Re: [Geoserver-users] DWithin Units

[Andreas H. <aho...@op...>]

On Oct 21, 2010, at 17:46 , Nji, Klaus wrote:

> The Distance element has an attribute of "units", which is of anyURI, for this. 
> 
> <Distance units="your unit goes here">5</Distance>
> 
> However, as I understand it, units are ignored.

That's correct.

http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-937

Regards,
Andreas.

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> http://localhost:8081/geoserver/wfs?request=GetFeature&version=1.1.0&typeName=topp:states&filter=<Filter><DWithin><PropertyName>the_geom</PropertyName><Point><coordinates>28.784925,-80.785889</coordinates></Point><Distance>5</Distance></DWithin></Filter>&propertyName=STATE_NAME
> 
> I am using  the DWithin as above. Just had couple of questions:
> 
> 1) As I went through some forum posts it seems like it uses the units that
> is used in the shapefiles. Is that correct?
> 
> 2) Can I change the units to be anything I want, like meters, etc? If so how
> do I request it?
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