topic Re: Directions widget in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Directions widget

robertbowman — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:12:26 GMT

I am attempting to use this widget with a local GeocoderServer. I can create the Geocoder and specify the URL, setting arcgisGeocoder to false, and the Geocoder works fine.

I can also set the routeTaskUrl in the Directions constructor to the local NA service and it is used. However trying

    var geocoderList = [];
    geocoderList.push(geocoder);

    var directions = new Directions({
     map : map,
     geocoders : geocoderList,
                                        .....

still results in a call to

geocode.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/GeocodeServer

While the World GeocodeServer does return a result, the values are not compatible with the local NA server. Is there any way to override the Directions widget geocoder?

Re: Directions widget

MattDriscoll — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 00:11:11 GMT

Hi Robert,

Yes, you should be able to set the geocoderOptions on the constructor parameters with a default of Geocoder settings. They can be these settings:

https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/jsapi/geocoder-amd.html#geocoder1

I believe that geocoders on the directions widget is just a property.

Let me know if that works.

Thanks

Re: Directions widget

robertbowman — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 18:28:12 GMT

Hi Robert,

Yes, you should be able to set the geocoderOptions on the constructor parameters with a default of Geocoder settings. They can be these settings:

https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/jsapi/geocoder-amd.html#geocoder1

I believe that geocoders on the directions widget is just a property.

Let me know if that works.

Thanks

Matt,

Thanks, that worked. The geocoderOptions versus geocoders in the parameters is a little confusing. I didn't see how a Geocoder[] would work since they are already tied to a node.

Re: Directions widget

williamcarr — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:26:12 GMT

Robert,

Could you post an example of how you set this up?

Thanks

Re: Directions widget

robertbowman — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:39:21 GMT

Sorry about the delay.

For development purposes, we were geocoding on one machine and routing on another but it certainly works if both services are on the same machine.

		var locatorURL =
		"http://geocodeserver:6080/arcgis/rest/services/address_comp/GeocodeServer";

		var routeURL =
			"http://routeserver:6080/arcgis/rest/services/route_service/NAServer/Route";

sr = new SpatialReference(4326);

var directionsOptions = {

arcgisGeocoder : false,

geocoders :[{

url : locatorURL,

singleLineFieldName: "SingleLine",

name: "Logisys Geocoder",

outSpatialReference : sr,

wkid : wkid,

outFields : "Loc_name"}]

};

rp = new RouteParameters();

rp.outSpatialReference = {"wkid":wkid};

rp.returnRoutes = false;

rp.returnDirections = true;

var directions = new Directions({

map : map,

geocoderOptions : directionsOptions,

routeTaskUrl : routeURL,

routeParameters : rp,

directionsLengthUnits : Units.MILES

}, "directions");

directions.startup();