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◆ ptarray_arc_length_2d()

double ptarray_arc_length_2d ( const POINTARRAY pts)

Find the 2d length of the given POINTARRAY, using circular arc interpolation between each coordinate triple.

Length(A1, A2, A3, A4, A5) = Length(A1, A2, A3)+Length(A3, A4, A5)

Definition at line 1730 of file ptarray.c.

1731 {
1732  double dist = 0.0;
1733  uint32_t i;
1734  const POINT2D *a1;
1735  const POINT2D *a2;
1736  const POINT2D *a3;
1737 
1738  if ( pts->npoints % 2 != 1 )
1739  lwerror("arc point array with even number of points");
1740 
1741  a1 = getPoint2d_cp(pts, 0);
1742 
1743  for ( i=2; i < pts->npoints; i += 2 )
1744  {
1745  a2 = getPoint2d_cp(pts, i-1);
1746  a3 = getPoint2d_cp(pts, i);
1747  dist += lw_arc_length(a1, a2, a3);
1748  a1 = a3;
1749  }
1750  return dist;
1751 }
double lw_arc_length(const POINT2D *A1, const POINT2D *A2, const POINT2D *A3)
Returns the length of a circular arc segment.
Definition: lwalgorithm.c:119
void lwerror(const char *fmt,...)
Write a notice out to the error handler.
Definition: lwutil.c:190
static const POINT2D * getPoint2d_cp(const POINTARRAY *pa, uint32_t n)
Returns a POINT2D pointer into the POINTARRAY serialized_ptlist, suitable for reading from.
Definition: lwinline.h:101
uint32_t npoints
Definition: liblwgeom.h:441

References getPoint2d_cp(), lw_arc_length(), lwerror(), and POINTARRAY::npoints.

Referenced by lwcircstring_length_2d().

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