Set max extent

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Limit the view of a map to a particular area.

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Use case

When showing map information relevant to only a certain area, you may wish to constrain the user's ability to pan or zoom away.

How to use the sample

The application loads with a map whose maximum extent has been set to the borders of Colorado. Note that you won't be able to pan far from the Colorado border or zoom out beyond the minimum scale set by the max extent. Click the "Enable Max Extent" checkbox to disable the max extent to freely pan/zoom around the map.

How it works

  1. Create an ArcGISMap.
  2. Create a new envelope Envelope(Point(x, y), Point(x, y)) with the required max extent.
  3. Wait for the map to load, then set the maximum extent of the map with map.setMaxExtent(envelope).
  4. Create a new MapView and set the map to it.
  5. Set map.setMaxExtent(null) to disable the maximum extent of the map.

Relevant API

  • ArcGISMap
  • Envelope

Tags

extent, limit panning, map, mapview, max extent, zoom

Sample Code

SetMaxExtentSample.java
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package com.esri.samples.set_max_extent;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
import javafx.scene.control.CheckBox;
import javafx.scene.layout.Background;
import javafx.scene.layout.BackgroundFill;
import javafx.scene.layout.CornerRadii;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.paint.Paint;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Envelope;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Point;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.loadable.LoadStatus;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISMap;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.Viewpoint;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.Graphic;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.GraphicsOverlay;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MapView;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.ColorUtil;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.SimpleLineSymbol;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.SimpleRenderer;

public class SetMaxExtentSample extends Application {

  private MapView mapView;

  @Override
  public void start(Stage stage) {

    try {
      // create stack pane and application scene
      var stackPane = new StackPane();
      var scene = new Scene(stackPane);

      // set title, size, and add scene to stage
      stage.setTitle("Set Max Extent Sample");
      stage.setWidth(800);
      stage.setHeight(700);
      stage.setScene(scene);
      stage.show();

      // 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 streets basemap style
      ArcGISMap map = new ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_STREETS);

      // create a map view and set the map to it
      mapView = new MapView();
      mapView.setMap(map);

      // create an envelope with an extent covering the state of Colorado
      Point coloradoNorthWestPoint = new Point(-12139393.2109, 5012444.0468);
      Point coloradoSouthEastPoint = new Point(-11359277.5124, 4438148.7816);
      var envelope = new Envelope(coloradoNorthWestPoint, coloradoSouthEastPoint);

      // create a new graphics overlay and add a new graphic to it that shows the Colorado border as a red dashed line
      var graphicsOverlay = new GraphicsOverlay();
      graphicsOverlay.getGraphics().add(new Graphic(envelope));
      var simpleRenderer = new SimpleRenderer(
        new SimpleLineSymbol(SimpleLineSymbol.Style.DASH, ColorUtil.colorToArgb(Color.RED), 5));
      graphicsOverlay.setRenderer(simpleRenderer);

      // add the graphics overlay to the map view
      mapView.getGraphicsOverlays().add(graphicsOverlay);

      // create a checkbox for toggling max extent
      var checkbox = new CheckBox("Enable Max Extent");
      checkbox.setTextFill(Color.WHITE);
      checkbox.setSelected(true);
      checkbox.setOnMouseClicked(e -> {
        if (checkbox.isSelected()) {
          map.setMaxExtent(envelope);
        } else {
          map.setMaxExtent(null);
        }
      });

      // create a control panel
      var controlsVBox = new VBox(6);
      controlsVBox.setBackground(new Background(new BackgroundFill(Paint.valueOf("rgba(0,0,0,0.5)"),
        CornerRadii.EMPTY, Insets.EMPTY)));
      controlsVBox.setPadding(new Insets(10.0));
      controlsVBox.setMaxSize(160, 40);
      controlsVBox.setDisable(true);

      // add the checkbox to the control panel
      controlsVBox.getChildren().add(checkbox);

      // listen for the map to finish loading, and check it has loaded
      map.addDoneLoadingListener(() -> {
        if (map.getLoadStatus() == LoadStatus.LOADED) {
          // constrain the display of the map to the borders of Colorado by setting the map's max extent to the envelope
          map.setMaxExtent(envelope);
          // set the map view's viewpoint with the envelope
          mapView.setViewpoint(new Viewpoint(envelope));
          // enable the UI now that the map has loaded
          controlsVBox.setDisable(false);
        } else if (map.getLoadStatus() == LoadStatus.FAILED_TO_LOAD) {
          new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR, "Map failed to load").show();
        }
      });

      // add the map view and the control panel to the stack pane
      stackPane.getChildren().addAll(mapView, controlsVBox);
      StackPane.setAlignment(controlsVBox, Pos.TOP_LEFT);
      StackPane.setMargin(controlsVBox, new Insets(10, 0, 0, 10));
    } catch (Exception e) {
      // on any error, display the stack trace.
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Stops and releases all resources used in application.
   */
  @Override
  public void stop() {

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

  /**
   * Opens and runs application.
   *
   * @param args arguments passed to this application
   */
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    Application.launch(args);
  }

}

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