/**
* Returns the shortest distance in the units of the spatial reference system of geometry, between
* the geometries. The distance is the distance between a point on each of the geometries.
*
* @param node1 xml element containing gml object(s)
* @param node2 xml element containing gml object(s)
* @return distance double value
* @throws QueryException query exception
*/
@Deterministic
public Dbl distance(final ANode node1, final ANode node2) throws QueryException {
final Geometry geo1 = checkGeo(node1);
final Geometry geo2 = checkGeo(node2);
return Dbl.get(geo1.distance(geo2));
}
