Salesforce Maps Apex Developer Guide

Overview
Requirements
Apex Methods
Assign Records to Owners Using an Assignment Plan
Create a Route
Create Routes for Specific Users
Create Routes from Visit Plan
Get a Route
Get the Boundary Information
Get the Distance Matrix
Get the Geographical Coordinates of an Address
Get the Geographical Coordinates of Addresses in Batch
Permanently Delete Datasets and Alignments
Retrieve Data That Salesforce Maps Hosts
Retrieve the Geographical Data of Country-Specific Shapes
Retrieve the Geographical Data of Polygons
Retrieve the Territories in Which the Records Reside
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Retrieve the Geographical Data of Polygons

The getPolygonGeometry() Apex method returns the geometric data, such as the area and perimeter, for the requested geographical shape or custom polygon.

Signature

Where,
  • maps is the namespace that's available after you install Salesforce Maps.
  • API is the class that contains the global methods exposed to developers.
  • getPolygonGeometry() is the method.

Sample Code of a Circle

This code passes a circular geographical region to the Salesforce Maps API.

If you invoke methods within a flow, process builder, or trigger, do one of the following to avoid uncommitted work errors.

  • Call the methods through a future method
  • Call the methods as queueable

Different processes refresh the token, such as plotting a route or schedule. The refresh process is almost immediate after each qualifying action occurs.

Warning

Input Format of a Circle

Example

Sample Code of a Rectangle

This code passes a rectangular geographical region to the Salesforce Maps API.

Input Format of a Rectangle

Example

Sample Code of a Polygon

This code passes a polygonal geographical region to the Salesforce Maps API.

Input Format of a Polygon

Example

Sample Response

Although the return value is an Apex Map<String, Object> object, this JSON response illustrates the essential data you receive in the resulting map.