Viewshed camera

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Analyze the viewshed for a camera. A viewshed shows the visible and obstructed areas from an observer's vantage point.

Image of viewshed camera

Use case

A viewshed analysis is a type of visual analysis you can perform on a scene. The viewshed aims to answer the question 'What can I see from a given location?'. The output is an overlay with two different colors - one representing the visible areas (green) and the other representing the obstructed areas (red).

How to use the sample

The sample will start with a viewshed created from the initial camera location, so only the visible (green) portion of the viewshed will be visible. Move around the scene to see the obstructed (red) portions. Use the 'Update from Camera' button to update the viewshed to the current camera position.

How it works

  1. Get the current camera from the scene with SceneView.getCurrentViewpointCamera().
  2. Create a LocationViewshed, passing in the Camera and a min/max distance.
  3. Update the viewshed from a camera with viewshed.updateFromCamera(camera).

Relevant API

  • AnalysisOverlay
  • IntegratedMeshLayer
  • ArcGISTiledElevationSource
  • Camera
  • LocationViewshed

About the data

The scene shows an integrated mesh layer of Girona, Spain with the World Elevation source image service both hosted on ArcGIS Online.

Tags

3D, integrated mesh, scene, viewshed, visibility analysis

Sample Code

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

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.Button;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geoanalysis.LocationViewshed;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.layers.IntegratedMeshLayer;
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.SceneView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

  private SceneView mSceneView;

  @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
    ArcGISScene scene = new ArcGISScene(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_IMAGERY);

    // add the scene to a scene view
    mSceneView = findViewById(R.id.sceneView);
    mSceneView.setScene(scene);

    // set the camera to the scene view
    Camera camera = new Camera(41.985, 2.82691, 124.987, 332.131, 82.4732, 0.0);
    mSceneView.setViewpointCamera(camera);

    // add base surface for elevation data to the scene view
    Surface surface = new Surface();
    ArcGISTiledElevationSource elevationSource = new ArcGISTiledElevationSource(
        "https://elevation3d.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer");
    surface.getElevationSources().add(elevationSource);
    scene.setBaseSurface(surface);

    // add an integrated mesh layer to the scene
    IntegratedMeshLayer gironaMeshLayer = new IntegratedMeshLayer(
        "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/z2tnIkrLQ2BRzr6P/arcgis/rest/services/Girona_Spain/SceneServer");
    scene.getOperationalLayers().add(gironaMeshLayer);

    // create a viewshed from the camera
    LocationViewshed viewshed = new LocationViewshed(camera, 1.0, 500.0);

    // create an analysis overlay to add the viewshed to the scene view
    AnalysisOverlay analysisOverlay = new AnalysisOverlay();
    analysisOverlay.getAnalyses().add(viewshed);
    mSceneView.getAnalysisOverlays().add(analysisOverlay);

    // create a button to update the viewshed with the current camera
    Button cameraButton = findViewById(R.id.updateViewshedButton);
    cameraButton.setOnClickListener(
        view -> viewshed.updateFromCamera(mSceneView.getCurrentViewpointCamera()));
  }

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

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

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

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