Identify raster cell

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Get the cell value of a local raster at the tapped location and display the result in a callout.

Image of identify raster cell

Use case

You may want to identify a raster layer to get its exact cell value in the case the approximate value conveyed by its symbology is not sufficient. The information available for the raster cell depends on the type of raster layer being identified. For example, a 3-band satellite or aerial image might provide 8-bit RGB values, whereas a digital elevation model (DEM) would provide floating point z values. By identifying a raster cell of a DEM, you can retrieve the precise elevation of a location.

How to use the sample

Tap or double tap drag an area of the raster to identify it and see the raster cell attributes information displayed in a callout.

How it works

  1. Create a DefaultMapViewOnTouchListener on the MapView.
  2. On tap or double tap drag:
    • Call identifyLayerAsync(...) passing in the raster layer, screen point, tolerance, and maximum number of results per layer.
    • Add a done loading listener for the result of the identify and then get the GeoElement from the layer result and get any RasterCells from them.
    • Create a callout at the calculated map point and populate the callout content with text from the RasterCell attributes.
    • Show the callout.

Relevant API

  • GeoView.identifyLayerAsync(...)
  • IdentifyLayerResult
  • RasterCell
  • RasterCell.attributes
  • RasterLayer

Offline Data

  1. Download the data from ArcGIS Online.
  2. Open your command prompt and navigate to the folder where you extracted the contents of the data from step 1.
  3. Push the data into the scoped storage of the sample app:

adb push SA_EVI_8Day_03May20/. /Android/data/com.esri.arcgisruntime.sample.identifyrastercell/files

About the data

The data shown is an NDVI classification derived from MODIS imagery between 27 Apr 2020 and 4 May 2020. It comes from the NASA Worldview application. In a normalized difference vegetation index, or NDVI, values range between -1 and +1 with the positive end of the spectrum showing green vegetation.

Tags

band, cell, cell value, continuous, discrete, identify, pixel, pixel value, raster

Sample Code

MainActivity.kt
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/*
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package com.esri.arcgisruntime.sample.identifyrastercell

import android.graphics.Color
import android.graphics.Point
import android.os.Bundle
import android.view.MotionEvent
import android.widget.TextView
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.layers.RasterLayer
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISMap
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.Viewpoint
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.DefaultMapViewOnTouchListener
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MapView
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.raster.Raster
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.raster.RasterCell
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.sample.identifyrastercell.databinding.ActivityMainBinding

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    private var rasterLayer: RasterLayer? = null

    private val activityMainBinding by lazy {
        ActivityMainBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
    }

    private val mapView: MapView by lazy {
        activityMainBinding.mapView
    }

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(activityMainBinding.root)

        // authentication with an API key or named user is required to access basemaps and other
        // location services
        ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment.setApiKey(BuildConfig.API_KEY)

        // load the raster file
        val rasterFile =
            Raster(getExternalFilesDir(null)?.path + "/SA_EVI_8Day_03May20.tif")

        // create the layer
        rasterLayer = RasterLayer(rasterFile)

        // define a new map
        val rasterMap = ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_OCEANS).apply {
            // add the raster layer
            operationalLayers.add(rasterLayer)
        }

        mapView.apply {
            // add the map to the map view
            map = rasterMap
            setViewpoint(Viewpoint(-33.9, 18.6, 1000000.0))

            // set behavior for double touch drag and on single tap gestures
            onTouchListener = object : DefaultMapViewOnTouchListener(this@MainActivity, mapView) {
                override fun onDoubleTouchDrag(e: MotionEvent): Boolean {
                    // identify the pixel at the given screen point
                    identifyPixel(Point(e.x.toInt(), e.y.toInt()))
                    return true
                }

                override fun onSingleTapConfirmed(e: MotionEvent): Boolean {
                    // identify the pixel at the given screen point
                    identifyPixel(Point(e.x.toInt(), e.y.toInt()))
                    return true
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Identify the pixel at the given screen point and report raster cell attributes in a callout.
     *
     * @param screenPoint from motion event, for use in identify
     */
    private fun identifyPixel(screenPoint: Point) {
        rasterLayer?.let { rasterLayer ->
            // identify at the tapped screen point
            val identifyResultFuture =
                mapView.identifyLayerAsync(rasterLayer, screenPoint, 1.0, false, 10)

            identifyResultFuture.addDoneListener {
                // get the identify result
                val identifyResult = identifyResultFuture.get()

                // create a string builder
                val stringBuilder = StringBuilder()

                // get the a list of geoelements as raster cells from the identify result
                identifyResult.elements.filterIsInstance<RasterCell>().forEach { cell ->
                    // get each attribute for the cell
                    cell.attributes.forEach {
                        // add the key/value pair to the string builder
                        stringBuilder.append(it.key + ": " + it.value)
                        stringBuilder.append("\n")
                    }

                    // format the X & Y coordinate values of the raster cell to a human readable string
                    val xyString =
                        "X: ${String.format("%.4f", cell.geometry.extent.xMin)} " + "\n" +
                            "Y: ${String.format("%.4f", cell.geometry.extent.yMin)}"
                    // add the coordinate string to the string builder
                    stringBuilder.append(xyString)

                    // create a textview for the callout
                    val calloutContent = TextView(applicationContext).apply {
                        setTextColor(Color.BLACK)
                        // format coordinates to 4 decimal places and display lat long read out
                        text = stringBuilder.toString()
                    }
                    // display the callout in the map view
                    mapView.callout.apply {
                        location = mapView.screenToLocation(screenPoint)
                        content = calloutContent
                        style.leaderLength = 64
                    }.show()
                }
            }
        }
    }

    override fun onPause() {
        mapView.pause()
        super.onPause()
    }

    override fun onResume() {
        super.onResume()
        mapView.resume()
    }

    override fun onDestroy() {
        mapView.dispose()
        super.onDestroy()
    }
}

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