Andrea Aime wrote:
>  So, if your problem is the latter [geodetic distance], don't hold
> your breath, it'll be solved only when someone with good knowledge
> of ellipsoidic geometry steps in and adds at least a working point/line
> distance algorithm.

I've been wondering lately whether it wouldn't be to stop waiting for 
this work and instead rough in things based on spherical geometry. You 
do the calculations necessary to figure out the proximate points using 
spherical maths, and then do the final distance calculation between the 
points on the spheroid. Likely to be close enough to correct to be 
indistinguishable.

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