On 2/24/07, Paul Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea Aime wrote: > > So, if your problem is the latter [geodetic distance], don't hold > > your breath, it'll be solved only when someone with good knowledge > > of ellipsoidic geometry steps in and adds at least a working point/line > > distance algorithm. > > I've been wondering lately whether it wouldn't be to stop waiting for > this work and instead rough in things based on spherical geometry. You > do the calculations necessary to figure out the proximate points using > spherical maths, and then do the final distance calculation between the > points on the spheroid. Likely to be close enough to correct to be > indistinguishable.
>From a user point of view I'd say that would be better than nothing and probably good enough for 99.999999% of uses. Ian -- Ian Turton http://www.geotools.org http://pennspace.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
