Can I access the raw coordinates?

Access to the raw coordinates of geometries stored in the geometry column is discouraged. If you make good use of the high-level transforms provided by the framework, you will be more productive.

Rigid motion

Coordinates are often called for when the application requires rigid motion. We provide optimized Translate, Rotate and Scale transforms for that purpose:

data = georef((; z=rand(1000, 1000)))

data |> Translate(10u"m", 8u"ft")

Projections

Map projections are examples of coordinate transforms. The Proj function can be used to "reproject" a GeoTable into a new coordinate reference system (CRS):

data |> Proj(Polar)

Raw coordinates

If you really need access to the coordinates, use the coords function:

quad = data.geometry[1]

Quadrangle
├─ Point(x: 0.0 m, y: 0.0 m)
├─ Point(x: 1.0 m, y: 0.0 m)
├─ Point(x: 1.0 m, y: 1.0 m)
└─ Point(x: 0.0 m, y: 1.0 m)

point = centroid(quad)

Point with Cartesian{NoDatum} coordinates
├─ x: 0.5 m
└─ y: 0.5 m

coords(point)

Cartesian{NoDatum} coordinates
├─ x: 0.5 m
└─ y: 0.5 m

It returns a CRS object. The type of this object can be retrieved with the crs function, which works with any GeoTable, geospatial Domain or individual Geometry:

crs(data)

Cartesian2D{NoDatum, Quantity{Float64, 𝐋, FreeUnits{(m,), 𝐋, nothing}}} (alias for Cartesian{NoDatum, 2, Quantity{Float64, 𝐋, Unitful.FreeUnits{(m,), 𝐋, nothing}}})

Very often the coordinates are LatLon in degrees. These cannot be used in linear algebra routines. The function to converts any CRS object into a static vector with Cartesian coordinates for algebraic manipulation:

to(Point(LatLon(0, 0)))

Vec(6.378137e6 m, 0.0 m, 0.0 m)