I think I will use the GeodeticCalculator
Thank you for your answer

Benoît

Le 18 mai 09 à 21:44, Andrea Aime a écrit :

> Benoît Thiébault ha scritto:
>> Hi everyone,
>> What is the distance computed by the AbstractCRS distance method ?
>> Is this the orthodromic distance, i.e. the distance on the  
>> spheroid  arc in meters ?
>
> It is the orthodromic distance if the CRS is geographic,
> cartesian distance if the system is projected.
> If you always want the orthodromic distance I'd suggest
> to convert your corrdinates back in wgs84 and use
> the GeodeticCalculator class instead.
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
>

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