Re: [OpenMap Users] Calculate distance over a Line

From: Don Dietrick <dietrick_at_bbn.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 12:39:37 -0400

Hi Ruben,

If you have a set of points used to define the road, you can use the
GreatCircle class to create a sum of the great circle distance of a
road.

- Don

On Jun 28, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Rubén Ruiz wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I’d like to know if it’s possible to calculate the distance over a
> line or a curve.
>
> Say we’ve a road with lines and curves as usual..:D. I think that
> the distance that openmap calculates is the shortest between the
> points of these lines, and not the distance of the real road ¿is it
> right?
>
>
>
> ¿Does anybody knows how to achieve the solution to this problem?
>
> ¿Do I have to use GreatCicle methods or do I have to implement that
> method?
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Rubén, Ruiz.
>
>

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