[postgis-users] Confusing Distance

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Hi,
I was trying to calculate the distance (in NM) from two points.  I've found
a method using distance_spheroid, but I am curious why my original method
didn't work correctly:

select distance (
  transform( GeomFromText('Point(-76.29145663 -45.9229366415 )', 4269),
32661),
  transform( GeomFromText('Point(-76.42922377 -45.2098919078 )', 4269),
32661)
) / 1852

gives me 297 NM, but it is really a lot closer.  I thought distance() would
return the number of meters, then I divide by the number of meters in a NM.  

Thanks for any help.

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