Geometry: Polygon to a Point.

[DanielYim]

Hi Everyone,

I am trying to use an IdentifyTask with a given Polygon geometry of a feature. But, as per the API, IdentifyParams' geometry property is most commonly a Point, not a Polygon.

To circumvent this, I have tried using [some Polygon obj].getPoint(0,0); to get a random point, but that is not working, as it results in incorrect identifies.

Does anyone know how I can possibly get an "inner point" of a Polygon? I am beginning to suspect that the getPoint function gives me an edge point, which is too ambiguous for my purposes.

[JohnGrayson]

You should try to pass in the polygon.  I believe the help says that points are most commonly used, but other geometry types are supported.

[timgogl]

if you have the geometry of the returned poly, could you get the extent from that geometry, then use getCenter() to find the center of the extent?

the only problem i see with this... is some times the point will NOT be inside the poly, say if it is a C shaped polygon.... then the 'center' will be outside the bounds of the polygon.

[DanielYim]

Thank you for all the responses. Instead of identifying by the geometry, I opted to just use a QueryTask on the object ID.

Silly me...I didn't think of that earlier!