Murat - Here's an alternative thought that you might find simpler than JTS - why not store the area of the object (car, bus) as a property of the object and have the sensor query this property and "respond" appropriately? -Mike On 12/21/2010 5:38 PM, murat karakaya wrote: > Mark, > Thank you for the reply, > however, I'm looking for a simpler solution -in terms of learning time of new classes- > > murat > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Mark Coletti <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> > wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Murat KARAKAYA <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > I want to simulate a sensor network composing of static sensor nodes which > > monitor a road for passing-by objects. These mobile objects are in different > > shapes and areas. I want to sensor nodes would sense the object not by its > > center coordinates but by its area. For example a car object would have a > > small rectangle area wrt that of a bus object. > > You may want to look into GeoMason. Though the intent with GeoMason > is to deal with geospatial entities, it is wrapped round the Java > Topology Suit (JTS). JTS provides the type of functionality you are > looking for, including querying Geometry area. > > GeoMason is found in the "contrib" directory in the main MASON distribution. > >