Eccentricity of the Ellipsoid squared
Namespace:
EGIS.ShapeFileLibAssembly: EGIS.ShapeFileLib (in EGIS.ShapeFileLib.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic |
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Public Property EccentricitySquared As Double Get Set |
C# |
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public double EccentricitySquared { get; set; } |
Visual C++ |
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public: property double EccentricitySquared { double get (); void set (double value); } |
JavaScript |
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function get_eccentricitySquared(); function set_eccentricitySquared(value); |
Remarks
E^2 is related to the flattening of the Ellipsoid as follows:
E^2 = 1 - (1-f)^2
Note that in most SPHEROID parameters of the WKT format the flattening is expressed as 1/f. For example, in SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101] 1/f = 298.257222101