[GRASSLIST:3868] Re: distance between polygons

[Glynn Clements]

Johannes B|hler wrote:

> does anyone know a function or a method how to find out the shortest distance
> between two (and more) polygons, using GRASS?  i was
> thinking about something like computing the distance of each polygon 
> node to the nodes of the other polygon. and than just select the shortest 
> ones.

That won't necessarily produce the correct answer. The shortest
distance could be between a vertex of one polygon and a point on an
edge of the other polygon.

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Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>