LengthUnit.Meter Property
Gets the LengthUnit that represents a meter.
Thread safety: This property is thread-safe.
Syntax
public static LengthUnit Meter { get; }Property Value
Type: LengthUnit
A length unit that represents a meter.
A length unit that represents a meter.
Remarks
The meter is the default length unit when defining a map Projection. The Abbreviation is "m".
The original definition of the meter was that the ground distance from the equator to the North Pole should be 10 000 000 meters, which can be useful to remember for GIS users. On the modern WGS84 ellipsoid, the equator-pole distance is 10 001 965.73 meters, while a quarter of the equator is 10 018 754.17 meters.
Platforms
Windows, Linux, Android