Full extent with polyline graphic crossing the central meridian

Question

Hi,

I have a mapping application and basically, I am drawing a polyline going from Australia to North America with several path. I want to be able to zoom to show the entire path, I am doing it this way :

MyMap.ZoomTo(MyLayer.FullExtent.Expand(2));

This is working very well when the path is not crossing the antemeridian, but when I cross it, the full extent gives my the full world. I can understand why but I don't see a way to fix it. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks !

JenniferNery · Answer

This is expected behavior. You can use the following sample to test. Pan the map and draw the polygon using Add button. Click Zoom to zoom to full extent. Check Normalize and click the graphic to update the geometry. Click zoom to full extent again. Notice that when you update the geometry and the polygon is split in half, the extent changes.

MatthiasKraft · Answer

Hi,

Thank you or your answer. But the problem actually come from the NormalizeCentralMeridian method.

If you draw a shape crossing the antemeridian and you get its extent, then you expand it and zoom to it, you will get a nice zoom showing the shape in the middle of the screen.

But if for that shape you use the NormalizeCentralMeridian method, the shape will get splitted in two, which is great, but if you get the extent for that shape, it will take the full world. So when you zoom to it you will get a full extent view with one half of the shape on the left and the other half on the right.

Two pictures are better than hundreds of words... 😛

Picture 1 is what i want
Picture 2 is what i get

I thought of merging the two shapes but i could not get it work with all shapes (polygon, lines, rectangle etc...) in a generic and clean way.

Any idea ?

screen 1.JPG

screen 2.JPG

DominiqueBroux · Answer

Likely you have to use the 'NormalizeCentralMeridian' method.
When an extent crosses between two frames this method returns a polygon with 2 rings that represent each side of the extent.
 
There is a sample here  .