[OpenLayers-Users] geometry.getLength() returns what format
Christopher Schmidt
crschmidt at metacarta.com
Wed Sep 5 15:31:15 EDT 2007
On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 02:00:49PM -0500, Chris Hardin wrote:
> What does getLength() on the geometry object? Is this measurement in
> degrees? I need to convert to mileage or Kilometers.
This measurement is in map units. If you want it in miles, you're going
to want to look at:
http://dev.openlayers.org/sandbox/tschaub/feature/examples/measure.html
http://dev.openlayers.org/sandbox/tschaub/feature/lib/OpenLayers/Control/Measure.js
(I do not think these will be in 2.5.)
Regards,
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Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta
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