how to get the extent boundary values for any US state.

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08-04-2021 01:13 PM
ChitraKrishnan
New Contributor III

Hi, 

I would like to know the extent boundary values for any US state in order to set the zoom view to that state on map load.

I got below extent boundary values from argis desktop by loading PA's census block shape file. 

 "-80.5198510000000027,39.7197989999999947,-74.6895609999999976,42.5160720000000012"

When I set the defaultextent to these values the map zooms in to some ocean area which is incorrect. 

Thanks 

Chitra

 

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KenBuja
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Here's an example, using your coordinates

 

<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta
      name="viewport"
      content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no"
    />
    <title>
      Intro to MapView - Create a 2D map | Sample | ArcGIS API for JavaScript
      4.20
    </title>
    <style>
      html,
      body,
      #viewDiv {
        padding: 0;
        margin: 0;
        height: 100%;
        width: 100%;
      }
    </style>

    <link
      rel="stylesheet"
      href="https://js.arcgis.com/4.20/esri/themes/light/main.css"
    />
    <script src="https://js.arcgis.com/4.20/"></script>

    <script>
      require(["esri/Map", "esri/views/MapView"], (Map, MapView) => {
        const map = new Map({
          basemap: "topo-vector"
        });

        const view = new MapView({
          container: "viewDiv",
          map: map,
          extent: {
            // autocasts as new Extent()
            xmin: -80.5198510000000027,
            ymin: 39.7197989999999947,
            xmax: -74.6895609999999976,
            ymax: 42.5160720000000012,
            spatialReference: 4326
          }
        });
      });
    </script>
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="viewDiv"></div>
  </body>
</html>

 

 

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jcarlson
MVP Esteemed Contributor

You could just submit query to something like Esri's generalized states layer.

Specifying something like the state abbreviation and asking for the extent only will return an object you could easily pass to a map. For example, here's a query for PA.

params

  • where = "STATE_ABBR='PA'"
  • returnExtentOnly = true

returns

{"extent" : {
    "xmin" : -8964118.3457209859, 
    "ymin" : 4825237.1400024248, 
    "xmax" : -8315572.9094515787, 
    "ymax" : 5201108.2423584638, 
    "spatialReference" : {
      "wkid" : 102100, 
      "latestWkid" : 3857
    }
  }
}
- Josh Carlson
Kendall County GIS

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KenBuja
MVP Esteemed Contributor

Is that place in the ocean just of the coast of Africa? You have to account for the spatial reference, which is in meters, not decimal degrees.

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ChitraKrishnan
New Contributor III

Hi,

 I am trying to zoom in to Pennsylvania state in USA. I have set the spatialreference to 102100. 

are those extent values correct?

Thanks

Chitra

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KenBuja
MVP Esteemed Contributor

That's the WKID of the Web Mercator projection. For geographic coordinates (WGS84), use 4326

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KenBuja
MVP Esteemed Contributor

Here's an example, using your coordinates

 

<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta
      name="viewport"
      content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no"
    />
    <title>
      Intro to MapView - Create a 2D map | Sample | ArcGIS API for JavaScript
      4.20
    </title>
    <style>
      html,
      body,
      #viewDiv {
        padding: 0;
        margin: 0;
        height: 100%;
        width: 100%;
      }
    </style>

    <link
      rel="stylesheet"
      href="https://js.arcgis.com/4.20/esri/themes/light/main.css"
    />
    <script src="https://js.arcgis.com/4.20/"></script>

    <script>
      require(["esri/Map", "esri/views/MapView"], (Map, MapView) => {
        const map = new Map({
          basemap: "topo-vector"
        });

        const view = new MapView({
          container: "viewDiv",
          map: map,
          extent: {
            // autocasts as new Extent()
            xmin: -80.5198510000000027,
            ymin: 39.7197989999999947,
            xmax: -74.6895609999999976,
            ymax: 42.5160720000000012,
            spatialReference: 4326
          }
        });
      });
    </script>
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="viewDiv"></div>
  </body>
</html>

 

 

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ChitraKrishnan
New Contributor III

Hi,

It works like a charm after changing the spatialReference to 4326. Thank you very much!!

Thanks

Chitra

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jcarlson
MVP Esteemed Contributor

You could just submit query to something like Esri's generalized states layer.

Specifying something like the state abbreviation and asking for the extent only will return an object you could easily pass to a map. For example, here's a query for PA.

params

  • where = "STATE_ABBR='PA'"
  • returnExtentOnly = true

returns

{"extent" : {
    "xmin" : -8964118.3457209859, 
    "ymin" : 4825237.1400024248, 
    "xmax" : -8315572.9094515787, 
    "ymax" : 5201108.2423584638, 
    "spatialReference" : {
      "wkid" : 102100, 
      "latestWkid" : 3857
    }
  }
}
- Josh Carlson
Kendall County GIS
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ChitraKrishnan
New Contributor III

@jcarlson 

Thank you very much for that note. I got to know a new feature layer. It works like a charm!!! 

Thanks

Chitra

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