Add point scene layer

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View a point scene layer from a scene service.

Image of a point scene layer

Use case

Point scene layers can efficiently display large amounts of point features. While point cloud layers can only display simple symbols, point scene layers can display any type of billboard symbol or even 3D models, as long as the location of the symbol can be described by a point. Points are cached and automatically thinned when zoomed out to improve performance.

How to use the sample

Pan around the scene and zoom in. Notice how many thousands of additional features appear at each successive zoom scale.

How it works

  1. Create a scene.
  2. Create an ArcGISSceneLayer with the URL to a point scene layer service.
  3. Add the layer to the scene's operational layers collection.

Relevant API

  • ArcGISSceneLayer

About the data

This dataset contains more than 40,000 points representing world airports. Points are retrieved on demand by the scene layer as the user navigates the scene.

Additional information

Point scene layers can also be retrieved from scene layer packages (.slpk) and mobile scene packages (.mspk).

Tags

3D, layers, point scene layer

Sample Code

AddAPointSceneLayerSample.java
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/*
 * Copyright 2019 Esri.
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 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
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package com.esri.samples.add_a_point_scene_layer;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.layers.ArcGISSceneLayer;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISScene;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISTiledElevationSource;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.SceneView;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.Surface;

public class AddAPointSceneLayerSample extends Application {

  private SceneView sceneView;

  @Override
  public void start(Stage stage) {

    try {

      // set the title and size of the stage and show it
      StackPane stackPane = new StackPane();
      Scene fxScene = new Scene(stackPane);
      stage.setTitle("Add a Point Scene Layer Sample");
      stage.setWidth(800);
      stage.setHeight(700);

      // create a JavaFX scene with a stackpane and set it to the stage
      stage.setScene(fxScene);
      stage.show();

      // authentication with an API key or named user is required to access basemaps and other location services
      String yourAPIKey = System.getProperty("apiKey");
      ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment.setApiKey(yourAPIKey);

      // create a scene view and add it to the stack pane
      sceneView = new SceneView();
      stackPane.getChildren().add(sceneView);

      // create a scene with a basemap and add it to the scene view
      ArcGISScene scene = new ArcGISScene(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_IMAGERY);
      sceneView.setArcGISScene(scene);

      // set the base surface with world elevation
      Surface surface = new Surface();
      surface.getElevationSources().add(new ArcGISTiledElevationSource("https://elevation3d.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer"));
      scene.setBaseSurface(surface);

      // add a point scene layer with points at world airport locations
      ArcGISSceneLayer pointSceneLayer = new ArcGISSceneLayer("https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/V6ZHFr6zdgNZuVG0/arcgis/rest/services/Airports_PointSceneLayer/SceneServer/layers/0");
      scene.getOperationalLayers().add(pointSceneLayer);

    } catch (Exception e) {
      // on any error, display the stack trace.
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Stops and releases all resources used in application.
   */
  @Override
  public void stop() {

    if (sceneView != null) {
      sceneView.dispose();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Opens and runs application.
   *
   * @param args arguments passed to this application
   */
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    Application.launch(args);
  }

}

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