Distance measurement analysis

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Measure distances between two points in 3D.

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Use case

The distance measurement analysis allows you to add to your app the same interactive measuring experience found in ArcGIS Pro, City Engine, and the ArcGIS API for JavaScript. You can set the unit system of measurement (metric or imperial). The units automatically switch to one appropriate for the current scale.

How to use the sample

Choose a unit system for the measurement in the UI dropdown. Single tap any location on the screen to set the start point of measurement. Double tap and drag to set the end point of measurement. Single tapping any new location will start a new measurement.

How it works

  1. Create an AnalysisOverlay object and add it to the analysis overlay collection of the SceneView object.
  2. Specify the start location and end location to create a LocationDistanceMeasurement object. Initially, the start and end locations can be the same point.
  3. Add the location distance measurement analysis to the analysis overlay.
  4. The measurementChanged callback will trigger if the distances change. You can get the new values for the directDistance, horizontalDistance, and verticalDistance from the measurementChangedEvent object returned by the callback.

Relevant API

  • AnalysisOverlay
  • LocationDistanceMeasurement

Additional information

The LocationDistanceMeasurement analysis only performs planar distance calculations. This may not be appropriate for large distances where the Earth's curvature must be considered.

Tags

3D, analysis, distance, measure

Sample Code

MainActivity.java
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package com.esri.arcgisruntime.sample.distancemeasurementanalysis;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.UnitSystem;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geoanalysis.LocationDistanceMeasurement;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Distance;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Point;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.SpatialReferences;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.layers.ArcGISSceneLayer;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISScene;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISTiledElevationSource;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.Basemap;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.Surface;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.AnalysisOverlay;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.Camera;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.DefaultSceneViewOnTouchListener;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.SceneView;

import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

  private SceneView mSceneView;

  private TextView mDirectDistance;

  private TextView mVerticalDistance;

  private TextView mHorizontalDistance;

  private LocationDistanceMeasurement distanceMeasurement;

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    // authentication with an API key or named user is required to access basemaps and other
    // location services
    ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment.setApiKey(BuildConfig.API_KEY);

    // create a scene and add a basemap to it
    final ArcGISScene scene = new ArcGISScene(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_TOPOGRAPHIC);

    // inflate views from layout
    mSceneView = findViewById(R.id.sceneView);
    mDirectDistance = findViewById(R.id.totalDistance);
    mHorizontalDistance = findViewById(R.id.horizontalDistance);
    mVerticalDistance = findViewById(R.id.verticalDistance);
    Spinner unitSpinner = findViewById(R.id.units_spinner);
    // set the scene to the view
    mSceneView.setScene(scene);

    // add base surface for elevation data
    Surface surface = new Surface();
    surface.getElevationSources().add(new ArcGISTiledElevationSource(
        "https://scene.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/BREST_DTM_1M/ImageServer"));
    scene.setBaseSurface(surface);

    // add building layer
    ArcGISSceneLayer sceneLayer = new ArcGISSceneLayer(
        "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/P3ePLMYs2RVChkJx/arcgis/rest/services/Buildings_Brest/SceneServer/layers/0");
    // offset for visual purposes
    sceneLayer.setAltitudeOffset(1);
    scene.getOperationalLayers().add(sceneLayer);

    // create analysis overlay and add it to scene
    AnalysisOverlay analysisOverlay = new AnalysisOverlay();
    mSceneView.getAnalysisOverlays().add(analysisOverlay);

    // initialize a distance measurement and add it to the analysis overlay
    Point start = new Point(-4.494677, 48.384472, 24.772694, SpatialReferences.getWgs84());
    Point end = new Point(-4.495646, 48.384377, 58.501115, SpatialReferences.getWgs84());
    distanceMeasurement = new LocationDistanceMeasurement(start, end);
    analysisOverlay.getAnalyses().add(distanceMeasurement);

    // zoom to initial measurement
    Camera camera = new Camera(start, 300.0, 315.0, 60.0, 0.0);
    mSceneView.setViewpointCamera(camera);

    // initialize a list to contain the available units
    ArrayList<String> unitsList = new ArrayList<>();
    for (UnitSystem unitSystemItem : UnitSystem.values()) {
      unitsList.add(unitSystemItem.toString());
    }

    // set up drop-down list
    ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item,
        unitsList);
    adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
    unitSpinner.setAdapter(adapter);
    unitSpinner.setSelection(1);

    unitSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
      @Override public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int position,
          long l) {
        switch (position) {
          case 0:
            distanceMeasurement.setUnitSystem(UnitSystem.IMPERIAL);
            break;
          case 1:
            distanceMeasurement.setUnitSystem(UnitSystem.METRIC);
            break;
          default:
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Unsupported option", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            break;
        }
      }

      @Override public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> adapterView) {
      }
    });

    // show the distances in the UI when the measurement changes
    final DecimalFormat decimalFormat = new DecimalFormat("#.##");
    distanceMeasurement.addMeasurementChangedListener(measurementChangedEvent -> {
      Distance directDistance = distanceMeasurement.getDirectDistance();
      Distance verticalDistance = distanceMeasurement.getVerticalDistance();
      Distance horizontalDistance = distanceMeasurement.getHorizontalDistance();

      mDirectDistance.setText(String.format("%s %s",
          decimalFormat.format(directDistance.getValue()),
          directDistance.getUnit().getAbbreviation()));
      mHorizontalDistance.setText(String.format("%s %s",
          decimalFormat.format(horizontalDistance.getValue()),
          horizontalDistance.getUnit().getAbbreviation()));
      mVerticalDistance.setText(String.format("%s %s",
          decimalFormat.format(verticalDistance.getValue()),
          verticalDistance.getUnit().getAbbreviation()));
    });

    // add onTouchListener to set the start point and end point with a SingleTap and a DoubleTapDrag
    mSceneView.setOnTouchListener(new DefaultSceneViewOnTouchListener(mSceneView) {
      @Override
      public boolean onSingleTapConfirmed(MotionEvent motionEvent) {

        // convert from screen point to location point
        android.graphics.Point screenPoint = new android.graphics.Point(
            Math.round(motionEvent.getX()),
            Math.round(motionEvent.getY()));
        ListenableFuture<Point> locationPointFuture = mSceneView.screenToLocationAsync(screenPoint);
        locationPointFuture.addDoneListener(() -> {

          try {
            Point location = locationPointFuture.get();
            distanceMeasurement.setStartLocation(location);

          } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
            String error = "Error converting screen point to location point ";
            Log.e(MainActivity.this.toString(), error + ":" + e.getMessage());
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, error, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
          }
        });
        return true;
      }

      @Override
      public boolean onDoubleTouchDrag(MotionEvent motionEvent) {

        // convert from screen point to location point
        android.graphics.Point screenPoint = new android.graphics.Point(
            Math.round(motionEvent.getX()),
            Math.round(motionEvent.getY()));
        ListenableFuture<Point> locationPointFuture = mSceneView.screenToLocationAsync(screenPoint);
        locationPointFuture.addDoneListener(() -> {

          try {
            Point location = locationPointFuture.get();
            distanceMeasurement.setEndLocation(location);

          } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
            String error = "Error converting screen point to location point ";
            Log.e(MainActivity.this.toString(), error + ":" + e.getMessage());
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, error, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
          }
        });
        return true;
      }
    });
  }

  @Override
  protected void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    // pause SceneView
    mSceneView.pause();
  }

  @Override
  protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    // resume SceneView
    mSceneView.resume();
  }

  @Override protected void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
    // dispose SceneView
    mSceneView.dispose();
  }
}

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