Elevation
Elevation can help with 3D visualizations by creating relief in your 3D scene. Elevation surfaces define height values across the extent of a map or scene. Other layers are usually draped on top of the elevation. In most cases, data for an elevation layer comes from an elevation service. Currently, only single tiled elevation layer is supported in the LERC format.
The following types of source URL can be used to add an elevation layer and create relief in your ArcGIS Map:
- Item page URL
- Elevation service URL
Elevation tiles can also access data from LERC encoded tile packages stored locally.
A tile package is a single .tpk (or .tpkx) file containing tiles, and you can share the file as you would with any file. Compared with .tpk files, .tpkx files provide better performance on network shares and cloud store directories. The spatial reference of the elevation should match with the basemap and image tile layers. See Spatial references for more information about coordinate systems.
Set elevation
The Default Elevation is Terrain 3D from ArcGIS Online and its spatial reference is Web Mercator (Auxiliary Sphere).
Click on the Elevation tab, and select Default Elevation or select Custom Elevation to set a custom elevation source in the panel.
- To use a
.tpkor.tpkxfile package as an elevation source, click on ··· to select the local file package. - When none of the two options are selected, no elevation relief will be created.
- To use a private hosted elevation layer, select the matching configuration from the Authentication drop-down list. For more information about using private content, see ArcGIS identity.
- Click on the ArcGIS Map Actor in the Outliner panel.
- Expand the Elevation section in the Details panel.
- Mark the Enable Elevation checkbox.
- Set the online service URL for the elevation service or a local file package path in the Elevation Source field.
To use a private hosted elevation layer, select the matching configuration from the Authentication drop-down list. For more information about using private content, see ArcGIS identity.
- To set an elevation source, go to ArcGIS Maps SDK > ArcGIS Image Elevation Source, select the Create ArcGIS Image Elevation Source node, and set the elevation layer service URL or local file package path in the source field.
- To create an elevation with the source, use node ArcGIS Maps SDK > ArcGIS Map Elevation, and select Create ArcGIS Map Elevation with Elevation Source.
- Connect API key variable to the API Key pin.
- Use the Set Elevation node to set the elevation for the ArcGIS Map.
Set elevation with ArcGISMap and use ArcGISImage for the tiled elevation layer.
You can find the sample code to set elevation with an elevation layer service URL by using in the SampleAPIMapCreator.cpp file. The sample script file is in:
Plugins/ArcGISMapsSDK/Source/ArcGISSamples/Private
Refer to FAQ for troubleshooting data loading issues.