I'm trying to calculate area of polyline like that
string poly = "POLYGON ((637604.918432772 2230520.64934531,
637622.257266129 2230419.44632915, 637279.107128549 2230192.04910755, 636765.470527745 2230179.6468564, 636778.005055813 2229861.77192838, 636529.81646905 2229464.29327025, 635813.486592791 2229523.30345774, 636017.385069448 2229974.32341381, 636267.323659164 2230070.32127916, 637035.026966561 2230404.70764784, 637275.265066307 2230401.13408429, 637604.918432772 2230520.64934531, 637604.918432772 2230520.64934531))";
DbGeometry gm = DbGeometry.FromText(poly, 32637);
double area= gm.Area.Value; // here I got the error Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
I noticed later that the reson of error that the dbgeometry is invalid
I try the code in ms sql 2012 also give me the error but when I tried like that
SELECT @gm.MakeValid().STArea()
thats worked in sql
my question is there is away to make the geometry valid in .net
thank you
I'd agree with Bojan, unless you are using the Entity Framework?
The SqlGeometry object has a MakeValid() function, so using your example, allowing for a convert between DbGeography and SqlGeography:
DbGeography geog;
SqlGeometry geom = SqlGeometry.STGeomFromWKB(new SqlBytes(geog.AsBinary()), 32637);
However, unless you are using EF, I'd recommend simply using SqlGeometry as
- There is no cast / conversion
- SqlGeometry has far more functions available than DbGeometry.
Hope that helps.
You definitely should not go to the DB to get what you want.
A simple and fast method is to extend DbGeography by adding the following code to your project:
using System.Data.SqlTypes;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Types;
namespace System.Data.Spatial
{
public static class DbGeometryExtension
{
public static DbGeometry MakeValid(this DbGeometry geom)
{
if (geom.IsValid)
return geom;
return DbGeometry.FromText(SqlGeometry.STGeomFromText(new SqlChars(geom.AsText()), 4326).MakeValid().STAsText().ToSqlString().ToString(), 4326);
}
}
}
There are a few assumptions made when creating this code so don't use it "as is".
SqlSpatialFunctions.MakeValid
is a SQL Server-specific method to do that.
If you are interested why your geometry is invalid, you can ask SQL Server:
SELECT @gm.IsValidDetailed()
Also, you might want to consider using SQL Server geometry type directly: SqlGeometry.MakeValid
.
here a medium solve to that problem that i make scallar function like that
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[GeomMakeValid](@geom as geometry)
RETURNS geometry
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @gm as geometry;
set @gm = @geom.MakeValid();
return (@gm);
END
GO
then i call it from model like that
public static DbGeometry geoMakeValid(DbGeometry geom)
{
EntityConnection Connec = getConnection();
DbCommand com = Connec.StoreConnection.CreateCommand();
com.CommandText = "select dbo.GeomMakeValid(@geom)";
com.CommandType = System.Data.CommandType.Text;
com.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@geom", geom.AsText()));
if (com.Connection.State == ConnectionState.Closed) com.Connection.Open();
try
{
var result = com.ExecuteScalar(); // should properly get your value
Connec.Close();
return DbGeometry.FromText( result.ToString(),geom.CoordinateSystemId);
}
catch (System.Exception e)
{
}
Connec.Close();
return geom;
}
any any part of code i can call this function to make geometry valid