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ee.Feature.withinDistance
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Returns true if and only if the geometries of two features are within a specified distance.
| Usage | Returns | Feature.withinDistance(right, distance, maxError, proj) | Boolean |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: left | Element | The feature containing the geometry used as the left operand of the operation. |
right | Element | The feature containing the geometry used as the right operand of the operation. |
distance | Float | The distance threshold. If a projection is specified, the distance is in units of that projected coordinate system, otherwise it is in meters. |
maxError | ErrorMargin, default: null | The maximum amount of error tolerated when performing any necessary reprojection. |
proj | Projection, default: null | The projection in which to perform the operation. If not specified, the operation will be performed in a spherical coordinate system, and linear distances will be in meters on the sphere. |
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Last updated 2023-12-06 UTC.
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