movingpandas.Trajectory.distance#

Trajectory.distance(other, units=(None, None, None, None))#

Return the minimum distance to the other geometric object (based on shapely https://shapely.readthedocs.io/en/stable/manual.html#object.distance).

If units have been declared:

  • For geographic projections, in declared units

  • For known CRS units, in declared units

  • For unknown CRS units, in declared units as if CRS is in meters

Parameters:
  • other (shapely.geometry or Trajectory) – Other geometric object or trajectory

  • units (str) – Units in which to calculate distance values (default: CRS units) For more info, check the list of supported units at https://movingpandas.org/units

Returns:

Distance

Return type:

float