distance() method output

[Adrián Ribao]

Hello,

I need to calculate the distance between 2 points. Both of them are
using srid 4326. They are:
pnt1 = (-4.7351074210249688, 41.6400783785366)
and
pnt2 = (-4.2619119999999997, 43.379455)

pnt1.distance(pnt2) is 1.8025939470031596

what is this number? The distance should be 220.339Km and I don't
understand what 1.8025939... means.

How can I convert that number to km?

Thank you!

[Guillaume Sueur]

Hi Adrian,

As you are using geographic coordinates (degrees...), the output is in
the same units.
To perform a proper distance computation, you should project your data
first. Then you will be able to get a distance in metric system.

Regards,

Guillaume


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