Clip geometry

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Clip a geometry with another geometry.

Image of clip geometry

Use case

Create a new set of geometries for analysis (e.g. displaying buffer zones around abandoned coal mine shafts in an area of planned urban development) by clipping intersecting geometries.

How to use the sample

Click the "Clip" button to clip the blue graphic with the red dashed envelopes. Click the "Reset" button to remove the clipped graphics and restore the original blue graphic.

How it works

  1. Use the static method GeometryEngine.clip() to generate a clipped Geometry, passing in an existing Geometry and an Envelope as parameters. The existing geometry will be clipped where it intersects an envelope.
  2. Create a new Graphic from the clipped geometry and add it to a GraphicsOverlay on the MapView.

Relevant API

  • Envelope
  • Geometry
  • GeometryEngine
  • Graphic
  • GraphicsOverlay

Additional information

Note: the resulting geometry may be null if the envelope does not intersect the geometry being clipped.

Tags

analysis, clip, geometry

Sample Code

ClipGeometrySample.java
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package com.esri.samples.clip_geometry;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Envelope;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Geometry;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.GeometryEngine;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Point;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.SpatialReferences;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISMap;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.Basemap;
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.SimpleFillSymbol;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.SimpleLineSymbol;

public class ClipGeometrySample extends Application {

  private MapView mapView;

  @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("Clip Geometry 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);

      // create a graphics overlay to contain the geometry to clip
      GraphicsOverlay graphicsOverlay = new GraphicsOverlay();
      mapView.getGraphicsOverlays().add(graphicsOverlay);

      // create a blue graphic of Colorado
      Envelope colorado = new Envelope(new Point(-11362327.128340, 5012861.290274),
          new Point(-12138232.018408, 4441198.773776));
      SimpleFillSymbol fillSymbol = new SimpleFillSymbol(SimpleFillSymbol.Style.SOLID, 0x220000FF,
          new SimpleLineSymbol(SimpleLineSymbol.Style.SOLID, 0xFF0000FF, 2));
      Graphic coloradoGraphic = new Graphic(colorado, fillSymbol);
      graphicsOverlay.getGraphics().add(coloradoGraphic);

      // create a graphics overlay to contain the clipping envelopes
      GraphicsOverlay envelopesOverlay = new GraphicsOverlay();
      mapView.getGraphicsOverlays().add(envelopesOverlay);

      // create a dotted red outline symbol
      SimpleLineSymbol redOutline = new SimpleLineSymbol(SimpleLineSymbol.Style.DOT, 0xFFFF0000, 3);

      // create a envelope outside Colorado
      Envelope outsideEnvelope =
          new Envelope(new Point(-11858344.321294, 5147942.225174), new Point(-12201990.219681, 5297071.577304));
      Graphic outside = new Graphic(outsideEnvelope, redOutline);
      envelopesOverlay.getGraphics().add(outside);

      // create a envelope intersecting Colorado
      Envelope intersectingEnvelope =
          new Envelope(new Point(-11962086.479298, 4566553.881363), new Point(-12260345.183558, 4332053.378376));
      Graphic intersecting = new Graphic(intersectingEnvelope, redOutline);
      envelopesOverlay.getGraphics().add(intersecting);

      // create a envelope inside Colorado
      Envelope containedEnvelope =
          new Envelope(new Point(-11655182.595204, 4741618.772994), new Point(-11431488.567009, 4593570.068343));
      Graphic contained = new Graphic(containedEnvelope, redOutline);
      envelopesOverlay.getGraphics().add(contained);

      // zoom to show the polygon graphic
      mapView.setViewpointGeometryAsync(coloradoGraphic.getGeometry(), 200);

      // create a graphics overlay to contain the clipped areas
      GraphicsOverlay clipAreasOverlay = new GraphicsOverlay();
      mapView.getGraphicsOverlays().add(clipAreasOverlay);

      // create a button to perform the clip and reset operation
      var button = new Button("Clip");
      button.setOnAction(e -> {
        if (clipAreasOverlay.getGraphics().isEmpty()){
          // for each envelope, clip the Colorado geometry and show the result, replacing the original Colorado graphic
          coloradoGraphic.setVisible(false);
          envelopesOverlay.getGraphics().forEach(graphic -> {
            Geometry geometry = GeometryEngine.clip(coloradoGraphic.getGeometry(), (Envelope) graphic.getGeometry());
            if (geometry != null) {
              Graphic clippedGraphic = new Graphic(geometry, fillSymbol);
              clipAreasOverlay.getGraphics().add(clippedGraphic);}
          });

          // update the button text
          button.setText("Reset");
        } else {
          // remove clipped graphics and re-enable the original Colorado graphic
          clipAreasOverlay.getGraphics().clear();
          coloradoGraphic.setVisible(true);

          // update the button text
          button.setText("Clip");
        }});

      // add the map view to the stack pane
      stackPane.getChildren().addAll(mapView, button);
      StackPane.setAlignment(button, Pos.TOP_LEFT);
      StackPane.setMargin(button, new Insets(10, 0, 0, 10));
    } 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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