Calculate Distance (server) Activity

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.