An image service can use a mosaic rule to mosaic multiple rasters on-the-fly. A mosaic rule can specify which rasters are selected, and how the selected rasters are z-ordered. It can also specify how overlapping pixels from different rasters at the same location are resolved.
For example, when using the "By Attribute" mosaic method, the values in an attribute field are used to sort the images, and when using the "Center" method, the image closest to the center of the display is positioned as the top image in the mosaic. Additionally, mosaic operation allows you to define how to resolve the overlapping cells, such as choosing a blending operation.
Specifying mosaic rules is useful for viewing overlapping rasters. For example, using the "By Attribute" mosaic method to sort the rasters based on their acquisition date allows the newest image to be on top. Using "mean" mosaic operation makes the overlapping areas contain the mean cell values from all the overlapping rasters.
How to use the sample
When the rasters are loaded, choose from a list of preset mosaic rules to apply to the rasters.
How it works
Create an ImageServiceRaster using the service's URL.
Create a MosaicRule object and set it to the image service raster using setMosaicRule(mosaicRule), if it does not specify a mosaic rule.
Create a RasterLayer from the image service raster and add it to the map.
Set the mosaicMethod, mosaicOperation and other properties of the mosaic rule object accordingly to specify the rule on the raster dataset.
Relevant API
ImageServiceRaster
MosaicMethod
MosaicOperation
MosaicRule
About the data
This sample uses a raster image service hosted on ArcGIS Online that shows aerial images of Amberg, Germany.
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*/package com.esri.samples.apply_mosaic_rule_to_rasters;
import java.util.Arrays;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox;
import javafx.scene.control.ProgressIndicator;
import javafx.scene.layout.Background;
import javafx.scene.layout.BackgroundFill;
import javafx.scene.layout.CornerRadii;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.scene.paint.Paint;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.layers.RasterLayer;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.loadable.LoadStatus;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISMap;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.DrawStatus;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.Viewpoint;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MapView;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.raster.ImageServiceRaster;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.raster.MosaicRule;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.raster.MosaicMethod;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.raster.MosaicOperation;
publicclassApplyMosaicRuleToRastersSampleextendsApplication{
private ComboBox<String> mosaicRuleComboBox;
private MapView mapView;
private MosaicRule mosaicRule;
private VBox controlsVBox;
@Overridepublicvoidstart(Stage stage){
try {
// create stack pane and application scene StackPane stackPane = new StackPane();
Scene scene = new Scene(stackPane);
// set title, size, and add scene to stage stage.setTitle("Apply Mosaic Rule To Rasters Sample");
stage.setWidth(800);
stage.setHeight(700);
stage.setScene(scene);
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 map with the light gray basemap style ArcGISMap map = new ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_LIGHT_GRAY);
// create a map view mapView = new MapView();
// show progress indicator while map view is drawingvar progressIndicator = new ProgressIndicator();
progressIndicator.visibleProperty().bind(mapView.drawStatusProperty().isEqualTo(DrawStatus.IN_PROGRESS));
// set the map to the map view mapView.setMap(map);
// setup the UI setupUI();
// create a raster layer from the image service raster ImageServiceRaster imageServiceRaster = new ImageServiceRaster(
"https://sampleserver7.arcgisonline.com/server/rest/services/amberg_germany/ImageServer");
RasterLayer rasterLayer = new RasterLayer(imageServiceRaster);
// add a raster layer as an operational layer to the map map.getOperationalLayers().add(rasterLayer);
// wait for the raster layer to finish loading rasterLayer.addDoneLoadingListener(() -> {
if (rasterLayer.getLoadStatus() == LoadStatus.LOADED) {
// when loaded, set the map view's viewpoint to the image service raster's center mapView.setViewpoint(new Viewpoint(imageServiceRaster.getServiceInfo().getFullExtent().getCenter(), 25000.0));
// enable UI interaction once the raster layer has loaded controlsVBox.setVisible(true);
// create a mosaic rule for the image service raster if one does not already existif (imageServiceRaster.getMosaicRule() == null) {
mosaicRule = new MosaicRule();
imageServiceRaster.setMosaicRule(mosaicRule);
}
} else {
// show alert if raster layer fails to load.new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR, "Error loading raster layer.").show();
}
});
// set the mosaic rule of the image service raster based on rule chosen from the combo box mosaicRuleComboBox.getSelectionModel().selectedItemProperty().addListener(e -> {
// create a new mosaic rule mosaicRule = new MosaicRule();
switch (mosaicRuleComboBox.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem()) {
case"Default":
mosaicRule.setMosaicMethod(MosaicMethod.NONE);
break;
case"Northwest":
mosaicRule.setMosaicMethod(MosaicMethod.NORTHWEST);
mosaicRule.setMosaicOperation(MosaicOperation.FIRST);
break;
case"Center":
mosaicRule.setMosaicMethod(MosaicMethod.CENTER);
mosaicRule.setMosaicOperation(MosaicOperation.BLEND);
break;
case"By attribute":
mosaicRule.setMosaicMethod(MosaicMethod.ATTRIBUTE);
mosaicRule.setSortField("OBJECTID");
break;
case"Lock raster":
mosaicRule.setMosaicMethod(MosaicMethod.LOCK_RASTER);
mosaicRule.getLockRasterIds().clear();
// lock the display of multiple rasters based on the ObjectID mosaicRule.getLockRasterIds().addAll(Arrays.asList(1L, 7L, 12L));
break;
}
// set the mosaic rule of the image service raster imageServiceRaster.setMosaicRule(mosaicRule);
});
// add the map view, control panel and progress indicator to the stack pane stackPane.getChildren().addAll(mapView, controlsVBox, progressIndicator);
StackPane.setAlignment(controlsVBox, Pos.TOP_LEFT);
StackPane.setMargin(controlsVBox, new Insets(10, 0, 0, 10));
} catch (Exception e) {
// on any error, display the stack trace e.printStackTrace();
}
}
/**
* Creates a UI with a drop down box.
*/privatevoidsetupUI(){
// create a label Label mosaicRuleLabel = new Label("Choose a mosaic rule: ");
mosaicRuleLabel.setStyle("-fx-text-fill: white");
// create a combo box mosaicRuleComboBox = new ComboBox<>(
FXCollections.observableArrayList("Default", "Northwest", "Center", "By attribute", "Lock raster"));
mosaicRuleComboBox.setMaxWidth(Double.MAX_VALUE);
// set the default combo box value mosaicRuleComboBox.getSelectionModel().select(0);
// set up the control panel UI controlsVBox = new VBox(6);
controlsVBox.setBackground(new Background(new BackgroundFill(Paint.valueOf("rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3)"),
CornerRadii.EMPTY, Insets.EMPTY)));
controlsVBox.setPadding(new Insets(10.0));
controlsVBox.setMaxSize(210, 50);
controlsVBox.setVisible(false);
// add the label and combo box to the control panel controlsVBox.getChildren().addAll(mosaicRuleLabel, mosaicRuleComboBox);
}
/**
* Stops and releases all resources used in application.
*/@Overridepublicvoidstop(){
if (mapView != null) {
mapView.dispose();
}
}
/**
* Opens and runs application.
*
* @param args arguments passed to this application
*/publicstaticvoidmain(String[] args){
Application.launch(args);
}
}