Determining Interior rings of an Exterior Ring

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02-17-2015 03:57 AM
SalieghAziz
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Hi there

I hope that this is the correct forum for this.

I am new to ArcGIS runtime for .net (10.2.4), busy converting our ArcObjects to the new framework.

In 1 of my scenaria, I'm need to determine which rings are interior to which exterior ring (when having a multi-part shape).

I guess I could convert each ring into a geometry, and determine its area to figure out if its an interior or exterior ring, and then use the GeometryEngine.Contains or GeometryEngine.Within.

Is there a simpler way to achieve my goal?

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dotMorten_esri
Esri Notable Contributor

Currently that is the way to go, or determining the ring orientation (there's a simple algorithm you can use by finding the top-most vertex and check if the next one is to the left or right of it).

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dotMorten_esri
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Currently that is the way to go, or determining the ring orientation (there's a simple algorithm you can use by finding the top-most vertex and check if the next one is to the left or right of it).

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SalieghAziz
New Contributor II

Thanks for the quick reply Morten.

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DominiqueBroux
Esri Frequent Contributor

Checking if the next point is to the left or to the right of your point P is not correct. You have to evaluate the sign of the angle (previous point, P, next point) (see curve orientation)

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