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gml:PolyhedralSurface

A polyhedral surface is a surface composed of polygon patches connected along their common boundary curves. This differs from the surface type only in the restriction on the types of surface patches acceptable.
polygonPatches encapsulates the polygon patches of the polyhedral surface.

Element information

Type: gml:SurfaceType

Properties: Global, Qualified

Content

Attributes

NameOccTypeDescriptionNotes
gml:id [1..1]xsd:IDThe attribute gml:id supports provision of a handle for the XML element representing a GML Object. Its use is mandatory for all GML objects. It is of XML type ID, so is constrained to be unique in the XML document within which it occurs.from type gml:AbstractGMLType
srsName [0..1]xsd:anyURIfrom group gml:SRSReferenceGroup
srsDimension [0..1]xsd:positiveIntegerfrom group gml:SRSReferenceGroup
axisLabels [0..1]gml:NCNameListfrom group gml:SRSInformationGroup
uomLabels [0..1]gml:NCNameListfrom group gml:SRSInformationGroup

Used in

Substitution hierarchy

Sample instance

<gml:PolyhedralSurface gml:id="ID">
   <gml:metaDataProperty>
      <gml:GenericMetaData>Any text, intermingled with:
         <!--any element-->
      </gml:GenericMetaData>
   </gml:metaDataProperty>
   <gml:description>string</gml:description>
   <gml:descriptionReference/>
   <gml:identifier codeSpace="http://www.example.com/">string</gml:identifier>
   <gml:name>string</gml:name>
   <gml:patches>
      <gml:PolygonPatch>
         <gml:exterior>...
         </gml:exterior>
         <gml:interior>...
         </gml:interior>
      </gml:PolygonPatch>
   </gml:patches>
</gml:PolyhedralSurface>