Geometric Path Group Descriptions

• NumPaths - This is a single integer representing the number of paths in the group.
• NumTimes - This is the number of times at which points can be saved along a path.
• Times - This is a one dimensional array of the time values at which values are stored. The time values are stored as Julian dates.
• Locations - This is a three dimensional array of doubles for the x, y, and z location of the points on the geometric paths. The size of the array is 3 x NumPaths x NumTimes
• Mins, Maxs - Single dimensional size three arrays which store the minimum and maximum x, y, and z values encountered. This may be of interest to users as well as helpful for building spatial grids.

A Geometric Path Group may have associated with it, a two dimensional array of lists. This is the Spatial Bins array. Each entry in the two dimensional array corresonds to a portion of the domain covered by the paths. That array entry includes a list of path identifiers that cross this spatial bin, along with a range of times when that path is in this bin. The spatial bins functionality may not be implemented until a later date.