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GMSGeometryLength
extern CLLocationDistance GMSGeometryLength(GMSPath *_Nonnull path)
Returns the great circle length of path
, in meters, on Earth.
This is the sum of GMSGeometryDistance()
over the path segments.
All the coordinates of the path must be valid.
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Last updated 2025-08-27 UTC.
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