On 01/12/09 23:01, Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd) wrote: > Hi Guys, > > Is anyone aware of a utility where you can compare two point layers and > get back a table of distances and bearing between each point. I know > Sextante can have a file look at itself, so it is possible to merge a > file and run this routine but I find that this creates a cumbersome > matrix that needs to be disassembled. > > A file with the following fields would be desirable ID_FILE1, ID_FILE2, > DISTANCE and BEARING, with one record representing one comparison.
Simon, If you have common IDs for the layers, you can do that with a little bit of work on the field calculator, extrancting coordinates and calculating the euclidean distance (if it's sensible) For a more automated way: Sextante development or some scripting. Nice use case, indeed. Cheers Jorge _______________________________________________ Gvsig_internacional mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional
