When marking geoelements on a map, using custom, unique symbols can be helpful for highlighting and differentiating between locations. For example, a tourism office may use pictures of landmarks as symbols on an online map or app, to help prospective visitors to orient themselves more easily around a city.
How to use the sample
When launched, this sample displays a map with three picture marker symbols. Pan and zoom to explore the map.
How it works
Create a PictureMarkerSymbol using the URI to an online or local image.
Create a Graphic and set its symbol to the PictureMarkerSymbol.
Relevant API
PictureMarkerSymbol
About the data
The picture marker symbols in this sample are all constructed from different types of resources:
Blue pin with a star and orange pin stored in the resources folder that comes with the application
Tags
graphics, marker, picture, symbol, visualization
Sample Code
PictureMarkerSymbolSample.java
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/*
* Copyright 2017 Esri.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
* use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
* the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
* WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
* License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
* the License.
*/package com.esri.samples.picture_marker_symbol;
import java.io.File;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Envelope;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Point;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.SpatialReferences;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.loadable.LoadStatus;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISMap;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.Graphic;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.GraphicsOverlay;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MapView;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.PictureMarkerSymbol;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
publicclassPictureMarkerSymbolSampleextendsApplication{
private MapView mapView;
private GraphicsOverlay graphicsOverlay;
// keep loadables in scope to avoid garbage collectionprivate ArcGISMap map;
private PictureMarkerSymbol campsiteSymbol;
private PictureMarkerSymbol blueSymbol;
private PictureMarkerSymbol orangeSymbol;
privatestaticfinal String CAMPSITE_SYMBOL = "https://static.arcgis.com/images/Symbols/OutdoorRecreation/Camping.png";
@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("Picture Marker Symbol 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 topographic basemap style map = new ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_TOPOGRAPHIC);
// create a map view and set the map to it mapView = new MapView();
mapView.setMap(map);
// create graphics overlay and add it to the map view graphicsOverlay = new GraphicsOverlay();
mapView.getGraphicsOverlays().add(graphicsOverlay);
// create points for displaying graphics Point leftPoint = new Point(-228835, 6550763, SpatialReferences.getWebMercator()); // Disk Point rightPoint = new Point(-223560, 6552021, SpatialReferences.getWebMercator()); // URL Point middlePoint = new Point(-226773, 6550477, SpatialReferences.getWebMercator());
// create orange picture marker symbol from disk File orangeSymbolImage = new File(System.getProperty("data.dir"), "./samples-data/symbol/orange_symbol.png");
orangeSymbol = new PictureMarkerSymbol(orangeSymbolImage.getAbsolutePath());
// place orange picture marker symbol on ArcGISMap placePictureMarkerSymbol(orangeSymbol, leftPoint);
// create blue picture marker symbol from local Image newImage = new Image("/blue_symbol.png");
blueSymbol = new PictureMarkerSymbol(newImage);
// place blue picture marker symbol on ArcGISMap placePictureMarkerSymbol(blueSymbol, middlePoint);
// create campsite picture marker symbol from URL campsiteSymbol = new PictureMarkerSymbol(CAMPSITE_SYMBOL);
// place campsite picture marker symbol on ArcGISMap map.addDoneLoadingListener(() -> {
if (map.getLoadStatus() == LoadStatus.LOADED) {
placePictureMarkerSymbol(campsiteSymbol, rightPoint);
} else {
Alert alert = new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR, "Map Failed to Load!");
alert.show();
}
});
// set viewpoint on mapview with padding Envelope envelope = new Envelope(leftPoint, rightPoint);
mapView.setViewpointGeometryAsync(envelope, 100.0);
// add the map view and control panel to stack pane stackPane.getChildren().add(mapView);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
/**
* Adds a Graphic to the Graphics Overlay using a Point and a Picture Marker
* Symbol.
*
* @param markerSymbol PictureMarkerSymbol to be used
* @param graphicPoint where the Graphic is going to be placed
*/privatevoidplacePictureMarkerSymbol(PictureMarkerSymbol markerSymbol, Point graphicPoint){
// set size of the image markerSymbol.setHeight(40);
markerSymbol.setWidth(40);
// load symbol asynchronously markerSymbol.loadAsync();
// add to the graphic overlay once done loading markerSymbol.addDoneLoadingListener(() -> {
if (markerSymbol.getLoadStatus() == LoadStatus.LOADED) {
Graphic symbolGraphic = new Graphic(graphicPoint, markerSymbol);
graphicsOverlay.getGraphics().add(symbolGraphic);
} else {
Alert alert = new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR, "Picture Marker Symbol Failed to Load!");
alert.show();
}
});
}
/**
* Stops and releases all resources used in application.
*/@Overridepublicvoidstop(){
// release resources when the application closesif (mapView != null) {
mapView.dispose();
}
}
/**
* Opens and runs application.
*
* @param args arguments passed to this application
*/publicstaticvoidmain(String[] args){
Application.launch(args);
}
}