topic Re: Go to XY widget in Web App Builder in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions

Go to XY widget in Web App Builder

ClarkLangridge — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 14:16:44 GMT

Why is there no Go To XY widget included in the set for Web App Builder? Most of our staff work in the back country where there is no civic address (or in some cases, even a road). When they get back to the office, the only way to figure out where they were is to hover the mouse over the map and move it around until the display coordinates match what they recorded on their handheld GPS.

Re: Go to XY widget in Web App Builder

KyleBalke__GISP — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:35:30 GMT

Clark,

You can zoom/center a map in a Web AppBuilder application using x,y coordinates.. Just add &center=x,y to the end of the URL for the application.

Use URL parameters—Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS | ArcGIS

You can also enter an X,Y coordinate pair into the Find address or place search box to do the same as above.

And another option, use the GeoLookup widget (currently in Beta) to drag a CSV containing the lat/long onto the application and plot the points.

GeoLookup widget—Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS | ArcGIS

Kyle

Re: Go to XY widget in Web App Builder

ClarkLangridge — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:47:02 GMT

So I either have to explain to my (very) non-technical users how to modify a url in this very particular way or how to create a .CSV file and import it in to the app?

OR ESRI could include a commonly used tool in GIS in their web app builder widgets (and I've had ESRI technical support people say the same thing). I know which solution I prefer.

Re: Go to XY widget in Web App Builder

ClarkLangridge — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:52:07 GMT

And I am probably just being snippy about this, but I find it immensely frustrating that people have to find these sorts of work-arounds for something that should be common sense.

Re: Go to XY widget in Web App Builder

KyleBalke__GISP — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:58:19 GMT

What about the option to enter the X,Y in the Find address or place? That seems to be the easiest solution given your description of the technical acumen of your users It is also likely much faster the poking around on the map to find their location.

Re: Go to XY widget in Web App Builder

ClarkLangridge — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:00:37 GMT

We tried that: doesn't work.

Tried every variation I know of how to feed in a lat and long, with similar results.

Re: Go to XY widget in Web App Builder

KyleBalke__GISP — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:46:05 GMT

Longitude first (x coordinate value) then a comma and then the latitude (y coordinate value). I used your coordinate pair following that standard and it worked (see the image).

Re: Go to XY widget in Web App Builder

ClarkLangridge — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:55:12 GMT

Doesn't work for me. How is your service set up.

Plus, your result seems to be suggesting that it wants lat and long, not long and lat.

Re: Go to XY widget in Web App Builder

KyleBalke__GISP — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:03:32 GMT

Try refreshing your browser and then try it again.

Re: Go to XY widget in Web App Builder

JackZHANG — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 00:29:53 GMT

Search Lon,Lat in the search widget works, but make sure you have a Geocoder like ESRI World Geocoder enabled.

Re: Go to XY widget in Web App Builder

ofrig — Mon, 01 May 2017 05:35:36 GMT

https://community.esri.com/docs/DOC-9961-gotoxyzip

Re: Go to XY widget in Web App Builder

JackCibor — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 04:28:34 GMT

Is there a way to have the search widget search Lon and Lat with an on premises solution that you know of? What does the locator have to have in it to support lat lon?

Re: Go to XY widget in Web App Builder

Klaiver — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 12:53:35 GMT

Hi, if you are using ArcGIS World Geocoding Service, you can use the search widget as follows