[postgis-users] st_distance meter/degree

[Jorge Gustavo Rocha]

Hi Franco,

I did not understood your question.

Postgis calculates the distance/area according to the CRS unit. It the
CRS unit is degrees, the results is in degrees. If the CRS unit is
meter, the result is in meter.

For example, if you transform the geometry, like:
SELECT ST_Distance(ST_Transform(geometry, 25829)) ...
the result will be in meter.

Regards,

Jorge

Às 11:54 de 13-04-2017, franco base escreveu:
> Thanks Jorge but it isn't the matter.
> I'd know why postgis have a different way to calculate the distance
> with the same sql query.
> 
> 2017-04-13 12:37 GMT+02:00 Jorge Gustavo Rocha <jgr at di.uminho.pt
> <mailto:jgr at di.uminho.pt>>:
> 
>     Hi Franco,
> 
>     You can use the usual control statements IF THEN ELSE [1] to make it
>     exactly like you want.
> 
>     [1]
>     https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/plpgsql-control-structures.html
>     <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/plpgsql-control-structures.html>
> 
>     Regards,
> 
>     Jorge
> 
>     Às 10:57 de 13-04-2017, franco base escreveu:
>     > Hi all.
>     > Is it possible that st_distance between point return meter distance if
>     > point are very close and degrees otherwise?
>     >
>     > SELECT ST_distance ( ST_SetSRID
>     > (ST_MakePoint(45.4553804010375,9.11292550791171) ,4326), ST_SetSRID
>     > (ST_MakePoint(45.4553855607023,9.11291318106981) ,4326))
>     >
>     > return 1.3 ( meter distance)
>     >
>     >
>     > SELECT ST_distance ( ST_SetSRID
>     > (ST_MakePoint(45.4553804010375,9.11292550791171) ,4326), ST_SetSRID
>     > (ST_MakePoint(45.4560699405679,9.1164832309759) ,4326))
>     >
>     > return 0.003 (degrees distance)
>     >
>     >
>     > Thanks
>     > fb
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
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