BaseElevationLayer

Class: esri/layers/BaseElevationLayer
Inheritance: BaseElevationLayer Layer Accessor
Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.4

BaseElevationLayer is intended to be extended for creating custom elevation layers. You create a custom ElevationLayer by calling createSubclass() on the BaseElevationLayer.

If the new layer needs to fetch and prepare resources, you can initialize properties asynchronously prior to loading the layer. This is handled in the load() method. This method is called once, either by you or by the view, when the layer is about to be displayed. In the body of the method you can call addResolvingPromise() to add a promise that has to be resolved before the layer is considered loaded.

You must overwrite the logic in the fetchTile() method to return the values of the custom elevation data. This can be done to exaggerate actual elevation values or for mapping thematic data as an elevation layer.

var ExaggeratedElevationLayer = BaseElevationLayer.createSubclass({
  load: function() {
    // add loadable dependencies here and include
    // their returned promises in the
    // addResolvingPromise() method
    this.addResolvingPromise(promiseReturnedFromLoadableResource);
  }

  fetchTile: function(level, row, col) {

    // Must resolve to an object with the following properties:
    return {
      // values <number[]>: an array of elevation values for each pixel
      // width <number>: the width of the tile in pixels
      // height <number>: the height of the tile in pixels
      // noDataValue <number>: value of pixels where no elevation data is present
    };
  }
});

Once the layer is created, you must add it to the layers of the Map.ground property and add the map to a SceneView instance.

var map = new Map({
  basemap: "satellite",
  ground: {
    layers: [ new ExaggeratedElevationLayer() ]
  }
});
sceneView.map = map;
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Property Overview

Any properties can be set, retrieved or listened to. See the Working with Properties topic.
NameTypeSummaryClass
String

The name of the class.

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Extent

The full extent of the layer.

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String

The unique ID assigned to the layer.

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String

Indicates how the layer should display in the LayerList widget.

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Boolean

Indicates whether the layer's resources have loaded.

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Error

The Error object returned if an error occurred while loading.

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String

Represents the status of a load operation.

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Object[]

A list of warnings which occurred while loading.

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Number

The opacity of the layer.

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SpatialReference

The spatial reference of the layer.

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TileInfo

The tiling scheme information for the layer.

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String

The title of the layer used to identify it in places such as the Legend and LayerList widgets.

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String

For BaseElevationLayer the type is base-elevation.

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Boolean

Indicates if the layer is visible in the View.

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Property Details

declaredClassStringreadonly inherited
Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.7

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

The full extent of the layer. By default, this is worldwide. This property may be used to set the extent of the view to match a layer's extent so that its features appear to fill the view. See the sample snippet below.

Example:
// Once the layer loads, set the view's extent to the layer's fullextent
layer.when(function(){
  view.extent = layer.fullExtent;
});

The unique ID assigned to the layer. If not set by the developer, it is automatically generated when the layer is loaded.

Indicates how the layer should display in the LayerList widget. The possible values are listed below.

ValueDescription
showThe layer is visible in the table of contents.
hideThe layer is hidden in the table of contents.
hide-childrenIf the layer is a GroupLayer, hide the children layers from the table of contents.
Default Value:show
loadedBooleanreadonly inherited

Indicates whether the layer's resources have loaded. When true, all the properties of the object can be accessed.

Default Value:false
loadErrorErrorreadonly inherited

The Error object returned if an error occurred while loading.

Default Value:null
loadStatusStringreadonly inherited

Represents the status of a load operation.

ValueDescription
not-loadedThe object's resources have not loaded.
loadingThe object's resources are currently loading.
loadedThe object's resources have loaded without errors.
failedThe object's resources failed to load. See loadError for more details.
Default Value:not-loaded
loadWarningsObject[]readonly inherited

A list of warnings which occurred while loading.

The opacity of the layer. This value can range between 1 and 0, where 0 is 100 percent transparent and 1 is completely opaque.

Default Value:1
Example:
// Makes the layer 50% transparent
layer.opacity = 0.5;
spatialReferenceSpatialReferenceautocast

The spatial reference of the layer.

The tiling scheme information for the layer.

The title of the layer used to identify it in places such as the Legend and LayerList widgets.

typeStringreadonly

For BaseElevationLayer the type is base-elevation.

Indicates if the layer is visible in the View. When false, the layer may still be added to a Map instance that is referenced in a view, but its features will not be visible in the view.

Default Value:true
Example:
// The layer is no longer visible in the view
layer.visible = false;

Method Overview

NameReturn TypeSummaryClass
Promise

Adds a promise to the layer's loadable chain.

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Cancels a load() operation if it is already in progress.

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Emits an event on the instance.

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Promise<Object>

Fetches custom attribution data for the layer when it becomes available.

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Promise<ElevationTileData>

Fetches a tile at the given level, row, and column present in the view.

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Number[]

Returns the bounds of the tile as an array of four numbers that can be readily converted to an Extent object.

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Boolean

Indicates whether there is an event listener on the instance that matches the provided event name.

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Boolean

isFulfilled() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is fulfilled (either resolved or rejected).

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Boolean

isRejected() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is rejected.

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Boolean

isResolved() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is resolved.

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Promise

Loads the resources referenced by this class.

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Object

Registers an event handler on the instance.

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Promise

when() may be leveraged once an instance of the class is created.

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Method Details

addResolvingPromise(promiseToLoad){Promise}

Adds a promise to the layer's loadable chain. This is typically used in the load() method to ensure that all loadable resources required for the layer to function are loaded prior to this layer resolving and becoming loaded.

Parameter:
promiseToLoad Promise

A promise that must resolve for the layer to resolve and move from the loading status to being loaded.

Returns:
TypeDescription
PromiseResolves when the given promise resolves.
Example:
// the _elevationLayer must load() prior to the ExaggeratedElevationLayer
// resolving and moving to the "loaded" status
var ExaggeratedElevationLayer = BaseElevationLayer.createSubclass({
  load: function() {
    this._elevationLayer = new ElevationLayer({
      url: "//elevation3d.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer"
    });

    this.addResolvingPromise(this._elevationLayer.load());
  }
});
cancelLoad()inherited

Cancels a load() operation if it is already in progress.

emit(type, event)inherited
Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.5

Emits an event on the instance. This method should only be used when creating subclasses of this class.

Parameters:
type String

The name of the event.

event Object

The event payload.

fetchAttributionData(){Promise<Object>}inherited

Fetches custom attribution data for the layer when it becomes available.

Returns:
TypeDescription
Promise<Object>Resolves to an object containing custom attribution data for the layer.
fetchTile(level, row, column, options){Promise<ElevationTileData>}

Fetches a tile at the given level, row, and column present in the view. This method must be overwritten to display custom elevation values in the Map.ground. Note that this method must return a promise that resolves to an object with the properties defined in ElevationTileData.

See the following samples for examples of how to overwrite this method:

Parameters:
level Number

The level of detail of the tile to fetch.

row Number

The row (y) position of the tile to fetch.

column Number

The column (x) position of the tile to fetch.

options Object
optional

Optional settings for the tile request.

Specification:
noDataValue Number
optional

The value representing pixels in the tile that don't contain an elevation value.

Returns:
TypeDescription
Promise<ElevationTileData>Resolves to an instance of ElevationTileData.
getTileBounds(level, row, column, out){Number[]}

Returns the bounds of the tile as an array of four numbers that can be readily converted to an Extent object. See the table in the returns section below for more details about the values returned by this method.

This function can be used inside fetchTile() so you can get the bounds of the current tile, convert it to an extent object, and request the desired data for the given extent. See the Custom ElevationLayer: Thematic data as elevation sample for an example of how this method works.

Parameters:
level Number

The level of detail (LOD) of the tile.

row Number

The tile's row (y) position in the dataset.

column Number

The tiles column (x) position in the dataset.

optional

Array for storing the tile bounds or extent.

Returns:
TypeDescription
Number[]Returns an array representing the tile bounds or extent. The array has four items, each representing one bound of the extent. The values of each item are described in the table below.
IndexValue
0Minimum x-value
1Minimum y-value
2Maximum x-value
3Maximum y-value
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hasEventListener(type){Boolean}inherited

Indicates whether there is an event listener on the instance that matches the provided event name.

Parameter:
type String

The name of the event.

Returns:
TypeDescription
BooleanReturns true if the class supports the input event.
isFulfilled(){Boolean}inherited

isFulfilled() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is fulfilled (either resolved or rejected). If it is fulfilled, true will be returned.

Returns:
TypeDescription
BooleanIndicates whether creating an instance of the class has been fulfilled (either resolved or rejected).
isRejected(){Boolean}inherited

isRejected() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is rejected. If it is rejected, true will be returned.

Returns:
TypeDescription
BooleanIndicates whether creating an instance of the class has been rejected.
isResolved(){Boolean}inherited

isResolved() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is resolved. If it is resolved, true will be returned.

Returns:
TypeDescription
BooleanIndicates whether creating an instance of the class has been resolved.

Loads the resources referenced by this class. This method automatically executes for a View and all of the resources it references in Map if the view is constructed with a map instance.

This method must be called by the developer when accessing a resource that will not be loaded in a View.

Returns:
TypeDescription
PromiseResolves when the resources have loaded.
on(type, listener){Object}inherited

Registers an event handler on the instance. Call this method to hook an event with a listener.

Parameters:
type String

The name of event to listen for.

listener Function

The function to call when the event is fired.

Returns:
TypeDescription
ObjectReturns an event handler with a remove() method that can be called to stop listening for the event.
PropertyTypeDescription
removeFunctionWhen called, removes the listener from the event.
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Example:
view.on("click", function(event){
  // event is the event handle returned after the event fires.
  console.log(event.mapPoint);
});
when(callback, errback){Promise}inherited
Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.6

when() may be leveraged once an instance of the class is created. This method takes two input parameters: a callback function and an errback function. The callback executes when the instance of the class loads. The errback executes if the instance of the class fails to load.

Parameters:
callback Function
optional

The function to call when the promise resolves.

errback Function
optional

The function to execute when the promise fails.

Returns:
TypeDescription
PromiseReturns a new promise for the result of callback that may be used to chain additional functions.
Example:
// Although this example uses MapView, any class instance that is a promise may use then() in the same way
var view = new MapView();
view.when(function(){
  // This function will execute once the promise is resolved
}, function(error){
  // This function will execute if the promise is rejected due to an error
});

Type Definitions

ElevationTileData

Describes elevation contained in the pixels that comprise an elevation tile.

Properties:
values Number[]

The elevation values of each pixel in the tile.

width Number

The width of the tile in pixels.

height Number

The height of the tile in pixels.

maxZError Number

The maximum allowed error of the Z-value for each value in meters.

noDataValue Number

Indicating the pixel values where no elevation data is present.

Event Overview

NameTypeSummaryClass
{view: View,layerView: LayerView}

Fires after the layer's LayerView is created and rendered in a view.

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{view: View,layerView: LayerView}

Fires after the layer's LayerView is destroyed and no longer renders in a view.

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Event Details

layerview-createinherited

Fires after the layer's LayerView is created and rendered in a view.

Properties:
view View

The view in which the layerView was created.

layerView LayerView

The LayerView rendered in the view representing the layer in layer.

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Example:
// This function will fire each time a layer view is created for this
// particular view.
layer.on("layerview-create", function(event){
  // The LayerView for the layer that emitted this event
  event.layerView;
});
layerview-destroyinherited

Fires after the layer's LayerView is destroyed and no longer renders in a view.

Properties:
view View

The view in which the layerView was destroyed.

layerView LayerView

The destroyed LayerView representing the layer.

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