distance between a point and a geographical feature

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Miguel Gonçalves wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am using MapServer 4.6 with shapefiles.
> I want to know if exists a way of calculating the distance between a
> given point and a geographical feature of my map.
> In my case, I have the lines layer "roads" in my map object.
> Havin a point (x,y) I want to know the distance to a particular road.
> Is there a way of doing it with MapServer?
> Thanks.
> Best regards.
>
>
> Miguel 

Hi Miguel!

Maybe you need this function:

 double distanceToShape(shapeObj shape)
        Calculates the minimum distance between a point and a shape  
from Pointobj
Karel