Description
Calculates the shortest planar or geodesic distance between two geometries.
Usage
You may need to calculate the distance between two points. Unlike the Calculate Distance activity, the Calculate Distance (server) activity allows you to perform a geodesic calculation. You could take two points from a user using a Display Form activity and a Geometry Picker form element and calculate the distance using the Calculate Distance (server) activity.
Inputs
Url |
Required Type: String The URL of the ArcGIS geometry service. For example, https://utility.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Geometry/GeometryServer. |
Geometry1 |
Required Type: esri.Geometry (3.x, 4.x)* The first geometry. |
Geometry2 |
Required Type: esri.Geometry (3.x, 4.x)* The second geometry. |
Unit |
Optional Type: String Measurement unit of the return value. Defaults to the units of the input geometries. Known values: meters | feet | kilometers | miles | nautical-miles | yards. |
Geodesic |
Optional Type: Boolean When true, the geodesic distance between Geometry1 and Geometry2 is measured. Defaults to false. |
* VertiGIS Studio Workflow uses different versions of Esri's ArcGIS API for JavaScript depending on the type of host application. See Underlying Technologies for information.
Outputs
distance |
Type: Number The distance between the two geometries. |
Properties
For information about the ID, Display Name, and Description properties, see Properties Common to all Activities.
Connectivity Requirements
This activity does not work when the device has intermittent connectivity to the network.
Version Information
Supported from: Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 2.9, ArcGIS Web AppBuilder 2.4.
