Display a web scene

Learn how to create and display a from a stored in ArcGIS.

display a web scene

This tutorial shows you how to create and display a from a . All web scenes are stored in ArcGIS with a unique . You will access an existing web scene by item ID and display its layers. The web scene contains for the Santa Monica Mountains in California.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial:

  1. You need an ArcGIS Location Platform or ArcGIS Online account.

  2. Confirm that your system meets the minimum system requirements.

  3. An IDE for Java.

Steps

Open a Java project with Gradle

  1. To start the tutorial, complete the Display a scene tutorial, or download and unzip the Display a scene solution into a new folder.

  2. Open the build.gradle file as a project in IntelliJ IDEA.

  3. If you downloaded the solution, get an access token and set the API key.

Prepare files before coding the app

Modify the files from the Display a scene tutorial so that they can be used in this tutorial: you will add imports, change the application title, and remove unnecessary code.

  1. In IntelliJ IDEA's Project tool window, open src/main/java/com.example.app and double-click App.

  2. Add the following imports, replacing those from the Display a scene tutorial.

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    package com.example.app;
    
    import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
    import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISScene;
    import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.SceneView;
    import com.esri.arcgisruntime.portal.Portal;
    import com.esri.arcgisruntime.portal.PortalItem;
    
    import javafx.application.Application;
    import javafx.scene.Scene;
    import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
    import javafx.stage.Stage;
    
    public class App extends Application {
    
  3. In the start() life-cycle method, change the title that will appear on the application window to Display a web scene tutorial.

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      @Override
      public void start(Stage stage) {
    
        // set the title and size of the stage and show it
        stage.setTitle("Display a web scene tutorial");
    
        stage.setWidth(800);
        stage.setHeight(700);
        stage.show();
    
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  4. In start() method, delete the code for base surface, surface elevation, camera, and camera viewpoint. The web scene defines these characteristics, so you don't have to set them in your app.

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        // create a scene view to display the scene and add it to the stack pane
        sceneView = new SceneView();
        stackPane.getChildren().add(sceneView);
    
        ArcGISScene scene = new ArcGISScene(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_IMAGERY_STANDARD);
    
        // set the scene on the scene view
        sceneView.setArcGISScene(scene);
    
        // add base surface for elevation data
        Surface surface = new Surface();
        String elevationServiceUrl = "https://elevation3d.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer";
        surface.getElevationSources().add(new ArcGISTiledElevationSource(elevationServiceUrl));
        // add an exaggeration factor to increase the 3D effect of the elevation.
        surface.setElevationExaggeration(2.5f);
    
        scene.setBaseSurface(surface);
    
        Point cameraLocation = new Point(-118.794, 33.909, 5330.0, SpatialReferences.getWgs84());
        Camera camera = new Camera(cameraLocation, 355.0, 72.0, 0.0);
        sceneView.setViewpointCamera(camera);
    
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  5. In start() method, delete the code that creates an ArcGISScene by passing a basemap. In this tutorial, you will instead pass a portal item.

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        // create a scene view to display the scene and add it to the stack pane
        sceneView = new SceneView();
        stackPane.getChildren().add(sceneView);
    
        ArcGISScene scene = new ArcGISScene(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_IMAGERY_STANDARD);
    
        // set the scene on the scene view
        sceneView.setArcGISScene(scene);
    
    
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Get the web scene item ID

You can use to create and view . Use the to identify the web scene . This item ID will be used later in the tutorial.

  1. Go to the LA Trails and Parks web scene in the Scene Viewer in . This web scene displays trails, trailheads and parks in the Santa Monica Mountains.
  2. Make a note of the item ID at the end of the browser's URL. The item ID should be 579f97b2f3b94d4a8e48a5f140a6639b.

Display the web scene

You can display a using the web scene's . Create a from the web scene portal , and display it in your app.

  1. In the start() method, create a new Portal(java.lang.String,boolean) referencing as the portalUrl parameter and false for the loginRequired parameter.

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        // create a scene view to display the scene and add it to the stack pane
        sceneView = new SceneView();
        stackPane.getChildren().add(sceneView);
    
        // create a scene from a web scene portal item and set it to the scene view
    
        Portal portal = new Portal("http://www.arcgis.com/", false);
    
        // set the scene on the scene view
        sceneView.setArcGISScene(scene);
    
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  2. Create a PortalItem for the by passing the portal and the web scene's as parameters.

  3. Create an ArcGISScene(com.esri.arcgisruntime.portal.PortalItem) using the portalItem as the constructor parameter.

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        // create a scene view to display the scene and add it to the stack pane
        sceneView = new SceneView();
        stackPane.getChildren().add(sceneView);
    
        // create a scene from a web scene portal item and set it to the scene view
    
        Portal portal = new Portal("http://www.arcgis.com/", false);
    
        PortalItem portalItem = new PortalItem(portal, "579f97b2f3b94d4a8e48a5f140a6639b");
    
        ArcGISScene scene = new ArcGISScene(portalItem);
    
        // set the scene on the scene view
        sceneView.setArcGISScene(scene);
    
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  4. Use the existing code to display the new ArcGISScene(com.esri.arcgisruntime.portal.PortalItem) on the sceneView with setArcGISScene().

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        // create a scene view to display the scene and add it to the stack pane
        sceneView = new SceneView();
        stackPane.getChildren().add(sceneView);
    
        // create a scene from a web scene portal item and set it to the scene view
    
        Portal portal = new Portal("http://www.arcgis.com/", false);
    
        PortalItem portalItem = new PortalItem(portal, "579f97b2f3b94d4a8e48a5f140a6639b");
    
        ArcGISScene scene = new ArcGISScene(portalItem);
    
        // set the scene on the scene view
        sceneView.setArcGISScene(scene);
    
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  5. Run the app. Ensure to run the app as a Gradle task and not as an application in your IDE. In the Gradle tool window, under Tasks > application, double-click run.

Your app should display the scene that you viewed earlier in the Scene Viewer.

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