How to get the centroid of a "C" or "U" shape like polygon?

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09-15-2016 07:15 PM
Joo_PinTan
New Contributor III

Anyone know how to get the centroid of a "C", or "U" shape like polygon and the point need to be inside the polygon some where near the centre?

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DanPatterson_Retired
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in most Arc* products this is referred to as a LabelPoint, so look for some incarnation of that term

ie 

The point at which the label is located. The labelPoint is always located within or on a feature.

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JoshuaBixby
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For the Java API, getLabelPointForPolygon in the GeometryEngine class.

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DanPatterson_Retired
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like I said Joshua... they have to look for labelpoint stuff ... grief

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JayantaPoddar
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In Feature to Point Tool, choose "INSIDE" as the point location.



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Joo_PinTan
New Contributor III

I need to use ArcGis Runtime SDK for Java API to code it. Feature to point is not available for me.

JayantaPoddar
MVP Esteemed Contributor

Oops... My mistake. Didn't notice the Space where it's posted.



Think Location
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DanPatterson_Retired
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did you look for labelpoint or not? it would be in a polygon class or methods section for your api

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Joo_PinTan
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protected boolean determineCentroid(Geometry polygon, Point centroid) {
  if (polygon.getType() == Geometry.Type.POLYGON) {
    Point tempCentroid;

    //Get centroid of the polygon
    Envelope env = new Envelope();
    polygon.queryEnvelope(env);
    tempCentroid = env.getCenter();

    //If tempCentroid is within the polygon then centroid is valid, else look for nearest vertex
    if (GeometryEngine.within(polygon, tempCentroid, featureServiceTable.getSpatialReference()))
      centroid.setXY(tempCentroid.getX(), tempCentroid.getY());
    else {
      Proximity2DResult proximity2DResult = GeometryEngine.getNearestCoordinate(polygon, tempCentroid, true);
      centroid.setXY(proximity2DResult.getCoordinate().getX(), proximity2DResult.getCoordinate().getY());
    }

    return true;
  }
  
  return false;
}‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

I did something as shown above to look for the centroid of a polygon whereby the centre is empty. Although the result it is not really plotted at the "centre" of the polygon but it did solved my problem.

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