gis.measure.Distance

class Distance(**kwargs) [source]

To initialize a distance object, pass in a keyword corresponding to the desired unit attribute name set with desired value. For example, the following creates a distance object representing 5 miles:

>>> dist = Distance(mi=5)

__getattr__(unit_att)

Returns the distance value in units corresponding to the given unit attribute. For example:

>>> print(dist.km)
8.04672

classmethod unit_attname(unit_name)

Returns the distance unit attribute name for the given full unit name. For example:

>>> Distance.unit_attname('Mile')
'mi'