[GRASS-user] 6.3 v.distance description faulty / ll degrees
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Patton, Eric
epatton at nrcan.gc.ca
Thu Aug 14 12:30:49 EDT 2008
>I've installed grass 6.3, since in the descritption of v.distance
>says "In lat-long locations v.distance gives distances (dist and
>to_along) in meters not in degrees calculated as geodesic distances
>on a sphere.".
I can confirm 'dist' units are indeed given in decimal degrees in a
Lat/Long location in 6.4.
Devs, what is the intended behavior of the module? If this behavior
is a bug, would it be a simple fix? Otherwise, I'll modify the
docs to mention reported units in degrees.
~ Eric.
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