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Transformation of Coordinate Spaces
A coordinate space is a planar space based on the Cartesian coordinate system. This system
provides a means of specifying the location of each point on a plane. It requires
two axes that are perpendicular and equal in length. The following illustration
shows a coordinate space.
The Microsoft® Win32® application programming interface (API) uses four coordinate spaces: world,
page, device, and physical device. Applications use world space to rotate,
shear, or reflect graphics output. World space measures 2^32 units high by 2^32
units wide. Page space (referred to as logical space in earlier versions of
Windows) also measures 2^32 units high by 2^32 units wide. Device space measures 2^27
units high by 2^27 units wide. Page space works with device space to provide
applications with device-independent units, such as millimeters and inches. The
Win32 API refers to both world space and page space as logical space. The final
coordinate space, physical device, usually refers to the client area of the
application's window; however, it can also include the entire desktop, a complete
window (including the frame, title bar, and menu bar), or a page of printer or
plotter paper. Physical device dimensions vary according to the dimensions set
by the display, printer, or plotter technology.
To depict output on a physical device, Windows copies (or maps) a rectangular
region from one coordinate space into the next coordinate space until finally
the output appears in its entirety on the physical device. Mapping begins in the
application's world space if the application has called the SetWorldTransform function; otherwise, mapping occurs in page space. As Windows copies each
point within the rectangular region from one space into another, it applies an
algorithm called a transformation. A transformation alters (or transforms) the size, orientation, and shape of objects that are
copied from one coordinate space into another. Although a transformation affects
an object as a whole, it is applied to each point, or to each line, in the
object.
The following illustration shows a typical transformation performed by using
the SetWorldTransform function.
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