topic Arcade Distance Function Non-Planar in Nonprofit Program Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/nonprofit-program-questions/arcade-distance-function-non-planar/m-p/135346#M68 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The Distance function gives a planar distance. However, I would like the distance accounting for the earth's curvature / coordinate system.. where it is similar to the measuring tool in AGOL.&nbsp;<BR />Is there another way in arcade to make an expression calculate the distance accounting for the coordinate system &amp; earth's curvature so that it is very similar to the measuring tool in ArcGIS Online?</P><P></P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/438854_pastedImage_1.png" /></P><P></P><P>I've tried a function (Curvature Testing) like this:<BR /><A class="link-titled" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27928/calculate-distance-between-two-latitude-longitude-points-haversine-formula" title="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27928/calculate-distance-between-two-latitude-longitude-points-haversine-formula">algorithm - Calculate distance between two latitude-longitude points? (Haversine formula) - Stack Overflow</A>&nbsp;<BR />and it is close to the measuring tool but not quite.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Mar 2019 17:02:32 GMT deleted-user-TRj-mR_qEmwV 2019-03-06T17:02:32Z Arcade Distance Function Non-Planar https://community.esri.com/t5/nonprofit-program-questions/arcade-distance-function-non-planar/m-p/135346#M68 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The Distance function gives a planar distance. However, I would like the distance accounting for the earth's curvature / coordinate system.. where it is similar to the measuring tool in AGOL.&nbsp;<BR />Is there another way in arcade to make an expression calculate the distance accounting for the coordinate system &amp; earth's curvature so that it is very similar to the measuring tool in ArcGIS Online?</P><P></P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/438854_pastedImage_1.png" /></P><P></P><P>I've tried a function (Curvature Testing) like this:<BR /><A class="link-titled" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27928/calculate-distance-between-two-latitude-longitude-points-haversine-formula" title="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27928/calculate-distance-between-two-latitude-longitude-points-haversine-formula">algorithm - Calculate distance between two latitude-longitude points? (Haversine formula) - Stack Overflow</A>&nbsp;<BR />and it is close to the measuring tool but not quite.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Mar 2019 17:02:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/nonprofit-program-questions/arcade-distance-function-non-planar/m-p/135346#M68 deleted-user-TRj-mR_qEmwV 2019-03-06T17:02:32Z