lwline_interpolate_point_3d()

LWPOINT* lwline_interpolate_point_3d	(	const LWLINE *	line,
		double	distance
	)

Interpolate one point along a line in 3D.

Definition at line 605 of file lwline.c.

{
        double length, slength, tlength;
        POINTARRAY *ipa;
        POINT4D pt;
        int nsegs, i;
        LWGEOM *geom = lwline_as_lwgeom(line);
        int has_z = lwgeom_has_z(geom);
        int has_m = lwgeom_has_m(geom);
        ipa = line->points;
 
        /* Empty.InterpolatePoint == Point Empty */
        if (lwline_is_empty(line))
        {
                return lwpoint_construct_empty(line->srid, has_z, has_m);
        }
 
        /* If distance is one of the two extremes, return the point on that
         * end rather than doing any expensive computations
         */
        if (distance == 0.0 || distance == 1.0)
        {
                if (distance == 0.0)
                        getPoint4d_p(ipa, 0, &pt);
                else
                        getPoint4d_p(ipa, ipa->npoints - 1, &pt);
 
                return lwpoint_make(line->srid, has_z, has_m, &pt);
        }
 
        /* Interpolate a point on the line */
        nsegs = ipa->npoints - 1;
        length = ptarray_length(ipa);
        tlength = 0;
        for (i = 0; i < nsegs; i++)
        {
                POINT4D p1, p2;
                POINT4D *p1ptr = &p1, *p2ptr = &p2; /* don't break
                                                     * strict-aliasing rules
                                                     */
 
                getPoint4d_p(ipa, i, &p1);
                getPoint4d_p(ipa, i + 1, &p2);
 
                /* Find the relative length of this segment */
                slength = distance3d_pt_pt((POINT3D *)p1ptr, (POINT3D *)p2ptr) / length;
 
                /* If our target distance is before the total length we've seen
                 * so far. create a new point some distance down the current
                 * segment.
                 */
                if (distance < tlength + slength)
                {
                        double dseg = (distance - tlength) / slength;
                        interpolate_point4d(&p1, &p2, &pt, dseg);
                        return lwpoint_make(line->srid, has_z, has_m, &pt);
                }
                tlength += slength;
        }
 
        /* Return the last point on the line. This shouldn't happen, but
         * could if there's some floating point rounding errors. */
        getPoint4d_p(ipa, ipa->npoints - 1, &pt);
        return lwpoint_make(line->srid, has_z, has_m, &pt);
}

References distance(), distance3d_pt_pt(), getPoint4d_p(), interpolate_point4d(), lwgeom_has_m(), lwgeom_has_z(), lwline_as_lwgeom(), lwline_is_empty(), lwpoint_construct_empty(), lwpoint_make(), POINTARRAY::npoints, LWLINE::points, ptarray_length(), and LWLINE::srid.

Referenced by ST_3DLineInterpolatePoint(), and test_lwline_interpolate_point_3d().

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