# Geodesic Distance

**URL:** <https://openep.discourse.group/t/geodesic-distance/179>\
**Category:** EP Workbench\
**Created:** [22 September 2026 16:02 UTC](https://openep.discourse.group/t/geodesic-distance/179 "2026-09-22T16:02:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [25 September 2026 10:03 UTC](https://openep.discourse.group/t/geodesic-distance/179/2 "2026-09-25T10:03:34Z")

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Hi Waqas,

Thank you for your query.

For point 1, There is no built-in feature to measure geodesic distance between 2 points at the moment, however, you can get around it by setting up a Work-in-Progress Python plugin. You can select two landmarks on the mesh, and then access the landmarks programmatically using a Python script.

(1) Press on the Work-in-progress tab on the top right corner.  
(2) Create a new WIP  
(3) Set the interpreter to a conda environment (this should be a Python executable path).  
(4) You can then write and run the main code from the WIP Editor:

```Python
    case = cases[case_1]
    landmark_names = case.electric.landmark_points.internal_names
    landmark_points = case.electric.landmark_points.points * scale
    print(landmark_points)

```

Work-in-Progress Blog post:

> [@How to Create Python Environment for your WIP - EP Workbench](https://openep.discourse.group/t/how-to-create-python-environment-for-your-wip-ep-workbench/178):
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> EP Workbench: How to Create Python Environment for your WIP Note: WIPs run python code in the background and therefore require setting up a Conda environment. WIPs (Work-in-Progress) are small plugins that can run code from within EP Workbench. You can install a WIP (using the WIP Marketplace) or you can create your own WIP. Setting up the Python Interpreter (Conda Environment) Download the requirements.txt file from the WIP repository, for example: [requirements.txt](https://github.com/ep-workbench-wips/SIM-ANALYSIS-action-potential-trace/blob/main/requirements.txt) Open a terminal: a…

For point 2, ensure you have run the ‘batchConvert’ function after the data conversion step, in MATLAB:

`batchConvert(<directory>, <outputdirectory>)`.

That should allow EP Workbench to read the `.mat` file correctly.

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