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World Wind is a collection of components that interactively display 3D geographic information within Java applications or applets.
/*
* Copyright (C) 2012 United States Government as represented by the Administrator of the
* National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
* All Rights Reserved.
*/
package gov.nasa.worldwind.geom;
import gov.nasa.worldwind.globes.*;
/**
* @author tag
* @version $Id: MeasurableLength.java 1171 2013-02-11 21:45:02Z dcollins $
*/
public interface MeasurableLength
{
/**
* Returns the object's length in meters. If the object conforms to terrain, the length is that along the terrain,
* including its hillsides and other undulations.
*
* @param globe The globe the object is related to.
* @return the object's length in meters.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the globe
is null.
*/
double getLength(Globe globe);
}