Is there an easy way to determine the maximum and minimum visible latitude and longitude in a VirtualEarth map?
Given that it's not a flat surface (VE uses Mercator projection it looks like) I can see the math getting fairly complicated, I figured somebody may know of a snippet to accomplish this.
Found it! VEMap.GetMapView() returns the bounding rectangle, even works for 3D mode as well (where the boundary is not even a rectangle).
var view = map.GetMapView();
latMin = view.BottomRightLatLong.Latitude;
lonMin = view.TopLeftLatLong.Longitude;
latMax = view.TopLeftLatLong.Latitude;
lonMax = view.BottomRightLatLong.Longitude;
Using the Virtual Earth Interactive SDK, you can see how to convert a pixel point to a LatLong object:
function GetMap()
{
map = new VEMap('myMap');
map.LoadMap();
}
function DoPixelToLL(x, y)
{
var ll = map.PixelToLatLong(new VEPixel(x, y)).toString()
alert("The latitude,longitude of the pixel at (" + x + "," + y + ") is: " + ll)
}
Take a further look here: http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/sdk/ in the menu go to: Get map info --> Convert pixel to LatLong
To get the Max/Min visible LatLong's, you could call the DoPixelToLL method for each corner of the map.
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I am searching an API for creating emboss text on my AIS_Shape , If there is no API any better way to do that ?,I am thinking of creating text extrude and doing cut operation with AIS_Shape , can we extrude Text ?
OCCT doesn't provide direct tool defining an emboss text - so you are right, you have to do that using a general Boolean operation.
A general idea can be found within standard samples coming with Draw Harness - take a look onto "Modeling" -> "OCCT Tutorial bottle sample" sample (source $env(CSF_OCCTSamplesPath)/tcl/bottle.tcl):
Tools to use:
Font_BRepFont to load a font and convert a glyph into a planar TopoDS_Shape.
Font_BRepTextBuilder to format a text using Font_BRepFont.
BRepPrimAPI_MakePrism to define a solid from text.
BRepAlgoAPI_Cut to perform a Boolean operation between text solid and another shape.
Here is a pseudo-code:
// text2brep
const double aFontHeight = 20.0;
Font_BRepFont aFont (Font_NOF_SANS_SERIF, Font_FontAspect_Bold, aFontHeight);
Font_BRepTextBuilder aBuilder;
TopoDS_Shape aTextShape2d = aBuilder.Perform (aFont, "OpenCASCADE");
// prism
const double anExtrusion = 5.0;
BRepPrimAPI_MakePrism aPrismTool (aTextShape2d, gp_Vec (0,0,1) * anExtrusion);
TopoDS_Shape aTextShape3d = aPrismTool->Shape();
//aTextShape3d.SetLocation(); // move where needed
// bopcut
TopoDS_Shape theMainShape; // defined elsewhere
BRepAlgoAPI_Cut aCutTool (theMainShape, aTextShape3d);
if (!aCutTool.IsDone()) { error }
TopoDS_Shape aResult = aCutTool.Shape();
i am using a lefleat tile layer with xyz system to query a list of postgis layers,i use a geotools jdbc datastore to fetch layers from database ,but i have to work with bbox or a geotools refernce envelope,how i can transform xyz coordinate to a bbox or a refernce envelope,so i can pass it later to my datastore feature source so i can find geometries or elements in a given bbox ,my coordinate system is EPSG:4326.
You can use the code in gt-tile-client to work with XYZ services.
I think the following should work for you.
String ref = "7/61/53";
String[] parts = ref.split("/");
int z = Integer.valueOf(parts[0]);
int x = Integer.valueOf(parts[1]);
int y = Integer.valueOf(parts[2]);
OSMTile tile = new OSMTile(x, y, new WebMercatorZoomLevel(z), new OSMService("name", "url"));
System.out.println(tile.getExtent());
which gives
ReferencedEnvelope[-8.4375 : -5.625, 27.05912578437406 : 29.535229562948455]
I have a problem to consult,when I use the Line of the Point style and show the marks, the x axis would have a problem.When annotate the code (lineSeries5.Add(5, 1,"ghgh");),the x axis shows normally like number 1,2.....,but when I use this code (lineSeries5.Add(5, 1,"ghgh"); ), the x axis becomes 'ghgh'，I wonder if how to solve this problem. My purpose is showing the contents which I want to shows in the marks,but the x axis should not be changed. Waiting for your help, thank you very much!
private Steema.TeeChart.WPF.Styles.Points lineSeries5;
this.lineSeries5 = new Steema.TeeChart.WPF.Styles.Points();
this.tChart1.Series.Add(this.lineSeries5);
lineSeries5.Marks.Visible = true;
lineSeries5.Marks.Transparent = true;
lineSeries5.Pointer.Style = Steema.TeeChart.WPF.Styles.PointerStyles.Nothing;
**lineSeries5.Add(5, 1,"ghgh");**
lineSeries5.Add(9, 3);
If you want in your axis labels are values instead of labelsText, you must change the Axis labels style as I do in next line:
tChart1.Axes.Bottom.Labels.Style = AxisLabelStyle.Value;
Could you tell us if previous code solve your problem?
Thanks,
Starting Situation
iOS6, Apple Maps. I have two annotations on a MKMapView. The coordinates of the two annotations have the same values for the latitude component, but different longitudes.
What I want
I now want to zoom the map so that one annotation is exactly on the left edge of the mapView's frame, and the other annotation on the right edge of the frame. For that I tried MKMapView's setRegion and setVisibleMapRect methods.
The Problem
The problem is that those methods seem to snap to certain zoom levels and therefore not setting the region as exactly as I need it. I saw a lot of questions on Stack Overflow that point out, that this behavior is normal in iOS5 and below. But since Apple Maps are using vector graphics, the view is not bound to certain zoom levels to display imagery in proper resolution.
Tested in...
I tested on iPhone 4, 4S, 5, iPad 3 and iPad Mini (all with iOS6.1), and in the Simulator on iOS6.1.
My question
So why is setRegion and setVisibleMapRect snapping to certain zoom levels and does not adjust the exact region to the values I pass it?
Sample Code
in view did appear I define 4 different Locations as iVars, and set up the map view:
// define coords
_coord1 = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(46.0, 13.0);
_coord2 = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(46.0, 13.1);
_coord3 = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(46.0, 13.2);
_coord4 = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(46.0, 13.3);
// define frame for map in landscape mode
CGRect mainScreen = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
CGRect newSRect = mainScreen;
newSRect.size.width = mainScreen.size.height;
newSRect.size.height = mainScreen.size.width;
// setup map view
customMapView = [[MKMapView alloc] initWithFrame:newSRect];
[customMapView setDelegate:self];
[customMapView setShowsUserLocation:NO];
[self.view addSubview:customMapView];
Then I add 3 buttons. Those trigger all the same method addAnnotationsWithCoord1:coord2. The first button passes _coord1 and _coord2, the second button passes _coord1 and _coord3 and the third button passes _coord1 and _coord4. The method looks like so (TapAnnotation is my subclass of MKAnnotation):
-(void)addAnnotationsWithCoord1:(CLLocationCoordinate2D)coord1 coord2:(CLLocationCoordinate2D)coord2{
// Make 2 new annotations with the passed coordinates
TapAnnotation *annot1 = [[TapAnnotation alloc] initWithNumber:0 coordinate:coord1];
TapAnnotation *annot2 = [[TapAnnotation alloc] initWithNumber:0 coordinate:coord2];
// Remove all existing annotations
for(id<MKAnnotation> annotation in customMapView.annotations){
[customMapView removeAnnotation:annotation];
}
// Add annotations to map
[customMapView addAnnotation:annot1];
[customMapView addAnnotation:annot2];
}
After that I determine the SouthWest and NorthEast points that will determine the rect which is containing my 2 annotations.
// get northEast and southWest
CLLocationCoordinate2D northEast;
CLLocationCoordinate2D southWest;
northEast.latitude = MAX(coord1.latitude, coord2.latitude);
northEast.longitude = MAX(coord1.longitude, coord2.longitude);
southWest.latitude = MIN(coord1.latitude, coord2.latitude);
southWest.longitude = MIN(coord1.longitude, coord2.longitude);
Then I calculate the center point between the two coordinates and set the center coordinate of the map to it (remember, since all coordinates have same latitudes the following calculation should be correct):
// determine center coordinate and set to map
double centerLon = ((coord1.longitude + coord2.longitude) / 2.0f);
CLLocationCoordinate2D center = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(southWest.latitude, centerLon);
[customMapView setCenterCoordinate:center animated:NO];
Now I try to set the region of the map so that it fits like I want:
CLLocation *loc1 = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:southWest.latitude longitude:southWest.longitude];
CLLocation *loc2 = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:northEast.latitude longitude:northEast.longitude];
CLLocationDistance meterSpanLong = [loc1 distanceFromLocation:loc2];
CLLocationDistance meterSpanLat = 0.1;
MKCoordinateRegion region = MKCoordinateRegionMakeWithDistance(center, meterSpanLat, meterSpanLong);
[customMapView setRegion:region animated:NO];
This does not behave as expected, so I try this:
MKCoordinateSpan span = MKCoordinateSpanMake(0.01, northEast.longitude-southWest.longitude);
MKCoordinateRegion region = MKCoordinateRegionMake(center, span);
[customMapView setRegion:region animated:NO];
This still not behaves as expected, so I try it with setVisibleMapRect:
MKMapPoint westPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(southWest);
MKMapPoint eastPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(northEast);
MKMapRect mapRect = MKMapRectMake(westPoint.x, westPoint.y,eastPoint.x-westPoint.x,1);
[customMapView setVisibleMapRect:mapRect animated:NO];
And still, it does not behave like I want. As a verification, I calculate the point distance from the left annotation to the left edge of the mapView's frame:
// log the distance from the soutwest point to the left edge of the mapFrame
CGPoint tappedWestPoint = [customMapView convertCoordinate:southWest toPointToView:customMapView];
NSLog(#"distance: %f", tappedWestPoint.x);
For _coord1 and _coord2 it shows: 138
For _coord1 and _coord3 it shows: 138
For _coord1 and _coord4 it shows: 65
So why do I get these values? If anything works as expected, these should all be 0.
Thanks for any help, struggling with this problem for a week now.
Read the docs on setRegion:
When setting this property, the map may adjust the new region value so that it fits the visible area of the map precisely. This is normal and is done to ensure that the value in this property always reflects the visible portion of the map. However, it does mean that if you get the value of this property right after setting it, the returned value may not match the value you set. (You can use the regionThatFits: method to determine the region that will actually be set by the map.)
You will have to figure out the math yourself if you want a precise zoom.
I have 4 CGPoints that form an irregular figure. How can I rotate that figure 90-degrees and get the new CGPoints?
FWIW, I was able to "fake" this when the figure is a CGRect by swapping origin.x and origin.y, and width and height. Will I need to do something similar (calculating distance/direction between points) or is there a AffineTransform I can apply to a CIVector?
Hints and/or pointers to tutorials/guides welcome.
Skippable Project Background:
Users will take pictures of documents and the app will OCR them. Since users have a great deal of trouble getting a non-skewed image, I allow them to create a 4-point figure around the text body and the app skews that back to a rectangle. The camera images coming in are CIImages and so have their origin already in lower-left, so the 4-point figure must be rotated from the UIView to match...
For the record, I used CGAffineTransforms to rotate the points:
CGAffineTransform t1 = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(0, cropView.frame.size.height);
CGAffineTransform s = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(1, -1);
CGAffineTransform r = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(90 * M_PI/180);
CGAffineTransform t2 = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(0, -cropView.frame.size.height);
CGPoint a = CGPointMake(70, 23);
a = CGPointApplyAffineTransform(a, t1);
a = CGPointApplyAffineTransform(a, s);
a = CGPointApplyAffineTransform(a, r);
a = CGPointApplyAffineTransform(a, t2);
&c. for the other points.