How do you get the extent and center of your current view?

[SethCrotchett]

I am trying to get the center point (lat, and long) of my current view.

I tried mymap.extent.getCenter(); but that doesnt seem to work.  Any ideas?

[KellyHutchins]

Getting the map extent's center point should work. Here's a code snippet showing this:

    <script>
      dojo.require("esri.map");
      
      var map;
      
      function init() {
        map = new esri.Map("map",{
          basemap:"topo",
          center:[-122.45,37.75], //long, lat
          zoom:13,
          sliderStyle:"small"
        });
      }
      function getCenter(){
        var centerLocation = map.extent.getCenter();
        console.log(centerLocation.getLatitude());
        console.log(centerLocation.getLongitude());
      }
      dojo.ready(init);
    </script>

[ReneRubalcava]

If you want the lat/lng

esri.geometry.webMercatorToGeographic(map.extent.getCenter());

http://developers.arcgis.com/en/javascript/jsapi/namespace_geometry.html#webmercatortogeographic
This is assuming your map is in web mercator.

[JohnGravois]

shameless plug for the little utility app i wrote to help define map constructor options..

(because it demonstrates what you need to do, and just in case thats why you need the info :))

[BenFousek]

shameless plug for the little utility app i wrote to help define map constructor options..

Thanks John. Added to my list of helpful jsapi links.