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Set the terrain surface with elevation described by a local tile package.

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Use case

In a scene view, the terrain surface is what the basemap, operational layers, and graphics are draped onto. For example, when viewing a scene in a mountainous region, applying a terrain surface to the scene will help in recognizing the slopes, valleys, and elevated areas.

How to use the sample

When loaded, the sample will show a scene with a terrain surface applied. Pan and zoom to explore the scene and observe how the terrain surface allows visualizing elevation differences.

How it works

  1. Create an ArcGISScene and add it to a SceneView.
  2. Create an ArcGISTiledElevationSource with the path to the local tile package.
  3. Add this source to the scene’s base surface: ArcGISScene.getBaseSurface().getElevationSources().add(ArcGISTiledElevationSource).

Relevant API

  • ArcGISTiledElevationSource
  • Surface

About the data

This sample uses the Monterey Elevation tile package, using CompactV2 storage format (.tpkx).

Additional information

The tile package must be a LERC (limited error raster compression) encoded TPK/TPKX. Details can be found in the topic Share a tile package in the ArcGIS Pro documentation.

Tags

3D, elevation, LERC, surface, terrain, tile cache

Sample Code

module-info.java module-info.java CreateTerrainSurfaceFromLocalTilePackageSample.java
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module com.esri.samples.create_terrain_surface_from_local_tile_package {
// require ArcGIS Maps SDK for Java module
requires com.esri.arcgisruntime;
// handle SLF4J http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder
requires org.slf4j.nop;
// require JavaFX modules that the application uses
requires javafx.graphics;
exports com.esri.samples.create_terrain_surface_from_local_tile_package;
}