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and areas of lines and polygons. Areas can be stated in acres,
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hectares, square miles, square meters and square kilometers.
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+<h2>EXAMPLES</h2>
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+Distance example in a latitude-longitude location (on great circle, i.e. an orthodrome):
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+<div class="code"><pre>
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+Bonn_DE="7.09549,50.73438"
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+Philadelphia_US="-75.16379,39.95233"
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+m.measure coordinates="$Bonn_DE,$Philadelphia_US" units=kilometers
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+Length: 6217.916452 kilometers
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+</pre></div>
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+<div align="center" style="margin: 10px">
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+<a href="m_measure_distance.png">
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+<img src="m_measure_distance.png" width="600" alt="Visualization (with d.geodesic) of m.measure distance example" border=0><br>
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+</a>
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+<i>Visualization (with d.geodesic) of m.measure distance example</i>
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+</div>
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+<p>
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+As an example for the North Carolina sample dataset, here four points
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+describing a square of 1000m side length:
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+<div class="code"><pre>
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+m.measure units=meters \
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+ coordinates=922000,2106000,923000,2106000,923000,2107000,922000,2107000
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+Length: 3000.000000 meters
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+Area: 1000000.000000 square meters
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+# script style output:
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+m.measure -g units=hectares \
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+ coordinates=922000,2106000,923000,2106000,923000,2107000,922000,2107000
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+units=meters,square meters
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+length=3000.000000
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+area=1000000.000000
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+</pre></div>
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+
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+<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
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+<em>
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+<a href="d.geodesic.html">d.geodesic</a>
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+</em>
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+
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<h2>AUTHORS</h2>
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Glynn Clements
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