Measure Tool Units of Measure - Missing Acres?

Ali VanSickle

January 21, 2025 14:54

We have just migrated from the HTML5 viewer to the Studio Web and have some users complaining about the units of measure. I thought at first maybe there was a typo in the units for Acres (showing as “Ares”):
 

 

But after a quick calculation, I don't believe this is a typo. Ares must be a unit of measure (I am just not familiar with it). Are there plans to include Acres? Or how can I add Acres into the unit of measure? The HTLM5 Viewer had these units of measure available, why have some been removed from Studio web?

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  Nico Burgerhart

  January 21, 2025 15:02

  If you change the Measurement System to US Customary, Acres are available as unit.

  

  The Measurement System to use can be saved as a User Preference.

  

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  Ali VanSickle

  January 21, 2025 15:08

  Thanks Nico, 
  
  I see that now. But users can't use Metric (meters) and Acres together. Our users were used to be able to choose Meters as the line and Acres as the area.

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  Nico Burgerhart

  January 21, 2025 15:29

  Modify your Measure Area command to a custom command, add the measurement.set-area-units command to explicitly set the araa units, like the example below.

  [
   {
     "name": "measurement.set-area-units",
     "arguments": "acres"
   },
   {
     "name": "measurement.capture-geometry",
     "arguments": {
       "geometryType": [
         "polygon",
         "polyline"
       ],
       "pluginSettings": {
         "snapping": true
       }
     }
   },
   "measurement.create-graphics",
   "map.add-markup"
  ]

  Commands
  https://developers.vertigisstudio.com/docs/web/api-commands-operations/#command-measurement.set-length-units

  https://developers.vertigisstudio.com/docs/web/api-commands-operations/#command-measurement.set-area-units
   

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