Choose camera controller

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Control the behavior of the camera in a scene.

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Use case

The globe camera controller (the default camera controller in all new scenes) allows a user to explore the scene freely by zooming in/out and panning around the globe. The orbit camera controllers fix the camera to look at a target location or geoelement. A primary use case is for following moving objects like cars and planes.

How to use the sample

The application loads with the default globe camera controller. To rotate and fix the scene around the plane, exit globe mode by choosing the "Orbit camera around plane" option (i.e. camera will now be fixed to the plane). Choose the "Orbit camera around crater" option to rotate and centre the scene around the location of the Upheaval Dome crater structure, or choose the "Free pan round the globe" option to return to default free navigation.

How it works

  1. Create an instance of one of the following classes which extend CameraController: GlobeCameraController, OrbitLocationCameraController, OrbitGeoElementCameraController.
  2. Set the scene view's camera controller with sceneView.setCameraController(cameraController).

Relevant API

  • ArcGISScene
  • Camera
  • GlobeCameraController
  • OrbitGeoElementCameraController
  • OrbitLocationCameraController
  • SceneView

Tags

3D, camera, camera controller

Sample Code

ChooseCameraControllerSample.java
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package com.esri.samples.choose_camera_controller;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.RadioButton;
import javafx.scene.control.ToggleGroup;
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.scene.paint.Paint;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Point;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.SpatialReferences;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISScene;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISTiledElevationSource;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.Surface;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.Camera;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.GlobeCameraController;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.Graphic;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.GraphicsOverlay;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.LayerSceneProperties;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.OrbitGeoElementCameraController;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.OrbitLocationCameraController;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.SceneView;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.ModelSceneSymbol;

import java.io.File;

public class ChooseCameraControllerSample extends Application {

  private SceneView sceneView;

  @Override
  public void start(Stage stage){

    try {

      // create stack pane and JavaFX app scene
      StackPane stackPane = new StackPane();
      Scene fxScene = new Scene(stackPane);
      fxScene.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("/choose_camera_controller/style.css").toExternalForm());

      // set title, size, and add JavaFX scene to stage
      stage.setTitle("Choose Camera Controller Sample");
      stage.setWidth(800);
      stage.setHeight(700);
      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 with a basemap style
      ArcGISScene scene = new ArcGISScene(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_IMAGERY);

      // set the scene to a scene view
      sceneView = new SceneView();
      sceneView.setArcGISScene(scene);

      // add base surface for elevation data
      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);

      // create a graphics overlay for the scene
      GraphicsOverlay sceneGraphicsOverlay = new GraphicsOverlay();
      sceneView.getGraphicsOverlays().add(sceneGraphicsOverlay);

      // create a graphic with a ModelSceneSymbol of a plane to add to the scene
      String modelURI = new File(System.getProperty("data.dir"), "./samples-data/bristol/Collada/Bristol.dae").getAbsolutePath();
      ModelSceneSymbol plane3DSymbol = new ModelSceneSymbol(modelURI, 1.0);
      plane3DSymbol.loadAsync();
      plane3DSymbol.setHeading(45);
      Graphic plane3D = new Graphic(new Point(-109.937516, 38.456714, 5000, SpatialReferences.getWgs84()), plane3DSymbol);
      sceneGraphicsOverlay.getSceneProperties().setSurfacePlacement(LayerSceneProperties.SurfacePlacement.ABSOLUTE);
      sceneGraphicsOverlay.getGraphics().add(plane3D);

      // create a camera and set it as the viewpoint for when the scene loads
      Camera camera = new Camera(38.459291, -109.937576, 5500, 150.0, 20.0, 0.0);
      sceneView.setViewpointCamera(camera);

      // instantiate a new camera controller which orbits the plane at a set distance
      OrbitGeoElementCameraController orbitPlaneCameraController = new OrbitGeoElementCameraController(plane3D, 100.0);
      orbitPlaneCameraController.setCameraPitchOffset(30);
      orbitPlaneCameraController.setCameraHeadingOffset(150);

      // instantiate a new camera controller which orbits a target location
      Point locationPoint = new Point(-109.929589, 38.437304, 1700, SpatialReferences.getWgs84());
      OrbitLocationCameraController orbitLocationCameraController = new OrbitLocationCameraController(locationPoint, 5000);
      orbitLocationCameraController.setCameraPitchOffset(3);
      orbitLocationCameraController.setCameraHeadingOffset(150);

      // create radio buttons for choosing camera controller
      RadioButton orbitPlane = new RadioButton("ORBIT CAMERA AROUND PLANE");
      RadioButton orbitLocation = new RadioButton("ORBIT CAMERA AROUND CRATER");
      RadioButton globeCamera = new RadioButton("FREE PAN ROUND THE GLOBE");
      globeCamera.setSelected(true);

      // set the buttons to a toggle group
      ToggleGroup toggleGroup = new ToggleGroup();
      orbitPlane.setToggleGroup(toggleGroup);
      orbitLocation.setToggleGroup(toggleGroup);
      globeCamera.setToggleGroup(toggleGroup);

      // set the radio buttons to choose which camera controller is active
      orbitPlane.setOnAction(event -> sceneView.setCameraController(orbitPlaneCameraController));

      orbitLocation.setOnAction(event -> sceneView.setCameraController(orbitLocationCameraController));

      globeCamera.setOnAction(event -> sceneView.setCameraController(new GlobeCameraController()));

      // create a control panel
      VBox controlsVBox = new VBox(10);
      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(300, 80);
      controlsVBox.getStyleClass().add("panel-region");
      // add radio buttons to the control panel
      controlsVBox.getChildren().addAll(orbitPlane, orbitLocation, globeCamera);

      // add scene view, label and control panel to the stack pane
      stackPane.getChildren().addAll(sceneView, controlsVBox);
      StackPane.setAlignment(controlsVBox, Pos.TOP_LEFT);
      StackPane.setMargin(controlsVBox, new Insets(60, 0, 0, 20));

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

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