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

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
Tap the “Apply Layer” button to apply the raster function and display the result. Tap “Reset” to apply the image service raster back to the rasterLayer.
How it works
- Create the
ImageServiceRasterreferring to the image server URL. - Create the
RasterFunctionfrom a JSON string. - Get the arguments of the raster function with
rasterFunction.arguments. - Get the names of the raster arguments with
rasterFunctionArguments.rasterNames. - Set the raster argument with
rasterFunctionArguments.setRaster(rasterNames[0], imageServiceRaster). - Create a new
Rasterreferring to the raster function. - Create a
RasterLayerto visualize the computed raster. - 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
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package com.esri.arcgismaps.sample.applyfunctiontorasterfromservice
import android.os.Bundleimport android.util.Logimport com.esri.arcgismaps.sample.sampleslib.EdgeToEdgeCompatActivityimport androidx.databinding.DataBindingUtilimport androidx.lifecycle.lifecycleScopeimport com.arcgismaps.ApiKeyimport com.arcgismaps.ArcGISEnvironmentimport com.arcgismaps.LoadStatusimport com.arcgismaps.mapping.ArcGISMapimport com.arcgismaps.mapping.BasemapStyleimport com.arcgismaps.mapping.layers.RasterLayerimport com.arcgismaps.raster.ImageServiceRasterimport com.arcgismaps.raster.Rasterimport com.arcgismaps.raster.RasterFunctionimport com.esri.arcgismaps.sample.applyfunctiontorasterfromservice.databinding.ApplyFunctionToRasterFromServiceActivityMainBindingimport com.google.android.material.snackbar.Snackbarimport kotlinx.coroutines.launch
class MainActivity : EdgeToEdgeCompatActivity() {
private val activityMainBinding: ApplyFunctionToRasterFromServiceActivityMainBinding by lazy { DataBindingUtil.setContentView(this, R.layout.apply_function_to_raster_from_service_activity_main) }
private val mapView by lazy { activityMainBinding.mapView }
private val imageServiceRaster: ImageServiceRaster by lazy { ImageServiceRaster(getString(R.string.image_service_raster_url)) }
private val imageRasterLayer: RasterLayer by lazy { RasterLayer(imageServiceRaster) }
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
// authentication with an API key or named user is // required to access basemaps and other location services ArcGISEnvironment.apiKey = ApiKey.create(BuildConfig.ACCESS_TOKEN) lifecycle.addObserver(mapView)
// create and add a map with a dark gray basemap style val map = ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ArcGISDarkGray) mapView.map = map
// add the imageRasterLayer to the map addImageRasterLayer()
activityMainBinding.apply { rasterButton.setOnClickListener { // update the raster with simplified hillshade applyRasterFunction() resetButton.isEnabled = true rasterButton.isEnabled = false } resetButton.setOnClickListener { // reset map to back to the RasterLayer addImageRasterLayer() resetButton.isEnabled = false rasterButton.isEnabled = true } } }
/** * Adds the image raster layer to the map and set's the viewpoint * to the image server raster's bounding geometry */ private fun addImageRasterLayer() { // clear and add the imageRasterLayer to the map mapView.map?.operationalLayers?.apply { clear() add(imageRasterLayer) }
// collect the load status of the RasterLayer lifecycleScope.launch { imageRasterLayer.loadStatus.collect { loadStatus -> if (loadStatus == LoadStatus.Loaded) { // get the center point of the image service raster val extentEnvelope = imageServiceRaster.serviceInfo?.fullExtent ?: return@collect showError("Error retrieving the ArcGISImageServiceInfo") // set the viewpoint of the map to the envelope mapView.setViewpointGeometry(extentEnvelope) } else if (loadStatus is LoadStatus.FailedToLoad) { showError("Error loading image raster layer: ${loadStatus.error.message}") } } } }
/** * Create a hillshade layer using a custom JSON raster function. */ private fun applyRasterFunction() { // create raster function from json string val rasterFunction = RasterFunction.fromJsonOrNull(getString(R.string.hillshade_simplified)) ?: return showError("Error creating a raster function object from JSON")
// get parameter name value pairs used by hillside val rasterFunctionArguments = rasterFunction.arguments ?: return showError("Raster function arguments is null")
// get a list of raster names associated with the raster function val rasterNames = rasterFunctionArguments.rasterNames // check if raster function arguments contains raster variable names if(rasterNames.isNotEmpty()){ // using the first raster variable name rasterFunctionArguments.setRaster(rasterNames[0], imageServiceRaster) // create raster as raster layer val hillshadeRaster = Raster.createWithRasterFunction(rasterFunction) val hillshadeLayer = RasterLayer(hillshadeRaster) // clear and add the layer to the map mapView.map?.operationalLayers?.add(hillshadeLayer) } else{ showError("Raster function arguments does not contain raster variable names") }
}
private fun showError(message: String) { Log.e(localClassName, message) Snackbar.make(mapView, message, Snackbar.LENGTH_SHORT).show() }}