{@linkplain org.geotools.referencing.cs.AbstractCS Coordinate systems} implementation. An explanation for this package is provided in the {@linkplain org.opengis.referencing.cs OpenGIS® javadoc}. The remaining discussion on this page is specific to the Geotools implementation.

Geotools provides some convenience methods for fetching specific coordinate values in standard units. For example the {@link org.geotools.referencing.cs.DefaultEllipsoidalCS} class provides a {@link org.geotools.referencing.cs.DefaultEllipsoidalCS#getLongitude getLongitude} method that returns the longitude value in a given set of coordinates. This convenience method free the user from the task of finding which axis is for the longitude, and performing unit conversion.