Create and use a raster layer made from a local raster file.
      
   
    
Use case
Rasters can be digital aerial photographs, imagery from satellites, digital pictures, or even scanned maps. An end-user will frequently need to import raster files acquired through various data-collection methods into their map to view and analyze the data.
How to use the sample
When the sample starts, a raster will be loaded from a file and displayed in the map view.
How it works
- Create an AGSRasterfrom a raster file.
- Create an AGSRasterLayerfrom the raster.
- Add it to the map's operationalLayersarray.
Relevant API
- AGSRaster
- AGSRasterLayer
Additional information
See the topic What is raster data? in the ArcMap documentation for more information about raster images.
Tags
data, image, import, layer, raster, visualization
Sample Code
RasterLayerViewController.swift
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import UIKit
import ArcGIS
class RasterLayerViewController: UIViewController {
    @IBOutlet private weak var mapView: AGSMapView!
    private var map: AGSMap!
    private var rasterLayer: AGSRasterLayer!
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        // add the source code button item to the right of navigation bar
        (self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem as! SourceCodeBarButtonItem).filenames = ["RasterLayerViewController"]
        // create raster
        let raster = AGSRaster(name: "Shasta", extension: "tif")
        // create raster layer using raster
        self.rasterLayer = AGSRasterLayer(raster: raster)
        // initialize map with imagery basemap
        self.map = AGSMap(basemapStyle: .arcGISImageryStandard)
        // assign map to the map view
        self.mapView.map = map
        // add the raster layer to the operational layers of the map
        self.mapView.map?.operationalLayers.add(rasterLayer!)
        // set map view's viewpoint to the raster layer's full extent
        self.rasterLayer.load { [weak self] (error) in
            if let error = error {
               self?.presentAlert(error: error)
            } else {
                if let center = self?.rasterLayer.fullExtent?.center {
                    self?.mapView.setViewpoint(AGSViewpoint(center: center, scale: 80000))
                }
            }
        }
    }
}