Set initial map area

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Display a map with a predefined initial extent.

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Use case

You can set a map's initial location when you want to highlight a particular feature or area to establish the context.

How to use the sample

When the map loads, note the specific location of the initial map view.

How it works

  1. Create a Envelope(xMin, yMin, xMax, yMax, SpatialReference).
  2. Create a Viewpoint passing in the envelope.
  3. Call setInitialViewpoint(viewpoint) on the Map to set the initial map area.

Relevant API

  • Basemap
  • Map
  • MapView

About the data

The map opens with satellite imagery of a guitar-shaped field in the Pampas region of north central Argentina.

Tags

basemap, center, envelope, extent, initial, lat, latitude, level of detail, location, LOD, long, longitude, scale, zoom level

Sample Code

SetInitialMapArea.cppSetInitialMapArea.cppSetInitialMapArea.hSetInitialMapArea.qml
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// [WriteFile Name=SetInitialMapArea, Category=Maps]
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#ifdef PCH_BUILD
#include "pch.hpp"
#endif // PCH_BUILD

#include "SetInitialMapArea.h"

#include "Map.h"
#include "MapQuickView.h"
#include "Basemap.h"
#include "Viewpoint.h"
#include "Envelope.h"

using namespace Esri::ArcGISRuntime;

SetInitialMapArea::SetInitialMapArea(QQuickItem* parent) :
  QQuickItem(parent)
{
}

SetInitialMapArea::~SetInitialMapArea() = default;

void SetInitialMapArea::init()
{
  qmlRegisterType<MapQuickView>("Esri.Samples", 1, 0, "MapView");
  qmlRegisterType<SetInitialMapArea>("Esri.Samples", 1, 0, "SetInitialMapAreaSample");
}

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

  // find QML MapView component
  m_mapView = findChild<MapQuickView*>("mapView");

  // create a new basemap instance
  Basemap* basemap = new Basemap(BasemapStyle::ArcGISImageryStandard, this);
  // create a new map instance
  m_map = new Map(basemap, this);
  // set the initial viewpoint
  Envelope envelope(-12211308.778729, 4645116.003309, -12208257.879667, 4650542.535773, SpatialReference(102100));
  m_map->setInitialViewpoint(Viewpoint(envelope));
  // set map on the map view
  m_mapView->setMap(m_map);
}

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