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import "@arcgis/map-components/components/arcgis-line-of-sight";
Inheritance:
ArcgisLineOfSightPublicLitElement
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.28

The Line Of Sight component is a 3D analysis tool that allows you to perform line of sight visibility analysis in an arcgis-scene. Visibility between a given observer and multiple target points is calculated against the currently displayed content in the view, including the ground, integrated meshes, and 3D objects such as buildings or trees.

line-of-sight

The analysis results are displayed as colored lines, where areas visible to the observer are shown green and occluded parts are marked in red. Also, the color of the target points indicates their visibility. When the line of sight cannot be calculated, it will be displayed with a gray color. This may happen if either the target or the observer is not in the view.

When creating a new line of sight analysis, the first click in the Scene creates the observer and subsequent clicks place the targets. Both the observer and target points can be moved by dragging. Additionally, the target points can be removed with a right click.

Known limitation

Line Of Sight is only supported in a 3D arcgis-scene component.

See also

Demo

Properties

PropertyAttributeType
auto-destroy-disabled
hide-continue-button
hide-done-button
hide-start-button
hide-visualization
icon
reflected
icon
Icon["icon"] | undefined
label
reference-element
state
readonly
"created" | "creating" | "disabled" | "ready"

analysis

Property
Type
LineOfSightAnalysis

The LineOfSightAnalysis created or modified by the component.

When connecting the Line Of Sight component to the arcgis-scene component, it automatically creates an empty analysis and adds it to the Scene's arcgis-scene.analyses collection. You can then wait for the LineOfSightAnalysisView3D to be created before accessing the analysis results.

// Get the Scene component and the Line Of Sight component, and wait until both are ready.
const viewElement = document.querySelector("arcgis-scene");
await viewElement.viewOnReady();
const lineOfSightElement = document.querySelector("arcgis-line-of-sight");
await lineOfSightElement.componentOnReady();
// Get the LineOfSightAnalysis created by the Line Of Sight component.
const analysis = lineOfSightElement.analysis;
// Get the LineOfSightAnalysisView3D and watch for updates.
const analysisView = await viewElement.whenAnalysisView(analysis);
const handle = reactiveUtils.watch(
() => analysisView?.results,
() => {
console.log("Analysis results:", analysisView.results);
},
);

Whenever the component is destroyed, the analysis is automatically removed from the collection.

Alternatively, a programmatically created LineOfSightAnalysis can be provided to the component. Then, the application itself needs to add it to and later remove it from the analyses collection of the Scene component.

// Create the LineOfSightAnalysis.
const lineOfSightAnalysis = new LineOfSightAnalysis({
observer: new LineOfSightAnalysisObserver({
position: new Point({
spatialReference: { latestWkid: 3857, wkid: 102100 },
x: -13624828.3377593,
y: 4550305.319405007,
z: 105.55410975124687
}),
}),
targets: [ new LineOfSightAnalysisTarget({
position: new Point({
spatialReference: { latestWkid: 3857, wkid: 102100 },
x: -13624944.17687458,
y: 4550420.577689567,
z: 0
}),
})
]
});
// Get the Scene component and the Line Of Sight component, and wait until both are ready.
const viewElement = document.querySelector("arcgis-scene");
await viewElement.viewOnReady();
const lineOfSightElement = document.querySelector("arcgis-line-of-sight");
await lineOfSightElement.componentOnReady();
// Add the analysis to the analyses collection of the Scene component.
viewElement.analyses.add(lineOfSightAnalysis);
// Connect the analysis to the component:
lineOfSightElement.analysis = lineOfSightAnalysis;

autoDestroyDisabled

Property
Type
boolean

If true, the component will not be destroyed automatically when it is disconnected from the document. This is useful when you want to move the component to a different place on the page, or temporarily hide it. If this is set, make sure to call the destroy() method when you are done to prevent memory leaks.

Attribute
auto-destroy-disabled
Default value
false

hideContinueButton

Property
Type
boolean
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 5.0

If true, the button that allows the user to continue placing more targets.

Attribute
hide-continue-button
Default value
false

hideDoneButton

Property
Type
boolean
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 5.0

If true, the button that ends the current placement will be hidden.

Attribute
hide-done-button
Default value
false

hideStartButton

Property
Type
boolean
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 5.0

If true, the button that starts a new analysis will be hidden.

Attribute
hide-start-button
Default value
false

hideVisualization

Property
Type
boolean
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 5.0

Indicates whether the component's visualization is hidden in the view.

Attribute
hide-visualization
Default value
false

icon

reflected Property
Type
Icon["icon"] | undefined

Icon which represents the component. Typically used when the component is controlled by another component (e.g. by the Expand component).

See also
Attribute
icon
Default value
"line-of-sight"

label

Property
Type
string | undefined

The component's default label.

Attribute
label

messageOverrides

Property
Type
Record<string, unknown> | undefined

Replace localized message strings with your own strings.

Note: Individual message keys may change between releases.

referenceElement

Property
Type
ArcgisReferenceElement | string | undefined

By assigning the id attribute of the Map or Scene component to this property, you can position a child component anywhere in the DOM while still maintaining a connection to the Map or Scene.

See also
Attribute
reference-element

state

readonly Property
Type
"created" | "creating" | "disabled" | "ready"

The component's state. The values mean the following:

  • disabled - not ready yet
  • ready - ready for analysis
  • creating - observer/target points are being placed
  • created - finished analysis

view

Property
Type
SceneView | undefined

The view associated with the component.

Note: The recommended approach is to fully migrate applications to use map and scene components and avoid using MapView and SceneView directly. However, if you are migrating a large application from widgets to components, you might prefer a more gradual transition. To support this use case, the SDK includes this view property which connects a component to a MapView or SceneView. Ultimately, once migration is complete, the arcgis-line-of-sight component will be associated with a map or scene component rather than using the view property.

Methods

MethodSignature
clear(): Promise<void>
componentOnReady
inherited
componentOnReady(): Promise<this>
continue(): Promise<void>
destroy(): Promise<void>
start(): Promise<void>
stop(): Promise<void>

clear

Method
Signature
clear (): Promise<void>

Clear the current analysis results. After calling this method, the user can set a new observer and targets.

Returns
Promise<void>

componentOnReady

inherited Method
Signature
componentOnReady (): Promise<this>
Inherited from: PublicLitElement

Creates a promise that resolves once the component is fully loaded.

Returns
Promise<this>
Example
const arcgisLineOfSight = document.querySelector("arcgis-line-of-sight");
document.body.append(arcgisLineOfSight);
await arcgisLineOfSight.componentOnReady();
console.log("arcgis-line-of-sight is ready to go!");

continue

Method
Signature
continue (): Promise<void>

After stop() was called, this method allows to continue the line of sight analysis and add more targets.

Returns
Promise<void>

destroy

Method
Signature
destroy (): Promise<void>

Permanently destroy the component.

Returns
Promise<void>

start

Method
Signature
start (): Promise<void>

Start a new line of sight analysis.

Returns
Promise<void>

stop

Method
Signature
stop (): Promise<void>

Stop the current placing of line of sight analysis. Any lines added this far are kept in the view. Users can still interact with existing targets and the observer, but they cannot place new target points.

Returns
Promise<void>

Events

NameType
CustomEvent<{ name: "analysis" | "state"; }>

arcgisPropertyChange

Event
arcgisPropertyChange: CustomEvent<{ name: "analysis" | "state"; }>

Emitted when the value of a property is changed. Use this to listen to changes to properties.

bubbles composed cancelable

arcgisReady

Event
arcgisReady: CustomEvent<void>

Emitted when the component associated with a map or scene view is ready to be interacted with.

bubbles composed cancelable