Points contained in envelopes that cross date-line - java

[LukePhilips]

I'm using the ESRI Geometry Java API https://github.com/Esri/geometry-api-java

I want to construct an envelope and see if it contains certain points. It's possible the envelope crosses the International date line.

Here is some sample code I've tried:

    double lon = Double.parseDouble("179.99"); 
    double lat = Double.parseDouble("0");
    Point pt = new Point(lon, lat);
    double minlon = Double.parseDouble("170");
    double minlat = Double.parseDouble("-20");
    double maxlon = Double.parseDouble("-170");
    double maxlat = Double.parseDouble("20"); 
    Envelope ev = new Envelope(minlon, minlat, maxlon, maxlat); 
    SpatialReference sr = SpatialReference.create(4326); // decimal degrees     
    boolean test = GeometryEngine.contains(ev, pt, sr); 
    System.out.println(GeometryEngine.geometryToJson(sr, ev)); 
    assertTrue("envelope containts point true", test);

The test fails, and if I check the print statement I get a json that has swapped my x-coordinates

    {"xmin":-170,"ymin":-20,"xmax":170,"ymax":20,"spatialReference":{"wkid":4326}}

Is there a different/better way to do this?

[LukePhilips · Accepted solution]

Here is the solution I found: don't use the ESRI library, use Spatial4j instead.

Example use:

Add to your pom:

		<dependency>
			<groupId>com.spatial4j</groupId>
			<artifactId>spatial4j</artifactId>
			<version>0.4.1</version>
		</dependency>

in your class:

Rectangle envelope = SpatialContext.GEO.makeRectangle(minlon, maxlon, minlat, maxlat);

Point pt = SpatialContext.GEO.makePoint(lon, lat);

boolean contains = false;

if (envelope.relate(pt) == SpatialRelation.CONTAINS) {

  contains = true;

}

you can also check if your envelope crosses the dateline with this boolean response:

envelope .getCrossesDateLine();