[mapguide-users] RE: GetArea and GetLength measurements

Jim O'Leary joleary.public at gmail.com
Sat Apr 14 18:20:25 EDT 2007


My input is LL84WKT, which is degrees, but I am transforming to BC Albers. Is
that in meters?


Walt Welton-Lair wrote:
> 
> It's whatever units the input geometry is in.  No unit conversion is
> done.
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> What measurement system does MgGeometricEntity::GetArea() and
> MgGeometricEntity::GetLength() return? Square meters and meters
> respectively? The documentation does not say.
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