# Package org.opengis.metadata.extent

package org.opengis.metadata.extent
Extent information. The following is adapted from OpenGIS® Metadata (Topic 11) specification.

The datatype in this package is an aggregate of the metadata elements that describe the spatial and temporal extent of the referring entity. The extent entity contains information about the geographic, temporal and the vertical extent of the referring entity. The geographic extent can be subclassed as bounding polygon, geographic bounding box and geographic description.

Since:
  1.0

- Related Packages
  Package
  Description
  org.opengis.metadata
  Root package for metadata.
- Interfaces
  Class
  Description
  BoundingPolygon
  Boundary enclosing the dataset, expressed as the closed set of (x,y) coordinates of the polygon.
  Extent
  Information about spatial, vertical, and temporal extent.
  GeographicBoundingBox
  Geographic position of the dataset.
  GeographicDescription
  Description of the geographic area using identifiers.
  GeographicExtent
  Base interface for geographic area of the dataset.
  SpatialTemporalExtent
  Extent with respect to date/time and spatial boundaries.
  TemporalExtent
  Time period covered by the content of the dataset.
  VerticalExtent
  Vertical domain of dataset.