[postgis-users] distance in miles

[P Kishor]

On 2/18/07, mark <rkmr.em at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> Which SRID should I use to transform geometry to get distance in
> miles? RIght now I am using the SRID 26986 which is giving the
> distance in metres.


why not just multiply the answer by 0.000621371


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