GeometryService Generalize tool

JatinPatel

I am running a query that results into a set of very complex geometries. I am trying to use the generalize tool from geometryservice
https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/jsapi/geometryservice-amd.html#generalize to generalize each of the geometries.

Here is my partial code:

$.each(results.features, function (_key, _val) {{
     var generalizeParams = esri.tasks.GeneralizeParameters();
     generalizeParams.geometries = [_val.geometry];
     generalizeParams.maxDeviation = 0.05;
     getGeomService().generalize(generalizeParams, function (geometries) {
          _val.geometry = geometries;
     }, function (err) {
                        
     });
}

getGeomService() basically goes and gets the geometry service: return esri.config.defaults.geometryService;

When I run this, my FireBug goes to the error function and says:
SyntaxError: syntax error
The resource from this URL is not text: https://js.arcgis.com/3.8/
Any idea what I am doing wrong?

JatinPatel

Apparently, it seems that it errors out on super-complex boundaries like Canada and Russia. I tired running it on simpler boundaries like some european and african countries and it seems to work fine!
So basically it can generalize simple geometries but fails to do so on complex. Does that not defeats the purpose of the tool? lol 😛