topic Re: Major Axis Direction for geodesic ellipse in Java Maps SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/java-maps-sdk-questions/major-axis-direction-for-geodesic-ellipse/m-p/109025#M331 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thanks for finding the error in javadoc. This will be fixed in next release.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I will add your suggestion to use another reference system for the direction.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Vijay</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:38:12 GMT VijayGandhi 2013-12-20T16:38:12Z Major Axis Direction for geodesic ellipse https://community.esri.com/t5/java-maps-sdk-questions/major-axis-direction-for-geodesic-ellipse/m-p/109024#M330 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The new method </SPAN><STRONG>geodesicEllipse()</STRONG><SPAN> of GeometryEngine allow us to create geodesic ellipses... but </SPAN><STRONG>API Reference documentation is wrong about Major Axis Direction</STRONG><SPAN> </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://developers.arcgis.com/en/java/api-reference/com/esri/core/geometry/GeometryEngine.html#geodesicEllipse%28com.esri.core.geometry.Point,%20com.esri.core.geometry.SpatialReference,%20double,%20double,%20double,%20int,%20com.esri.core.geometry.LinearUnit,%20com.esri.core.geometry.Geometry.Type%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><STRONG>here</STRONG></A><SPAN> :</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> - it's in Degrees, O is East, but it's measured </SPAN><STRONG>counter-clockwised</STRONG><SPAN> !! (like with ArcObjects).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Second thought is that it would be nice to have another reference system for the direction : like </SPAN><STRONG>azimuth</STRONG><SPAN>, in degrees, O is North (true North) and it's measured clockwise.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 20 Dec 2013 11:27:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/java-maps-sdk-questions/major-axis-direction-for-geodesic-ellipse/m-p/109024#M330 JeremieJoalland1 2013-12-20T11:27:22Z Re: Major Axis Direction for geodesic ellipse https://community.esri.com/t5/java-maps-sdk-questions/major-axis-direction-for-geodesic-ellipse/m-p/109025#M331 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thanks for finding the error in javadoc. This will be fixed in next release.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I will add your suggestion to use another reference system for the direction.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Vijay</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:38:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/java-maps-sdk-questions/major-axis-direction-for-geodesic-ellipse/m-p/109025#M331 VijayGandhi 2013-12-20T16:38:12Z