Public Functions

  ConstIterator begin() const

    Return begin of a point iterator.

    Using this iterator for standard range-based loops is safe, but due to implementation limitations, you shouldn't try to access (dereference) more than one iterator step at a time, since you will get a reference to the same OGRPoint& object.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  ConstIterator end() const

    Return end of a point iterator.

  virtual OGRCurve *clone() const override = 0

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual double get_Length() const = 0

    Returns the length of the curve.

    This method relates to the SFCOM ICurve::get_Length() method.

    Returns:

      the length of the curve, zero if the curve hasn't been initialized.

  virtual void StartPoint(OGRPoint*) const = 0

    Return the curve start point.

    This method relates to the SF COM ICurve::get_StartPoint() method.

    Parameters:

      poPoint -- the point to be assigned the start location.

  virtual void EndPoint(OGRPoint*) const = 0

    Return the curve end point.

    This method relates to the SF COM ICurve::get_EndPoint() method.

    Parameters:

      poPoint -- the point to be assigned the end location.

  virtual int get_IsClosed() const

    Return TRUE if curve is closed.

    Tests if a curve is closed. A curve is closed if its start point is equal to its end point.

    For equality tests, the M dimension is ignored.

    This method relates to the SFCOM ICurve::get_IsClosed() method.

    Returns:

      TRUE if closed, else FALSE.

  virtual void Value(double, OGRPoint*) const = 0

    Fetch point at given distance along curve.

    This method relates to the SF COM ICurve::get_Value() method.

    This function is the same as the C function OGR_G_Value().

    Parameters:

      - dfDistance -- distance along the curve at which to sample position. This distance should be between zero and get_Length() for this curve.

      - poPoint -- the point to be assigned the curve position.

  virtual OGRLineString *CurveToLine(double dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees = 0, const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr) const = 0

    Return a linestring from a curve geometry.

    The returned geometry is a new instance whose ownership belongs to the caller.

    If the dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees is zero, then a default value will be used. This is currently 4 degrees unless the user has overridden the value with the OGR_ARC_STEPSIZE configuration variable.

    This method relates to the ISO SQL/MM Part 3 ICurve::CurveToLine() method.

    This function is the same as C function OGR_G_CurveToLine().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      - dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees -- the largest step in degrees along the arc, zero to use the default setting.

      - papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings or NULL. See OGRGeometryFactory::curveToLineString() for valid options.

    Returns:

      a line string approximating the curve

  virtual int getDimension() const override

    Get the dimension of this object.

    This method corresponds to the SFCOM IGeometry::GetDimension() method. It indicates the dimension of the object, but does not indicate the dimension of the underlying space (as indicated by OGRGeometry::getCoordinateDimension()).

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetDimension().

    Returns:

      0 for points, 1 for lines and 2 for surfaces.

  virtual int getNumPoints() const = 0

    Return the number of points of a curve geometry.

    This method, as a method of OGRCurve, does not relate to a standard. For circular strings or linestrings, it returns the number of points, conforming to SF COM NumPoints(). For compound curves, it returns the sum of the number of points of each of its components (non including intermediate starting/ending points of the different parts).

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Returns:

      the number of points of the curve.

  virtual OGRPointIterator *getPointIterator() const = 0

    Returns a point iterator over the curve.

    The curve must not be modified while an iterator exists on it.

    The iterator must be destroyed with OGRPointIterator::destroy().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Returns:

      a point iterator over the curve.

  virtual OGRBoolean IsConvex() const

    Returns if a (closed) curve forms a convex shape.

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Returns:

      TRUE if the curve forms a convex shape.

  virtual double get_Area() const = 0

    Get the area of the (closed) curve.

    This method is designed to be used by OGRCurvePolygon::get_Area().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Returns:

      the area of the feature in square units of the spatial reference system in use.

  virtual int isClockwise() const

    Returns TRUE if the ring has clockwise winding (or less than 2 points)

    Assumes that the line is closed.

    Returns:

      TRUE if clockwise otherwise FALSE.

  inline OGRSimpleCurve *toSimpleCurve()

    Down-cast to OGRSimpleCurve*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbLineString or wkbCircularString.

  inline const OGRSimpleCurve *toSimpleCurve() const

    Down-cast to OGRSimpleCurve*.

    Implies prior checking that wkbFlatten(getGeometryType()) == wkbLineString or wkbCircularString.

  Public Static Functions

  static OGRCompoundCurve *CastToCompoundCurve(OGRCurve *puCurve)

    Cast to compound curve.

    The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or NULL in case of failure)

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      poCurve -- the input geometry - ownership is passed to the method.

    Returns:

      new geometry

  static OGRLineString *CastToLineString(OGRCurve *poCurve)

    Cast to linestring.

    The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or NULL in case of failure)

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      poCurve -- the input geometry - ownership is passed to the method.

    Returns:

      new geometry.

  static OGRLinearRing *CastToLinearRing(OGRCurve *poCurve)

    Cast to linear ring.

    The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or NULL in case of failure)

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      poCurve -- the input geometry - ownership is passed to the method.

    Returns:

      new geometry.

## OGRSurface class

class OGRSurface : public OGRGeometry

  Abstract base class for 2 dimensional objects like polygons or curve polygons.

  Subclassed by OGRCurvePolygon, OGRPolyhedralSurface

  Public Functions

  virtual double get_Area() const = 0

    Get the area of the surface object.

    For polygons the area is computed as the area of the outer ring less the area of all internal rings.

    This method relates to the SFCOM ISurface::get_Area() method.

    Returns:

      the area of the feature in square units of the spatial reference system in use.

  inline virtual OGRErr PointOnSurface(OGRPoint *poPoint) const

    This method relates to the SFCOM ISurface::get_PointOnSurface() method.

    NOTE: Only implemented when GEOS included in build.

    Parameters:

      poPoint -- point to be set with an internal point.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if it succeeds or OGRERR_FAILURE otherwise.

  virtual OGRSurface *clone() const override = 0

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

## OGRPolygon class

class OGRPolygon : public OGRCurvePolygon

  Concrete class representing polygons.

  Note that the OpenGIS simple features polygons consist of one outer ring (linearring), and zero or more inner rings. A polygon cannot represent disconnected regions (such as multiple islands in a political body). The OGRMultiPolygon must be used for this.

  Subclassed by OGRTriangle

  Public Types

  typedef OGRLinearRing ChildType

    Type of child elements.

  Public Functions

  OGRPolygon()

    Create an empty polygon.

  OGRPolygon(const OGRPolygon &other)

    Copy constructor.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the constructor existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  OGRPolygon &operator=(const OGRPolygon &other)

    Assignment operator.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the operator existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  inline ChildType **begin()

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline ChildType **end()

    Return end of iterator.

  inline const ChildType *const *begin() const

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const ChildType *const *end() const

    Return end of iterator.

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const override

    Fetch WKT name for geometry type.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryName().

    Returns:

      name used for this geometry type in well known text format. The returned pointer is to a static internal string and should not be modified or freed.

  virtual OGRwkbGeometryType getGeometryType() const override

    Fetch geometry type.

    Note that the geometry type may include the 2.5D flag. To get a 2D flattened version of the geometry type apply the wkbFlatten() macro to the return result.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryType().

    Returns:

      the geometry type code.

  virtual OGRPolygon *clone() const override

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual OGRBoolean hasCurveGeometry(int bLookForNonLinear = FALSE) const override

    Returns if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

    Returns if a geometry is, contains or may contain a CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE.

    If bLookForNonLinear is set to TRUE, it will be actually looked if the geometry or its subgeometries are or contain a non-linear geometry in them. In which case, if the method returns TRUE, it means that getLinearGeometry() would return an approximate version of the geometry. Otherwise, getLinearGeometry() would do a conversion, but with just converting container type, like COMPOUNDCURVE -> LINESTRING, MULTICURVE -> MULTILINESTRING or MULTISURFACE -> MULTIPOLYGON, resulting in a "loss-less" conversion.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_HasCurveGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      bLookForNonLinear -- set it to TRUE to check if the geometry is or contains a CIRCULARSTRING.

    Returns:

      TRUE if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

  virtual OGRGeometry *getCurveGeometry(const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr) const override

    Return curve version of this geometry.

    Returns a geometry that has possibly CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE in it, by de-approximating curve geometries.

    If the geometry has no curve portion, the returned geometry will be a clone of it.

    The ownership of the returned geometry belongs to the caller.

    The reverse method is OGRGeometry::getLinearGeometry().

    This function is the same as C function OGR_G_GetCurveGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings. Unused for now. Must be set to NULL.

    Returns:

      a new geometry.

  virtual OGRGeometry *getLinearGeometry(double dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees = 0, const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr) const override

    Return, possibly approximate, non-curve version of this geometry.

    Returns a geometry that has no CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE in it, by approximating curve geometries.

    The ownership of the returned geometry belongs to the caller.

    The reverse method is OGRGeometry::getCurveGeometry().

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetLinearGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      - dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees -- the largest step in degrees along the arc, zero to use the default setting.

      - papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings. See OGRGeometryFactory::curveToLineString() for valid options.

    Returns:

      a new geometry.

  virtual size_t WkbSize() const override

    Returns size of related binary representation.

    This method returns the exact number of bytes required to hold the well known binary representation of this geometry object. Its computation may be slightly expensive for complex geometries.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::WkbSize() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_WkbSize().

    Returns:

      size of binary representation in bytes.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkb(const unsigned char*, size_t, OGRwkbVariant, size_t &nBytesConsumedOut) override

    Assign geometry from well known binary data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the binaries type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkb().

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

    Parameters:

      - pabyData -- the binary input data.

      - nSize -- the size of pabyData in bytes, or -1 if not known.

      - eWkbVariant -- if wkbVariantPostGIS1, special interpretation is done for curve geometries code

      - nBytesConsumedOut -- output parameter. Number of bytes consumed.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual OGRErr exportToWkb(OGRwkbByteOrder, unsigned char*, OGRwkbVariant = wkbVariantOldOgc) const override

    Convert a geometry into well known binary format.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ExportToWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ExportToWkb() or OGR_G_ExportToIsoWkb(), depending on the value of eWkbVariant.

    Parameters:

      - eByteOrder -- One of wkbXDR or wkbNDR indicating MSB or LSB byte order respectively.

      - pabyData -- a buffer into which the binary representation is written. This buffer must be at least OGRGeometry::WkbSize() byte in size.

      - eWkbVariant -- What standard to use when exporting geometries with three dimensions (or more). The default wkbVariantOldOgc is the historical OGR variant. wkbVariantIso is the variant defined in ISO SQL/MM and adopted by OGC for SFSQL 1.2.

    Returns:

      Currently OGRERR_NONE is always returned.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkt(const char**) override

    Assign geometry from well known text data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the text type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKT() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkt().

    Parameters:

      ppszInput -- pointer to a pointer to the source text. The pointer is updated to pointer after the consumed text.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual std::string exportToWkt(const OGRWktOptions &opts = OGRWktOptions(), OGRErr *err = nullptr) const override

    Export a polygon to WKT.

    Parameters:

      - opts -- Output options.

      - err -- Pointer to error code, if desired.

    Returns:

      WKT representation of the polygon.

  virtual OGRPolygon *CurvePolyToPoly(double dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees = 0, const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr) const override

    Return a polygon from a curve polygon.

    This method is the same as C function OGR_G_CurvePolyToPoly().

    The returned geometry is a new instance whose ownership belongs to the caller.

    Since

      OGR 2.0

    Parameters:

      - dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees -- the largest step in degrees along the arc, zero to use the default setting.

      - papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings. Unused for now. Must be set to NULL.

    Returns:

      a linestring

  OGRLinearRing *getExteriorRing()

    Fetch reference to external polygon ring.

    Note that the returned ring pointer is to an internal data object of the OGRPolygon. It should not be modified or deleted by the application, and the pointer is only valid till the polygon is next modified. Use the OGRGeometry::clone() method to make a separate copy within the application.

    Relates to the SFCOM IPolygon::get_ExteriorRing() method.

    Returns:

      pointer to external ring. May be NULL if the OGRPolygon is empty.

  virtual OGRLinearRing *getInteriorRing(int)

    Fetch reference to indicated internal ring.

    Note that the returned ring pointer is to an internal data object of the OGRPolygon. It should not be modified or deleted by the application, and the pointer is only valid till the polygon is next modified. Use the OGRGeometry::clone() method to make a separate copy within the application.

    Relates to the SFCOM IPolygon::get_InternalRing() method.

    Parameters:

      iRing -- internal ring index from 0 to getNumInteriorRings() - 1.

    Returns:

      pointer to interior ring. May be NULL.

  virtual const OGRLinearRing *getInteriorRing(int) const

    Fetch reference to indicated internal ring.

    Note that the returned ring pointer is to an internal data object of the OGRPolygon. It should not be modified or deleted by the application, and the pointer is only valid till the polygon is next modified. Use the OGRGeometry::clone() method to make a separate copy within the application.

    Relates to the SFCOM IPolygon::get_InternalRing() method.

    Parameters:

      iRing -- internal ring index from 0 to getNumInteriorRings() - 1.

    Returns:

      pointer to interior ring. May be NULL.

  OGRLinearRing *stealExteriorRing()

    "Steal" reference to external polygon ring.

    After the call to that function, only call to stealInteriorRing() or destruction of the OGRPolygon is valid. Other operations may crash.

    Returns:

      pointer to external ring. May be NULL if the OGRPolygon is empty.

  virtual OGRLinearRing *stealInteriorRing(int)

    "Steal" reference to indicated interior ring.

    After the call to that function, only call to stealInteriorRing() or destruction of the OGRPolygon is valid. Other operations may crash.

    Parameters:

      iRing -- internal ring index from 0 to getNumInteriorRings() - 1.

    Returns:

      pointer to interior ring. May be NULL.

  OGRBoolean IsPointOnSurface(const OGRPoint*) const

    Return whether the point is on the surface.

    Returns:

      TRUE or FALSE

  inline OGRCurvePolygon *toUpperClass()

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline const OGRCurvePolygon *toUpperClass() const

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) override

    Accept a visitor.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const override

    Accept a visitor.

  virtual void closeRings() override

    Force rings to be closed.

    If this geometry, or any contained geometries has polygon rings that are not closed, they will be closed by adding the starting point at the end.

## OGRCurvePolygon class

class OGRCurvePolygon : public OGRSurface

  Concrete class representing curve polygons.

  Note that curve polygons consist of one outer (curve) ring, and zero or more inner rings. A curve polygon cannot represent disconnected regions (such as multiple islands in a political body). The OGRMultiSurface must be used for this.

  Compatibility: ISO SQL/MM Part 3.

  Since

    GDAL 2.0

  Subclassed by OGRPolygon

  Public Types

  typedef OGRCurve ChildType

    Type of child elements.

  Public Functions

  OGRCurvePolygon()

    Create an empty curve polygon.

  OGRCurvePolygon(const OGRCurvePolygon&)

    Copy constructor.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the constructor existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  OGRCurvePolygon &operator=(const OGRCurvePolygon &other)

    Assignment operator.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the operator existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  inline ChildType **begin()

    Return begin of curve iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline ChildType **end()

    Return end of curve iterator.

  inline const ChildType *const *begin() const

    Return begin of curve iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const ChildType *const *end() const

    Return end of curve iterator.

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const override

    Fetch WKT name for geometry type.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryName().

    Returns:

      name used for this geometry type in well known text format. The returned pointer is to a static internal string and should not be modified or freed.

  virtual OGRwkbGeometryType getGeometryType() const override

    Fetch geometry type.

    Note that the geometry type may include the 2.5D flag. To get a 2D flattened version of the geometry type apply the wkbFlatten() macro to the return result.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryType().

    Returns:

      the geometry type code.

  virtual OGRCurvePolygon *clone() const override

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual void empty() override

    Clear geometry information. This restores the geometry to its initial state after construction, and before assignment of actual geometry.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::Empty() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Empty().

  virtual OGRErr transform(OGRCoordinateTransformation *poCT) override

    Apply arbitrary coordinate transformation to geometry.

    This method will transform the coordinates of a geometry from their current spatial reference system to a new target spatial reference system. Normally this means reprojecting the vectors, but it could include datum shifts, and changes of units.

    Note that this method does not require that the geometry already have a spatial reference system. It will be assumed that they can be treated as having the source spatial reference system of the OGRCoordinateTransformation object, and the actual SRS of the geometry will be ignored. On successful completion the output OGRSpatialReference of the OGRCoordinateTransformation will be assigned to the geometry.

    This method only does reprojection on a point-by-point basis. It does not include advanced logic to deal with discontinuities at poles or antimeridian. For that, use the OGRGeometryFactory::transformWithOptions() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Transform().

    Parameters:

      poCT -- the transformation to apply.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE on success or an error code.

  virtual void flattenTo2D() override

    Convert geometry to strictly 2D. In a sense this converts all Z coordinates to 0.0.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_FlattenTo2D().

  virtual OGRBoolean IsEmpty() const override

    Returns TRUE (non-zero) if the object has no points.

    Normally this returns FALSE except between when an object is instantiated and points have been assigned.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::IsEmpty() method.

    Returns:

      TRUE if object is empty, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual void segmentize(double dfMaxLength) override

    Modify the geometry such it has no segment longer then the given distance.

    This method modifies the geometry to add intermediate vertices if necessary so that the maximum length between 2 consecutive vertices is lower than dfMaxLength.

    Interpolated points will have Z and M values (if needed) set to 0. Distance computation is performed in 2d only

    This function is the same as the C function OGR_G_Segmentize()

    Parameters:

      dfMaxLength -- the maximum distance between 2 points after segmentization

  virtual OGRBoolean hasCurveGeometry(int bLookForNonLinear = FALSE) const override

    Returns if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

    Returns if a geometry is, contains or may contain a CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE.

    If bLookForNonLinear is set to TRUE, it will be actually looked if the geometry or its subgeometries are or contain a non-linear geometry in them. In which case, if the method returns TRUE, it means that getLinearGeometry() would return an approximate version of the geometry. Otherwise, getLinearGeometry() would do a conversion, but with just converting container type, like COMPOUNDCURVE -> LINESTRING, MULTICURVE -> MULTILINESTRING or MULTISURFACE -> MULTIPOLYGON, resulting in a "loss-less" conversion.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_HasCurveGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      bLookForNonLinear -- set it to TRUE to check if the geometry is or contains a CIRCULARSTRING.

    Returns:

      TRUE if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

  virtual OGRGeometry *getLinearGeometry(double dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees = 0, const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr) const override

    Return, possibly approximate, non-curve version of this geometry.

    Returns a geometry that has no CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE in it, by approximating curve geometries.

    The ownership of the returned geometry belongs to the caller.

    The reverse method is OGRGeometry::getCurveGeometry().

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetLinearGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      - dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees -- the largest step in degrees along the arc, zero to use the default setting.

      - papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings. See OGRGeometryFactory::curveToLineString() for valid options.

    Returns:

      a new geometry.

  virtual double get_Area() const override

    Get the area of the surface object.

    For polygons the area is computed as the area of the outer ring less the area of all internal rings.

    This method relates to the SFCOM ISurface::get_Area() method.

    Returns:

      the area of the feature in square units of the spatial reference system in use.

  virtual size_t WkbSize() const override

    Returns size of related binary representation.

    This method returns the exact number of bytes required to hold the well known binary representation of this geometry object. Its computation may be slightly expensive for complex geometries.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::WkbSize() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_WkbSize().

    Returns:

      size of binary representation in bytes.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkb(const unsigned char*, size_t, OGRwkbVariant, size_t &nBytesConsumedOut) override

    Assign geometry from well known binary data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the binaries type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkb().

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

    Parameters:

      - pabyData -- the binary input data.

      - nSize -- the size of pabyData in bytes, or -1 if not known.

      - eWkbVariant -- if wkbVariantPostGIS1, special interpretation is done for curve geometries code

      - nBytesConsumedOut -- output parameter. Number of bytes consumed.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual OGRErr exportToWkb(OGRwkbByteOrder, unsigned char*, OGRwkbVariant = wkbVariantOldOgc) const override

    Convert a geometry into well known binary format.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ExportToWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ExportToWkb() or OGR_G_ExportToIsoWkb(), depending on the value of eWkbVariant.

    Parameters:

      - eByteOrder -- One of wkbXDR or wkbNDR indicating MSB or LSB byte order respectively.

      - pabyData -- a buffer into which the binary representation is written. This buffer must be at least OGRGeometry::WkbSize() byte in size.

      - eWkbVariant -- What standard to use when exporting geometries with three dimensions (or more). The default wkbVariantOldOgc is the historical OGR variant. wkbVariantIso is the variant defined in ISO SQL/MM and adopted by OGC for SFSQL 1.2.

    Returns:

      Currently OGRERR_NONE is always returned.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkt(const char**) override

    Assign geometry from well known text data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the text type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKT() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkt().

    Parameters:

      ppszInput -- pointer to a pointer to the source text. The pointer is updated to pointer after the consumed text.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual std::string exportToWkt(const OGRWktOptions &opts = OGRWktOptions(), OGRErr *err = nullptr) const override

    Export a curve polygon to WKT.

    Parameters:

      - opts -- Output options.

      - err -- Pointer to error code, if desired.

    Returns:

      WKT representation of the curve polygon.

  virtual int getDimension() const override

    Get the dimension of this object.

    This method corresponds to the SFCOM IGeometry::GetDimension() method. It indicates the dimension of the object, but does not indicate the dimension of the underlying space (as indicated by OGRGeometry::getCoordinateDimension()).

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetDimension().

    Returns:

      0 for points, 1 for lines and 2 for surfaces.

  virtual void getEnvelope(OGREnvelope *psEnvelope) const override

    Computes and returns the bounding envelope for this geometry in the passed psEnvelope structure.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetEnvelope().

    Parameters:

      psEnvelope -- the structure in which to place the results.

  virtual void getEnvelope(OGREnvelope3D *psEnvelope) const override

    Computes and returns the bounding envelope (3D) for this geometry in the passed psEnvelope structure.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetEnvelope3D().

    Since

      OGR 1.9.0

    Parameters:

      psEnvelope -- the structure in which to place the results.

  virtual OGRPolygon *CurvePolyToPoly(double dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees = 0, const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr) const

    Return a polygon from a curve polygon.

    This method is the same as C function OGR_G_CurvePolyToPoly().

    The returned geometry is a new instance whose ownership belongs to the caller.

    Since

      OGR 2.0

    Parameters:

      - dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees -- the largest step in degrees along the arc, zero to use the default setting.

      - papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings. Unused for now. Must be set to NULL.

    Returns:

      a linestring

  virtual OGRBoolean Equals(const OGRGeometry*) const override

    Returns TRUE if two geometries are equivalent.

    This operation implements the SQL/MM ST_OrderingEquals() operation.

    The comparison is done in a structural way, that is to say that the geometry types must be identical, as well as the number and ordering of sub-geometries and vertices. Or equivalently, two geometries are considered equal by this method if their WKT/WKB representation is equal. Note: this must be distinguished for equality in a spatial way (which is the purpose of the ST_Equals() operation).

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Equals().

    Returns:

      TRUE if equivalent or FALSE otherwise.

  virtual OGRBoolean Intersects(const OGRGeometry*) const override

    Do these features intersect?

    Determines whether two geometries intersect. If GEOS is enabled, then this is done in rigorous fashion otherwise TRUE is returned if the envelopes (bounding boxes) of the two geometries overlap.

    The poOtherGeom argument may be safely NULL, but in this case the method will always return TRUE. That is, a NULL geometry is treated as being everywhere.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Intersects().

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the other geometry to test against.

    Returns:

      TRUE if the geometries intersect, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual OGRBoolean Contains(const OGRGeometry*) const override

    Test for containment.

    Tests if actual geometry object contains the passed geometry.

    Geometry validity is not checked. In case you are unsure of the validity of the input geometries, call IsValid() before, otherwise the result might be wrong.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Contains().

    This method is built on the GEOS library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the GEOS library, this method will always fail, issuing a CPLE_NotSupported error.

    Parameters:

      poOtherGeom -- the geometry to compare to this geometry.

    Returns:

      TRUE if poOtherGeom contains this geometry, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual void setCoordinateDimension(int nDimension) override

    Set the coordinate dimension.

    This method sets the explicit coordinate dimension. Setting the coordinate dimension of a geometry to 2 should zero out any existing Z values. Setting the dimension of a geometry collection, a compound curve, a polygon, etc. will affect the children geometries. This will also remove the M dimension if present before this call.

    Deprecated:

      use set3D() or setMeasured().

    Parameters:

      nNewDimension -- New coordinate dimension value, either 2 or 3.

  virtual void set3D(OGRBoolean bIs3D) override

    Add or remove the Z coordinate dimension.

    This method adds or removes the explicit Z coordinate dimension. Removing the Z coordinate dimension of a geometry will remove any existing Z values. Adding the Z dimension to a geometry collection, a compound curve, a polygon, etc. will affect the children geometries.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

    Parameters:

      bIs3D -- Should the geometry have a Z dimension, either TRUE or FALSE.

  virtual void setMeasured(OGRBoolean bIsMeasured) override

    Add or remove the M coordinate dimension.

    This method adds or removes the explicit M coordinate dimension. Removing the M coordinate dimension of a geometry will remove any existing M values. Adding the M dimension to a geometry collection, a compound curve, a polygon, etc. will affect the children geometries.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

    Parameters:

      bIsMeasured -- Should the geometry have a M dimension, either TRUE or FALSE.

  virtual void assignSpatialReference(const OGRSpatialReference *poSR) override

    Assign spatial reference to this object.

    Any existing spatial reference is replaced, but under no circumstances does this result in the object being reprojected. It is just changing the interpretation of the existing geometry. Note that assigning a spatial reference increments the reference count on the OGRSpatialReference, but does not copy it.

    Starting with GDAL 2.3, this will also assign the spatial reference to potential sub-geometries of the geometry (OGRGeometryCollection, OGRCurvePolygon/OGRPolygon, OGRCompoundCurve, OGRPolyhedralSurface and their derived classes).

    This is similar to the SFCOM IGeometry::put_SpatialReference() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_AssignSpatialReference().

    Parameters:

      poSR -- new spatial reference system to apply.

  virtual OGRErr addRing(OGRCurve*)

    Add a ring to a polygon.

    If the polygon has no external ring (it is empty) this will be used as the external ring, otherwise it is used as an internal ring. The passed OGRCurve remains the responsibility of the caller (an internal copy is made).

    This method has no SFCOM analog.

    Parameters:

      poNewRing -- ring to be added to the polygon.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE in case of success

  virtual OGRErr addRingDirectly(OGRCurve*)

    Add a ring to a polygon.

    If the polygon has no external ring (it is empty) this will be used as the external ring, otherwise it is used as an internal ring. Ownership of the passed ring is assumed by the OGRCurvePolygon, but otherwise this method operates the same as OGRCurvePolygon::AddRing().

    This method has no SFCOM analog.

    Parameters:

      poNewRing -- ring to be added to the polygon.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE in case of success

  OGRErr addRing(std::unique_ptr<OGRCurve>)

    Add a ring to a polygon.

    If the polygon has no external ring (it is empty) this will be used as the external ring, otherwise it is used as an internal ring.

    This method has no SFCOM analog.

    Parameters:

      poNewRing -- ring to be added to the polygon.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE in case of success

  OGRCurve *getExteriorRingCurve()

    Fetch reference to external polygon ring.

    Note that the returned ring pointer is to an internal data object of the OGRCurvePolygon. It should not be modified or deleted by the application, and the pointer is only valid till the polygon is next modified. Use the OGRGeometry::clone() method to make a separate copy within the application.

    Relates to the Simple Features for COM (SFCOM) IPolygon::get_ExteriorRing() method. TODO(rouault): What does that mean?

    Note that the returned ring pointer is to an internal data object of the OGRCurvePolygon. It should not be modified or deleted by the application, and the pointer is only valid till the polygon is next modified. Use the OGRGeometry::clone() method to make a separate copy within the application.

    Relates to the SFCOM IPolygon::get_ExteriorRing() method.

    Returns:

      pointer to external ring. May be NULL if the OGRCurvePolygon is empty.

    Returns:

      pointer to external ring. May be NULL if the OGRCurvePolygon is empty.

  int getNumInteriorRings() const

    Fetch the number of internal rings.

    Relates to the SFCOM IPolygon::get_NumInteriorRings() method.

    Returns:

      count of internal rings, zero or more.

  OGRCurve *getInteriorRingCurve(int)

    Fetch reference to indicated internal ring.

    Note that the returned ring pointer is to an internal data object of the OGRCurvePolygon. It should not be modified or deleted by the application, and the pointer is only valid till the polygon is next modified. Use the OGRGeometry::clone() method to make a separate copy within the application.

    Relates to the SFCOM IPolygon::get_InternalRing() method.

    Parameters:

      iRing -- internal ring index from 0 to getNumInteriorRings() - 1.

    Returns:

      pointer to interior ring. May be NULL.

  const OGRCurve *getInteriorRingCurve(int) const

    Fetch reference to indicated internal ring.

    Note that the returned ring pointer is to an internal data object of the OGRCurvePolygon. It should not be modified or deleted by the application, and the pointer is only valid till the polygon is next modified. Use the OGRGeometry::clone() method to make a separate copy within the application.

    Relates to the SFCOM IPolygon::get_InternalRing() method.

    Parameters:

      iRing -- internal ring index from 0 to getNumInteriorRings() - 1.

    Returns:

      pointer to interior ring. May be NULL.

  OGRCurve *stealExteriorRingCurve()

    "Steal" reference to external ring.

    After the call to that function, only call to stealInteriorRing() or destruction of the OGRCurvePolygon is valid. Other operations may crash.

    Returns:

      pointer to external ring. May be NULL if the OGRCurvePolygon is empty.

  OGRErr removeRing(int iIndex, bool bDelete = true)

    Remove a geometry from the container.

    Removing a geometry will cause the geometry count to drop by one, and all "higher" geometries will shuffle down one in index.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    Parameters:

      - iIndex -- the index of the geometry to delete. A value of -1 is a special flag meaning that all geometries should be removed.

      - bDelete -- if true the geometry will be deallocated, otherwise it will not. The default is true as the container is considered to own the geometries in it.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if successful, or OGRERR_FAILURE if the index is out of range.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) override

    Accept a visitor.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const override

    Accept a visitor.

  virtual void swapXY() override

    Swap x and y coordinates.

    Since

      OGR 1.8.0

## OGRMultiPoint class

class OGRMultiPoint : public OGRGeometryCollection

  A collection of OGRPoint.

  Public Types

  typedef OGRPoint ChildType

    Type of child elements.

  Public Functions

  OGRMultiPoint()

    Create an empty multi point collection.

  OGRMultiPoint(const OGRMultiPoint &other)

    Copy constructor.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the constructor existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  OGRMultiPoint &operator=(const OGRMultiPoint &other)

    Assignment operator.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the operator existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  inline ChildType **begin()

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline ChildType **end()

    Return end of iterator.

  inline const ChildType *const *begin() const

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const ChildType *const *end() const

    Return end of iterator.

  inline OGRPoint *getGeometryRef(int i)

    See OGRGeometryCollection::getGeometryRef()

  inline const OGRPoint *getGeometryRef(int i) const

    See OGRGeometryCollection::getGeometryRef()

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const override

    Fetch WKT name for geometry type.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryName().

    Returns:

      name used for this geometry type in well known text format. The returned pointer is to a static internal string and should not be modified or freed.

  virtual OGRwkbGeometryType getGeometryType() const override

    Fetch geometry type.

    Note that the geometry type may include the 2.5D flag. To get a 2D flattened version of the geometry type apply the wkbFlatten() macro to the return result.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryType().

    Returns:

      the geometry type code.

  virtual OGRMultiPoint *clone() const override

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkt(const char**) override

    Assign geometry from well known text data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the text type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKT() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkt().

    Parameters:

      ppszInput -- pointer to a pointer to the source text. The pointer is updated to pointer after the consumed text.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual std::string exportToWkt(const OGRWktOptions &opts = OGRWktOptions(), OGRErr *err = nullptr) const override

    Export a multipoint to WKT.

    Parameters:

      - opts -- Output options.

      - err -- Pointer to error code, if desired.

    Returns:

      WKT representation of the multipoint.

  virtual int getDimension() const override

    Get the dimension of this object.

    This method corresponds to the SFCOM IGeometry::GetDimension() method. It indicates the dimension of the object, but does not indicate the dimension of the underlying space (as indicated by OGRGeometry::getCoordinateDimension()).

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetDimension().

    Returns:

      0 for points, 1 for lines and 2 for surfaces.

  inline OGRGeometryCollection *toUpperClass()

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline const OGRGeometryCollection *toUpperClass() const

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) override

    Accept a visitor.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const override

    Accept a visitor.

  virtual OGRBoolean hasCurveGeometry(int bLookForNonLinear = FALSE) const override

    Returns if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

    Returns if a geometry is, contains or may contain a CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE.

    If bLookForNonLinear is set to TRUE, it will be actually looked if the geometry or its subgeometries are or contain a non-linear geometry in them. In which case, if the method returns TRUE, it means that getLinearGeometry() would return an approximate version of the geometry. Otherwise, getLinearGeometry() would do a conversion, but with just converting container type, like COMPOUNDCURVE -> LINESTRING, MULTICURVE -> MULTILINESTRING or MULTISURFACE -> MULTIPOLYGON, resulting in a "loss-less" conversion.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_HasCurveGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      bLookForNonLinear -- set it to TRUE to check if the geometry is or contains a CIRCULARSTRING.

    Returns:

      TRUE if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

## OGRMultiLineString class

class OGRMultiLineString : public OGRMultiCurve

  A collection of OGRLineString.

  Public Types

  typedef OGRLineString ChildType

    Type of child elements.

  Public Functions

  OGRMultiLineString()

    Create an empty multi line string collection.

  OGRMultiLineString(const OGRMultiLineString &other)

    Copy constructor.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the constructor existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  OGRMultiLineString &operator=(const OGRMultiLineString &other)

    Assignment operator.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the operator existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  inline ChildType **begin()

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline ChildType **end()

    Return end of iterator.

  inline const ChildType *const *begin() const

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const ChildType *const *end() const

    Return end of iterator.

  inline OGRLineString *getGeometryRef(int i)

    See OGRGeometryCollection::getGeometryRef()

  inline const OGRLineString *getGeometryRef(int i) const

    See OGRGeometryCollection::getGeometryRef()

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const override

    Fetch WKT name for geometry type.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryName().

    Returns:

      name used for this geometry type in well known text format. The returned pointer is to a static internal string and should not be modified or freed.

  virtual OGRwkbGeometryType getGeometryType() const override

    Fetch geometry type.

    Note that the geometry type may include the 2.5D flag. To get a 2D flattened version of the geometry type apply the wkbFlatten() macro to the return result.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryType().

    Returns:

      the geometry type code.

  virtual OGRMultiLineString *clone() const override

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkb(const unsigned char*, size_t, OGRwkbVariant, size_t &nBytesConsumedOut) override

    Assign geometry from well known binary data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the binaries type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkb().

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

    Parameters:

      - pabyData -- the binary input data.

      - nSize -- the size of pabyData in bytes, or -1 if not known.

      - eWkbVariant -- if wkbVariantPostGIS1, special interpretation is done for curve geometries code

      - nBytesConsumedOut -- output parameter. Number of bytes consumed.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual std::string exportToWkt(const OGRWktOptions &opts = OGRWktOptions(), OGRErr *err = nullptr) const override

    Export a multilinestring to WKT.

    Parameters:

      - opts -- Output options.

      - err -- Pointer to error code, if desired.

    Returns:

      WKT representation of the multilinestring.

  virtual OGRBoolean hasCurveGeometry(int bLookForNonLinear = FALSE) const override

    Returns if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

    Returns if a geometry is, contains or may contain a CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE.

    If bLookForNonLinear is set to TRUE, it will be actually looked if the geometry or its subgeometries are or contain a non-linear geometry in them. In which case, if the method returns TRUE, it means that getLinearGeometry() would return an approximate version of the geometry. Otherwise, getLinearGeometry() would do a conversion, but with just converting container type, like COMPOUNDCURVE -> LINESTRING, MULTICURVE -> MULTILINESTRING or MULTISURFACE -> MULTIPOLYGON, resulting in a "loss-less" conversion.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_HasCurveGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      bLookForNonLinear -- set it to TRUE to check if the geometry is or contains a CIRCULARSTRING.

    Returns:

      TRUE if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

  inline OGRGeometryCollection *toUpperClass()

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline const OGRGeometryCollection *toUpperClass() const

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) override

    Accept a visitor.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const override

    Accept a visitor.

  Public Static Functions

  static OGRMultiCurve *CastToMultiCurve(OGRMultiLineString *poMLS)

    Cast to multicurve.

    The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned.

    Parameters:

      poMLS -- the input geometry - ownership is passed to the method.

    Returns:

      new geometry.

## OGRMultiPolygon class

class OGRMultiPolygon : public OGRMultiSurface

  A collection of non-overlapping OGRPolygon.

  Public Types

  typedef OGRPolygon ChildType

    Type of child elements.

  Public Functions

  OGRMultiPolygon()

    Create an empty multi polygon collection.

  OGRMultiPolygon(const OGRMultiPolygon &other)

    Copy constructor.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the constructor existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  OGRMultiPolygon &operator=(const OGRMultiPolygon &other)

    Assignment operator.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the operator existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  inline ChildType **begin()

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline ChildType **end()

    Return end of iterator.

  inline const ChildType *const *begin() const

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const ChildType *const *end() const

    Return end of iterator.

  inline OGRPolygon *getGeometryRef(int i)

    See OGRGeometryCollection::getGeometryRef()

  inline const OGRPolygon *getGeometryRef(int i) const

    See OGRGeometryCollection::getGeometryRef()

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const override

    Fetch WKT name for geometry type.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryName().

    Returns:

      name used for this geometry type in well known text format. The returned pointer is to a static internal string and should not be modified or freed.

  virtual OGRwkbGeometryType getGeometryType() const override

    Fetch geometry type.

    Note that the geometry type may include the 2.5D flag. To get a 2D flattened version of the geometry type apply the wkbFlatten() macro to the return result.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryType().

    Returns:

      the geometry type code.

  virtual OGRMultiPolygon *clone() const override

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkb(const unsigned char*, size_t, OGRwkbVariant, size_t &nBytesConsumedOut) override

    Assign geometry from well known binary data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the binaries type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkb().

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

    Parameters:

      - pabyData -- the binary input data.

      - nSize -- the size of pabyData in bytes, or -1 if not known.

      - eWkbVariant -- if wkbVariantPostGIS1, special interpretation is done for curve geometries code

      - nBytesConsumedOut -- output parameter. Number of bytes consumed.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual std::string exportToWkt(const OGRWktOptions &opts = OGRWktOptions(), OGRErr *err = nullptr) const override

    Export a multipolygon to WKT.

    Parameters:

      - opts -- Output options.

      - err -- Pointer to error code, if desired.

    Returns:

      WKT representation of the multipolygon.

  virtual OGRBoolean hasCurveGeometry(int bLookForNonLinear = FALSE) const override

    Returns if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

    Returns if a geometry is, contains or may contain a CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE.

    If bLookForNonLinear is set to TRUE, it will be actually looked if the geometry or its subgeometries are or contain a non-linear geometry in them. In which case, if the method returns TRUE, it means that getLinearGeometry() would return an approximate version of the geometry. Otherwise, getLinearGeometry() would do a conversion, but with just converting container type, like COMPOUNDCURVE -> LINESTRING, MULTICURVE -> MULTILINESTRING or MULTISURFACE -> MULTIPOLYGON, resulting in a "loss-less" conversion.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_HasCurveGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      bLookForNonLinear -- set it to TRUE to check if the geometry is or contains a CIRCULARSTRING.

    Returns:

      TRUE if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

  inline OGRGeometryCollection *toUpperClass()

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline const OGRGeometryCollection *toUpperClass() const

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) override

    Accept a visitor.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const override

    Accept a visitor.

  Public Static Functions

  static OGRMultiSurface *CastToMultiSurface(OGRMultiPolygon *poMP)

    Cast to multisurface.

    The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned .

    Parameters:

      poMP -- the input geometry - ownership is passed to the method.

    Returns:

      new geometry.

## OGRGeometryCollection class

class OGRGeometryCollection : public OGRGeometry

  A collection of 1 or more geometry objects.

  All geometries must share a common spatial reference system, and Subclasses may impose additional restrictions on the contents.

  Subclassed by OGRMultiCurve, OGRMultiPoint, OGRMultiSurface

  Public Types

  typedef OGRGeometry ChildType

    Type of child elements.

  Public Functions

  OGRGeometryCollection()

    Create an empty geometry collection.

  OGRGeometryCollection(const OGRGeometryCollection &other)

    Copy constructor.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the constructor existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  OGRGeometryCollection &operator=(const OGRGeometryCollection &other)

    Assignment operator.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the operator existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  inline ChildType **begin()

    Return begin of sub-geometry iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline ChildType **end()

    Return end of sub-geometry iterator.

  inline const ChildType *const *begin() const

    Return begin of sub-geometry iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const ChildType *const *end() const

    Return end of sub-geometry iterator.

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const override

    Fetch WKT name for geometry type.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryName().

    Returns:

      name used for this geometry type in well known text format. The returned pointer is to a static internal string and should not be modified or freed.

  virtual OGRwkbGeometryType getGeometryType() const override

    Fetch geometry type.

    Note that the geometry type may include the 2.5D flag. To get a 2D flattened version of the geometry type apply the wkbFlatten() macro to the return result.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryType().

    Returns:

      the geometry type code.

  virtual OGRGeometryCollection *clone() const override

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual void empty() override

    Clear geometry information. This restores the geometry to its initial state after construction, and before assignment of actual geometry.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::Empty() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Empty().

  virtual OGRErr transform(OGRCoordinateTransformation *poCT) override

    Apply arbitrary coordinate transformation to geometry.

    This method will transform the coordinates of a geometry from their current spatial reference system to a new target spatial reference system. Normally this means reprojecting the vectors, but it could include datum shifts, and changes of units.

    Note that this method does not require that the geometry already have a spatial reference system. It will be assumed that they can be treated as having the source spatial reference system of the OGRCoordinateTransformation object, and the actual SRS of the geometry will be ignored. On successful completion the output OGRSpatialReference of the OGRCoordinateTransformation will be assigned to the geometry.

    This method only does reprojection on a point-by-point basis. It does not include advanced logic to deal with discontinuities at poles or antimeridian. For that, use the OGRGeometryFactory::transformWithOptions() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Transform().

    Parameters:

      poCT -- the transformation to apply.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE on success or an error code.

  virtual void flattenTo2D() override

    Convert geometry to strictly 2D. In a sense this converts all Z coordinates to 0.0.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_FlattenTo2D().

  virtual OGRBoolean IsEmpty() const override

    Returns TRUE (non-zero) if the object has no points.

    Normally this returns FALSE except between when an object is instantiated and points have been assigned.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::IsEmpty() method.

    Returns:

      TRUE if object is empty, otherwise FALSE.

  virtual void segmentize(double dfMaxLength) override

    Modify the geometry such it has no segment longer then the given distance.

    This method modifies the geometry to add intermediate vertices if necessary so that the maximum length between 2 consecutive vertices is lower than dfMaxLength.

    Interpolated points will have Z and M values (if needed) set to 0. Distance computation is performed in 2d only

    This function is the same as the C function OGR_G_Segmentize()

    Parameters:

      dfMaxLength -- the maximum distance between 2 points after segmentization

  virtual OGRBoolean hasCurveGeometry(int bLookForNonLinear = FALSE) const override

    Returns if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

    Returns if a geometry is, contains or may contain a CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE.

    If bLookForNonLinear is set to TRUE, it will be actually looked if the geometry or its subgeometries are or contain a non-linear geometry in them. In which case, if the method returns TRUE, it means that getLinearGeometry() would return an approximate version of the geometry. Otherwise, getLinearGeometry() would do a conversion, but with just converting container type, like COMPOUNDCURVE -> LINESTRING, MULTICURVE -> MULTILINESTRING or MULTISURFACE -> MULTIPOLYGON, resulting in a "loss-less" conversion.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_HasCurveGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      bLookForNonLinear -- set it to TRUE to check if the geometry is or contains a CIRCULARSTRING.

    Returns:

      TRUE if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

  virtual OGRGeometry *getCurveGeometry(const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr) const override

    Return curve version of this geometry.

    Returns a geometry that has possibly CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE in it, by de-approximating curve geometries.

    If the geometry has no curve portion, the returned geometry will be a clone of it.

    The ownership of the returned geometry belongs to the caller.

    The reverse method is OGRGeometry::getLinearGeometry().

    This function is the same as C function OGR_G_GetCurveGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings. Unused for now. Must be set to NULL.

    Returns:

      a new geometry.

  virtual OGRGeometry *getLinearGeometry(double dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees = 0, const char *const *papszOptions = nullptr) const override

    Return, possibly approximate, non-curve version of this geometry.

    Returns a geometry that has no CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE in it, by approximating curve geometries.

    The ownership of the returned geometry belongs to the caller.

    The reverse method is OGRGeometry::getCurveGeometry().

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetLinearGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      - dfMaxAngleStepSizeDegrees -- the largest step in degrees along the arc, zero to use the default setting.

      - papszOptions -- options as a null-terminated list of strings. See OGRGeometryFactory::curveToLineString() for valid options.

    Returns:

      a new geometry.

  virtual size_t WkbSize() const override

    Returns size of related binary representation.

    This method returns the exact number of bytes required to hold the well known binary representation of this geometry object. Its computation may be slightly expensive for complex geometries.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::WkbSize() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_WkbSize().

    Returns:

      size of binary representation in bytes.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkb(const unsigned char*, size_t, OGRwkbVariant, size_t &nBytesConsumedOut) override

    Assign geometry from well known binary data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the binaries type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkb().

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

    Parameters:

      - pabyData -- the binary input data.

      - nSize -- the size of pabyData in bytes, or -1 if not known.

      - eWkbVariant -- if wkbVariantPostGIS1, special interpretation is done for curve geometries code

      - nBytesConsumedOut -- output parameter. Number of bytes consumed.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual OGRErr exportToWkb(OGRwkbByteOrder, unsigned char*, OGRwkbVariant = wkbVariantOldOgc) const override

    Convert a geometry into well known binary format.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ExportToWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ExportToWkb() or OGR_G_ExportToIsoWkb(), depending on the value of eWkbVariant.

    Parameters:

      - eByteOrder -- One of wkbXDR or wkbNDR indicating MSB or LSB byte order respectively.

      - pabyData -- a buffer into which the binary representation is written. This buffer must be at least OGRGeometry::WkbSize() byte in size.

      - eWkbVariant -- What standard to use when exporting geometries with three dimensions (or more). The default wkbVariantOldOgc is the historical OGR variant. wkbVariantIso is the variant defined in ISO SQL/MM and adopted by OGC for SFSQL 1.2.

    Returns:

      Currently OGRERR_NONE is always returned.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkt(const char**) override

    Assign geometry from well known text data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the text type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKT() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkt().

    Parameters:

      ppszInput -- pointer to a pointer to the source text. The pointer is updated to pointer after the consumed text.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual std::string exportToWkt(const OGRWktOptions &opts = OGRWktOptions(), OGRErr *err = nullptr) const override

    Export a geometry collection to WKT.

    Parameters:

      - opts -- Output options.

      - err -- Pointer to error code, if desired.

    Returns:

      WKT representation of the geometry collection.

  virtual double get_Length() const

    Compute the length of a multicurve.

    The length is computed as the sum of the length of all members in this collection.

    Note

    No warning will be issued if a member of the collection does not support the get_Length method.

    Returns:

      computed length.

  virtual double get_Area() const

    Compute area of geometry collection.

    The area is computed as the sum of the areas of all members in this collection.

    Note

    No warning will be issued if a member of the collection does not support the get_Area method.

    Returns:

      computed area.

  virtual int getDimension() const override

    Get the dimension of this object.

    This method corresponds to the SFCOM IGeometry::GetDimension() method. It indicates the dimension of the object, but does not indicate the dimension of the underlying space (as indicated by OGRGeometry::getCoordinateDimension()).

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetDimension().

    Returns:

      0 for points, 1 for lines and 2 for surfaces.

  virtual void getEnvelope(OGREnvelope *psEnvelope) const override

    Computes and returns the bounding envelope for this geometry in the passed psEnvelope structure.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetEnvelope().

    Parameters:

      psEnvelope -- the structure in which to place the results.

  virtual void getEnvelope(OGREnvelope3D *psEnvelope) const override

    Computes and returns the bounding envelope (3D) for this geometry in the passed psEnvelope structure.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetEnvelope3D().

    Since

      OGR 1.9.0

    Parameters:

      psEnvelope -- the structure in which to place the results.

  int getNumGeometries() const

    Fetch number of geometries in container.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometryCollect::get_NumGeometries() method.

    Returns:

      count of children geometries. May be zero.

  OGRGeometry *getGeometryRef(int)

    Fetch geometry from container.

    This method returns a pointer to a geometry within the container. The returned geometry remains owned by the container, and should not be modified. The pointer is only valid until the next change to the geometry container. Use IGeometry::clone() to make a copy.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometryCollection::get_Geometry() method.

    Parameters:

      i -- the index of the geometry to fetch, between 0 and getNumGeometries() - 1.

    Returns:

      pointer to requested geometry.

  const OGRGeometry *getGeometryRef(int) const

    Fetch geometry from container.

    This method returns a pointer to a geometry within the container. The returned geometry remains owned by the container, and should not be modified. The pointer is only valid until the next change to the geometry container. Use IGeometry::clone() to make a copy.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometryCollection::get_Geometry() method.

    Parameters:

      i -- the index of the geometry to fetch, between 0 and getNumGeometries() - 1.

    Returns:

      pointer to requested geometry.

  virtual OGRBoolean Equals(const OGRGeometry*) const override

    Returns TRUE if two geometries are equivalent.

    This operation implements the SQL/MM ST_OrderingEquals() operation.

    The comparison is done in a structural way, that is to say that the geometry types must be identical, as well as the number and ordering of sub-geometries and vertices. Or equivalently, two geometries are considered equal by this method if their WKT/WKB representation is equal. Note: this must be distinguished for equality in a spatial way (which is the purpose of the ST_Equals() operation).

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Equals().

    Returns:

      TRUE if equivalent or FALSE otherwise.

  virtual void setCoordinateDimension(int nDimension) override

    Set the coordinate dimension.

    This method sets the explicit coordinate dimension. Setting the coordinate dimension of a geometry to 2 should zero out any existing Z values. Setting the dimension of a geometry collection, a compound curve, a polygon, etc. will affect the children geometries. This will also remove the M dimension if present before this call.

    Deprecated:

      use set3D() or setMeasured().

    Parameters:

      nNewDimension -- New coordinate dimension value, either 2 or 3.

  virtual void set3D(OGRBoolean bIs3D) override

    Add or remove the Z coordinate dimension.

    This method adds or removes the explicit Z coordinate dimension. Removing the Z coordinate dimension of a geometry will remove any existing Z values. Adding the Z dimension to a geometry collection, a compound curve, a polygon, etc. will affect the children geometries.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

    Parameters:

      bIs3D -- Should the geometry have a Z dimension, either TRUE or FALSE.

  virtual void setMeasured(OGRBoolean bIsMeasured) override

    Add or remove the M coordinate dimension.

    This method adds or removes the explicit M coordinate dimension. Removing the M coordinate dimension of a geometry will remove any existing M values. Adding the M dimension to a geometry collection, a compound curve, a polygon, etc. will affect the children geometries.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

    Parameters:

      bIsMeasured -- Should the geometry have a M dimension, either TRUE or FALSE.

  virtual OGRErr addGeometry(const OGRGeometry*)

    Add a geometry to the container.

    Some subclasses of OGRGeometryCollection restrict the types of geometry that can be added, and may return an error. The passed geometry is cloned to make an internal copy.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_AddGeometry().

    Parameters:

      poNewGeom -- geometry to add to the container.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if successful, or OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE if the geometry type is illegal for the type of geometry container.

  virtual OGRErr addGeometryDirectly(OGRGeometry*)

    Add a geometry directly to the container.

    Some subclasses of OGRGeometryCollection restrict the types of geometry that can be added, and may return an error. Ownership of the passed geometry is taken by the container rather than cloning as addGeometry() does, but only if the method is successful. If the method fails, ownership still belongs to the caller.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_AddGeometryDirectly().

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    Parameters:

      poNewGeom -- geometry to add to the container.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if successful, or OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE if the geometry type is illegal for the type of geometry container.

  OGRErr addGeometry(std::unique_ptr<OGRGeometry> geom)

    Add a geometry directly to the container.

    Some subclasses of OGRGeometryCollection restrict the types of geometry that can be added, and may return an error.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    Parameters:

      geom -- geometry to add to the container.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if successful, or OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE if the geometry type is illegal for the type of geometry container.

  virtual OGRErr removeGeometry(int iIndex, int bDelete = TRUE)

    Remove a geometry from the container.

    Removing a geometry will cause the geometry count to drop by one, and all "higher" geometries will shuffle down one in index.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_RemoveGeometry().

    Parameters:

      - iGeom -- the index of the geometry to delete. A value of -1 is a special flag meaning that all geometries should be removed.

      - bDelete -- if TRUE the geometry will be deallocated, otherwise it will not. The default is TRUE as the container is considered to own the geometries in it.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if successful, or OGRERR_FAILURE if the index is out of range.

  virtual void assignSpatialReference(const OGRSpatialReference *poSR) override

    Assign spatial reference to this object.

    Any existing spatial reference is replaced, but under no circumstances does this result in the object being reprojected. It is just changing the interpretation of the existing geometry. Note that assigning a spatial reference increments the reference count on the OGRSpatialReference, but does not copy it.

    Starting with GDAL 2.3, this will also assign the spatial reference to potential sub-geometries of the geometry (OGRGeometryCollection, OGRCurvePolygon/OGRPolygon, OGRCompoundCurve, OGRPolyhedralSurface and their derived classes).

    This is similar to the SFCOM IGeometry::put_SpatialReference() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_AssignSpatialReference().

    Parameters:

      poSR -- new spatial reference system to apply.

  virtual void closeRings() override

    Force rings to be closed.

    If this geometry, or any contained geometries has polygon rings that are not closed, they will be closed by adding the starting point at the end.

  virtual void swapXY() override

    Swap x and y coordinates.

    Since

      OGR 1.8.0

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) override

    Accept a visitor.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const override

    Accept a visitor.

  Public Static Functions

  static OGRGeometryCollection *CastToGeometryCollection(OGRGeometryCollection *poSrc)

    Cast to geometry collection.

    This methods cast a derived class of geometry collection to a plain geometry collection.

    The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or NULL in case of failure).

    Since

      GDAL 2.2

    Parameters:

      poSrc -- the input geometry - ownership is passed to the method.

    Returns:

      new geometry.

## OGRMultiCurve class

class OGRMultiCurve : public OGRGeometryCollection

  A collection of OGRCurve.

  Since

    GDAL 2.0

  Subclassed by OGRMultiLineString

  Public Types

  typedef OGRCurve ChildType

    Type of child elements.

  Public Functions

  OGRMultiCurve()

    Create an empty multi curve collection.

  OGRMultiCurve(const OGRMultiCurve &other)

    Copy constructor.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the constructor existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  OGRMultiCurve &operator=(const OGRMultiCurve &other)

    Assignment operator.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the operator existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  inline ChildType **begin()

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline ChildType **end()

    Return end of iterator.

  inline const ChildType *const *begin() const

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const ChildType *const *end() const

    Return end of iterator.

  inline OGRCurve *getGeometryRef(int i)

    See OGRGeometryCollection::getGeometryRef()

  inline const OGRCurve *getGeometryRef(int i) const

    See OGRGeometryCollection::getGeometryRef()

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const override

    Fetch WKT name for geometry type.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryName().

    Returns:

      name used for this geometry type in well known text format. The returned pointer is to a static internal string and should not be modified or freed.

  virtual OGRwkbGeometryType getGeometryType() const override

    Fetch geometry type.

    Note that the geometry type may include the 2.5D flag. To get a 2D flattened version of the geometry type apply the wkbFlatten() macro to the return result.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryType().

    Returns:

      the geometry type code.

  virtual OGRMultiCurve *clone() const override

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkt(const char**) override

    Assign geometry from well known text data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the text type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKT() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkt().

    Parameters:

      ppszInput -- pointer to a pointer to the source text. The pointer is updated to pointer after the consumed text.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual std::string exportToWkt(const OGRWktOptions &opts = OGRWktOptions(), OGRErr *err = nullptr) const override

    Export a multicurve to WKT.

    Parameters:

      - opts -- Output options.

      - err -- Pointer to error code, if desired.

    Returns:

      WKT representation of the multicurve.

  virtual int getDimension() const override

    Get the dimension of this object.

    This method corresponds to the SFCOM IGeometry::GetDimension() method. It indicates the dimension of the object, but does not indicate the dimension of the underlying space (as indicated by OGRGeometry::getCoordinateDimension()).

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetDimension().

    Returns:

      0 for points, 1 for lines and 2 for surfaces.

  virtual OGRBoolean hasCurveGeometry(int bLookForNonLinear = FALSE) const override

    Returns if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

    Returns if a geometry is, contains or may contain a CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE.

    If bLookForNonLinear is set to TRUE, it will be actually looked if the geometry or its subgeometries are or contain a non-linear geometry in them. In which case, if the method returns TRUE, it means that getLinearGeometry() would return an approximate version of the geometry. Otherwise, getLinearGeometry() would do a conversion, but with just converting container type, like COMPOUNDCURVE -> LINESTRING, MULTICURVE -> MULTILINESTRING or MULTISURFACE -> MULTIPOLYGON, resulting in a "loss-less" conversion.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_HasCurveGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      bLookForNonLinear -- set it to TRUE to check if the geometry is or contains a CIRCULARSTRING.

    Returns:

      TRUE if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

  inline OGRGeometryCollection *toUpperClass()

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline const OGRGeometryCollection *toUpperClass() const

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) override

    Accept a visitor.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const override

    Accept a visitor.

  Public Static Functions

  static OGRMultiLineString *CastToMultiLineString(OGRMultiCurve *poMC)

    Cast to multi line string.

    This method should only be called if the multicurve actually only contains instances of OGRLineString. This can be verified if hasCurveGeometry(TRUE) returns FALSE. It is not intended to approximate circular curves. For that use getLinearGeometry().

    The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or NULL in case of failure).

    Parameters:

      poMC -- the input geometry - ownership is passed to the method.

    Returns:

      new geometry.

## OGRMultiSurface class

class OGRMultiSurface : public OGRGeometryCollection

  A collection of non-overlapping OGRSurface.

  Since

    GDAL 2.0

  Subclassed by OGRMultiPolygon

  Public Types

  typedef OGRSurface ChildType

    Type of child elements.

  Public Functions

  OGRMultiSurface()

    Create an empty multi surface collection.

  OGRMultiSurface(const OGRMultiSurface &other)

    Copy constructor.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the constructor existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  OGRMultiSurface &operator=(const OGRMultiSurface &other)

    Assignment operator.

    Note: before GDAL 2.1, only the default implementation of the operator existed, which could be unsafe to use.

    Since

      GDAL 2.1

  inline ChildType **begin()

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline ChildType **end()

    Return end of iterator.

  inline const ChildType *const *begin() const

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const ChildType *const *end() const

    Return end of iterator.

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const override

    Fetch WKT name for geometry type.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryName().

    Returns:

      name used for this geometry type in well known text format. The returned pointer is to a static internal string and should not be modified or freed.

  virtual OGRwkbGeometryType getGeometryType() const override

    Fetch geometry type.

    Note that the geometry type may include the 2.5D flag. To get a 2D flattened version of the geometry type apply the wkbFlatten() macro to the return result.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryType().

    Returns:

      the geometry type code.

  virtual OGRMultiSurface *clone() const override

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkt(const char**) override

    Assign geometry from well known text data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the text type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKT() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkt().

    Parameters:

      ppszInput -- pointer to a pointer to the source text. The pointer is updated to pointer after the consumed text.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual std::string exportToWkt(const OGRWktOptions &opts = OGRWktOptions(), OGRErr *err = nullptr) const override

    Export a geometry collection to WKT.

    Parameters:

      - opts -- Output options.

      - err -- Pointer to error code, if desired.

    Returns:

      WKT representation of the geometry collection.

  virtual OGRErr PointOnSurface(OGRPoint *poPoint) const

    This method relates to the SFCOM IMultiSurface::get_PointOnSurface() method.

    NOTE: Only implemented when GEOS included in build.

    Parameters:

      poPoint -- point to be set with an internal point.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if it succeeds or OGRERR_FAILURE otherwise.

  virtual int getDimension() const override

    Get the dimension of this object.

    This method corresponds to the SFCOM IGeometry::GetDimension() method. It indicates the dimension of the object, but does not indicate the dimension of the underlying space (as indicated by OGRGeometry::getCoordinateDimension()).

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetDimension().

    Returns:

      0 for points, 1 for lines and 2 for surfaces.

  inline OGRSurface *getGeometryRef(int i)

    See OGRGeometryCollection::getGeometryRef()

  inline const OGRSurface *getGeometryRef(int i) const

    See OGRGeometryCollection::getGeometryRef()

  virtual OGRBoolean hasCurveGeometry(int bLookForNonLinear = FALSE) const override

    Returns if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

    Returns if a geometry is, contains or may contain a CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE.

    If bLookForNonLinear is set to TRUE, it will be actually looked if the geometry or its subgeometries are or contain a non-linear geometry in them. In which case, if the method returns TRUE, it means that getLinearGeometry() would return an approximate version of the geometry. Otherwise, getLinearGeometry() would do a conversion, but with just converting container type, like COMPOUNDCURVE -> LINESTRING, MULTICURVE -> MULTILINESTRING or MULTISURFACE -> MULTIPOLYGON, resulting in a "loss-less" conversion.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_HasCurveGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      bLookForNonLinear -- set it to TRUE to check if the geometry is or contains a CIRCULARSTRING.

    Returns:

      TRUE if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

  inline OGRGeometryCollection *toUpperClass()

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline const OGRGeometryCollection *toUpperClass() const

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) override

    Accept a visitor.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const override

    Accept a visitor.

  Public Static Functions

  static OGRMultiPolygon *CastToMultiPolygon(OGRMultiSurface *poMS)

    Cast to multipolygon.

    This method should only be called if the multisurface actually only contains instances of OGRPolygon. This can be verified if hasCurveGeometry(TRUE) returns FALSE. It is not intended to approximate curve polygons. For that use getLinearGeometry().

    The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or NULL in case of failure).

    Parameters:

      poMS -- the input geometry - ownership is passed to the method.

    Returns:

      new geometry.

## OGRPolyhedralSurface class

class OGRPolyhedralSurface : public OGRSurface

  PolyhedralSurface class.

  Since

    GDAL 2.2

  Subclassed by OGRTriangulatedSurface

  Public Types

  typedef OGRPolygon ChildType

    Type of child elements.

  Public Functions

  OGRPolyhedralSurface()

    Create an empty PolyhedralSurface.

  OGRPolyhedralSurface(const OGRPolyhedralSurface &poGeom)

    Copy constructor.

  ~OGRPolyhedralSurface() override

    Destructor.

  OGRPolyhedralSurface &operator=(const OGRPolyhedralSurface &other)

    Assignment operator.

  inline ChildType **begin()

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline ChildType **end()

    Return end of iterator.

  inline const ChildType *const *begin() const

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const ChildType *const *end() const

    Return end of iterator.

  virtual size_t WkbSize() const override

    Returns size of related binary representation.

    This method returns the exact number of bytes required to hold the well known binary representation of this geometry object. Its computation may be slightly expensive for complex geometries.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::WkbSize() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_WkbSize().

    Returns:

      size of binary representation in bytes.

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const override

    Fetch WKT name for geometry type.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryName().

    Returns:

      name used for this geometry type in well known text format. The returned pointer is to a static internal string and should not be modified or freed.

  virtual OGRwkbGeometryType getGeometryType() const override

    Returns the WKB Type of PolyhedralSurface.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkb(const unsigned char*, size_t, OGRwkbVariant, size_t &nBytesConsumedOut) override

    Assign geometry from well known binary data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the binaries type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkb().

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

    Parameters:

      - pabyData -- the binary input data.

      - nSize -- the size of pabyData in bytes, or -1 if not known.

      - eWkbVariant -- if wkbVariantPostGIS1, special interpretation is done for curve geometries code

      - nBytesConsumedOut -- output parameter. Number of bytes consumed.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual OGRErr exportToWkb(OGRwkbByteOrder, unsigned char*, OGRwkbVariant = wkbVariantOldOgc) const override

    Convert a geometry into well known binary format.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ExportToWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ExportToWkb() or OGR_G_ExportToIsoWkb(), depending on the value of eWkbVariant.

    Parameters:

      - eByteOrder -- One of wkbXDR or wkbNDR indicating MSB or LSB byte order respectively.

      - pabyData -- a buffer into which the binary representation is written. This buffer must be at least OGRGeometry::WkbSize() byte in size.

      - eWkbVariant -- What standard to use when exporting geometries with three dimensions (or more). The default wkbVariantOldOgc is the historical OGR variant. wkbVariantIso is the variant defined in ISO SQL/MM and adopted by OGC for SFSQL 1.2.

    Returns:

      Currently OGRERR_NONE is always returned.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkt(const char**) override

    Assign geometry from well known text data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the text type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKT() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkt().

    Parameters:

      ppszInput -- pointer to a pointer to the source text. The pointer is updated to pointer after the consumed text.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual std::string exportToWkt(const OGRWktOptions &opts = OGRWktOptions(), OGRErr *err = nullptr) const override

    Export a polyhedral surface to WKT.

    Parameters:

      - opts -- Output options.

      - err -- Pointer to error code, if desired.

    Returns:

      WKT representation of the polyhedral surface.

  virtual int getDimension() const override

    Get the dimension of this object.

    This method corresponds to the SFCOM IGeometry::GetDimension() method. It indicates the dimension of the object, but does not indicate the dimension of the underlying space (as indicated by OGRGeometry::getCoordinateDimension()).

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetDimension().

    Returns:

      0 for points, 1 for lines and 2 for surfaces.

  virtual void empty() override

    Clear geometry information. This restores the geometry to its initial state after construction, and before assignment of actual geometry.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::Empty() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Empty().

  virtual OGRPolyhedralSurface *clone() const override

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual void getEnvelope(OGREnvelope *psEnvelope) const override

    Computes and returns the bounding envelope for this geometry in the passed psEnvelope structure.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetEnvelope().

    Parameters:

      psEnvelope -- the structure in which to place the results.

  virtual void getEnvelope(OGREnvelope3D *psEnvelope) const override

    Computes and returns the bounding envelope (3D) for this geometry in the passed psEnvelope structure.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetEnvelope3D().

    Since

      OGR 1.9.0

    Parameters:

      psEnvelope -- the structure in which to place the results.

  virtual void flattenTo2D() override

    Convert geometry to strictly 2D. In a sense this converts all Z coordinates to 0.0.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_FlattenTo2D().

  virtual OGRErr transform(OGRCoordinateTransformation*) override

    Apply arbitrary coordinate transformation to geometry.

    This method will transform the coordinates of a geometry from their current spatial reference system to a new target spatial reference system. Normally this means reprojecting the vectors, but it could include datum shifts, and changes of units.

    Note that this method does not require that the geometry already have a spatial reference system. It will be assumed that they can be treated as having the source spatial reference system of the OGRCoordinateTransformation object, and the actual SRS of the geometry will be ignored. On successful completion the output OGRSpatialReference of the OGRCoordinateTransformation will be assigned to the geometry.

    This method only does reprojection on a point-by-point basis. It does not include advanced logic to deal with discontinuities at poles or antimeridian. For that, use the OGRGeometryFactory::transformWithOptions() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Transform().

    Parameters:

      poCT -- the transformation to apply.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE on success or an error code.

  virtual OGRBoolean Equals(const OGRGeometry*) const override

    Returns TRUE if two geometries are equivalent.

    This operation implements the SQL/MM ST_OrderingEquals() operation.

    The comparison is done in a structural way, that is to say that the geometry types must be identical, as well as the number and ordering of sub-geometries and vertices. Or equivalently, two geometries are considered equal by this method if their WKT/WKB representation is equal. Note: this must be distinguished for equality in a spatial way (which is the purpose of the ST_Equals() operation).

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Equals().

    Returns:

      TRUE if equivalent or FALSE otherwise.

  virtual double get_Area() const override

    Returns the area enclosed.

    This method is built on the SFCGAL library, check it for the definition of the geometry operation. If OGR is built without the SFCGAL library, this method will always return -1.0

    Returns:

      area enclosed by the PolyhedralSurface

  virtual OGRErr PointOnSurface(OGRPoint*) const override

    This method relates to the SFCOM ISurface::get_PointOnSurface() method.

    NOTE: Only implemented when GEOS included in build.

    Parameters:

      poPoint -- point to be set with an internal point.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if it succeeds or OGRERR_FAILURE otherwise.

  virtual OGRBoolean hasCurveGeometry(int bLookForNonLinear = FALSE) const override

    Returns if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

    Returns if a geometry is, contains or may contain a CIRCULARSTRING, COMPOUNDCURVE, CURVEPOLYGON, MULTICURVE or MULTISURFACE.

    If bLookForNonLinear is set to TRUE, it will be actually looked if the geometry or its subgeometries are or contain a non-linear geometry in them. In which case, if the method returns TRUE, it means that getLinearGeometry() would return an approximate version of the geometry. Otherwise, getLinearGeometry() would do a conversion, but with just converting container type, like COMPOUNDCURVE -> LINESTRING, MULTICURVE -> MULTILINESTRING or MULTISURFACE -> MULTIPOLYGON, resulting in a "loss-less" conversion.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_HasCurveGeometry().

    Since

      GDAL 2.0

    Parameters:

      bLookForNonLinear -- set it to TRUE to check if the geometry is or contains a CIRCULARSTRING.

    Returns:

      TRUE if this geometry is or has curve geometry.

  virtual OGRErr addGeometry(const OGRGeometry*)

    Add a new geometry to a collection.

    Only a POLYGON can be added to a POLYHEDRALSURFACE.

    Returns:

      OGRErr OGRERR_NONE if the polygon is successfully added

  OGRErr addGeometryDirectly(OGRGeometry *poNewGeom)

    Add a geometry directly to the container.

    Ownership of the passed geometry is taken by the container rather than cloning as addCurve() does, but only if the method is successful. If the method fails, ownership still belongs to the caller.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_AddGeometryDirectly().

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    Parameters:

      poNewGeom -- geometry to add to the container.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if successful, or OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE if the geometry type is illegal for the type of geometry container.

  OGRErr addGeometry(std::unique_ptr<OGRGeometry> poNewGeom)

    Add a geometry directly to the container.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    Parameters:

      geom -- geometry to add to the container.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if successful, or OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE if the geometry type is illegal for the type of geometry container.

  int getNumGeometries() const

    Fetch number of geometries in PolyhedralSurface.

    Returns:

      count of children geometries. May be zero.

  OGRPolygon *getGeometryRef(int i)

    Fetch geometry from container.

    This method returns a pointer to an geometry within the container. The returned geometry remains owned by the container, and should not be modified. The pointer is only valid until the next change to the geometry container. Use IGeometry::clone() to make a copy.

    Parameters:

      i -- the index of the geometry to fetch, between 0 and getNumGeometries() - 1.

    Returns:

      pointer to requested geometry.

  const OGRPolygon *getGeometryRef(int i) const

    Fetch geometry from container.

    This method returns a pointer to an geometry within the container. The returned geometry remains owned by the container, and should not be modified. The pointer is only valid until the next change to the geometry container. Use IGeometry::clone() to make a copy.

    Parameters:

      i -- the index of the geometry to fetch, between 0 and getNumGeometries() - 1.

    Returns:

      pointer to requested geometry.

  virtual OGRBoolean IsEmpty() const override

    Checks if the PolyhedralSurface is empty.

    Returns:

      TRUE if the PolyhedralSurface is empty, FALSE otherwise

  virtual void setCoordinateDimension(int nDimension) override

    Set the coordinate dimension.

    This method sets the explicit coordinate dimension. Setting the coordinate dimension of a geometry to 2 should zero out any existing Z values. This will also remove the M dimension if present before this call.

    Parameters:

      nNewDimension -- New coordinate dimension value, either 2 or 3.

  virtual void set3D(OGRBoolean bIs3D) override

    Set the type as 3D geometry.

  virtual void setMeasured(OGRBoolean bIsMeasured) override

    Set the type as Measured.

  virtual void swapXY() override

    Swap x and y coordinates.

  OGRErr removeGeometry(int iIndex, int bDelete = TRUE)

    Remove a geometry from the container.

    Removing a geometry will cause the geometry count to drop by one, and all "higher" geometries will shuffle down one in index.

    Parameters:

      - iGeom -- the index of the geometry to delete. A value of -1 is a special flag meaning that all geometries should be removed.

      - bDelete -- if TRUE the geometry will be deallocated, otherwise it will not. The default is TRUE as the container is considered to own the geometries in it.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if successful, or OGRERR_FAILURE if the index is out of range.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) override

    Accept a visitor.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const override

    Accept a visitor.

  virtual void assignSpatialReference(const OGRSpatialReference *poSR) override

    Assign spatial reference to this object.

    Any existing spatial reference is replaced, but under no circumstances does this result in the object being reprojected. It is just changing the interpretation of the existing geometry. Note that assigning a spatial reference increments the reference count on the OGRSpatialReference, but does not copy it.

    Starting with GDAL 2.3, this will also assign the spatial reference to potential sub-geometries of the geometry (OGRGeometryCollection, OGRCurvePolygon/OGRPolygon, OGRCompoundCurve, OGRPolyhedralSurface and their derived classes).

    This is similar to the SFCOM IGeometry::put_SpatialReference() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_AssignSpatialReference().

    Parameters:

      poSR -- new spatial reference system to apply.

  Public Static Functions

  static OGRMultiPolygon *CastToMultiPolygon(OGRPolyhedralSurface *poPS)

    Casts the OGRPolyhedralSurface to an OGRMultiPolygon.

    The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or NULL in case of failure)

    Parameters:

      poPS -- the input geometry - ownership is passed to the method.

    Returns:

      new geometry.

## OGRTriangle class

class OGRTriangle : public OGRPolygon

  Triangle class.

  Since

    GDAL 2.2

  Public Functions

  OGRTriangle()

    Constructor.

  OGRTriangle(const OGRPoint &p, const OGRPoint &q, const OGRPoint &r)

    Construct a triangle from points.

    Parameters:

      - p -- Point 1

      - q -- Point 2

      - r -- Point 3

  OGRTriangle(const OGRTriangle &other)

    Copy constructor.

  OGRTriangle(const OGRPolygon &other, OGRErr &eErr)

    Constructs an OGRTriangle from a valid OGRPolygon.

    In case of error, NULL is returned.

    Parameters:

      - other -- the Polygon we wish to construct a triangle from

      - eErr -- encapsulates an error code; contains OGRERR_NONE if the triangle is constructed successfully

  OGRTriangle &operator=(const OGRTriangle &other)

    Assignment operator.

    Parameters:

      other -- A triangle passed as a parameter

    Returns:

      OGRTriangle A copy of other

  ~OGRTriangle() override

    Destructor.

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const override

    Fetch WKT name for geometry type.

    There is no SFCOM analog to this method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryName().

    Returns:

      name used for this geometry type in well known text format. The returned pointer is to a static internal string and should not be modified or freed.

  virtual OGRwkbGeometryType getGeometryType() const override

    Fetch geometry type.

    Note that the geometry type may include the 2.5D flag. To get a 2D flattened version of the geometry type apply the wkbFlatten() macro to the return result.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_GetGeometryType().

    Returns:

      the geometry type code.

  virtual OGRTriangle *clone() const override

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  virtual OGRErr importFromWkb(const unsigned char*, size_t, OGRwkbVariant, size_t &nBytesConsumedOut) override

    Assign geometry from well known binary data.

    The object must have already been instantiated as the correct derived type of geometry object to match the binaries type. This method is used by the OGRGeometryFactory class, but not normally called by application code.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IWks::ImportFromWKB() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_ImportFromWkb().

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

    Parameters:

      - pabyData -- the binary input data.

      - nSize -- the size of pabyData in bytes, or -1 if not known.

      - eWkbVariant -- if wkbVariantPostGIS1, special interpretation is done for curve geometries code

      - nBytesConsumedOut -- output parameter. Number of bytes consumed.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

  virtual OGRErr addRingDirectly(OGRCurve *poNewRing) override

    Add a ring to a polygon.

    If the polygon has no external ring (it is empty) this will be used as the external ring, otherwise it is used as an internal ring. Ownership of the passed ring is assumed by the OGRCurvePolygon, but otherwise this method operates the same as OGRCurvePolygon::AddRing().

    This method has no SFCOM analog.

    Parameters:

      poNewRing -- ring to be added to the polygon.

    Returns:

      OGRERR_NONE in case of success

  inline OGRPolygon *toUpperClass()

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline const OGRPolygon *toUpperClass() const

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) override

    Accept a visitor.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const override

    Accept a visitor.

## OGRTriangulatedSurface class

class OGRTriangulatedSurface : public OGRPolyhedralSurface

  TriangulatedSurface class.

  Since

    GDAL 2.2

  Public Types

  typedef OGRTriangle ChildType

    Type of child elements.

  Public Functions

  OGRTriangulatedSurface()

    Constructor.

  OGRTriangulatedSurface(const OGRTriangulatedSurface &other)

    Copy constructor.

  ~OGRTriangulatedSurface()

    Destructor.

  inline ChildType **begin()

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline ChildType **end()

    Return end of iterator.

  inline const ChildType *const *begin() const

    Return begin of iterator.

    Since

      GDAL 2.3

  inline const ChildType *const *end() const

    Return end of iterator.

  OGRTriangulatedSurface &operator=(const OGRTriangulatedSurface &other)

    Assignment operator.

  virtual const char *getGeometryName() const override

    Returns the geometry name of the TriangulatedSurface.

    Returns:

      "TIN"

  virtual OGRwkbGeometryType getGeometryType() const override

    Returns the WKB Type of TriangulatedSurface.

  virtual OGRTriangulatedSurface *clone() const override

    Make a copy of this object.

    This method relates to the SFCOM IGeometry::clone() method.

    This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_Clone().

    Returns:

      a new object instance with the same geometry, and spatial reference system as the original.

  inline OGRTriangle *getGeometryRef(int i)

    See OGRPolyhedralSurface::getGeometryRef()

  inline const OGRTriangle *getGeometryRef(int i) const

    See OGRPolyhedralSurface::getGeometryRef()

  virtual OGRErr addGeometry(const OGRGeometry*) override

    Add a new geometry to a collection.

    Only a POLYGON can be added to a POLYHEDRALSURFACE.

    Returns:

      OGRErr OGRERR_NONE if the polygon is successfully added

  inline OGRPolyhedralSurface *toUpperClass()

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline const OGRPolyhedralSurface *toUpperClass() const

    Return pointer of this in upper class.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRGeometryVisitor *visitor) override

    Accept a visitor.

  inline virtual void accept(IOGRConstGeometryVisitor *visitor) const override

    Accept a visitor.

  Public Static Functions

  static OGRPolyhedralSurface *CastToPolyhedralSurface(OGRTriangulatedSurface *poTS)

    Casts the OGRTriangulatedSurface to an OGRPolyhedralSurface.

    The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or NULL in case of failure)

    Parameters:

      poTS -- the input geometry - ownership is passed to the method.

    Returns:

      new geometry.