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

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Use case

An exploratory 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.

Note: This analysis is a form of "exploratory analysis", which means the results are calculated on the current scale of the data, and the results are generated very quickly but not persisted. If persisted analysis performed at the full resolution of the data is required, consider using a LineOfSightFunction to perform a line of sight calculation instead.

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 to turn on the mouse move event listener, then move the mouse to update the target location in real time. Click again to lock the target location.

How it works

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

Relevant API

  • AnalysisOverlay
  • ExploratoryLocationLineOfSight
  • SceneView

Tags

3D, exploratory line of sight, visibility, visibility analysis

Sample Code

ShowExploratoryLineOfSightBetweenPoints.cppShowExploratoryLineOfSightBetweenPoints.cppShowExploratoryLineOfSightBetweenPoints.hShowExploratoryLineOfSightBetweenPoints.qml
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// [WriteFile Name=ShowExploratoryLineOfSightBetweenPoints, Category=Analysis]
// [Legal]
// Copyright 2017 Esri.
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// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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// [Legal]

#ifdef PCH_BUILD
#include "pch.hpp"
#endif // PCH_BUILD

// sample headers
#include "ShowExploratoryLineOfSightBetweenPoints.h"

// ArcGIS Maps SDK headers
#include "AnalysisListModel.h"
#include "AnalysisOverlay.h"
#include "AnalysisOverlayListModel.h"
#include "ArcGISTiledElevationSource.h"
#include "Camera.h"
#include "ElevationSourceListModel.h"
#include "ExploratoryLocationLineOfSight.h"
#include "MapTypes.h"
#include "Point.h"
#include "Scene.h"
#include "SceneQuickView.h"
#include "SpatialReference.h"
#include "Surface.h"

// Qt headers
#include <QFuture>

using namespace Esri::ArcGISRuntime;

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

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

void ShowExploratoryLineOfSightBetweenPoints::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 ShowExploratoryLineOfSightBetweenPoints::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 ExploratoryLocationLineOfSight(observerPt, targetPt, this);
  m_analysisOverlay->analyses()->append(m_lineOfSight);

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

void ShowExploratoryLineOfSightBetweenPoints::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 ShowExploratoryLineOfSightBetweenPoints::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;
  });
}

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