Areas and Lengths

Specifies the array of polygons whose areas and lengths are to be computed. The spatial reference of the polygons is specified by sr. The structure of each polygon in the array is the same as the structure of the JSON polygon objects returned by ArcGIS REST API.

JSON structures:

Syntax:

{
  "geometries" : [ <geometry1>, <geometry1>, ..., <geometryN> ]
}

Example:

[
  {
    "rings" : 
    [
      [[-117,34],[-116,34],[-117,33],[-117,34]],
      [[-115,44],[-114,43],[-115,43],[-115,44]]
    ]
  },
  {
    "rings" : 
    [
      [[32,17],[31,17],[30,17],[30,16],[32,17]]
    ]
  }
]

For a large set of geometries, you can specify a URL to the input geometries stored in a JSON structure in a file on a public server. The expected format of the file's contents will be the same as that expected if the polygons were directly embedded in the request.

polygons={"url":"<URL to file>"}

polygons={"url":"https://myserver/mygeometries/afile.txt"}

Specifies the well-known ID (WKID) of the spatial reference or a spatial reference JSON object for the input polygons. For a list of valid WKID values, see Using spatial references.

Specifies the length unit in which the perimeters of polygons are calculated. If calculationType is planar, lengthUnit can be any esriUnits constant. If lengthUnit is not specified, the units are derived from sr. If calculationType is not planar, lengthUnit must be a linear esriUnits constant, such as esriSRUnit_Meter or esriSRUnit_SurveyMile. If lengthUnit is not specified, the units are meters. For a list of valid units, see esriSRUnitType Constants and esriSRUnit2Type Constant.

Specifies the area unit in which areas of polygons are calculated. If calculationType is planar, areaUnit can be any esriUnits constant. If areaUnit is not specified, the units are derived from sr. If calculationType is not planar, areaUnit must be a linear esriUnits constant such as esriSRUnit_Meter or esriSRUnit_SurveyMile. If areaUnit is not specified, the units are meters. For a list of valid units, see esriSRUnitType Constants and esriSRUnit2Type Constant.

Values: esriSquareInches | esriSquareFeet | esriSquareYards | esriAcres | esriSquareMiles | esriSquareMillimeters | esriSquareCentimeters | esriSquareDecimeters | esriSquareMeters | esriAres | esriHectares | esriSquareKilometers

{"areaUnit": "<esriAreaUnits>"}

{"areaUnit": "esriHectares"}

Specifies the type defined for the area and length calculation of the input geometries. The type can be one of the following values:

• planar—Planar measurements use 2D Euclidean distance to calculate area and length. Use this type only if the area or length needs to be calculated in the given spatial reference. Otherwise, use preserveShape.
• geodesic—Use this type to calculate an area or length using only the vertices of the polygon and define the lines between the points as geodesic segments independent of the actual shape of the polygon. A geodesic segment is the shortest path between two points on an ellipsoid.
• preserveShape—This type calculates the area or length of the geometry on the surface of the earth ellipsoid. The shape of the geometry in its coordinate system is preserved.

The response format. The default response format is html.

Values: html | json | pjson