[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2417: r.profile should report distance in location units

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#2417: r.profile should report distance in location units
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 Reporter:  annakrat            |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  enhancement         |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:  7.1.0                    
Component:  Projections/Datums  |     Version:  svn-trunk                
 Keywords:  r.profile, units    |    Platform:  All                      
      Cpu:  Unspecified         |  
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Comment(by mlennert):

 Replying to [comment:2 annakrat]:
 > The only problem is the name of the units which is in case of Foot_US
 not recognized and `G_database_unit_name` gives just ''unit''. As a
 result, r.profile now prints something like this
 >
 > {{{
 > Output Format:
 > [Along Track Dist. (units)] [Elevation]
 > Approx. transect length [205.092833] units
 > ...
 > }}}
 >
 > but this is a different problem.

 It seems to me that it should be possible to get the correct units name
 from the PROJ_UNITS file, but I just can't find a library function to do
 just that. I'm sure it must exist...

 Moritz

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