[GRASS-SVN] r58745 - grass/branches/develbranch_6/raster/r.grow.distance

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Sun Jan 19 13:07:45 PST 2014


Author: neteler
Date: 2014-01-19 13:07:45 -0800 (Sun, 19 Jan 2014)
New Revision: 58745

Modified:
   grass/branches/develbranch_6/raster/r.grow.distance/description.html
Log:
r.grow.distance manual: mention Geodesic metric in NOTES (trac #2166)

Modified: grass/branches/develbranch_6/raster/r.grow.distance/description.html
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--- grass/branches/develbranch_6/raster/r.grow.distance/description.html	2014-01-19 21:07:35 UTC (rev 58744)
+++ grass/branches/develbranch_6/raster/r.grow.distance/description.html	2014-01-19 21:07:45 UTC (rev 58745)
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
 
 where the isolines of distance from a point are squares.
 
+<p>
+The <i>Geodesic metric</i> is calculated as geodesic distance, to 
+be used only in latitude-longitude locations. It is recommended 
+to use it along with the <em>-m</em> flag in order to output 
+distances in meters instead of map units.
 
 <h2>EXAMPLE</h2>
 



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