[Mapserver-users] distanceToPoint in kilometres?
Steve Lime
steve.lime at dnr.state.mn.us
Mon Nov 3 15:08:39 PST 2003
Also note that mapscript itself has project methods defined for points
and shapes if MapScript is built with Proj.4, at least the Swig'd
version does...
Steve
>>> Erich Schroeder <erich at museum.state.il.us> 11/3/2003 4:10:17 PM
>>>
Nevermind, I found it. I just had never heard of it before.
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Erich Schroeder wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Daniel Morissette wrote:
>
> > Yewondwossen Assefa wrote:
> > > One possible way of doing that would be to convert your 2
lat/long
> > > positions to a projected unit system and then use the
distanceToPoint
> > > (or your local code) to compute the distance.
> > > You can use the php_proj utility (which uses Proj.4) to do your
> > > conversion. If you are builing mapserver yourself, the file is
>
> Whoa, I must have missed this before. What is the "php_proj"
utility?
>
> Erich
>
>
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