This tutorial demonstrates how to customize measurement units in your mapping application. Measurement unit customization allows users to view and interpret spatial measurements in their preferred units of measure, enhancing usability for diverse user bases with different regional or professional preferences.
You'll learn how to:
- Switch between metric and imperial measurement systems
- Customize specific units for different measurement types (area, length, slope)
- Apply unit changes programmatically using the MeasurementManager
- Handle measurement events to capture and process measurement data
- Create an intuitive user interface for unit selection
Measurement unit customization is essential for creating user-friendly mapping applications that cater to international audiences and specialized industries. This capability allows users to work with familiar units of measure, reducing cognitive load and improving the accuracy of spatial analysis and decision-making based on measurement results.
Measurement tools
Measure system
Select unit automatically for each measure in one of this systems Metric/Imperial
Measure units
Fix unit for measure type
Area units
Length units
Slope units
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