Ellipsoid.GrazingAngles Method

Provides the angles from the indicated direction to the two points on the limb of the ellipsoid with the smallest and largest apparent angular separation, as viewed from the provided point. The point must be exterior to the ellipsoid.

Namespace: AGI.Foundation.Geometry.Shapes
Assembly: AGI.Foundation.Core (in AGI.Foundation.Core.dll) Version: 25.1.421.0 (25.1.421.0)

Syntax

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public double[] GrazingAngles(
	Cartesian point,
	UnitCartesian direction
)

Public Function GrazingAngles ( 
	point As Cartesian,
	direction As UnitCartesian
) As Double()

public:
array<double>^ GrazingAngles(
	Cartesian point, 
	UnitCartesian direction
)

member GrazingAngles : 
        point : Cartesian * 
        direction : UnitCartesian -> float[]

Parameters

point: Type: AGI.Foundation.Coordinates.Cartesian
The position exterior to the ellipsoid.
direction: Type: AGI.Foundation.Coordinates.UnitCartesian
The reference direction.

Return Value

Type:Double[]
The smallest and largest apparent angular separation, respectively.

Reference

Ellipsoid Class

AGI.Foundation.Geometry.Shapes Namespace

Ellipsoid.GrazingAngleLocations(Cartesian, UnitCartesian)

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Parameters

Return Value

Reference

Ellipsoid.GrazingAngles Method