topic Re: WAB Near Me Widget - Single Feature no Distance Returned in Web AppBuilder Custom Widgets Questions

WAB Near Me Widget - Single Feature no Distance Returned

WilliamJackson4 — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:58:22 GMT

I've recently added the Near Me widget and it's great except that when the buffer intersects a single feature no distance value is displayed; the pop-up information is displayed instead. It works as expected when two or more features are intersected. So, has anyone else experienced this? Maybe I'm missing something. I'm not self hosting the application.

Re: WAB Near Me Widget - Single Feature no Distance Returned

AllisonMuise1 — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:08:02 GMT

William Jackson‌

Thanks for the feedback!

You are correct that no distance information is displayed when only one feature is within the buffer. We can look at adding this value to the attribute display in the future.

https://github.com/Esri/election-widgets/issues/346

In the meantime, if you enable routing on your widget you can get a much more accurate travel distance value than the estimated 'as the crow flies' distance that is shown in the feature list.

For instructions on doing this, please see steps 5-7 in this doc:

Near Me widget—Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS | ArcGIS

Tip: You may need to turn routing off on your map, save it, and re-enable it for the options listed to show up in your widget configuration panel.

-Allison

Re: WAB Near Me Widget - Single Feature no Distance Returned

WilliamJackson4 — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:11:52 GMT

Allison,

I really don’t need routing. You may see an example of how I’m using this widget. Maybe there is a better tool available?

http://arkansasdeq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=96a9f37d695e4c48a047f11f5b541139

Thanks,

William J. Jackson, GISP

Senior GIS Analyst

Office of Operations & Outreach - Information Technology Services Branch<https://www.adeq.state.ar.us/infosvs/>

Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality

5301 Northshore Drive

North Little Rock, AR 72118

501-682-0956

Re: WAB Near Me Widget - Single Feature no Distance Returned

AllisonMuise1 — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 19:35:31 GMT

The measure tool would give you the distance between the two, but not the buffer capability. I'm not aware of other widgets might fit what you are trying to do here, but there are many more out there than the few I work with.

Perhaps if you post more about the must-have pieces of functionality you are looking for, others can chime in with suggestions of other widgets that might work.

-Allison