Viewshed geoprocessing

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Calculate a viewshed using a geoprocessing service, in this case showing what parts of a landscape are visible from points on mountainous terrain.

Image of viewshed geoprocessing

Use case

A viewshed is used to highlight what is visible from a given point. A viewshed could be created to show what a hiker might be able to see from a given point at the top of a mountain. Equally, a viewshed could also be created from a point representing the maximum height of a proposed wind turbine to see from what areas the turbine would be visible.

How to use the sample

Click the map to see all areas visible from that point within a 15km radius. Clicking on an elevated area will highlight a larger part of the surrounding landscape. It may take a few seconds for the task to run and send back the results.

How it works

  1. Create a GeoprocessingTask object with the URL set to a geoprocessing service endpoint.
  2. Create a FeatureCollectionTable object and add a new Feature object whose geometry is the viewshed's observer Point.
  3. Make a GeoprocessingParameters object passing in the observer point.
  4. Use the geoprocessing task to create a GeoprocessingJob object with the parameters.
  5. Start the job and wait for it to complete and return a GeoprocessingResult object.
  6. Get the resulting GeoprocessingFeatures object.
  7. Iterate through the viewshed features to use their geometry or display the geometry in a new Graphic object.

Relevant API

  • FeatureCollectionTable
  • GeoprocessingFeatures
  • GeoprocessingJob
  • GeoprocessingParameters
  • GeoprocessingResult
  • GeoprocessingTask

Tags

geoprocessing, heat map, heatmap, viewshed

Sample Code

ViewshedGeoprocessingSample.java
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/*
 * Copyright 2018 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.viewshed_geoprocessing;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Point2D;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
import javafx.scene.control.Alert.AlertType;
import javafx.scene.control.ProgressIndicator;
import javafx.scene.input.MouseButton;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.concurrent.Job;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.data.Feature;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.data.FeatureCollectionTable;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.data.FeatureSet;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.data.Field;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.GeometryType;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Point;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.loadable.LoadStatus;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISMap;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.Viewpoint;
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.FillSymbol;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.SimpleFillSymbol;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.SimpleMarkerSymbol;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.SimpleRenderer;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.tasks.geoprocessing.GeoprocessingFeatures;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.tasks.geoprocessing.GeoprocessingJob;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.tasks.geoprocessing.GeoprocessingParameters;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.tasks.geoprocessing.GeoprocessingResult;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.tasks.geoprocessing.GeoprocessingTask;

public class ViewshedGeoprocessingSample extends Application {

  private MapView mapView;
  private GeoprocessingJob geoprocessingJob;
  // keep loadables in scope to avoid garbage collection
  private GeoprocessingTask geoprocessingTask;
  private FeatureCollectionTable featureCollectionTable;

  @Override
  public void start(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("Viewshed Geoprocessing 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
      ArcGISMap map = new ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_TOPOGRAPHIC);

      // create a map view and set the map to it
      mapView = new MapView();
      mapView.setMap(map);

      // set a viewpoint on the map view
      mapView.setViewpoint(new Viewpoint(45.3790902612337, 6.84905317262762, 144447));

      // create an input graphics overlay to show red point markers where the user clicks
      SimpleMarkerSymbol pointSymbol = new SimpleMarkerSymbol(SimpleMarkerSymbol.Style.CIRCLE, Color.RED, 10);
      SimpleRenderer renderer = new SimpleRenderer(pointSymbol);
      GraphicsOverlay inputGraphicsOverlay = new GraphicsOverlay();
      inputGraphicsOverlay.setRenderer(renderer);

      // create an output graphics overlay to show the viewsheds as orange areas
      Color fillColor = Color.rgb(226, 119, 40, 0.5);
      FillSymbol fillSymbol = new SimpleFillSymbol(SimpleFillSymbol.Style.SOLID, fillColor, null);
      GraphicsOverlay outputGraphicsOverlay = new GraphicsOverlay();
      outputGraphicsOverlay.setRenderer(new SimpleRenderer(fillSymbol));

      // add the graphics overlays to the map view
      mapView.getGraphicsOverlays().addAll(Arrays.asList(inputGraphicsOverlay, outputGraphicsOverlay));

      // show progress indicator when geoprocessing task is loading or geoprocessing job is running
      ProgressIndicator progress = new ProgressIndicator(ProgressIndicator.INDETERMINATE_PROGRESS);
      progress.setMaxWidth(30);

      // create the geoprocessing task with the service URL and load it
      geoprocessingTask = new GeoprocessingTask("https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline" +
          ".com/arcgis/rest/services/Elevation/ESRI_Elevation_World/GPServer/Viewshed");
      geoprocessingTask.loadAsync();

      geoprocessingTask.addDoneLoadingListener(() -> {
        if (geoprocessingTask.getLoadStatus() == LoadStatus.LOADED) {
          // hide the progress when the geoprocessing task is done loading and enable the click event
          progress.setVisible(false);

          mapView.setOnMouseClicked(e -> {
            // check that the primary mouse button was clicked and any previous geoprocessing job has been canceled
            if (e.isStillSincePress() && e.getButton() == MouseButton.PRIMARY && geoprocessingJob == null) {

              // clear previous user click location and the viewshed geoprocessing task results
              inputGraphicsOverlay.getGraphics().clear();
              outputGraphicsOverlay.getGraphics().clear();

              // show a graphic in the input graphics overlay at the clicked location
              Point2D point2D = new Point2D(e.getX(), e.getY());
              Point point = mapView.screenToLocation(point2D);
              Graphic inputGraphic = new Graphic(point);
              inputGraphicsOverlay.getGraphics().add(inputGraphic);

              progress.setVisible(true);
              // get the default geoprocessing parameters
              ListenableFuture<GeoprocessingParameters> defaultParameters = geoprocessingTask.createDefaultParametersAsync();
              defaultParameters.addDoneListener(() -> {
                try {
                  GeoprocessingParameters parameters = defaultParameters.get();

                  // create required viewshed fields
                  List<Field> fields = Collections.singletonList(Field.createString("observer", "", 8));

                  // create a feature collection table (used as a parameter to the geoprocessing job)
                  featureCollectionTable = new FeatureCollectionTable(fields,
                      GeometryType.POINT, point.getSpatialReference());
                  featureCollectionTable.loadAsync();

                  featureCollectionTable.addDoneLoadingListener(() -> {
                    // create a new feature with the geometry of the clicked location and add it to the table
                    Feature newFeature = featureCollectionTable.createFeature();
                    newFeature.setGeometry(point);

                    featureCollectionTable.addFeatureAsync(newFeature).addDoneListener(() -> {
                      // set the required parameters for viewshed
                      parameters.setProcessSpatialReference(featureCollectionTable.getSpatialReference());
                      parameters.setOutputSpatialReference(featureCollectionTable.getSpatialReference());
                      parameters.getInputs().put("Input_Observation_Point", new GeoprocessingFeatures(featureCollectionTable));

                      // create a geoprocessing job from the task with the parameters
                      geoprocessingJob = geoprocessingTask.createJob(parameters);

                      // start the job and wait for the result
                      geoprocessingJob.start();
                      geoprocessingJob.addJobDoneListener(() -> {
                        if (geoprocessingJob.getStatus() == Job.Status.SUCCEEDED) {
                          // get the viewshed from the job's result
                          GeoprocessingResult geoprocessingResult = geoprocessingJob.getResult();
                          GeoprocessingFeatures resultFeatures = (GeoprocessingFeatures) geoprocessingResult.getOutputs().get("Viewshed_Result");

                          // loop through the result features to get the viewshed geometries
                          FeatureSet featureSet = resultFeatures.getFeatures();
                          for (Feature feature : featureSet) {
                            // add the viewshed geometry as a graphic to the output graphics overlay
                            Graphic graphic = new Graphic(feature.getGeometry());
                            outputGraphicsOverlay.getGraphics().add(graphic);
                          }
                        } else {
                          // remove the input and show an error if the job fails
                          inputGraphicsOverlay.getGraphics().remove(inputGraphic);
                          new Alert(AlertType.ERROR, "Geoprocessing job failed. Try again.").show();
                        }
                        // hide the progress when the job is complete
                        progress.setVisible(false);
                        // cancel the job if it's still going and set it to null to re-enable the mouse click listener
                        if (geoprocessingJob != null) {
                          geoprocessingJob.cancelAsync();
                          geoprocessingJob = null;
                        }
                      });
                    });
                  });
                } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException ex) {
                  new Alert(AlertType.ERROR, "Error creating default geoprocessing parameters").show();
                }
              });
            }
          });
        } else {
          new Alert(AlertType.ERROR, "Failed to load geoprocessing task").show();
        }
      });

      // and the mapView and progress indicator to the stack pane
      stackPane.getChildren().addAll(mapView, progress);
      StackPane.setAlignment(progress, Pos.CENTER);
    } 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 (mapView != null) {
      mapView.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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