Area

Class to hold a geospatial area of data in the given projection.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
left	float	Left most point in the projection space.	required
top	float	Top most point in the projection space.	required
right	float	Right most point in the projection space.	required
bottom	float	Bottom most point in the projection space.	required

Attributes:

Name	Type	Description
left	float	Left most point in the projection space.
top	float	Top most point in the projection space.
right	float	Right most point in the projection space.
bottom	float	Bottom most point in the projection space.

is_world property

Returns true if this is a global area, independent of projection.

Returns:

Type	Description
bool	True if the Area was created with world otherwise False.

grow(offset)

Expand the area in all directions by the given amount.

Generates a new area that is an expanded version of the current area.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
offset	float	The amount by which to grow the area.	required

Returns:

Type	Description
Area	A new area of the expanded size.

overlaps(other)

Check if this area overlaps with another area.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
other	Area	The other area to compare this area with.	required

Returns:

Type	Description
bool	True if the two areas intersect, otherwise false.

world() staticmethod

Creates an area that covers the entire planet.

Returns:

Type	Description
Area	An area where the extents are nan, but is_world returns true.