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Dot density renderer

Description

Create a dot density map showing corn production in the US.

Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no"/>
    <title>Dot density renderer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/3.26/esri/css/esri.css">
    <style>
      html, body, #map {
        height: 100%;
        margin: 0;
      }
      #info {
        position: absolute;
        right: 0;
        top: 0;
        padding: 1em 1em 0 1em;
        background: #fff;
        font: 14px sans-serif;
        width: 200px;
        text-align: center;
        border-radius: 0 0 0 10px;
      }
    </style>
    <script src="https://js.arcgis.com/3.26/"></script>
    <script>
      var map;
      require([
        "esri/map", "esri/geometry/Extent", 
        "esri/layers/ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer", "esri/layers/FeatureLayer", 
        "esri/InfoTemplate", "esri/renderers/DotDensityRenderer", 
        "esri/renderers/ScaleDependentRenderer", "esri/dijit/Legend",
        "esri/Color", "dojo/_base/array", "dojo/dom", "dojo/domReady!"
      ], function(
        Map, Extent, 
        ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer, FeatureLayer, 
        InfoTemplate, DotDensityRenderer, 
        ScaleDependentRenderer, Legend, 
        Color, array, dom
      ) {
        map = new Map("map", {
          extent: new Extent({"xmin":-2460944,"ymin":-1389910,"xmax":2297115,"ymax":1643787,"spatialReference":{"wkid":102003}}),
          maxScale: 5000000,
          minScale: 20000000
        });
        
        var basemap = new ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer("https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/nGt4QxSblgDfeJn9/arcgis/rest/services/Dark_Gray_Albers_North_America_Base/MapServer");
        map.addLayer(basemap);
        
        var layer = new FeatureLayer("https://services.arcgis.com/V6ZHFr6zdgNZuVG0/arcgis/rest/services/USA_County_Crops_2007/FeatureServer/0", {
          outFields: ["STATE", "COUNTY", "M163_07"],
          infoTemplate: new InfoTemplate("${COUNTY}, ${STATE}", "Corn Planted: ${M163_07:NumberFormat} Acres")
        });
        layer.setDefinitionExpression("M163_07>10000");
        
        // update the alias for the field being mapped so it 
        // displays nicely in the legend
        layer.on("load", function(e) {
          array.forEach(e.layer.fields, function(field) {
            if ( field.alias === "M163_07" ) {
              field.alias = "Acres of Corn";
            }
          });
        });
        
        var renderer = new ScaleDependentRenderer({
          rendererInfos: [{
            renderer: new DotDensityRenderer({
              fields: [{
                name: "M163_07",
                color: new Color("#CC8800")
              }],
              dotValue: 3200,
              dotSize: 1
            }),
          maxScale: 17000000,
          minScale: 20000001
          }, {
            renderer: new DotDensityRenderer({
              fields: [{
                name: "M163_07",
                color: new Color("#CC8800")
              }],
              dotValue: 1600,
              dotSize: 1
            }),
          maxScale: 8500000,
          minScale: 17000000
          }, {
            renderer: new DotDensityRenderer({
              fields: [{
                name: "M163_07",
                color: new Color("#CC8800")
              }],
              dotValue: 800,
              dotSize: 1
            }),
          maxScale: 5000000,
          minScale: 8500000
          }]
        });
        layer.setRenderer(renderer);
        map.addLayers([layer]);
        
        var refLayer = new ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer("https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/nGt4QxSblgDfeJn9/arcgis/rest/services/Dark_Gray_Albers_North_America_Reference/MapServer");
        map.addLayer(refLayer);

        map.on("layers-add-result", function(e) {
          var corn = e.layers[0].layer;
          var legend = new Legend({
            map: map, 
            layerInfos: [{ 
              layer: corn,
              title: "US Corn Production (2007)" 
            }]
          }, "legend");
          legend.startup();
        });
      });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map"></div>
    <div id="info">
      <div id="legend"></div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>  
 
          
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