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Perform a viewshed analysis from a defined vantage point.

Image of viewshed location

Use case

A 3D viewshed analysis is a type of visual analysis you can perform on a scene. The viewshed shows what can be seen from a given location. The output is an overlay with two different colors - one representing the visible areas (green) and the other representing the obstructed areas (red). Viewshed analysis is a form of “exploratory analysis”, which means the results are calculated on the current scale of the data, and the results are generated very quickly. If more “conclusive” results are required, consider using a GeoprocessingTask to perform a viewshed instead.

How to use the sample

Use the sliders to change the properties (heading, pitch, etc.), of the viewshed and see them updated in real time. To move the viewshed, click on the scene and move your mouse. Click again to stop moving the viewshed.

How it works

  1. Create a LocationViewshed passing in the observer location, heading, pitch, horizontal/vertical angles, and min/max distances.
  2. Set the property values on the viewshed instance for location, direction, range, and visibility properties.

Relevant API

  • AnalysisOverlay
  • ArcGISSceneLayer
  • ArcGISTiledElevationSource
  • LocationViewshed
  • Viewshed

About the data

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

Tags

3D, frustum, scene, viewshed, visibility analysis

Sample Code

module-info.java module-info.java ViewshedLocationController.java ViewshedLocationSample.java
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module com.esri.samples.viewshed_location {
// 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;
requires javafx.fxml;
// make all @FXML annotated objects reflectively accessible to the javafx.fxml module
opens com.esri.samples.viewshed_location to javafx.fxml;
exports com.esri.samples.viewshed_location;
}