[mapserver-users] Calculate length!

[alok mathur]

Thanks Lars. Yes I am looking for geometric length.


On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Schylberg Lars <
lars.schylberg at saabgroup.com> wrote:

>  As far as I know there is no length function in Mapserver.
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> The only geometry function to use in Expressions is area(shape).
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> OGR sql doesn’t provide that either as far as I can see in the
> documentation.
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> So the solutions might be to convert your KML data to  sqlite or postgis
> where such functions are available.
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> The length of a string (number of characters in the string) can be found
> in OGR sql with the length function,
> but I am assuming You are looking for the geometric length of the
> linestring.
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> /Lars
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> *From:* mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
> mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *alok mathur
> *Sent:* den 13 mars 2015 07:01
> *To:* mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* [mapserver-users] Calculate length!
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> Hi,
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> I want to calculate the length in mapserver. Is it possible. Means i have
> a linestring and i want to know the length for it.
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> Also not could be suggest me how to do it.
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> I am using data source to mapserver as KML.
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> Thanks!
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