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Load a raster from a service, then apply a function to it.

Image of raster function

Use case

Raster functions allow processing operations that can be applied to one or more rasters on the fly. Functions can be applied to rasters that come from a service. A land survey agency may apply hillshade and aspect functions to rasters with elevation data in order to better determine the topography of a landscape and to make further planning decisions.

How to use the sample

Pan and zoom to explore the raster function applied to the raster layer.

How it works

  1. Create the ImageServiceRaster referring to the image server URL.
  2. Create the RasterFunction from a JSON string.
  3. Get the arguments of the raster function with rasterFunction.getArguments().
  4. Get the names of the raster arguments with rasterFunctionArguments.getRasterNames().
  5. Set the raster argument with rasterFunction.setRaster(rasterName, imageServiceRaster).
  6. Create a new Raster referring to the raster function.
  7. Create a RasterLayer to visualize the computed raster.
  8. Display the raster.

Relevant API

  • ImageServiceRaster
  • Raster
  • RasterFunction
  • RasterFunctionArguments
  • RasterLayer

About the data

The sample applies a hillshade function to a raster produced from the National Land Cover Database, NLCDLandCover2001. You can learn more about the hillshade function in the ArcMap documentation.

Additional information

The raster function computation happens locally on the client device.

Tags

function, layer, raster, raster function, service

Sample Code

module-info.java module-info.java RasterFunctionSample.java
/*
* Copyright 2022 Esri.
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* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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module com.esri.samples.raster_function {
// 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;
requires javafx.controls;
exports com.esri.samples.raster_function;
}