topic Calculate distance of a polyline? in ArcGIS Runtime SDK for WPF (Retired) Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-runtime-sdk-for-wpf-retired-questions/calculate-distance-of-a-polyline/m-p/240137#M1123 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi, how can i calculate the distance of an arbitrary polyline?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:44:29 GMT linusang 2011-09-26T05:44:29Z Calculate distance of a polyline? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-runtime-sdk-for-wpf-retired-questions/calculate-distance-of-a-polyline/m-p/240137#M1123 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi, how can i calculate the distance of an arbitrary polyline?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:44:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-runtime-sdk-for-wpf-retired-questions/calculate-distance-of-a-polyline/m-p/240137#M1123 linusang 2011-09-26T05:44:29Z Re: Calculate distance of a polyline? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-runtime-sdk-for-wpf-retired-questions/calculate-distance-of-a-polyline/m-p/240138#M1124 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You can either use Pythagoras on each line segment and sum them up if your coordinate system is "flat", or use Vicenty's formula on the line segments if your coordinates are spherical (ie longitude/latitude). Or lastly you could use the Geometry service: </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/silverlight/samples/start.htm#Lengths">http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/silverlight/samples/start.htm#Lengths</A></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:00:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-runtime-sdk-for-wpf-retired-questions/calculate-distance-of-a-polyline/m-p/240138#M1124 dotMorten_esri 2011-09-26T16:00:59Z Re: Calculate distance of a polyline? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-runtime-sdk-for-wpf-retired-questions/calculate-distance-of-a-polyline/m-p/240139#M1125 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>i'm using the WebMercator, what do you suggest? And also if i would like to get the surface distance, how can I do it?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:01:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-runtime-sdk-for-wpf-retired-questions/calculate-distance-of-a-polyline/m-p/240139#M1125 linusang 2011-09-27T02:01:09Z