EllipsoidSurfaceDistance Method

Computes the shortest distance as measured on the surface of the ellipsoid between two planetodetic cartographic positions.

Namespace: AGI.Foundation.Geometry.Shapes
Assembly: AGI.Foundation.Core (in AGI.Foundation.Core.dll) Version: 24.1.418.0 (24.1.418.0)

Syntax

public double SurfaceDistance(
	Cartographic first,
	Cartographic second
)

Public Function SurfaceDistance ( 
	first As Cartographic,
	second As Cartographic
) As Double

public:
double SurfaceDistance(
	Cartographic first, 
	Cartographic second
)

member SurfaceDistance : 
        first : Cartographic * 
        second : Cartographic -> float

first: Type: AGI.Foundation.CoordinatesCartographic
The initial planetodetic cartographic position.
second: Type: AGI.Foundation.CoordinatesCartographic
The final planetodetic cartographic position.

Type: Double
The surface distance.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
UnsupportedCaseException	The scalene case of a geodesic ellipsoid is not currently modeled and will be in a future release.

Remarks

Since the distance is measured on the surface of the ellipsoid, the height coordinate information is ignored.

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