topic Re: GeometryEngine - Simple GeoFence Problem in ArcGIS AppStudio Questions

GeometryEngine - Simple GeoFence Problem

RayfieldNeel — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 14:11:44 GMT

I want to do a check of GPS location against geofence polygons at intervals, perhaps once a minute. Based upon some example code I found, I've attemped to use GeometryEngine's within operation to compare the point geometry with the polygon geometry.

Using the markup/JS below, when I execute:
zoneBoundaries.queryFeatures(queryParameters);

I always get withinZone as false, even with one huge polygon geometry to test against. I'm having difficulty figuring out how to troubleshoot this. Any suggestions? I really like the GeometryEngine approach to this, and would like to get this working! Thanks for any tips/assistance. --Ray

//Feature service for spatial query
ServiceFeatureTable {
id: zoneBoundaries
url: "https://services3.arcgis.com/pKp5WOFjeV9KSSfr/ArcGIS/rest/services/fake_brushview_polygons/FeatureServer/0"

   onQueryFeaturesStatusChanged: {
      if (queryFeaturesStatus === Enums.TaskStatusCompleted) {
         //Create array for features
         var features = []

         // get the features
         while (queryFeaturesResult.iterator.hasNext) {
            console.log( "Counting.." );
            features.push(queryFeaturesResult.iterator.next());
         }

console.log( "number of features in array: ", features.length );

         //assign geometry of first feature to var:
         var zoneGeometry = features[0].geometry
         console.log("zoneGeometry", zoneGeometry)

         //Get the current map point
         //var newPoint = mapView.currentViewpointCenter.center
         var newPoint = mapView.locationDisplay.positionSource.position
         console.log("newPoint", newPoint)

         //Check to see if currrent point is within zone boundary
         var withinZone = GeometryEngine.within(newPoint, zoneGeometry)
         console.log("withinZone", withinZone)
      }
   }

}

//Parameters for query
QueryParameters {
   id: queryParameters
   whereClause: "1=1"
   returnGeometry: true
}

Re: GeometryEngine - Simple GeoFence Problem

KaushikMysorekar — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:56:01 GMT

Hi Rayfield,

Try doing following first, before passing the geometries in "GeometryEngine.within". If it does work then eliminate one projection operation at a time and see which one is necessary.



 var geom1 = GeometryEngine.project(<newPointGeometry>, SpatialReference.<whatever>());

 var geom2 = GeometryEngine.project(<zoneGeometry>, SpatialReference.<must_be_same_as_above>);

GeometryEngine.within(geom1, geom2)

Kaushik

Re: GeometryEngine - Simple GeoFence Problem

RayfieldNeel — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 17:01:52 GMT

Great idea to try to get my SR's in sync, thanks for the response!

So I did this (code below). It didn't seem to solve my problem, but the console.log seems to show that the geom1 value becomes null. Does that mean that the newPoint that I'm passing to GeometryEngine is not really a "geometry", and could be part of my problem? Console.log shows newPoint as a QDeclarativePosition if I get it from the code below, and as a QMLPoint if I get it from mapView.currentViewpointCenter.center.


var newPoint = mapView.locationDisplay.positionSource.position

var geom1 = GeometryEngine.project( newPoint, mySpatialReference );

var geom2 = GeometryEngine.project( zoneGeometry, mySpatialReference );

var withinZone = GeometryEngine.within( geom1, geom2 )

console.log( "withinZone", withinZone, geom1, geom2 )


Edit: adding in my spatial reference object for good measure:

SpatialReference {
    id: mySpatialReference
    wkid: 4326
}

Re: GeometryEngine - Simple GeoFence Problem

KaushikMysorekar — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 18:51:00 GMT

Rayfield,

Use locationDisplay.location.position instead of

locationDisplay.positionSource.position

Re: GeometryEngine - Simple GeoFence Problem

RayfieldNeel — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 18:57:29 GMT

Excellent, this appears to have solved my problem!

Thanks so much

--Ray

Re: GeometryEngine - Simple GeoFence Problem

KaushikMysorekar — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:56:03 GMT

Ray,

You might not be needing this but just an idea - you could also integrate cool features such as "vibrate" and "notification" in your geo-fending app.

For example:

// App notification

LocalNotification

  id: notification

}

if(GeometryEngine.within(geom1, geom2))

  var notifiationId;

  notifiationId = notification.schedule("Some kind of Alert", messageString, 1);

// Also vibrate                  
  if(Vibration.supported) {

        Vibration.vibrate();

}