Picture marker symbol

Use pictures for markers.

Use case

When marking geoelements on a map, using custom, unique symbols can be helpful for highlighting and differentiating between locations. For example, a tourism office may use pictures of landmarks as symbols on an online map or app, to help prospective visitors to orient themselves more easily around a city.

How to use the sample

When launched, this sample displays a map with three picture marker symbols. Pan and zoom to explore the map.

How it works

1. Create a PictureMarkerSymbol using the URL to an online or local image.
2. Create a Graphic and set its symbol to the picture marker symbol.

Relevant API

• PictureMarkerSymbol

Offline Data

Read more about how to set up the sample's offline data here.

Link	Local Location
orange_symbol Png File	<userhome>/ArcGIS/Runtime/Data/symbol/orange_symbol.png

About the data

The picture marker symbols in this sample are all constructed from different types of resources:

• Campsite symbol constructed from a URL
• Blue pin with a star stored in the resource folder that comes with the application
• Orange pin created from a file path on disk (which is written to disk when the app starts and cleaned up when the app closes).

Tags

graphics, marker, picture, symbol, visualization

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// [WriteFile Name=Picture_Marker_Symbol, Category=DisplayInformation]
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import QtQuick 2.6
import Esri.Samples 1.0

Picture_Marker_SymbolSample {
    clip: true
    width: 800
    height: 600

    // add a mapView component
    MapView {
        anchors.fill: parent
        objectName: "mapView"
    }
}