GeometryEngine - Simple GeoFence Problem

[RayfieldNeel]

I want to do a check of GPS location against geofence polygons at intervals, perhaps once a minute. Based upon some example code I found, I've attemped to use GeometryEngine's within operation to compare the point geometry with the polygon geometry.

Using the markup/JS below, when I execute:
zoneBoundaries.queryFeatures(queryParameters);

I always get withinZone as false, even with one huge polygon geometry to test against. I'm having difficulty figuring out how to troubleshoot this. Any suggestions? I really like the GeometryEngine approach to this, and would like to get this working! Thanks for any tips/assistance. --Ray

//Feature service for spatial query
ServiceFeatureTable {
   id: zoneBoundaries
   url: "https://services3.arcgis.com/pKp5WOFjeV9KSSfr/ArcGIS/rest/services/fake_brushview_polygons/FeatureSe..."

   onQueryFeaturesStatusChanged: {
      if (queryFeaturesStatus === Enums.TaskStatusCompleted) {
         //Create array for features
         var features = []

         // get the features
         while (queryFeaturesResult.iterator.hasNext) {
            console.log( "Counting.." );
            features.push(queryFeaturesResult.iterator.next());
         }

         console.log( "number of features in array: ", features.length );

         //assign geometry of first feature to var:
         var zoneGeometry = features[0].geometry
         console.log("zoneGeometry", zoneGeometry)

         //Get the current map point
         //var newPoint = mapView.currentViewpointCenter.center
         var newPoint = mapView.locationDisplay.positionSource.position
         console.log("newPoint", newPoint)

         //Check to see if currrent point is within zone boundary
         var withinZone = GeometryEngine.within(newPoint, zoneGeometry)
         console.log("withinZone", withinZone)
      }
   }

}

//Parameters for query
QueryParameters {
   id: queryParameters   
   whereClause: "1=1"
   returnGeometry: true
}

[KaushikMysorekar]

Hi Rayfield,

Try doing following first, before passing the geometries in "GeometryEngine.within". If it does work then eliminate one projection operation at a time and see which one is necessary.

 var geom1 = GeometryEngine.project(<newPointGeometry>, SpatialReference.<whatever>());

 var geom2 = GeometryEngine.project(<zoneGeometry>, SpatialReference.<must_be_same_as_above>);

GeometryEngine.within(geom1, geom2)

Kaushik

[RayfieldNeel]

Great idea to try to get my SR's in sync, thanks for the response!

So I did this (code below). It didn't seem to solve my problem, but the console.log seems to show that the geom1 value becomes null. Does that mean that the newPoint that I'm passing to GeometryEngine is not really a "geometry", and could be part of my problem? Console.log shows newPoint as a QDeclarativePosition if I get it from the code below, and as a QMLPoint if I get it from mapView.currentViewpointCenter.center.

var newPoint = mapView.locationDisplay.positionSource.position

var geom1 = GeometryEngine.project( newPoint, mySpatialReference );

var geom2 = GeometryEngine.project( zoneGeometry, mySpatialReference );

var withinZone = GeometryEngine.within( geom1, geom2 )

console.log( "withinZone", withinZone, geom1, geom2 )


Edit: adding in my spatial reference object for good measure:

SpatialReference {
    id: mySpatialReference
    wkid: 4326
}

[KaushikMysorekar · Accepted solution]

Rayfield,

Use locationDisplay.location.position instead of

locationDisplay.positionSource.position

[RayfieldNeel]

Excellent, this appears to have solved my problem!

Thanks so much

--Ray

[KaushikMysorekar]

Ray,

You might not be needing this but just an idea - you could also integrate cool features such as "vibrate" and "notification" in your geo-fending app.

For example:

// App notification

LocalNotification

{

  id: notification

}

if(GeometryEngine.within(geom1, geom2))

  {

  var notifiationId;

  notifiationId = notification.schedule("Some kind of Alert", messageString, 1);

// Also vibrate                  
  if(Vibration.supported) {

        Vibration.vibrate();

  }

}