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Could I do the coordinate transformation by this library?

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start with the calculateLength2D usage and the WGS84 coordinates described in the issue, then check whether this library exposes coordinate transformation; compare the requested workflow with the mentioned GeoTools alternative. Done would require a confirmed scope—either documenting an existing transformation path or defining the requested feature.

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question

For example,I have a series coordinates of a polyline. And the coordinates is based on WGS84. However,when I use the calculateLength2D method for polyline. It seems that it gives the plane result using Euclidean Metric. However,this result is not meaningful. So I reckon that it should be firstly projected to a plane coordinates (unit:m). So that I can calculate the length of this polyline?
So how to do coordinate transformation in this library? Or I have to use other library such as GeoTools?
Thanks a lot

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