Line of sight (location)

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Perform a line of sight analysis between two points in real time.

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Use case

A line of sight analysis can be used to assess whether a view is obstructed between an observer and a target. Obstructing features could either be natural, like topography, or man-made, like buildings. Consider an events planning company wanting to commemorate a national event by lighting sequential beacons across hill summits or roof tops. To guarantee a successful event, ensuring an unobstructed line of sight between neighboring beacons would allow each beacon to be activated as intended.

How to use the sample

The sample loads with a preset observer and target location, linked by a colored line. A red segment on the line means the view between observer and target is obstructed, whereas green means the view is unobstructed.

Click and hold to turn on the mouse moved signal, then move the mouse to update the target location in real time. Release the click to lock the target location.

How it works

Create an AnalysisOverlay and add it to the scene view.
Create a LocationLineOfSight with initial observer and target locations and add it to the analysis overlay.
Connect to the SceneQuickView::mouseClicked slot to capture to capture mouse movement. Turn the screen point into a scene point with sceneView::screenToLocation(screenPoint).
Update the target location with LineOfSight::setTargetLocation(scenePoint).

Relevant API

AnalysisOverlay
LocationLineOfSight
SceneView

Sample Code

LineOfSightLocation.cpp

LineOfSightLocation.h

LineOfSightLocation.qml

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// [WriteFile Name=LineOfSightLocation, Category=Analysis]
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#ifdef PCH_BUILD
#include "pch.hpp"
#endif // PCH_BUILD

#include "LineOfSightLocation.h"

#include "ArcGISTiledElevationSource.h"
#include "Scene.h"
#include "SceneQuickView.h"
#include "LocationLineOfSight.h"
#include "AnalysisOverlay.h"
#include "Camera.h"
#include "MapTypes.h"
#include "Surface.h"
#include "ElevationSourceListModel.h"
#include "AnalysisOverlayListModel.h"
#include "AnalysisListModel.h"
#include "SpatialReference.h"
#include "Point.h"

#include <QFuture>

using namespace Esri::ArcGISRuntime;

LineOfSightLocation::LineOfSightLocation(QQuickItem* parent /* = nullptr */):
  QQuickItem(parent)
{
}

void LineOfSightLocation::init()
{
  // Register classes for QML
  qmlRegisterType<SceneQuickView>("Esri.Samples", 1, 0, "SceneView");
  qmlRegisterType<LineOfSightLocation>("Esri.Samples", 1, 0, "LineOfSightLocationSample");
}

void LineOfSightLocation::componentComplete()
{
  QQuickItem::componentComplete();

  // Create a scene and give it to the SceneView
  m_sceneView = findChild<SceneQuickView*>("sceneView");

  Scene* scene = new Scene(BasemapStyle::ArcGISTopographic, this);
  Surface* surface = new Surface(this);
  surface->elevationSources()->append(
        new ArcGISTiledElevationSource(
          QUrl("https://elevation3d.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer"),
          this));
  scene->setBaseSurface(surface);
  m_sceneView->setArcGISScene(scene);

  // Add an Analysis Overlay
  m_analysisOverlay = new AnalysisOverlay(this);
  m_sceneView->analysisOverlays()->append(m_analysisOverlay);

  // set initial viewpoint
  setInitialViewpoint();

  // create LocationLineOfSight
  createLineOfSight();

  // connect signals
  connectSignals();
}

void LineOfSightLocation::createLineOfSight()
{
  // create the observer/target points
  const Point observerPt(-73.06958032962375, -49.253112971555446, 2000, SpatialReference::wgs84());
  const Point targetPt(-73.079266999709162, -49.300457676730559, 1312, SpatialReference::wgs84());

  // create the line of sight
  m_lineOfSight = new LocationLineOfSight(observerPt, targetPt, this);
  m_analysisOverlay->analyses()->append(m_lineOfSight);

  // configure the LoS color and width
  LineOfSight::setVisibleColor(QColor("cyan"));
  LineOfSight::setObstructedColor(QColor("magenta"));
  LineOfSight::setLineWidth(2.0f);
}

void LineOfSightLocation::setInitialViewpoint()
{
  // Set a viewpoint
  Point point(-73.0815, -49.3272, 4059, SpatialReference::wgs84());
  const double heading = 11;
  const double pitch = 62;
  const double roll = 0;
  Camera camera(point, heading, pitch, roll);
  m_sceneView->setViewpointCameraAsync(camera);
}

void LineOfSightLocation::connectSignals()
{
  // on mouse click perform the location viewshed
  connect(m_sceneView, &SceneQuickView::mouseClicked, this, [this](QMouseEvent& event)
  {
    const Point pt = m_sceneView->screenToBaseSurface(event.position().x(), event.position().y());
    m_lineOfSight->setTargetLocation(pt);
  });

  connect(m_sceneView, &SceneQuickView::mousePressedAndHeld, this, [this]
  {
    m_calculating = true;
  });

  connect(m_sceneView, &SceneQuickView::mouseMoved, this, [this](QMouseEvent& event)
  {
    if (m_calculating)
    {
      const Point pt = m_sceneView->screenToBaseSurface(event.position().x(), event.position().y());
      m_lineOfSight->setTargetLocation(pt);
    }
  });

  connect(m_sceneView, &SceneQuickView::mouseReleased, this, [this]
  {
    m_calculating = false;
  });
}