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Histogram Time Slider

Description

The histogram time slider widget provides a simple way to visualize temporal data and filter based on date. The data used in this sample is a feature service with points showing concerts played by U2 in the United States from 1980 - 2011.

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>Histogram Time Slider</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/3.26/dijit/themes/tundra/tundra.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/3.26/esri/css/esri.css">

    <style>
      html, body, #map {
        height: 100%; width: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0;
      }
      #histogram-container text, #histogram-range,
      #scale-bar-left text, #scale-bar-right text {
        font-family: sans-serif;
      }
      #histogram-timeslider-dijit #focusTip {
        font-family: sans-serif;
      }
    </style>

    <script src="https://js.arcgis.com/3.26/"></script>
    <script>
      var map;

      require([
        "esri/map", "esri/InfoTemplate",
        "esri/layers/FeatureLayer", "esri/dijit/HistogramTimeSlider",
        "dojo/parser", "dojo/dom-construct",
        "dijit/layout/BorderContainer", "dijit/layout/ContentPane",
        "dojo/domReady!"
      ], function(
        Map, InfoTemplate,
        FeatureLayer, HistogramTimeSlider,
        parser, domConstruct
      ) {
          parser.parse();

          map = new Map("mapDiv", {
            basemap: "oceans",
            center: [-100, 40],
            zoom: 4
          });

          // feature service with U2 concerts from 1980 - 2011
          var featuresUrl = "https://services.arcgis.com/V6ZHFr6zdgNZuVG0/ArcGIS/rest/services/U2/FeatureServer/0";
          var layer = new FeatureLayer(featuresUrl, {
            id: "u2",
            infoTemplate: new InfoTemplate(
              "U2 Concerts:  1980  2011",
              "Date:  ${Date:DateFormat(selector: 'date', fullYear: true)}<br>" +
              "Venue:  ${Venue}, ${City}, ${State}<br>" +
              "Tour:  ${Tour}"
            ),
            // infoTemplate: new InfoTemplate("title", "description"),
            mode: FeatureLayer.MODE_SNAPSHOT, // SNAPSHOT required for the histogram time slider
            outFields: ["*"]
          });

          var layerUpdateEnd = layer.on("update-end", function() {
            layerUpdateEnd.remove();

            var sliderElem = domConstruct.create("div", {
              id: "timeSlider_"+ map.id,
              style: "margin-bottom:10px; bottom:33px"
            }, "bottom-div");
            var sliderParams = {
              // format the dates as mm/dd/yyyy
              // more formatting options:  https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/3/jshelp/intro_formatinfowindow.html
              dateFormat: "DateFormat(selector: 'date', fullYear: true)",
              layers : [ layer ],
              mode: "show_all",
              timeInterval: "esriTimeUnitsYears"
            };
            var slider = new HistogramTimeSlider(sliderParams, sliderElem);
            map.setTimeSlider(slider);
            domConstruct.destroy("loading");
          });

          map.addLayer(layer);
        }
      );
    </script>
  </head>
  <body class="tundra">
    <div class="demoLayout" style="height: 100%; width: 100%"
         data-dojo-type="dijit/layout/BorderContainer"
         data-dojo-props="design: 'headline'">

        <div class="centerPanel"
             data-dojo-type="dijit/layout/ContentPane"
             data-dojo-props="region: 'center'">

          <div id="mapDiv"
            data-dojo-type="dijit/layout/ContentPane"
            data-dojo-props="region:'center'">
          </div>

        </div>

        <div class="edgePanel" id="bottom-div" style="height:145px; overflow:hidden"
             data-dojo-type="dijit/layout/ContentPane"
             data-dojo-props="region: 'bottom'">
        </div>

    </div>
  </body>
</html>
 
          
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