Scene layer selection | ArcGIS Maps SDK for Java | Esri Developer
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Identify features in a scene to select.

Image of scene layer selection

Use case

You can select features to visually distinguish them with a selection color or highlighting. This can be useful to demonstrate the physical extent or associated attributes of a feature, or to initiate another action such as centering that feature in the scene view.

How to use the sample

Click a building in the scene layer to select it. Deselect buildings by clicking away from the buildings.

How it works

  1. Create an ArcGISSceneLayer passing in the URL to a scene layer service.
  2. Use sceneView.setOnMouseClicked to get the screen click location Point2D.
  3. Call sceneView.identifyLayersAsync(sceneLayer, point2D, tolerance, false, 1) to identify features in the scene.
  4. From the resulting IdentifyLayerResult, get the list of identified GeoElements with result.getElements().
  5. Get the first element in the list, checking that it is a feature, and call sceneLayer.selectFeature(feature) to select it.

About the data

The scene shows a buildings layer in Brest, France hosted on ArcGIS Online.

Relevant API

  • ArcGISSceneLayer
  • Scene
  • SceneView

Tags

3D, Berlin, buildings, identify, model, query, search, select

Sample code

SceneLayerSelectionSample.java
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package com.esri.samples.scene_layer_selection;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Point2D;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
import javafx.scene.input.MouseButton;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.data.Feature;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.layers.ArcGISSceneLayer;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.loadable.LoadStatus;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISScene;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISTiledElevationSource;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.GeoElement;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.Surface;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.Camera;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.IdentifyLayerResult;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.SceneView;
public class SceneLayerSelectionSample extends Application {
private SceneView sceneView;
@Override
public void start(Stage stage) {
try {
// create stack pane and JavaFX app scene
StackPane stackPane = new StackPane();
Scene fxScene = new Scene(stackPane);
// set title, size, and add JavaFX scene to stage
stage.setTitle("Scene Layer Selection Sample");
stage.setWidth(800);
stage.setHeight(700);
stage.setScene(fxScene);
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 scene with a basemap style
ArcGISScene scene = new ArcGISScene(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_TOPOGRAPHIC);
// set the scene to the scene view
sceneView = new SceneView();
sceneView.setArcGISScene(scene);
// set the initial viewpoint
Camera camera = new Camera(48.378, -4.494, 200, 345, 65, 0);
sceneView.setViewpointCamera(camera);
// add the scene view to the stack pane
stackPane.getChildren().add(sceneView);
// add base surface with elevation data
Surface surface = new Surface();
final String elevationService = "https://elevation3d.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer";
surface.getElevationSources().add(new ArcGISTiledElevationSource(elevationService));
scene.setBaseSurface(surface);
// add a scene layer of buildings in Brest, France
final String buildings = "http://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/P3ePLMYs2RVChkJx/arcgis/rest/services/Buildings_Brest/SceneServer/layers/0";
ArcGISSceneLayer sceneLayer = new ArcGISSceneLayer(buildings);
scene.getOperationalLayers().add(sceneLayer);
// zoom to the layer's extent when loaded
sceneLayer.addDoneLoadingListener(() -> {
if (sceneLayer.getLoadStatus() == LoadStatus.LOADED) {
// when the scene is clicked, identify the clicked feature and select it
sceneView.setOnMouseClicked(e -> {
if (e.isStillSincePress() && e.getButton() == MouseButton.PRIMARY) {
// clear any previous selection
sceneLayer.clearSelection();
// identify clicked feature
Point2D point2D = new Point2D(e.getX(), e.getY());
ListenableFuture<IdentifyLayerResult> identify = sceneView.identifyLayerAsync(sceneLayer, point2D, 10, false, 1);
identify.addDoneListener(() -> {
try {
// get the identified result and check that it is a feature
IdentifyLayerResult result = identify.get();
List<GeoElement> geoElements = result.getElements();
if (geoElements.size() > 0) {
GeoElement geoElement = geoElements.get(0);
if (geoElement instanceof Feature) {
// select the feature
sceneLayer.selectFeature((Feature) geoElement);
}
}
} catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException ex) {
new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR, "Error identifying features").show();
}
});
}
});
} else {
new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR, "Error loading scene layer").show();
}
});
} 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 (sceneView != null) {
sceneView.dispose();
}
}
/**
* Opens and runs application.
*
* @param args arguments passed to this application
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
Application.launch(args);
}
}