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Description
Create geodesic or planar circles using the esri/geometry/Circle module (added at version 3.8 of the JS API).Code
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no">
<title>Create circles</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/3.26/esri/css/esri.css">
<style>
html, body, #map {
height: 100%; width: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0;
}
#controls {
background: #fff;
box-shadow: 0 6px 6px -6px #999;
color: #444;
font-family: sans-serif;
height: auto;
left: 1em;
padding: 1em;
position: absolute;
top: 1em;
width: auto;
z-index: 40;
}
#controls div {
padding: 0 0 1em 0;
}
</style>
<script src="https://js.arcgis.com/3.26/"></script>
<script>
var map;
require([
"esri/map", "esri/geometry/Circle", "esri/symbols/SimpleFillSymbol",
"esri/graphic", "esri/layers/GraphicsLayer",
"dojo/dom", "dojo/dom-attr", "dojo/domReady!"
], function(
Map, Circle, SimpleFillSymbol,
Graphic, GraphicsLayer,
dom, domAttr
) {
map = new Map("map", {
basemap: "streets",
center: [-120.741, 56.39],
slider: false,
zoom: 6
});
var symbol = new SimpleFillSymbol().setColor(null).outline.setColor("blue");
var gl = new GraphicsLayer({ id: "circles" });
var geodesic = dom.byId("geodesic");
map.addLayer(gl);
map.on("click", function(e) {
var radius = map.extent.getWidth() / 10;
var circle = new Circle({
center: e.mapPoint,
geodesic: domAttr.get(geodesic, "checked"),
radius: radius
});
var graphic = new Graphic(circle, symbol);
gl.add(graphic);
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<div id="controls">
<div>Click the map.</div>
<input type="checkbox" id="geodesic">
<label for="geodesic">Geodesic?</label>
</div>
</body>
</html>