# HG changeset patch
# User Nicolas Saunier <nicolas.saunier@polymtl.ca>
# Date 1561260781 14400
# Node ID cef7aa2f99316e01687c305ff7a5887b15ec5523
# Parent  7135b5eaa6b44c0c3156304201728837c57b41d8
minor shorthand method

diff -r 7135b5eaa6b4 -r cef7aa2f9931 trafficintelligence/moving.py
--- a/trafficintelligence/moving.py	Fri Jun 21 15:54:04 2019 -0400
+++ b/trafficintelligence/moving.py	Sat Jun 22 23:33:01 2019 -0400
@@ -879,12 +879,16 @@
             print('Index {} beyond trajectory length {}-1'.format(i, self.length()))
 
     def getCumulativeDistance(self, i):
-        '''Return the cumulative distance between the beginning and point i'''
+        '''Returns the cumulative distance between the beginning and point i'''
         if i < self.length():
             return self.cumulativeDistances[i]
         else:
             print('Index {} beyond trajectory length {}'.format(i, self.length()))
 
+    def getTotalDistance(self):
+        '''Returns the total distance (shorthand for cumulative distance [-1]'''
+        return self.getCumulativeDistance(-1)
+            
     def getMaxDistance(self, metric):
         'Returns the maximum distance between points in the trajectory'
         positions = self.getPositions().asArray().T