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Coordinate Menu Widget - New !

Drew

Hello Everyone,
I created a new widget that you might find useful.
Tucked away in the map context menu are three XY operations

   1.     Copy XY
   2.     Project XY (configurable)
   3.     Go To XY

ReadMe.txt included

Hope you find it useful!

Click Here to demo and download the Coordinate Menu Widget

Drew

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DianeBird

Hi Dilson,

Thanks for the reply. We never had good luck with 10.6 on our developer site, so we kept AGS 10.4 on the production server. Also, many Flex tools didn’t work with Flex 3.7, so we have stuck with 3.6.

I’m thinking I have an outdated version of the widget and am trying to secure another copy from Drew.

Thanks.

DianeBird

I’m sorry, but I cannot give you a link to our site.

I’m beginning to think I am not using the latest version. Can you send me a link to the latest compiled version?

Did I read somewhere that the Projector.as file was updated along the way?

Thanks,

Diane

rzufelt

I'm using FlexViewer 3.7 with 10.6.1. The compiled version is still working fine for me, at least for these CS's:

   <SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>coordinateSystems</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
		<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>coordinateSystem</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">name</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>NAD 1983 UTM Zone 17<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">wkid</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>26917<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">decimals</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>4<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">/></SPAN></SPAN>
		<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>coordinateSystem</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">name</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>NAD 1927 UTM Zone 17<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">wkid</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>26717<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">decimals</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>4<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">/></SPAN></SPAN>
		<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>coordinateSystem</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">name</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>World Mercator<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">wkid</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>54004<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">decimals</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>4<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">/></SPAN></SPAN>
		<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>coordinateSystem</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">name</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>GCS WGS 1984 (Decimal Degrees)<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">wkid</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>4326<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">decimals</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">/></SPAN></SPAN>
   <SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"></</SPAN>coordinateSystems</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
   <SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

DilsonKitoko

Hello @Diane,

My widget was working fine with Flex 3.6 and AGS 10.2 for a long time. But then, when we updated to AGS 10.6 I started to have this error messagem. My guessing is that something in the ESRI library must had changed.

Good Luck,

Drew

Hello,

Sorry, i don't even have Flash Building installed on my computer anymore to support this. The tech is just too old.

The only way I can help is if you can provide me a public link to the site and I can try and see what is going on.

Drew

DianeBird

This is a great tool, when it works! I am running Flex 3.6 on my server. Every time I try to deploy this widget, I get "Error projecting coordinates" when I try to project to another coordinate system. The rest of the XY tools in the widget work fine. It works in the Flash Builder app, but will not activate properly in a production viewer. I have also attempted using the compiled version directly into my viewer without success. What am I missing?

Drew

So what is the end result... Is is functioning as expected now?

Drew

See step 1 in my post above....

'import com.esri.ags.tasks.supportClasses.DatumTransform;'

DilsonKitoko

Hi Andrew, thanks for your prompt reply. I've read that, but when i try to add the following:

public var datumTransform:DatumTransform;

A got the error message "1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant:". Maybe I'm missing to import some library.

Thanks,

Dilson

Drew

Some general steps..

Import the class at the top of the file

STEP 1

import com.esri.ags.tasks.supportClasses.DatumTransform;

STEP 2

Locate the following line

var projectParamaters:ProjectParameters = new ProjectParameters();

STEP 3

Add the new code below the line above

var datumTransform:DatumTransform = new DatumTransform();
     datumTransform.wkid=1327;
projectParamaters.datumTransform = datumTransform;

STEP 4

Test.

Like i said, I don't even have Flex installed. Play around and see what you can do.

Drew

Dilson... Lets try a few things.

I think it can be done... But I don't even have Flex Builder installed anymore to help much.

If we look at the "ProjectParameters" object I see it accepts a datumTransformation

Try adding that ..

Drew

DilsonKitoko

I would like to hardcode the cod below to use the Datum transformation with WKID 1327. But I don't know exactly how do to it. This code is part of Coord Menu Widget

It's not getting the transformation parameters from geometry service.

package widgets.CoordinateMenu

{

import com.esri.ags.SpatialReference;

import com.esri.ags.events.GeometryServiceEvent;

import com.esri.ags.geometry.MapPoint;

import com.esri.ags.tasks.GeometryService;

import com.esri.ags.tasks.supportClasses.ProjectParameters;

import mx.controls.Alert;

import mx.rpc.events.FaultEvent;

public class Projector

{

public var geometryServiceURL:String;

public var geometryService:GeometryService;

public function Projector(geomServiceURL:String)

{

this.geometryServiceURL = geomServiceURL;

}

public function projectPoint(mapPoint:MapPoint, toWKID:Number, callbackFunction:Function, errorFunction:Function = null😞void

{

this.geometryService = new GeometryService(this.geometryServiceURL);

this.geometryService.addEventListener(GeometryServiceEvent.PROJECT_COMPLETE, callbackFunction);

if (errorFunction != null)

{

this.geometryService.addEventListener(FaultEvent.FAULT, errorFunction);

}

else

{

this.geometryService.addEventListener(FaultEvent.FAULT, function():void

{

Alert.show("Error projecting coordinates.","Error");

});

}

var projectParamaters:ProjectParameters = new ProjectParameters();

projectParamaters.outSpatialReference =new SpatialReference(toWKID);

projectParamaters.geometries = [mapPoint];

this.geometryService.project(projectParamaters);

//var outSpatialReference:SpatialReference = new SpatialReference(toWKID);

//this.geometryService.project([mapPoint],outSpatialReference);

}

DilsonKitoko

Hello All,

I know that this topic it's a bit old, but i found this widget very useful. I'm working with compiled and uncompiled version and I have an issue. My application based on Flex 3.6 is in the projected CRS 22033 (Camacupa projected). I'm trying to display coordinates in WGS84 (4326). But when you see the results I figure it out that the coordinates are being converted to another CRS which is 4220 (Camacupa Geographic). There is anyway to set the transformation parameters in the source code? with a specific wkid transformation?

Thanks in advance,

Dilson

GeorgeHaskett

Thanks for the great widget!

Any updates on the 3.5 version?

Patrick Huls

Hi, will you be able to recompile to Flex 3.5 ? Thanks!:)

EmmaAlterton1

Hello

Thanks for the compiled code.

For anyone who is interested I found the issues I have with mouse pointer visibility only occurred with existing applications that I upgraded through the flex builder app. If I create a new application and add the Coordinate menu in the tool works great.

I found that a number of the custom widgets have a few issues/odd behaviour when used with an upgraded existing application but in a new application they work fine. As I only have a couple of applications I'm going to recreate them from scratch as this seems to fix all the issues I have.

Emma

Drew

I have updated the coed on the project site.

There were no changes, i just recompiled and added into the .zip as 3.3

Enjoy.

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=edd4a2b7c722493a8b08f53eaa131e1e

EmmaAlterton1

Hello

I'm only using the compiled widget for the flexbuilder.

Although I updated the widget in Flexbuilder it seems it didn't fully update, so I did as suggested and simply copied and pasted the compiled widget folder to the flexviwers/widget folder.

The tool now works although when I right click and the context menu appears my mouse pointer disappears.
It comes back if you escape out of the context menu or click away from the menu (if you click away you have to guess that the mouse is off the menu somewhere as it isn't visible).

Any ideas?

Emma

rzufelt

I copied the 3.1 version directly from my widgets folder in FlashBuilder and pasted into the widgets folder in my 3.3 version.

Seems to be working just fine.

R_

EmmaAlterton1

Has anyone got this working with Flexviewer 3.3?

I've upgraded and Coordinate Menu 3.1 won't work with the new Flexviewer.

Will a new version of the widget be available?

Thanks
Emma

Drew

Is this widget available for Flex Viewer 3.2? If not then will the 3.1 version work with it?

Thanks!

I have not tried it with 3.2 yet, but feel free to see if it works and post your results.
My initial guess is that it will work.

Drew

idapodrug

Is this widget available for Flex Viewer 3.2? If not then will the 3.1 version work with it?

Thanks!

Drew

hi can you teach me how to add RSO Kertau projection into this widget.....

Below are the WKID's that are might be what you are looking for.
---------------------------------------
WKID Name
---------------------------------------
4751 GCS_Kertau_RSO
24500 Kertau_Singapore_Grid
24547 Kertau_UTM_Zone_47N
24548 Kertau_UTM_Zone_48N
24571 Kertau_RSO_Malaya_Chains

Add the one that your looking for under the CoordinateMenuWidget.xml file under the <CoordinateSystems> tag

Drew

MOHD_AIZAT_HISYAMISMAIL1

Hello Everyone,
I created a new widget that you might find useful.
Tucked away in the map context menu are three XY operations

   1.     Copy XY
   2.     Project XY (configurable)
   3.     Go To XY

ReadMe.txt included

Hope you find it useful!

Click Here to demo and download the Coordinate Menu Widget

Drew

hi can you teach me how to add RSO Kertau projection into this widget.....

Drew

Does no one have a solution for this issue? Help!

Hakim ,

Currently you can not change the default selected coordinates. I will add it as an enhancement to a future upgrade.

Drew

HakimAbdi

Hi Drew,

I've got a bit of a predicament. I'm using a base map of the Antarctic in the Universal Polar Stereographic South projection (wkid="32761"), is there a way to show the "Selected Coordinates" box in decimal degrees (lat/long) instead of meters? I don't mind the "Live Coordinates" being in meters.

Thanks!

Cheer,
Hakim

Does no one have a solution for this issue? Help!

rzufelt

Jefferson,

Pretty busy this week with work, tuna fishing and all, so not much time to check into this.

When I get a chance I'll play with it a little. When I tried it in the past, I could not get any Bing to load unless I specified as tiled so definatly got me curious now.

R_

JeffersonFerreira_Ferreira

I finally figured out to just give up on wanting any Bing imagery in there if you want things to work correctly. OR, convert you map to mercator and live with it.

As far as I have found, you can't load a Bing layer (VETiledlayer) as type dynamic, so will NEVER re-project on the fly to "my" data coordinate system. I have tested with loading the Bing service into ArcMap document, and publish as a service on my server with my coodinate system. It "works", but not very fast (reprojecting a service of a service), and probably violates one or more of the useage agreements.

Anyway, I gave up on Bing maps becase of this. In fact, by looking at your attachment, it appears as if you have it working correctly if you drop the Bing layers.
Your "chart" says you have loaded Bing maps as dynamic. Did you actually find a way to do this, or are you just putting type="dynamic" in the layer tag and hoping/thinking it is actually being loaded this way. Last I knew this was not possible.

So, if you load your layer first, it will set the wkid to the wkid of that layer. All other layers in the SAME coordinate system can be loaded as tiled(or dynamic) (as long as the tiling scheme is identical), any other services in "another" wkid will have to be loaded as dynamic. So, that does not leave an option to utilize Bing (tiled only AFAIK) unless you switch your map to mercator, then that is the live coordinates you will get.

R_

R_;

Thanks for your reply.

You are right at the point of dynamic/tiled bing layer. I am thinking that it's loaded as dynamic if I put the tag <type> as dynamic. When I do this the aspect of bing layers change. It appears "pixelated" (loss visual quality) and is loaded at one time (we can't see the tiles loading). It loads slowly too. So for me appears to be loaded thereby. I confess that I have not yet "mastered" this topic.

In fact, how you can see at the "table" attached, the Go To works fine if I have the live coordinates in metric webmercator system. If I have it in WGS84 DD.DD the Go To doesn't work ("error projecting coordinates"). So would be some statement at mxml that converts the coordinates entered at Go To (in DD.DD) and plots it at right site. Am I correct?
In case case it cannot be modified (or even if there's no change to do at mxml), I can instruct my users to ignore the metric webmercator system showed in Live Coordinates (it's too confuse to them) and use the Project tool to get the "right" values in DMS or DD.DD. 'Cause appear to be impossible to conciliate this two things: Live Coordinates in DD.DD and Go To working.

But I guess I'll have to remove the Go To and use the live coordinates as DD.DD, Because this way the AddExcel Widget works fine. If I leave my map at webmercator the coordinates inputted at AddExcel doesn't plot correctly.

What do you think?
Thanks again.

rzufelt

I finally figured out to just give up on wanting any Bing imagery in there if you want things to work correctly. OR, convert you map to mercator and live with it.

As far as I have found, you can't load a Bing layer (VETiledlayer) as type dynamic, so will NEVER re-project on the fly to "my" data coordinate system. I have tested with loading the Bing service into ArcMap document, and publish as a service on my server with my coodinate system. It "works", but not very fast (reprojecting a service of a service), and probably violates one or more of the useage agreements.

Anyway, I gave up on Bing maps becase of this. In fact, by looking at your attachment, it appears as if you have it working correctly if you drop the Bing layers.
Your "chart" says you have loaded Bing maps as dynamic. Did you actually find a way to do this, or are you just putting type="dynamic" in the layer tag and hoping/thinking it is actually being loaded this way. Last I knew this was not possible.

So, if you load your layer first, it will set the wkid to the wkid of that layer. All other layers in the SAME coordinate system can be loaded as tiled(or dynamic) (as long as the tiling scheme is identical), any other services in "another" wkid will have to be loaded as dynamic. So, that does not leave an option to utilize Bing (tiled only AFAIK) unless you switch your map to mercator, then that is the live coordinates you will get.

R_

JeffersonFerreira_Ferreira

Hi there - My maps are also in StatePlane and the widget works using WGS84 decimal degrees wkid = 4326. Are you using 10.1. I remember seeing something about updating the geometry service referenced in the .xml to a 10.1 service, if so. Don't know if that has anything to do with it.... ;-/

R - thanks for the input! Will try out your suggestions. Glad I'm not the only one chicken pecking through this. Thanks!

It's strange... All I want is the CoordinateWidget (bottom left corner) showed in DD.DD, Live Coordinates (CoordinateMenuWidget) in DD.DD too and the GoTo working. But I dont know whats happening. Its Attached the eight possible combinations of wkid (at <map> tag), basemap order (bing or my image service - 4326 - as first basemap) and type (dynamic or tiled). Ever one of these combinations result at least in one problem, either coordinates in meters (webmercator) or bing maps not loaded or GoTo fail ("Error projecting coordinates"). I'm using the ArcGIS Server 10, so I couldn't update de geometry service to 10.1.

If someone can give a help I will be grateful.

new 2 - Notepad _2012-09-14_10-07-57.png

MegPeterson

Hi there - My maps are also in StatePlane and the widget works using WGS84 decimal degrees wkid = 4326. Are you using 10.1. I remember seeing something about updating the geometry service referenced in the .xml to a 10.1 service, if so. Don't know if that has anything to do with it.... ;-/

R - thanks for the input! Will try out your suggestions. Glad I'm not the only one chicken pecking through this. Thanks!

JeffersonFerreira_Ferreira

The widget seems to work fine with map in State Plane Wa South, NAD83 meters.

R_

You have tested with coordinates in degrees?

rzufelt

It's weird... If someone can give any idea...
This widget (GoTo) only work if the map is in webmercator? Any ideas?
Thanks!

The widget seems to work fine with map in State Plane Wa South, NAD83 meters.

R_

I am using ArcGIS Server 10.0 sp2

rzufelt

Hi Rhett -

I've been plugging along to get the 'Go to XY' widget working as a standalone. I'm slowly learning as I go, but running into a small issue.

Once I launch the "widget" and then close it, the widget 1. doesn't lose focus in the widget panel (ie: the white underline is still below the icon), and 2. it won't re-open. See the on close attachment.

Do you know of a quick function/command/something-er-rather to add to the s:TitleWindow to get it to reset? It only resets if I re-launch the applicaiton.

Many thanks, Meg

Meg,

I'm pretty new to the Flex stuff myself, and not sure how to handle this. I tried adding a widgetClosedHandler function, but since it is pulled in by the widget, and not actually the widget, I could not figure out how to have the helper close/minimize the widget it is fired from (visible or not).

However, I found a different option that might work for you. I removed CoordinateMenuWidget_GUI from the widgetcontainer in my config xml. I then added the CoordinateMenuWidget to the UI elements section in the config.xml.

That way, any time you want to get a coordinate, or GoTo a coordinate, you just use the right-click mouse menu.

If you want the GoTo dialog to open when the map starts so that it is visible (also modified the GoToCoordinateDialog title to inform user about right click to re-open), can make this change to the CoordinateMenuWidget .mxml:

   protected function widgetConfigLoadedHandler(event:Event):void
   {
    if (configXML)
    {
     //Set Helper 
     this.helper = new CoordinateMenuWidgetHelper(configXML,map);

     // Map mouse move event handler - captures XY
     this.map.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onMapMouseMove); 
     
     //Hide ESRI About Menu Items
     hideESRIMenuItems();
     
     // Load context Menu items.
     createContextMenu(); 
    }
    else
    {
     //Show error if XML fails.
     Alert.show("There was an error loading the widget configuration XML file ( CopyXY Widget )");
     return;
    }
\\My Add    this.goToCoordinates.show(configXML,this.map);
   }

Maybe someone that actually knows what they are doing will chime in and help,

R_

JeffersonFerreira_Ferreira

It's weird... If someone can give any idea...
I had to change the order of my basemaps, placing firstly my image service. This makes my whole map at GCS_WGS84. But when thatis done the function "go to"no longer work and there is a warning "Error projecting coordinates".

This widget (GoTo) only work if the map is in webmercator? Any ideas?
Thanks!

MegPeterson

Hi Rhett -

I've been plugging along to get the 'Go to XY' widget working as a standalone. I'm slowly learning as I go, but running into a small issue.

Once I launch the "widget" and then close it, the widget 1. doesn't lose focus in the widget panel (ie: the white underline is still below the icon), and 2. it won't re-open. See the on close attachment.

Do you know of a quick function/command/something-er-rather to add to the s:TitleWindow to get it to reset? It only resets if I re-launch the applicaiton.

Many thanks, Meg

on_close.JPG

on_open.JPG

MegPeterson

Rhett - Perfect! Now just trying to figure out DMS and DM for input.

Thank you!

HakimAbdi

Hi Drew,

I've got a bit of a predicament. I'm using a base map of the Antarctic in the Universal Polar Stereographic South projection (wkid="32761"), is there a way to show the "Selected Coordinates" box in decimal degrees (lat/long) instead of meters? I don't mind the "Live Coordinates" being in meters.

Thanks!

Cheer,
Hakim

rzufelt

Brilliant! Drew thank you so much.

Two quick questions (hopefully):

1. Is there a way to have the "Go to Coordinates" window preload when the application starts instead of 'Live Coordinates'? Can I just copy the widget and comment out everything but the 'Go to Coordinates' functionality?

Many thanks, again!

Well, there is probably a "better" way to do this, but this works:

Make this change:

<viewer:WidgetTemplate open="{this.graphicsLayer.visible = true; }" closed="{this.graphicsLayer.visible = false; }" id="wTemplate" width="400" height="235" visible="false">

and add this:

   private function init():void
   {
    //Set Helper
    this.helper = new CoordinateMenuWidgetHelper(configXML,map);
    
    //SET Mouse Event Handlers
    this.map.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onMapMouseMove);
    this.map.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onMapMouseClick);
    
    //Add GraphicsLayer to map
    this.graphicsLayer.symbol =  new SimpleMarkerSymbol("circle",10,0xFF0000);;
    this.map.addLayer(this.graphicsLayer);
    
    // add additional contex menu for projected coords.
    if (this.helper.coordinateSystems.length == 0)
    {
     btnProject.visible = false;
     btnProject.includeInLayout = false;
    }
    goToCoordinate.show(configXML,map);   
   }

MegPeterson

Brilliant! Drew thank you so much.

Two quick questions (hopefully):

1. Is there a way to have the "Go to Coordinates" window preload when the application starts instead of 'Live Coordinates'? Can I just copy the widget and comment out everything but the 'Go to Coordinates' functionality?

2. Is there a way for users to enter DMS and DM (in addition to Decimal Degrees) in the custom drop down? Our clients aren't used to converting DMS/DM to DD.

Many thanks, again!

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