[GRASS-user] v.split length=? in latlon

[Markus Neteler]

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Achim Kisseler
<ak7 at jupiter.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in v.split:
> I wonder what units are be used as length in a lat-lon environment?
>
> Are these degrees?

I am afraid yes since it uses Vect_line_length(). Certainly this is
rather useless.

The doxygen documentation for that function suggests:
   "For Lat-Long use Vect_line_geodesic_length() instead."

> Why isn't there an option for m, km,..?

The "easiest" way would be to manage things as done in v.distance.

Please open an enhancement report in trac for this.

Markus