Renderer.setOpacityInfo() allows you to render quantitative data with a color ramp (continuous color) using varying opacity.
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<title>Predominant Crop Opacity</title>
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var map;
require([
"dojo/_base/array",
"dojo/number",
"esri/Color", "esri/dijit/Legend",
"esri/geometry/Extent", "esri/InfoTemplate", "esri/layers/FeatureLayer",
"esri/map", "esri/renderers/UniqueValueRenderer",
"esri/symbols/SimpleFillSymbol", "esri/symbols/SimpleLineSymbol", "dojo/domReady!"
], function (array, number, Color, Legend, Extent, InfoTemplate, FeatureLayer, Map, UniqueValueRenderer,
SimpleFillSymbol, SimpleLineSymbol){
map = new Map("map", {
minScale: 18489297,
maxScale: 1245436,
extent: new Extent({
"xmax": -7218373,
"xmin": -15045524,
"ymax": 7571201,
"ymin": 2160682,
"spatialReference": { "wkid": 102100}
})
});
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
// Custom function to format the numbers for crop values
// e.g., 126744 becomes 126,744
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
formatNumber = function (value, key, data){
return number.format(value, {places: 0, locale: "en-us"});
};
var featureLayerOptions = {
mode: FeatureLayer.MODE_AUTO,
outFields: ["M163_07", "M172_07", "M188_07", "M193_07", "M217_07", "COUNTY", "STATE", "AREA", "M086_07"],
infoTemplate: new InfoTemplate("${COUNTY}, ${STATE}",
"<b>Corn for grain:</b> ${M163_07:formatNumber}<br><b>All wheat for grain:</b> ${M172_07:formatNumber}<br><b>Upland cotton:</b> ${M188_07:formatNumber}<br><b>Soybeans for beans:</b> ${M193_07:formatNumber}<br><b>Vegetables:</b> ${M217_07:formatNumber}")
};
var featureLayer = new FeatureLayer("//services.arcgis.com/V6ZHFr6zdgNZuVG0/ArcGIS/rest/services/USA_County_Crops_2007/FeatureServer/0",
featureLayerOptions);
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
// Custom function to compute the crop that has the largest value
// in a particular count. Using a custom function with a renderer
// is a really powerful method of having control over symbology
// client-side, especially if you don't have control over the service.
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
var uniqueValueRenderer = new UniqueValueRenderer(createSymbol("#d9d9d9"), function (graphic){
var maxField = "Other";
var max = 0;
array.forEach(featureLayerOptions.outFields, function (field){
if (graphic.attributes[field] > max) {
maxField = field;
max = graphic.attributes[field];
}
});
return maxField;
});
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
// Helper function for creating symbols for the UniqueValueRenderer
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
function createSymbol(color){
return new SimpleFillSymbol()
.setColor(new Color(color))
.setOutline(
new SimpleLineSymbol().setColor(new Color("#999999")).setWidth(1)
);
}
uniqueValueRenderer.addValue({ value: "M217_07", symbol: createSymbol("#fd7f6f"), label: "Vegetables" });
uniqueValueRenderer.addValue({ value: "M188_07", symbol: createSymbol("#b2e061"), label: "Cotton" });
uniqueValueRenderer.addValue({ value: "M172_07", symbol: createSymbol("#bd7ebe"), label: "Wheat" });
uniqueValueRenderer.addValue({ value: "M193_07", symbol: createSymbol("#7eb0d5"), label: "Soybeans" });
uniqueValueRenderer.addValue({ value: "M163_07", symbol: createSymbol("#ffb55a"), label: "Corn" });
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
// Use the average data values to control opacity
// Field: M086_07
// Description: The acres of total cropland as a percentage of land area in acres.
//
// Standard Deviation: 28.9616022263796
// Average: 39.457298802092
// Standard Deviation -1: 10.495696576
// Standard Deviation +1: 68.418901028
//
// For more information about statistics: see the outStatistics
// parameter in the ArcGIS REST API Help.
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
uniqueValueRenderer.setOpacityInfo({
field: "M086_07",
stops: [
{ value: 10, opacity: 0 }, // -1 stddev, transparent
{ value: 39, opacity: 0.5 }, // average value, 50% transparent
{ value: 68, opacity: 1 } // +1 stddev, completely opaque
]
});
featureLayer.setRenderer(uniqueValueRenderer);
map.addLayer(featureLayer);
var legend = new Legend({
map: map,
layerInfos: [
{
layer: featureLayer,
title: "Acres harvested by type"
}
]
}, "legend");
legend.startup();
});
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