topic Bing Geocoder State of Alaska in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Bing Geocoder State of Alaska

JesseAdams — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:55:34 GMT

I working on an application that uses the Bing Geocoder to return the best extent for a state and zoom to that location. I'm finding an issue with the state of Alaska. All of the other states return the correct spatial extent in the 'bestView' property. Here is the code I have:

veGeocoder3.addressToLocations(where);//*** 'where' = 'AK' or 'Alaska'

function(geocodeResults) {
    
 if(geocodeResults.length == 0){
  alert("No address results returned.");
 }else if(searchType == 'Address' && radius != ''){
  var location = geocodeResults[0].location;
  var pointMeters = esri.geometry.geographicToWebMercator(location);
    var pointSymbol = new esri.symbol.SimpleMarkerSymbol().setSize(10).setColor(new dojo.Color("black"));
    var locationGraphic = new esri.Graphic(pointMeters,pointSymbol);
  var level = radiuszoom[radius];
  addResults.add(locationGraphic);
    var buffDist = radius;
    doBuffer(buffDist,pointMeters);        
    map.centerAndZoom(pointMeters,level);
 }else{
  map.setExtent(esri.geometry.geographicToWebMercator(geocodeResults[0].bestView));
 }
 
 });

Looking at the extent of the returned information I see the xmin value is missing a negative. Has anyone experienced this same situation? Any suggestions on a solution? I would still like to stick with the Bing Geocoder instead of publishing a state layer for searching. Thanks!

Re: Bing Geocoder State of Alaska

JeffPace — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 17:48:51 GMT

If you include the aleutian islands, Alaska crosses the international dateline, so 170 is most likely correct.

I working on an application that uses the Bing Geocoder to return the best extent for a state and zoom to that location. I'm finding an issue with the state of Alaska. All of the other states return the correct spatial extent in the 'bestView' property. Here is the code I have:
veGeocoder3.addressToLocations(where);//*** 'where' = 'AK' or 'Alaska'

function(geocodeResults) {
    
 if(geocodeResults.length == 0){
  alert("No address results returned.");
 }else if(searchType == 'Address' && radius != ''){
  var location = geocodeResults[0].location;
  var pointMeters = esri.geometry.geographicToWebMercator(location);
    var pointSymbol = new esri.symbol.SimpleMarkerSymbol().setSize(10).setColor(new dojo.Color("black"));
    var locationGraphic = new esri.Graphic(pointMeters,pointSymbol);
  var level = radiuszoom[radius];
  addResults.add(locationGraphic);
    var buffDist = radius;
    doBuffer(buffDist,pointMeters);        
    map.centerAndZoom(pointMeters,level);
 }else{
  map.setExtent(esri.geometry.geographicToWebMercator(geocodeResults[0].bestView));
 }
 
 });
Looking at the extent of the returned information I see the xmin value is missing a negative. Has anyone experienced this same situation? Any suggestions on a solution? I would still like to stick with the Bing Geocoder instead of publishing a state layer for searching. Thanks!

Re: Bing Geocoder State of Alaska

JesseAdams — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:33:18 GMT

That makes sense. I don't remember this being the case a few months back. Why would the "bestview" return values that don't best represent the "bestview" of the spatial feature being requested. I suppose using the the returned location point would be an option? Any other options?

Re: Bing Geocoder State of Alaska

JeffPace — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:19:13 GMT

That makes sense. I don't remember this being the case a few months back. Why would the "bestview" return values that don't best represent the "bestview" of the spatial feature being requested. I suppose using the the returned location point would be an option? Any other options?

no idea, you could try setExtent(...extent.bestview, true) to force the entire extent into the view.