Identify KML features

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Show a callout with formatted content for a KML feature.

screenshot

Use case

A user may wish to select a KML feature to view relevant information about it.

How to use the sample

Click a feature to identify it. Feature information will be displayed in a callout.

Note: the KML layer used in this sample contains a screen overlay. The screen overlay contains a legend and the logos for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS). You can't identify the screen overlay.

How it works

  1. Connect to the MouseClicked event on the MapView.
  2. On click:
  • Call identifyLayer(...) passing in the KmlLayer, screen point and tolerance.
  • Await the result of the identify and then get the KmlPlacemark from the result.
  • Create a callout at the calculated map point and populate the callout content with text from the placemark's BalloonContent. NOTE: KML supports defining HTML for balloon content and may need to be converted from HTML to text.
  • Show the callout.

Note: There are several types of KML features. This sample only identifies features of type KmlPlacemark.

Relevant API

  • GeoView.identifyLayer(...)
  • IdentifyLayerResult
  • KmlLayer
  • KmlPlacemark.balloonContent()

About the data

This sample shows a forecast for significant weather within the U.S. Regions of severe thunderstorms, flooding, snowfall, and freezing rain are shown. Tap the features to see details.

Additional information

KML features can have rich HTML content, including images.

Tags

Keyhole, KML, KMZ, NOAA, NWS, OGC, weather

Sample Code

IdentifyKmlFeatures.qml
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// [WriteFile Name=IdentifyKmlFeatures, Category=Layers]
// [Legal]
// Copyright 2020 Esri.

// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
// [Legal]

import QtQuick 2.15
import QtQuick.Controls 2.15
import Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.15
import Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Toolkit 100.15

Rectangle {
    id: rootRectangle
    clip: true
    width: 800
    height: 600

    property Point clickedPoint: null
    property string calloutText: ""
    readonly property url layerUrl: "https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/kml/noaa_chart/WPC_Day1_SigWx_latest.kml"

    MapView {
        id: mapView
        anchors.fill: parent

        Component.onCompleted: {
            // Set the focus on MapView to initially enable keyboard navigation
            forceActiveFocus();
        }

        Callout {
            id: callout
            calloutData: parent.calloutData
            implicitWidth: 150
            calloutContent: Label {
                id: componentText
                text: calloutText
                wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
                textFormat: Text.RichText
                horizontalAlignment: Qt.AlignHCenter
                verticalAlignment: Qt.AlignVCenter
            }
        }

        Map {
            Basemap {
                initStyle: Enums.BasemapStyleArcGISDarkGray
            }

            // start zoomed in over the US
            ViewpointExtent {
                Envelope {
                    xMin: -19195297.778679
                    yMin: 512343.939994
                    xMax: -3620418.579987
                    yMax: 8658913.035426
                    SpatialReference {
                        wkid: 3857
                    }
                }
            }

            KmlLayer {
                id: forecastLayer
                KmlDataset {
                    url: layerUrl
                }
            }
        }

        onMouseClicked: {
            clickedPoint = screenToLocation(mouse.x, mouse.y);
            if (identifyLayerStatus !== Enums.TaskStatusInProgress) {
                identifyLayer(forecastLayer, mouse.x, mouse.y, 15, false, 1);
            }
        }

        onIdentifyLayerStatusChanged: {
            if (identifyLayerStatus === Enums.TaskStatusCompleted) {
                if (identifyLayerResult.geoElements.length < 1) {
                    callout.dismiss();
                    return;
                }
                // Google Earth only displays the placemarks with description or extended data. To
                // match its behavior, add a description placeholder if the data source is empty
                if (!identifyLayerResult.geoElements[0].description)
                    identifyLayerResult.geoElements[0].description = "Weather condition"

                calloutText = identifyLayerResult.geoElements[0].balloonContent;
                callout.calloutData.location = clickedPoint;
                callout.showCallout();
            }
        }
    }
}

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