Re: [OpenMap Users] FindClosest problem?

It is a bug. I don't know why that condition is there.

- Don

On Wednesday, November 27, 2002, at 05:19 AM, Bart Jourquin wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Reading the docs, I thought that OMGraphicList.FindClosest(x, y,
> limit) returned the closest graphic from a given point. A closer look
> into the sources shows that the actual distance is computed in
> BasicGeometry.distanceToEdge. There, one starts with the following
> test :
>
> if (shape.contains(x,y)) ....
>
> In other words, a valid distance is only returned when (x,y) are on an
> existant object, and not when (x,y) are within a given limit distance.
>
> Is this a bug or did I misunderstood the functionality?
>
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