Re: [Django] #6440: Issues with Distance conversion from meters to degrees

[Django]

#6440: Issues with Distance conversion from meters to degrees
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Reporter: anonymous | Owner: jbronn
Type: Uncategorized | Status: closed
Component: GIS | Version: gis
Severity: Normal | Resolution: fixed
Keywords: measure distance | Triage Stage: Accepted
degree conversion | Needs documentation: 0
Has patch: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Needs tests: 0 | UI/UX: 0
Easy pickings: 0 |
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Changes (by simon29):

* ui_ux: => 0
* type: => Uncategorized
* severity: => Normal
* easy: => 0

Comment:

Ideally, the Distance object could allow something like this --
{{{
degrees = D(km=10).degrees_at(point)
}}}
And return the degrees using a spherical projection at that point (a Point
object).

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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/6440#comment:4>
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