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+/***************************************************************************
+ *              GSkyRegionMap.hpp - sky map region class                *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
+ * copyright (C) 2013 by Michael Mayer                                     *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify   *
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by   *
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or      *
+ *  (at your option) any later version.                                    *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,        *
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of         *
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the          *
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.                           *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License      *
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+/**
+ * @file GSkyRegionMap.hpp
+ * @brief Circular sky region class interface definition
+ * @author Pierrick Martin and Anneli Schulz
+ */
+
+#ifndef GSKYREGIONMAP_HPP
+#define GSKYREGIONMAP_HPP
+
+/* __ Includes ___________________________________________________________ */
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+#include "GMath.hpp"
+#include "GSkyDir.hpp"
+#include "GSkyRegion.hpp"
+
+
+/***********************************************************************//**
+ * @class GSkyRegionMap
+ *
+ * @brief Interface for a sky region in the form of a map
+ *
+ * This class provides an implementation for a sky region defined by a skymap.
+ * The map is provided as a FITS file filled with 0 and 1 (or non-zero) values.
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+class GSkyRegionMap : public GSkyRegion {
+
+public:
+    // Constructors and destructors
+    GSkyRegionMap(void);
+    GSkyRegionMap(const GFits& file);
+    GSkyRegionMap(const GFitsHDU& hdu);
+	GSkyRegionMap(const GSkyRegionMap& map);
+    virtual ~GSkyRegionMap(void);
+
+    // Operators
+    GSkyRegionMap& operator=(const GSkyRegionMap& map);
+
+    // Implemented methods
+    void              clear(void);
+    GSkyRegionMap*    clone(void) const;
+    void              load(const GFits& file);
+    void              read(const GFitsHDU& hdu);   
+    const GSkymap*    map(void) const;
+	bool              contains(const GSkyDir& dir) const;
+    bool              contains(const GSkyRegion& reg) const;
+    bool              overlaps(const GSkyRegion& reg) const;
+    std::string       print(const GChatter& chatter = NORMAL) const;
+
+protected:
+    // Protected methods
+    void init_members(void);
+    void copy_members(const GSkyRegionMap& region);
+    void free_members(void);
+    void compute_solid_angle(void);
+
+    // Protected members
+    GSkymap	  m_map;          //!< The map
+    
+};
+
+
+/***********************************************************************//**
+ * @brief Return the map
+ *
+ * @return GSkymap object.
+ *
+ * Returns the map.
+ ***************************************************************************/
+inline
+double GSkyRegionMap::dec(void) const
+{
+    return (m_map);
+}
+
+#endif /* GSKYREGIONMAP_HPP */