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Why can't I get the current location on my map to open Google Streetview window?

ChrisSergent — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 18:05:20 GMT

I am trying to get the current location on my. The example that was used originally was for Web Mercator. What do I need to change to get the currentLocation variable to open Google Streetview?

Here is my code: JS Bin - Collaborative JavaScript Debugging It displays currentLocation as undefined.

Re: Why can't I get the current location on my map to open Google Streetview window?

HeikoHeijenga — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 18:30:47 GMT

You forgot to require esri/geometry/Point

Re: Why can't I get the current location on my map to open Google Streetview window?

ChrisSergent — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:00:10 GMT

That helped but I need to replace the line var theLatLongGeom = webMercatorUtils.webMercatorToGeographic(theLocation); I'm not using webMercator. What should that be changed to?

Here is my updated code:JS Bin - Collaborative JavaScript Debugging

Re: Why can't I get the current location on my map to open Google Streetview window?

HeikoHeijenga — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:07:00 GMT

Chrome DevTools is pretty clear:

So, require esri/geometry/webMercatorUtils

Re: Why can't I get the current location on my map to open Google Streetview window?

HeikoHeijenga — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:08:24 GMT

Ah, I see... You're not using webmercator

Then you would need to use the Geometry service to project to lat/long.

Re: Why can't I get the current location on my map to open Google Streetview window?

ChrisSergent — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:10:11 GMT

I was thinking that but I wasn't sure what to write or where to look. I checked in the API for geometry service and still wasn't sure. Any idea what should be written?

Re: Why can't I get the current location on my map to open Google Streetview window?

HeikoHeijenga — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:20:57 GMT

See Create a Map

Problem is now however that a browser's popup-blocker will kick in. This is because the new window is opened in an async callback.

Re: Why can't I get the current location on my map to open Google Streetview window?

ChrisSergent — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:30:04 GMT

That worked. I just needed to tell my machine to trust the site that I am running on to stop the pop-up blocker and it's working well. Thanks!

Re: Why can't I get the current location on my map to open Google Streetview window?

ChrisSergent — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:34:39 GMT

One last question. My projection is 3435. It doesn't work when I replace 4326 for this. Will this be an issue? It seems to be accurate though.

Re: Why can't I get the current location on my map to open Google Streetview window?

HeikoHeijenga — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:39:44 GMT

Not sure I follow, can you elaborate?

Re: Why can't I get the current location on my map to open Google Streetview window?

ChrisSergent — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:44:00 GMT

Our WKID is 3435 as defined in my setting of custom extent on startup. We use our own imagery and data. We are Illinois State Plane East. The app doesn't work when I put in 3435 for the SR, but it appears to with 4326.

I updated the code to demonstrate.

JS Bin - Collaborative JavaScript Debugging

Re: Why can't I get the current location on my map to open Google Streetview window?

HeikoHeijenga — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:47:53 GMT

Why are you setting the 'outSR' to 3435? You have a point in 3435 and want to project to 4326 to get the lat/lon. Leave outSR to be 4326 and you should be good.

Re: Why can't I get the current location on my map to open Google Streetview window?

ChrisSergent — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:54:26 GMT

Got it. I was just trying to follow the process and now I understand. Thanks for all your help.

Re: Why can't I get the current location on my map to open Google Streetview window?

Anonymous User — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 14:45:52 GMT

our map is in web mercator so this is what I did. jQuery handles click handlers, thought I'd leave that there too just as an example.

//Google StreetView tool and handler

$("#GoogleSVTool").click(function(evt) {

$("#GoogleSVTool").addClass("SagisHeaderButton");

//Remove all other tool icon highlights in toolbar

$("#pictometryTool").removeClass("SagisHeaderButton");

$("#pan").removeClass("SagisHeaderButton");

$("#bookMarkTool").removeClass("SagisHeaderButton");

$("#openPrintButton").removeClass("SagisHeaderButton");

$("#marketAnalysisTool").removeClass("SagisHeaderButton");

$("#parcelTool").removeClass("SagisHeaderButton");

$("#identifyTool").removeClass("SagisHeaderButton");

$("#drawTool").removeClass("SagisHeaderButton");

$("#zoomout").removeClass("SagisHeaderButton");

$("#zoomin").removeClass("SagisHeaderButton");

//handlers

if (handlerStreetView) {

handlerStreetView.remove();

handlerStreetView = null;

$("#GoogleSVTool").removeClass("SagisHeaderButton");

} else {

//first remove other handlers..

if (eventHandlerIdentify != null) {

eventHandlerIdentify.remove();

}

navToolbar.deactivate();

if (maponclick != null) {

maponclick.remove();

};

//activate Streetview handler

handlerStreetView = map.on("click", function(evt) {

if (maponclick != null) {

maponclick.remove();

};

if (eventHandlerIdentify != null) {

eventHandlerIdentify.remove();

}

navToolbar.deactivate();

var pt = esri.geometry.webMercatorToGeographic(evt.mapPoint);

var url = "http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Your+Sign+Location+in+Street+View@" + pt.x + "," + pt.y + "&cbll=" + pt.y + "," + pt.x + "&layer=c";

window.open(url);

});

};

});

//Google StreetView tool and handler

Got it from your earlier thread How do I add Google Street View to my ArcGIS API for JavaScript apps?. Thanks to everyone here! Love the team spirit. Couldn't have gotten our viewer done without support here. the JS API is really shaping up!