Display a line of sight

Learn how to perform and display a line of sight analysis in a 3D scene.

A line of sight analysis is a type of visibility analysis that calculates visibility (visible or obstructed) between a designated observer and target. It calculates whether the target is visible to the observer based on the environment and renders a line indicating visibility on the map.

In this tutorial, you will perform and display a line of sight analysis in a web scene. Your line of sight analysis will show which targets (hot spots) are visible, based on the terrain, from specified observation points in the Yosemite Valley.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial:

You need an ArcGIS Location Platform or ArcGIS Online account.
Your system meets the system requirements.

Steps

Open the Xcode project

To start this tutorial, first complete the Display a web scene tutorial or download and unzip the solution.
Open the .xcodeproj file in Xcode.
If you downloaded the solution, get an access token and set the API key.
An API Key gives your app access to secure resources used in this tutorial.
1. Go to the Create an API key tutorial to obtain a new API key access token using your ArcGIS Location Platform or ArcGIS Online account. Ensure that the following privilege is enabled: Location services > Basemaps > Basemap styles service. Copy the access token as it will be used in the next step.
2. In Xcode, in the Project Navigator, click AppDelegate.swift.
3. In the editor, set the APIKey property on the AGSArcGISRuntimeEnvironment with your access token.
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  The access token is stored directly in the code as a convenience for this tutorial. Storing access tokens in the source code is not best practice.

Get the web scene item ID

You can use ArcGIS tools to create and view web scenes. Use the Scene Viewer to identify the web scene item ID. This item ID will be used later in the tutorial.

Go to the Yosemite Valley Hotspots web scene in the Scene Viewer in ArcGIS Online. This web scene displays terrain and hotspots in the Yosemite Valley.
Make a note of the item ID at the end of the browser's URL. The item ID should be 7558ee942b2547019f66885c44d4f0b1.

Update the scene

In Xcode, in the Project Navigator, click ViewController.swift.

In the editor, modify the setupScene() method to create an AGSScene for the web scene. To do this, create a portal item providing the web scene's item ID and an AGSPortal referencing ArcGIS Online.

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        let scene: AGSScene = {
            let portal = AGSPortal.arcGISOnline(withLoginRequired: false)

            let item = AGSPortalItem(portal: portal, itemID: "7558ee942b2547019f66885c44d4f0b1")

            return AGSScene(item: item)
        }()
        sceneView.scene = scene

    }
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Add a UI to control the line of sight analyses

To control the line of sight analyses, some UI is required.

Define a private method named setupUI(). Create a "Clear" button and assign it to the navigation bar. The clear button will remove the line of sight analyses from the scene. You set an action on the clear button using a selector for a method that will be added in a later step.

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        let clear = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Clear", style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(clearScene))
        navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = clear
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Define a method named clearScene(_:) and assign it the @objc keyword. This method removes the line of sight analyses from the scene view. The @objc method keyword exposes the method to Objective-C, a necessary step for using the UIBarButtonItem API.

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        let clear = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Clear", style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(clearScene))
        navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = clear
    }

    @objc
    func clearScene(_ sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
        clearAnalyses()
    }
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In viewDidLoad(), call setupUI().

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In Xcode, in the Project Navigator, click Main.storyboard.
In the editor, select ViewController. In the menu bar, click Editor > Embed In > Navigation Controller.

Embedding ViewController within a Navigation Controller places a navigation bar at the top of ViewController. The navigation bar contains the UI elements.
To verify that your UI is set up properly, press <Command+R> to run the app. You should see a "Clear" button contained by the navigation bar and the app should load the Yosemite Valley Hotspots web scene.

Add observer and target graphics

Your app will use graphics to depict the locations of the analyses observer and targets.

In Xcode, in the Project navigator, click ViewController.swift.

Create a private AGSGraphicsOverlay named graphicsOverlay to display the observer and targets graphics.

A graphics overlay is a container for graphics. It is used with a scene view to display graphics on a scene. You can add more than one graphics overlay to a scene view. Graphics overlays are displayed on top of all the other layers.

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Create a private AGSGraphic named observerGraphic with a black fill color and white outline. This graphic is used to depict the location of the line of sight analyses observer and is initialized with a nil geometry because the observer's location is not yet determined.

A graphic with nil geometry will not be rendered in the scene view, even if it has been added to a graphics overlay.

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    private let observerGraphic: AGSGraphic = {
        let symbol = AGSSimpleMarkerSymbol(style: .circle, color: .black, size: 16)
        symbol.outline = AGSSimpleLineSymbol(style: .solid, color: .white, width: 2)
        return AGSGraphic(geometry: nil, symbol: symbol)
    }()
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Create a private method named addTargetGraphic(point:) that accepts an AGSPoint as a parameter. This method is used to create graphics with a white fill color and black outline to depict the locations of line of sight analyses targets.

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        let symbol = AGSSimpleMarkerSymbol(style: .circle, color: .black, size: 16)
        symbol.outline = AGSSimpleLineSymbol(style: .solid, color: .white, width: 2)
        return AGSGraphic(geometry: nil, symbol: symbol)
    }()

    @discardableResult
    private func addTargetGraphic(point: AGSPoint) -> AGSGraphic {
        let symbol = AGSSimpleMarkerSymbol(style: .circle, color: .white, size: 16)
        symbol.outline = AGSSimpleLineSymbol(style: .solid, color: .black, width: 2)
        let targetGraphic = AGSGraphic(geometry: point, symbol: symbol, attributes: nil)
        graphicsOverlay.graphics.add(targetGraphic)
        return targetGraphic
    }
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Create a private computed variable named targetGraphics to filter and return all graphics contained by graphicsOverlay that depict target locations. The graphics overlay contains one observerGraphic and zero or several target graphics so any graphic that is not the observer is a target.

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        symbol.outline = AGSSimpleLineSymbol(style: .solid, color: .black, width: 2)
        let targetGraphic = AGSGraphic(geometry: point, symbol: symbol, attributes: nil)
        graphicsOverlay.graphics.add(targetGraphic)
        return targetGraphic
    }

    private var targetGraphics: [AGSGraphic] {
        graphicsOverlay.graphics.filter { ($0 as! AGSGraphic) != observerGraphic } as! [AGSGraphic]
    }
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Define a private method named setupGraphicsOverlay() to specify various sceneProperties of the graphicsOverlay and add it to the scene view. Scene properties of the graphics overlay allow you to control 3D-specific rendering of graphics.

Specifying the surfacePlacement as absolute treats graphics geometry z-values as absolute altitude values. If the geometry does not contain a z-value or has a value of 0, the graphic will be rendered at surface level. Increasing the z-value renders the graphic at a higher altitude.
Specifying the altitudeOffset increases the altitude by adding the specified value to the z-value altitude.

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        graphicsOverlay.graphics.filter { ($0 as! AGSGraphic) != observerGraphic } as! [AGSGraphic]
    }

    private func setupGraphicsOverlay() {
        graphicsOverlay.graphics.add(observerGraphic)
        graphicsOverlay.sceneProperties?.surfacePlacement = .absolute
        graphicsOverlay.sceneProperties?.altitudeOffset = 5
        sceneView.graphicsOverlays.add(graphicsOverlay)
    }
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In viewDidLoad(), call the method setupGraphicsOverlay().

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Create line of sight analyses

Visual analyses help you make sense of complex 3D data contained by a scene. Use an AGSGeoElementLineOfSight to perform and display a line of sight analysis using 3D geoelements to define observer and target locations.

Create a private AGSAnalysisOverlay named analysisOverlay to contain and display the line of sight analyses.

An analysis overlay is a container for analyses. It is used with a scene view to display visual analyses on a scene. You can add more than one analysis overlay to a scene view. Analysis overlays are displayed on top of all other layers and graphics overlays.

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Define a private method named setupAnalysisOverlay() to add the analysis overlay to the scene view.

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    private func setupAnalysisOverlay() {
        sceneView.analysisOverlays.add(analysisOverlay)
    }
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In viewDidLoad(), call the method setupAnalysisOverlay().

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        super.viewDidLoad()
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Define a private method named createLineOfSightAnalysis(observer:target:) that accepts an observer and a target as parameters, both are AGSGeoElement types. This method creates a AGSGeoElementLineOfSight analysis and adds it to the scene view analysis overlay.

A AGSGeoElementLineOfSight is used to perform and display a line of sight analysis between two AGSGeoElement types, like a feature or graphic. Alternatively, you can perform and display a line of sight analysis between two locations (3D points) using a AGSLocationLineOfSight.

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        sceneView.analysisOverlays.add(analysisOverlay)
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    private func createLineOfSightAnalysis(observer: AGSGeoElement, target: AGSGeoElement) {
        let line = AGSGeoElementLineOfSight(observerGeoElement: observer, targetGeoElement: target)
        analysisOverlay.analyses.add(line)
    }
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Define a private method named clearAnalyses() to remove all line of sight analyses from the scene view. This method also removes observer and target graphics.

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        let line = AGSGeoElementLineOfSight(observerGeoElement: observer, targetGeoElement: target)
        analysisOverlay.analyses.add(line)
    }

    private func clearAnalyses() {
        analysisOverlay.analyses.removeAllObjects()
        observerGraphic.geometry = nil
        graphicsOverlay.graphics.removeObjects(in: targetGraphics)
    }
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Define a private method named setObserver(point:) that accepts an AGSPoint as a parameter. This method is used to specify the location of observerGraphic and create line of sight analyses for targets, if they exist.

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        analysisOverlay.analyses.removeAllObjects()
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        graphicsOverlay.graphics.removeObjects(in: targetGraphics)
    }

    private func setObserver(point: AGSPoint) {
        let shouldCreateAnalyses = observerGraphic.geometry == nil
        observerGraphic.geometry = point
        if shouldCreateAnalyses {
            targetGraphics.forEach { targetGraphic in
                createLineOfSightAnalysis(observer: observerGraphic, target: targetGraphic)
            }
        }
    }
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Define a private method named clearObserver() to remove the observer.

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                createLineOfSightAnalysis(observer: observerGraphic, target: targetGraphic)
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    private func clearObserver() {
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    }
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Define a private method named addTarget(point:) that accepts an AGSPoint as a parameter. This method is used to create a new target and create a line of sight analysis between the observer and the new target.

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        let targetGraphic = addTargetGraphic(point: point)
        if observerGraphic.geometry != nil {
            createLineOfSightAnalysis(observer: observerGraphic, target: targetGraphic)
        }
    }
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Display the line of sight analyses with touch events

Touch events determine where to place the observer and targets as well as display line of sight analyses. A user taps to place targets and then long-press and drags to place the observer and display line of sight analyses.

Extend ViewController to conform to the AGSGeoViewTouchDelegate protocol and include the four long-press and single tap geoview touch delegate methods.

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    func geoView(_ geoView: AGSGeoView, didTapAtScreenPoint screenPoint: CGPoint, mapPoint: AGSPoint) {

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    func geoView(_ geoView: AGSGeoView, didLongPressAtScreenPoint screenPoint: CGPoint, mapPoint: AGSPoint) {

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    func geoView(_ geoView: AGSGeoView, didMoveLongPressToScreenPoint screenPoint: CGPoint, mapPoint: AGSPoint) {

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    func geoView(_ geoView: AGSGeoView, didEndLongPressAtScreenPoint screenPoint: CGPoint, mapPoint: AGSPoint) {

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    func geoViewDidCancelLongPress(_ geoView: AGSGeoView) {

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    func geoView(_ geoView: AGSGeoView, didLongPressAtScreenPoint screenPoint: CGPoint, mapPoint: AGSPoint) {

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    func geoView(_ geoView: AGSGeoView, didMoveLongPressToScreenPoint screenPoint: CGPoint, mapPoint: AGSPoint) {

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    func geoView(_ geoView: AGSGeoView, didEndLongPressAtScreenPoint screenPoint: CGPoint, mapPoint: AGSPoint) {

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    func geoViewDidCancelLongPress(_ geoView: AGSGeoView) {

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    func geoView(_ geoView: AGSGeoView, didLongPressAtScreenPoint screenPoint: CGPoint, mapPoint: AGSPoint) {

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    func geoView(_ geoView: AGSGeoView, didMoveLongPressToScreenPoint screenPoint: CGPoint, mapPoint: AGSPoint) {

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    func geoView(_ geoView: AGSGeoView, didEndLongPressAtScreenPoint screenPoint: CGPoint, mapPoint: AGSPoint) {

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    func geoViewDidCancelLongPress(_ geoView: AGSGeoView) {

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When the user cancels the long-press touch event, call clearObserver().

This may happen, for instance, when you have the magnifier visible and attempt to take a screenshot using the home/lock button combination.

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Add line.extension ViewController: AGSGeoViewTouchDelegate {

    func geoView(_ geoView: AGSGeoView, didTapAtScreenPoint screenPoint: CGPoint, mapPoint: AGSPoint) {

        addTarget(point: mapPoint)

    }

    func geoView(_ geoView: AGSGeoView, didLongPressAtScreenPoint screenPoint: CGPoint, mapPoint: AGSPoint) {

        setObserver(point: mapPoint)

    }

    func geoView(_ geoView: AGSGeoView, didMoveLongPressToScreenPoint screenPoint: CGPoint, mapPoint: AGSPoint) {

        setObserver(point: mapPoint)

    }

    func geoView(_ geoView: AGSGeoView, didEndLongPressAtScreenPoint screenPoint: CGPoint, mapPoint: AGSPoint) {

        setObserver(point: mapPoint)

    }

    func geoViewDidCancelLongPress(_ geoView: AGSGeoView) {

        clearObserver()

    }

}

In the setupScene() method, assign ViewController to sceneView.touchDelegate.

This step connects the sceneView user touch interactions with ViewController via the AGSGeoViewTouchDelegate protocol.

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        let scene: AGSScene = {
            let portal = AGSPortal.arcGISOnline(withLoginRequired: false)

            let item = AGSPortalItem(portal: portal, itemID: "7558ee942b2547019f66885c44d4f0b1")

            return AGSScene(item: item)
        }()
        sceneView.scene = scene

        sceneView.touchDelegate = self

    }
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Run the app

Press Command + R to run the app.

If you are using the Xcode simulator your system must meet these minimum requirements: macOS Big Sur 11.3, Xcode 13, iOS 13. If you are using a physical device, then refer to the system requirements.

You should see a scene of hotspots in the Yosemite Valley. Long-press and drag to set the location of the observer and tap to add target locations. The application performs and displays line of sight analyses between the observer and its targets.

What's next?

Learn how to use additional API features, ArcGIS location services, and ArcGIS tools in these tutorials: