Display grid

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Display coordinate system grids including Latitude/Longitude, MGRS, UTM and USNG on a map view. Also, toggle label visibility and change the color of grid lines and grid labels.

Image of display grid

Use case

Grids are often used on printed maps, but can also be helpful on digital maps, to identify locations on a map.

How to use the sample

Use the controls to select the type of grid from Grid Type (LatLong, MGRS, UTM and USNG), and to modify its properties like label visibility, grid line color, and grid label color. Click the 'Update' button to see the result.

How it works

  1. Create an instance of one of the Grid types.
  2. Grid lines and labels can be styled per grid level with setLineSymbol(gridLevel, lineSymbol) and setTextSymbol(gridLevel, textSymbol) methods on the grid.
  3. The label position can be set with setLabelPosition(labelPosition) method on the grid.
  4. For the LatitudeLongitudeGrid type, you can specify a label format of DECIMAL_DEGREES or DEGREES_MINUTES_SECONDS.
  5. To set the grid, use the setGrid(grid) method on the map view.

Relevant API

  • Grid
  • LatitudeLongitudeGrid
  • LineSymbol
  • MapView
  • MgrsGrid
  • SimpleLineSymbol
  • TextSymbol
  • UsngGrid
  • UtmGrid

Tags

coordinates, degrees, graticule, grid, latitude, longitude, MGRS, minutes, seconds, USNG, UTM

Sample Code

DisplayGridController.javaDisplayGridController.javaDisplayGridSample.java
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/*
 * Copyright 2018 Esri.
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 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
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package com.esri.samples.display_grid;

import javafx.beans.binding.Bindings;
import javafx.fxml.FXML;
import javafx.scene.control.CheckBox;
import javafx.scene.control.ColorPicker;
import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;

import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Point;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.SpatialReferences;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISMap;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.Viewpoint;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.Grid;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.LatitudeLongitudeGrid;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MapView;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MgrsGrid;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.UsngGrid;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.UtmGrid;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.ColorUtil;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.LineSymbol;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.SimpleLineSymbol;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.TextSymbol;

public class DisplayGridController {

  @FXML private MapView mapView;
  @FXML private ComboBox<GridType> gridTypeComboBox;
  @FXML private CheckBox labelsVisibleCheckBox;
  @FXML private CheckBox gridVisibleCheckBox;
  @FXML private ColorPicker gridColorPicker;
  @FXML private ColorPicker labelColorPicker;
  @FXML private ComboBox<Grid.LabelPosition> labelPositionComboBox;
  @FXML private ComboBox<LatitudeLongitudeGrid.LabelFormat> labelFormatComboBox;

  /**
   * Used for combo box.
   */
  private enum GridType {
    LAT_LON, UTM, USNG, MGRS
  }

  public void initialize() {

    // authentication with an API key or named user is required to access basemaps and other location services
    String yourAPIKey = System.getProperty("apiKey");
    ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment.setApiKey(yourAPIKey);

    // create a map with the standard imagery basemap style
    ArcGISMap map = new ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_IMAGERY_STANDARD);

    // set the map to the map view
    mapView.setMap(map);

    // set a viewpoint on the map view
    mapView.setViewpoint(new Viewpoint(new Point(-10336141.70018318, 5418213.05332071,
      SpatialReferences.getWebMercator()), 6450785));

    // set initial values for options
    gridTypeComboBox.getItems().addAll(GridType.values());
    gridTypeComboBox.setValue(GridType.LAT_LON);
    gridColorPicker.setValue(Color.WHITE);
    labelColorPicker.setValue(Color.RED);
    labelPositionComboBox.getItems().addAll(Grid.LabelPosition.values());
    labelPositionComboBox.setValue(Grid.LabelPosition.TOP_LEFT);
    labelFormatComboBox.getItems().addAll(LatitudeLongitudeGrid.LabelFormat.values());
    labelFormatComboBox.setValue(LatitudeLongitudeGrid.LabelFormat.DECIMAL_DEGREES);

    // label position and format only apply to Lat Lon grid type
    labelPositionComboBox.disableProperty().bind(Bindings.createBooleanBinding(() ->
            gridTypeComboBox.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem() != GridType.LAT_LON,
        gridTypeComboBox.getSelectionModel().selectedItemProperty())
    );
    labelFormatComboBox.disableProperty().bind(Bindings.createBooleanBinding(() ->
        gridTypeComboBox.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem() != GridType.LAT_LON,
        gridTypeComboBox.getSelectionModel().selectedItemProperty())
    );

    // update the grid with the default values on start
    updateGrid();
  }

  /**
   * Updates the map view's grid when the "Update" button is clicked.
   */
  @FXML
  private void updateGrid() {
    // grid type
    Grid grid = null;
    switch (gridTypeComboBox.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem()) {
      case LAT_LON:
        grid = new LatitudeLongitudeGrid();
        break;
      case UTM:
        grid = new UtmGrid();
        break;
      case USNG:
        grid = new UsngGrid();
        break;
      case MGRS:
        grid = new MgrsGrid();
        break;
    }

    // color the grid lines and labels for each grid level
    for (int i = 0; i < grid.getLevelCount(); i++) {
      // grid lines
      LineSymbol gridLineSymbol = new SimpleLineSymbol(SimpleLineSymbol.Style.SOLID, ColorUtil.colorToArgb(gridColorPicker
          .getValue()), 1 + i);
      grid.setLineSymbol(i, gridLineSymbol);

      // labels
      TextSymbol labelTextSymbol = new TextSymbol(14, "text", ColorUtil.colorToArgb(labelColorPicker.getValue()),
          TextSymbol.HorizontalAlignment.LEFT, TextSymbol.VerticalAlignment.BOTTOM);
      labelTextSymbol.setHaloColor(0xFFFFFFFF); //white
      labelTextSymbol.setHaloWidth(2 + i);
      grid.setTextSymbol(i, labelTextSymbol);
    }

    // grid visibility
    grid.setVisible(gridVisibleCheckBox.isSelected());

    // label visibility
    grid.setLabelVisible(labelsVisibleCheckBox.isSelected());

    // label position and format
    if (grid instanceof LatitudeLongitudeGrid) {
      grid.setLabelPosition(labelPositionComboBox.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem());
      ((LatitudeLongitudeGrid) grid).setLabelFormat(labelFormatComboBox.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem());
    }

    // set the grid
    mapView.setGrid(grid);
  }

  /**
   * Disposes of application resources.
   */
  void terminate() {

    if (mapView != null) {
      mapView.dispose();
    }
  }

}

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