Camera | API Reference | ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.31

The camera defines the position, tilt, and heading of the point from which the SceneView's visible extent is observed. It is not associated with device hardware. This class only applies to 3D SceneViews.

When a SceneView is created, it contains a camera property.

See also

Constructors

Camera Constructor new Camera(properties)

Parameter

properties Object

optional

See the properties for a list of all the properties that may be passed into the constructor.

Property Overview

Any properties can be set, retrieved or listened to. See the Watch for changes topic.

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Type	Summary	Class
String	The name of the class.	Accessor
Number	The diagonal field of view (fov) angle for the camera.	Camera
Number	The compass heading of the camera in degrees.	Camera
CameraLayout	The layout defines which sub-region of the camera is rendered.	Camera
Point	The position of the camera defined by a map point.	Camera
Number	The tilt of the camera in degrees with respect to the surface as projected down from the camera position.	Camera

Property Details

declaredClass Inherited Property declaredClass Stringreadonly Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.7 Accessor since 4.0, declaredClass added at 4.7.

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

fov Property fov Number

The diagonal field of view (fov) angle for the camera. The range of angles must be between 1 and 170 degrees, where smaller fov angles mimic a telephoto lens zooming in, and larger fov angles mimic a fish-eye lens zooming out. The default angle is 55 degrees.

camera field of view examples

Default Value:55

heading Property heading Number

The compass heading of the camera in degrees. Heading is zero when north is the top of the screen. It increases as the view rotates clockwise. The angles are always normalized between 0 and 360 degrees.

Default Value:0

Examples

// Initialize the view with a specific camera
const cam = new Camera({
  heading: 90, // face due east
  tilt: 45, // looking from a bird's eye view
  position: [ -122, 38, 20000 ]  // creates a point instance (x,y,z)
});

// Initialize the view with a specific camera
const cam = new Camera({
  heading: 90, // face due east
  tilt: 45, // looking from a bird's eye view
  position: {
    latitude: 38,
    longitude: -122,
    z: 20000,
    spatialReference: { wkid: 3857 }
  }
});

view.camera = cam;

// Set the heading of the view's camera to 180 degrees
const newCam = view.camera.clone();
newCam.heading = 180;
view.camera = newCam;

// go to the pt geometry facing due south
view.goTo({ target: pt, heading: 180 });

layout Property layout CameraLayout

The layout defines which sub-region of the camera is rendered.

It is intended for tiled display walls, where each display instance configures a different layout. This property is only supported in a 3D SceneView.

position Property position Pointautocast

The position of the camera defined by a map point.

Z-values defined in a geographic or metric coordinate system are expressed in meters. However, in local scenes that use a projected coordinate system, vertical units are assumed to be the same as the horizontal units specified by the service.

Example

const cam = view.camera.clone();
// the position is autocast as new Point()
cam.position = {
  latitude: 38,
  longitude: -122,
  z: 50000  // altitude in meters
}
// go to the new camera
view.goTo(cam);

tilt Property tilt Number

The tilt of the camera in degrees with respect to the surface as projected down from the camera position. Tilt is zero when looking straight down at the surface and 90 degrees when the camera is looking parallel to the surface.

Default Value:0

Examples

// Initialize the view with a specific camera
const cam = new Camera({
  heading: 90, // face due east
  tilt: 45, // looking from a bird's eye view
  position: {
    latitude: 38,
    longitude: -122,
    spatialReference: { wkid: 3857 }
  }
});

view.camera = cam;

// go to the pt geometry facing directly down
view.goTo({ target: pt, tilt: 0 });

Method Overview

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Return Type	Summary	Class
	Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object.	Accessor
this	Creates a deep clone of this object.	Camera
*	Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from an ArcGIS product.	Camera
Boolean	Returns true if a named group of handles exist.	Accessor
	Removes a group of handles owned by the object.	Accessor
Object	Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation.	Camera

Method Details

addHandles Inherited Method addHandles(handleOrHandles, groupKey) Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, addHandles added at 4.25.

Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object. The handles will be removed when the object is destroyed.

// Manually manage handles
const handle = reactiveUtils.when(
  () => !view.updating,
  () => {
    wkidSelect.disabled = false;
  },
  { once: true }
);

this.addHandles(handle);

// Destroy the object
this.destroy();

Parameters

handleOrHandles WatchHandle|WatchHandle []

Handles marked for removal once the object is destroyed.

groupKey *

optional

Key identifying the group to which the handles should be added. All the handles in the group can later be removed with Accessor.removeHandles(). If no key is provided the handles are added to a default group.

clone Method clone(){this}

Creates a deep clone of this object. Any properties that store values by reference will be assigned copies of the referenced values on the cloned instance.

Returns

Type	Description
this	A deep clone of the class instance that invoked this method.

fromJSON Method fromJSON(json){*}static

Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from an ArcGIS product. The object passed into the input json parameter often comes from a response to a query operation in the REST API or a toJSON() method from another ArcGIS product. See the Using fromJSON() topic in the Guide for details and examples of when and how to use this function.

Parameter

json Object

A JSON representation of the instance in the ArcGIS format. See the ArcGIS REST API documentation for examples of the structure of various input JSON objects.

Returns

Type	Description
*	Returns a new instance of this class.

hasHandles Inherited Method hasHandles(groupKey){Boolean} Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, hasHandles added at 4.25.

Returns true if a named group of handles exist.

Parameter

groupKey *

optional

A group key.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	Returns `true` if a named group of handles exist.

Example

// Remove a named group of handles if they exist.
if (obj.hasHandles("watch-view-updates")) {
  obj.removeHandles("watch-view-updates");
}

removeHandles Inherited Method removeHandles(groupKey) Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, removeHandles added at 4.25.

Removes a group of handles owned by the object.

Parameter

groupKey *

optional

A group key or an array or collection of group keys to remove.

Example

obj.removeHandles(); // removes handles from default group

obj.removeHandles("handle-group");
obj.removeHandles("other-handle-group");

toJSON Method toJSON(){Object}

Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation. See the Using fromJSON() guide topic for more information.

Returns

Type	Description
Object	The ArcGIS portal JSON representation of an instance of this class.