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Utilities | Length To Degrees

Description

Length To Degrees convert a distance measurement (assuming a spherical Earth) from a real-world unit into degrees Valid units: miles, nautical miles, inches, yards, meters, metres, centimeters, kilometres, feet.

Offline Support

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Example Workflow and Output Files

To open the sample workflow in Workflow Designer:

    • In Workflow Designer, click File in the sidebar
    • Click Open by URL and past in the following url:
      https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=711c82a0e69e4d6d9bbfd3f7d4a0a6ff
    • To Save, click File in the Workflow Designer sidebar, and click Save.

Inputs

Distance

Required
Type: Number

The input distance.

Units

Required
Type: String

The unit can be degrees, radians, miles, or kilometers inches, yards, metres, meters, kilometres, kilometers.

Outputs

Result

Type: Object
Properties:
success: Type: Boolean
degrees:  Type: Number
error:  Type: String

A response object containing a success boolean, and degrees.

Properties

ID

Optional

The activity’s ID, which is used in other activities to access the activity’s output. The ID must be unique across the entire workflow and it’s subworkflows – two activities cannot have the same ID.

You might want to change the ID to shorten it. Shorter IDs make expressions more compact.

Display Name

Optional

The activity’s name in Workflow Designer. The display name appears at the top of the activity on the design surface. The default display name for this activity is Feature to Spreadsheet.

You might want to change the display name to a name that describes what the activity does in the context of your workflow. Description names make workflows easier to understand and maintain.

Description

Optional

A description of what the activity does. The description appears below the activity’s display name.

Use the description to record what the activity does in the context of the workflow. Descriptions make workflows easier to understand and maintain.