GetLineDistance()

Argument

Contents

c

The coordinate

shape_pts

The array of shape points in the line

Element

Type

Contents

1

Real

The distance to the closest line segment

2

Coord

The coordinate on the segment that is closest to the point

3

Integer

The index of the shape point in the array that forms the beginning of the closest line segment (1 <= index < shape_pts.length)

Function

Summary

GetDistance()

Computes the great circle distance between two coordinates

GetDistances()

Computes distances and statistics from each point in a set of origins to each point in a set of destinations

GetLine()

Gets the coordinates that describe the location of a line feature

CoordToLineDistance()

Finds the nearest line feature to a point and returns information about it