Viewpoint

AMD: require(["esri/Viewpoint"], (Viewpoint) => { /* code goes here */ });
ESM: import Viewpoint from "@arcgis/core/Viewpoint.js";
Class: esri/Viewpoint
Inheritance: Viewpoint Accessor
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.0

Describes a point of view for a 2D or 3D view. In a 2D view, the viewpoint is determined using a center point and scale value. In a 3D view, it is determined using a camera position. The Viewpoint can be bookmarked for later use, or used for navigation purposes.

See also

Constructors

Viewpoint

Constructor
new Viewpoint(properties)
Parameter
properties Object
optional

See the properties for a list of all the properties that may be passed into the constructor.

Property Overview

Any properties can be set, retrieved or listened to. See the Working with Properties topic.
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Name Type Summary Class
Camera

The viewpoint camera (3D only).

Viewpoint
String

The name of the class.

Accessor
Number

The rotation of due north in relation to the top of the view in degrees.

Viewpoint
Number

The scale of the viewpoint.

Viewpoint
Geometry

The target geometry framed by the viewpoint.

Viewpoint

Property Details

camera

Property
camera Cameraautocast

The viewpoint camera (3D only).

Z-values defined in a geographic or metric coordinate system are expressed in meters. However, in local scenes that use a projected coordinate system, vertical units are assumed to be the same as the horizontal units specified by the service.

declaredClass

Inherited
Property
declaredClass Stringreadonly
Inherited from Accessor
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.7 Accessor since 4.0, declaredClass added at 4.7.

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

rotation

Property
rotation Number

The rotation of due north in relation to the top of the view in degrees.

Default Value:0
See also
Examples
// due north is rotated 90 degrees, pointing to the right side of the view
viewpoint.rotation = 90;
// due north is rotated 180 degrees, pointing to the bottom of the view
viewpoint.rotation = 180;
// due north is rotated 270 degrees, pointing to the left side of the view
viewpoint.rotation = 270;
// due north is rotated 0 degrees, pointing to the top of the view (the default)
viewpoint.rotation = 0; // 360 or multiple of 360 (e.g. 720) works here as well.

scale

Property
scale Number

The scale of the viewpoint.

targetGeometry

Property
targetGeometry Geometryautocast

The target geometry framed by the viewpoint.

Z-values defined in a geographic or metric coordinate system are expressed in meters. However, in local scenes that use a projected coordinate system, vertical units are assumed to be the same as the horizontal units specified by the service.

Method Overview

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Name Return Type Summary Class

Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object.

Accessor
Viewpoint

Create a deep clone of the viewpoint.

Viewpoint
*

Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from an ArcGIS product.

Viewpoint
Boolean

Returns true if a named group of handles exist.

Accessor

Removes a group of handles owned by the object.

Accessor
Object

Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation.

Viewpoint

Method Details

addHandles

Inherited
Method
addHandles(handleOrHandles, groupKey)
Inherited from Accessor
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, addHandles added at 4.25.

Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object. The handles will be removed when the object is destroyed.

// Manually manage handles
const handle = reactiveUtils.when(
  () => !view.updating,
  () => {
    wkidSelect.disabled = false;
  },
  { once: true }
);

this.addHandles(handle);

// Destroy the object
this.destroy();
Parameters
handleOrHandles WatchHandle|WatchHandle[]

Handles marked for removal once the object is destroyed.

groupKey *
optional

Key identifying the group to which the handles should be added. All the handles in the group can later be removed with Accessor.removeHandles(). If no key is provided the handles are added to a default group.

clone

Method
clone(){Viewpoint}

Create a deep clone of the viewpoint.

Returns
Type Description
Viewpoint A deep clone of the Viewpoint object that called this method.

fromJSON

Method
fromJSON(json){*}static

Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from an ArcGIS product. The object passed into the input json parameter often comes from a response to a query operation in the REST API or a toJSON() method from another ArcGIS product. See the Using fromJSON() topic in the Guide for details and examples of when and how to use this function.

Parameter
json Object

A JSON representation of the instance in the ArcGIS format. See the ArcGIS REST API documentation for examples of the structure of various input JSON objects.

Returns
Type Description
* Returns a new instance of this class.

hasHandles

Inherited
Method
hasHandles(groupKey){Boolean}
Inherited from Accessor
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, hasHandles added at 4.25.

Returns true if a named group of handles exist.

Parameter
groupKey *
optional

A group key.

Returns
Type Description
Boolean Returns true if a named group of handles exist.
Example
// Remove a named group of handles if they exist.
if (obj.hasHandles("watch-view-updates")) {
  obj.removeHandles("watch-view-updates");
}

removeHandles

Inherited
Method
removeHandles(groupKey)
Inherited from Accessor
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, removeHandles added at 4.25.

Removes a group of handles owned by the object.

Parameter
groupKey *
optional

A group key or an array or collection of group keys to remove.

Example
obj.removeHandles(); // removes handles from default group

obj.removeHandles("handle-group");
obj.removeHandles("other-handle-group");

toJSON

Method
toJSON(){Object}

Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation. See the Using fromJSON() guide topic for more information.

Returns
Type Description
Object The ArcGIS portal JSON representation of an instance of this class.

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