Scaling Gameobjects to N meters

alex_p — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:09:40 GMT

This feels like a simple question, but I just want to clarify the relationship between ArcGIS distance and Unity's unit system.

Problem:

I want to scale a cylinder to N meters (for instance set its diameter to 100 meters)

In this example, I'm scaling a circle to 100 on the x and z-axis.

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For the circle's radius (as illustrated by the red line) I would expect a distance of 50 meters (if the unit system is using meters as default)

Using the following code:

void Start() { var map = GameObject.Find("ArcGISMap").GetComponent<ArcGISMapComponent>(); var center = CoordinatesUtility.UnityWorldToCoordinates(centerPoint.position, map).ToArcGISPoint(); var right = CoordinatesUtility.UnityWorldToCoordinates(rightPoint.position, map).ToArcGISPoint(); ArcGISAngularUnitId unitDegree = (ArcGISAngularUnitId)9102; var simpleDistance = ArcGISGeometryEngine.Distance(center, right); Debug.LogError($"ArcGISGeometryEngine.Distance = {simpleDistance}"); var distance = ArcGISGeometryEngine.DistanceGeodetic(center, right, new ArcGISLinearUnit(ArcGISLinearUnitId.Meters), new ArcGISAngularUnit(unitDegree), ArcGISGeodeticCurveType.Geodesic).Distance; Debug.Log($"ArcGISGeometryEngine.DistanceGeodetic = {distance}"); } }

I get the following results:

ArcGISGeometryEngine.Distance = 0.000449157642059106

ArcGISGeometryEngine.DistanceGeodetic = 49.913152025082

So unless I'm mistaken it looks like the default unit system is in meters. Is this correct?

Also, why do I get such a weird value for ArcGISGeometryEngine.Distance? Is it due to the spatial reference? The origin is using 4326 and the map type is local. The base map I believe is in 3857.

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