Find places in a bounding box

Learn how to perform a text-based search to find places within a bounding box.

A bounding box search finds places within an extent using the places service. An extent typically represents the visible area of a map. To perform a bounding box search, you use the places package from ArcGIS REST JS. With the results of the search, you can make another request to the service and return place attributes such as street address and telephone number.

In this tutorial, you use ArcGIS REST JS to perform a bounding box search based on the visible extent on the map and return details about each place. It includes starter code that uses Calcite components to create a basic search interface.

Prerequisites

Steps

Get the starter code

  1. To get started, . It contains the Calcite Components necessary to create this application, as well as a blank Leaflet map.

Get an access token

You need an access token with the correct privileges to access the resources used in this tutorial.

  1. Go to the Create an API key tutorial and create an API key with the following privilege(s):

    • Privileges
      • Location services > Basemaps
      • Location services > Places
  2. Copy the API key access token to your clipboard when prompted.

  3. In CodePen, update the accessToken variable to use your access token.

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    const accessToken = "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN";
    const basemapId = "arcgis/streets";
    const basemapURL = `https://basemapstyles-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/styles/v2/styles/${basemapId}?token=${accessToken}`;
    olms.apply(map, basemapURL);
    

To learn about the other types of authentication available, go to Types of authentication.

Reference ArcGIS REST JS

  1. Reference the routing and request packages from ArcGIS REST JS.

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        <!-- Load OpenLayers from CDN -->
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ol@v10.1.0/ol.css" type="text/css" />
        <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ol@v10.1.0/dist/ol.js"></script>
        <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ol-mapbox-style@12.3.5/dist/olms.js"></script>
        <script src="https://unpkg.com/ol-popup@5.1.1/dist/ol-popup.js"></script>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/ol-popup@5.1.1/src/ol-popup.css"/>
    
        <!-- Calcite components -->
        <script type="module" src=https://js.arcgis.com/calcite-components/2.12.1/calcite.esm.js></script>
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href=https://js.arcgis.com/calcite-components/2.12.1/calcite.css />
    
        <!-- ArcGIS REST JS: request and places -->
        <script src="https://unpkg.com/@esri/arcgis-rest-request@4.0.0/dist/bundled/request.umd.js"></script>
        <script src="https://unpkg.com/@esri/arcgis-rest-places@1.0.0/dist/bundled/places.umd.js"></script>
    
  2. Create a REST JS ApiKeyManager using your access token.

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        const accessToken = "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN";
        const basemapEnum = "arcgis/community";
    
        const map = new ol.Map({
            target: "map",
            controls: ol.control.defaults.defaults({ zoom:false })
        });
        map.setView(
            new ol.View({
                center: ol.proj.fromLonLat([-122.32116, 47.62737]),
                zoom: 13
            })
        )
    
        olms.apply(map, `https://basemapstyles-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/styles/v2/styles/${basemapEnum}?token=${accessToken}`)
    
        const authentication = arcgisRest.ApiKeyManager.fromKey(accessToken);
    

Add event listeners

The provided for this tutorial includes a basic user interface with a text input and category buttons. Add event listeners to this interface to make requests to the places service on when they are clicked.

  1. Create a showPlaces function to make requests to the places service.

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        olms.apply(map, `https://basemapstyles-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/styles/v2/styles/${basemapEnum}?token=${accessToken}`)
    
        const authentication = arcgisRest.ApiKeyManager.fromKey(accessToken);
    
        function showPlaces(query) {
    
        };
    
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  2. Add an event listener to the search button that calls showPlaces on click.

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        const control = document.getElementById("place-control");
        const input = document.getElementById("search-input");
        let placesLayer;
        const placeKeywords = ["Restaurants", "Hotels", "Museums", "ATMs", "Breweries"];
    
        document.getElementById("search-button").addEventListener("click", e => {
            showPlaces(input.value)
        })
    
        placeKeywords.forEach(category => {
            const categoryButton = document.createElement("calcite-button");
            categoryButton.setAttribute("class","category-button");
            categoryButton.setAttribute("round",true);
            categoryButton.setAttribute("scale","s");
            categoryButton.setAttribute("kind","inverse")
            categoryButton.innerHTML = category;
            categoryButton.id = category;
            control.appendChild(categoryButton);
    
        })
    
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  3. Add an event listener to each category button that calls showPlaces on click.

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        placeKeywords.forEach(category => {
            const categoryButton = document.createElement("calcite-button");
            categoryButton.setAttribute("class","category-button");
            categoryButton.setAttribute("round",true);
            categoryButton.setAttribute("scale","s");
            categoryButton.setAttribute("kind","inverse")
            categoryButton.innerHTML = category;
            categoryButton.id = category;
            control.appendChild(categoryButton);
    
            categoryButton.addEventListener("click", e => {
                input.value = category;
                showPlaces(category)
            })
    
        })
    
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Find places in the map bounds

  1. Calculate the current visible extent of the OpenLayers map with calculateExtent. Transform the extent into WGS84 coordinates (EPSG:4326) for use with the places API.

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        function showPlaces(query) {
    
            const extent = map.getView().calculateExtent();
            const bounds = ol.proj.transformExtent(extent,'EPSG:3857','EPSG:4326')
    
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  2. Use the ArcGIS REST JS findPlacesWithinExtent function to make a request to the places service. Set the searchText parameter to your query and pass the current map bounding box to the xmin,xmax,ymin, and ymax parameters.

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        function showPlaces(query) {
    
            const extent = map.getView().calculateExtent();
            const bounds = ol.proj.transformExtent(extent,'EPSG:3857','EPSG:4326')
    
            arcgisRest.findPlacesWithinExtent({
                xmin: bounds[0],
                ymin: bounds[1],
                xmax: bounds[2],
                ymax: bounds[3],
                searchText: query,
                authentication,
                f:"geojson"
            })
    
        };
    
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Display results

The response from the places service will contain a list of place results. Each result will include a place's x/y coordinates, name, category, and unique ID.

  1. Create an empty Vector layer to store service results. When a new request is made, clear the data in the layer.

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        .then(map => {
            placesLayer = new ol.layer.Vector({
              source: new ol.source.Vector(),
    
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            map.addLayer(placesLayer);
    
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        const popup = new Popup();
        map.addOverlay(popup)
    
        function showPlaces(query) {
    
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            const bounds = ol.proj.transformExtent(extent,'EPSG:3857','EPSG:4326')
    
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                xmin: bounds[0],
                ymin: bounds[1],
                xmax: bounds[2],
                ymax: bounds[3],
                searchText: query,
                authentication,
                f:"geojson"
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  2. Style the vector layer with an Icon that will display for each place result. Set the src property to this custom icon.

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            placesLayer = new ol.layer.Vector({
              source: new ol.source.Vector(),
    
              style: new ol.style.Style({
                image: new ol.style.Icon({
                    anchor: [0.5, 0.99],
                    anchorXUnits: 'fraction',
                    anchorYUnits: 'fraction',
                    scale:0.3,
                    src: 'data:image/png;base64,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'
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              })
    
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            map.addLayer(placesLayer);
    
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  3. Access the service results. For each result, create a new Feature containing a name, an id, and a Point location in Web Mercator coordinates (EPSG:3857). Store the features in a list.

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        function showPlaces(query) {
    
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            const extent = map.getView().calculateExtent();
            const bounds = ol.proj.transformExtent(extent,'EPSG:3857','EPSG:4326')
    
            arcgisRest.findPlacesWithinExtent({
                xmin: bounds[0],
                ymin: bounds[1],
                xmax: bounds[2],
                ymax: bounds[3],
                searchText: query,
                authentication,
                f:"geojson"
            })
    
            .then((response)=>{
                const places = [];
    
                response.results.forEach(result => {
                    const location = ol.proj.transform([result.location.x,result.location.y], "EPSG:4326", "EPSG:3857");
                    places.push(new ol.Feature({
                        name: result.name,
                        id: result.placeId,
                        geometry: new ol.geom.Point(location)
                    }))
                })
    
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  4. Create a new Vector source using the list of place features. Set the placesLayer source to display the results on your map.

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        function showPlaces(query) {
    
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            const bounds = ol.proj.transformExtent(extent,'EPSG:3857','EPSG:4326')
    
            arcgisRest.findPlacesWithinExtent({
                xmin: bounds[0],
                ymin: bounds[1],
                xmax: bounds[2],
                ymax: bounds[3],
                searchText: query,
                authentication,
                f:"geojson"
            })
    
            .then((response)=>{
                const places = [];
    
                response.results.forEach(result => {
                    const location = ol.proj.transform([result.location.x,result.location.y], "EPSG:4326", "EPSG:3857");
                    places.push(new ol.Feature({
                        name: result.name,
                        id: result.placeId,
                        geometry: new ol.geom.Point(location)
                    }))
                })
    
                const source = new ol.source.Vector({features: places});
                placesLayer.setSource(source)
    
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  5. Run the app. When you click a category button or search for a phrase, the map should display a set of points representing place results.

Configure a popup

The user of your app should be able to click on a place result to view more information about that place. Create a popup that will display when the user clicks on a place.

  1. Create a Popup and add it to your map as an overlay. Hide the popup when a new request is made.

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        map.addOverlay(popup)
    
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            const extent = map.getView().calculateExtent();
            const bounds = ol.proj.transformExtent(extent,'EPSG:3857','EPSG:4326')
    
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                xmin: bounds[0],
                ymin: bounds[1],
                xmax: bounds[2],
                ymax: bounds[3],
                searchText: query,
                authentication,
                f:"geojson"
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  2. When the map is clicked, use getFeaturesAtPixel to check if the user clicked a point of interest. Hide the popup if no POI were clicked.

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        map.on("click", e => {
            const clickedPlaces = map.getFeaturesAtPixel(e.pixel, { layerFilter: (layer) => layer === placesLayer});
            if (clickedPlaces.length > 0) {
    
            }
            else {
                popup.hide();
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        })
    
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Get place address and phone number

You can access more information about a place using the unique placeId associated with it. Perform a subsequent request to the places service to get the street address and phone number of a clicked POI.

  1. Use the ArcGIS REST JS getPlaceDetails function to get detailed information about a specific place. Pass the placeId associated with the current marker, and set the requestedFields parameter to return the streetAddress and telephone properties.

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        map.on("click", e => {
            const clickedPlaces = map.getFeaturesAtPixel(e.pixel, { layerFilter: (layer) => layer === placesLayer});
            if (clickedPlaces.length > 0) {
    
                arcgisRest.getPlaceDetails(({
                    placeId: clickedPlaces[0].get("id"),
                    authentication,
                    requestedFields: ["name","address:streetAddress", "contactInfo:telephone"]
                }))
    
            }
            else {
                popup.hide();
            }
        })
    
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  2. Access the service response. Configure the popup contents to display results if they are available.

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        map.on("click", e => {
            const clickedPlaces = map.getFeaturesAtPixel(e.pixel, { layerFilter: (layer) => layer === placesLayer});
            if (clickedPlaces.length > 0) {
    
                arcgisRest.getPlaceDetails(({
                    placeId: clickedPlaces[0].get("id"),
                    authentication,
                    requestedFields: ["name","address:streetAddress", "contactInfo:telephone"]
                }))
    
                .then((result)=>{
                    let popupContents = `<b>${result.placeDetails.name}</b><br>`;
                    if (result.placeDetails.address.streetAddress) popupContents += `${result.placeDetails.address.streetAddress}<br>`;
                    if (result.placeDetails.contactInfo.telephone) popupContents += `${result.placeDetails.contactInfo.telephone}`;
    
                });
    
            }
            else {
                popup.hide();
            }
        })
    
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  3. Show the popup at the clicked location with the proper contents.

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        map.on("click", e => {
            const clickedPlaces = map.getFeaturesAtPixel(e.pixel, { layerFilter: (layer) => layer === placesLayer});
            if (clickedPlaces.length > 0) {
    
                arcgisRest.getPlaceDetails(({
                    placeId: clickedPlaces[0].get("id"),
                    authentication,
                    requestedFields: ["name","address:streetAddress", "contactInfo:telephone"]
                }))
    
                .then((result)=>{
                    let popupContents = `<b>${result.placeDetails.name}</b><br>`;
                    if (result.placeDetails.address.streetAddress) popupContents += `${result.placeDetails.address.streetAddress}<br>`;
                    if (result.placeDetails.contactInfo.telephone) popupContents += `${result.placeDetails.contactInfo.telephone}`;
    
                    popup.show(e.coordinate, popupContents);
    
                });
    
            }
            else {
                popup.hide();
            }
        })
    
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Run the app

In CodePen, run your code to display the application. The app should display a map with a search control. Upon clicking a button or entering a phrase, place results should appear on the map. Clicking a result will submit another service request to get the place address and phone number.

What's next?

Learn how to use additional ArcGIS location services in these tutorials:

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