Vertically exaggerate terrain in a scene.
Use case
Vertical exaggeration can be used to emphasize subtle changes in a surface. This can be useful in creating visualizations of terrain where the horizontal extent of the surface is significantly greater than the amount of vertical change in the surface. A fractional vertical exaggeration can be used to flatten surfaces or features that have extreme vertical variation.
How to use the sample
Use the slider to update terrain exaggeration.
How it works
- Create a scene.
- Create and add a surface with an ArcGISTiledElevationService.
- The surface visualizes the elevation source.
- An elevation source defines the terrain based on a digital elevation model (DEM) or digital terrain model (DTM).
- Create a slider object.
- Bind the surface's
elevationExaggeration
property to the slider's value.
Relevant API
- Scene
- Scene.baseSurface
- Surface
- Surface.elevationExaggeration
Tags
3D, DEM, DTM, elevation, scene, surface, terrain
Sample Code
// [WriteFile Name=TerrainExaggeration, Category=Scenes]
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import QtQuick 2.6
import QtQuick.Controls 2.2
import Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.15
Rectangle {
id: rootRectangle
clip: true
width: 800
height: 600
SceneView {
id: sceneView
anchors.fill: parent
// add a Scene to the SceneView
Scene {
// add the BasemapNationalGeographic basemap to the scene
Basemap {
initStyle: Enums.BasemapStyleArcGISTopographic
}
// add a surface...surface is a default property of scene
Surface {
// add an arcgis tiled elevation source...elevation source is a default property of surface
ArcGISTiledElevationSource {
url: "https://elevation3d.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer"
}
// elevationExaggeration is bound to the value of the slider
elevationExaggeration: slider.value
}
}
Component.onCompleted: {
// Set the focus on SceneView to initially enable keyboard navigation
forceActiveFocus();
sceneView.setViewpointCamera(camera);
}
// Slider UI presentation at bottom
Rectangle {
anchors {
bottom: sceneView.attributionTop
horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
}
width: childrenRect.width
height: childrenRect.height
radius: 10
opacity: 0.8
// sliderCombo: A slider and text for its value
Row {
id: sliderCombo
spacing: 5
Slider {
id: slider
opacity: 0.7
anchors {
verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
}
// Slider controls exagerration of the elevation of
// the terrain
from: 1.0
to: 10.0
}
Text {
anchors {
verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
margins: 5
}
horizontalAlignment: TextInput.AlignHCenter
font.pixelSize: 20
text: slider.value.toPrecision(2);
}
}
}
}
Camera {
id: camera
distance: 0
heading: 7
pitch: 70
roll: 0.0
Point {
x: -119.9616962169934
y: 46.7000413426849
z: 3183
spatialReference: SpatialReference { wkid: 4326 }
}
}
}