# GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.Components.Map.Data.ESRI.EsriDataDecoder.DetermineOrientation

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rendering_Components_Map_Data_ESRI_EsriDataDecoder_DetermineOrientation_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.Components.Map.Data.ESRI.EsriDataDecoder.DetermineOrientation*">DetermineOrientation Method
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rendering_Components_Map_Data_ESRI_EsriDataDecoder_DetermineOrientation_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Extensibility_Rendering_Components_IItemCollection_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Extensibility_Rendering_Components_Map_GeoData_GeoPoint__" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.Components.Map.Data.ESRI.EsriDataDecoder.DetermineOrientation(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Rendering.Components.IItemCollection{GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Rendering.Components.Map.GeoData.GeoPoint})">DetermineOrientation(IItemCollection&lt;GeoPoint&gt;)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Returns the orientation of the polygon specified by points.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public static EsriDataDecoder.Orientation DetermineOrientation(IItemCollection&lt;GeoPoint&gt; points)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Rendering.Components.IItemCollection-1.html">IItemCollection</a>&lt;<a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Rendering.Components.Map.GeoData.GeoPoint.html">GeoPoint</a>&gt;</td>
      <td><span class="parametername">points</span></td>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.Components.Map.Data.ESRI.EsriDataDecoder.html">EsriDataDecoder</a>.<a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.Components.Map.Data.ESRI.EsriDataDecoder.Orientation.html">Orientation</a></td>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rendering_Components_Map_Data_ESRI_EsriDataDecoder_DetermineOrientation_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Extensibility_Rendering_Components_IItemCollection_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Extensibility_Rendering_Components_Map_GeoData_GeoPoint___remarks">Remarks</h5>
<div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>The algorithm was found at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curve_orientation">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curve_orientation</a>.</p>
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