[OpenLayers-Users] geometry.getLength() returns what format

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 02:00:49PM -0500, Chris Hardin wrote:
> What does getLength() on the geometry object? Is this measurement in
> degrees? I need to convert to mileage or Kilometers.

This measurement is in map units. If you want it in miles, you're going
to want to look at:

http://dev.openlayers.org/sandbox/tschaub/feature/examples/measure.html
http://dev.openlayers.org/sandbox/tschaub/feature/lib/OpenLayers/Control/Measure.js

(I do not think these will be in 2.5.)

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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