Description
Calculates the shortest planar distance between two geometries.
Usage
You may need to calculate the distance between two points. 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 activity.
Offline Support
This activity works when the device is offline.
Inputs
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Geometry1 |
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Required Type: esri.Geometry (3.x, 4.x)* The first geometry. |
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Geometry2 |
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Required Type: esri.Geometry (3.x, 4.x)* The second geometry. |
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Unit |
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Optional Measurement unit of the return value. Defaults to the units of the input geometries. Known values: meters | feet | kilometers | miles | nautical-miles | yards. |
* Geocortex Workflow uses different versions of Esri's ArcGIS API for JavaScript depending on the type of application. Web AppBuilder 2D apps and Geocortex HTML5 viewers use version 3.x of the JavaScript API. Web AppBuilder 3D apps use version 4.x.
Outputs
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distance |
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Type: Number The distance between the two geometries. |
* Geocortex Workflow uses different versions of Esri's ArcGIS API for JavaScript depending on the type of application. Web AppBuilder 2D apps and Geocortex HTML5 viewers use version 3.x of the JavaScript API. Web AppBuilder 3D apps use version 4.x.
Properties
For information about the ID, Display Name, and Description properties, see Properties Common to all Activities.
Version Information
Supported from: Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 2.9, Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS 2.4.
