Line of sight (geoelement)

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Show a line of sight between two moving objects.

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How to use the sample

To determine if an observer can see a target, you can show a line of sight between them. The line will be green until the line of sight is obstructed, in which case it will turn red. By using the GeoElement variant of the line of sight, the line will automatically update when either GeoElement moves.

Use case

A line of sight between GeoElements (i.e. observer and target) will not remain constant whilst one or both are on the move.

A GeoElementLineOfSight is therefore useful in cases where visibility between two GeoElements requires monitoring over a period of time in a partially obstructed field of view (such as buildings in a city).

A line of sight will display between a point on the Empire State Building (observer) and a taxi (target). The taxi will drive around a block and the line of sight should automatically update. The taxi will be highlighted when it is visible. You can change the observer height with the slider to see how it affects the target's visibility.

How it works

Create an AnalysisOverlay and add it to the SceneView's analysis overlays collection.
Create a GeoElementLineOfSight, passing in observer and target GeoElements (features or graphics). Add the line of sight to the analysis overlay's analyses collection.
To get the target visibility when it changes, react to the target visibility changing on the GeoElementLineOfSight instance.

Relevant API

AnalysisOverlay
GeoElementLineOfSight
LineOfSight.targetVisibility

Offline data

Link	Local Location
Taxi CAD	`<userhome>/ArcGIS/Runtime/Data/3D/dolmus\_3ds/dolmus.zip`

Sample Code

LineOfSightGeoElement.qml
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// [WriteFile Name=LineOfSightGeoElement, Category=Analysis]
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import QtQuick 2.6
import QtQuick.Controls 2.2
import Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.15
import Esri.ArcGISExtras 1.1
import Qt.labs.platform 1.0

Rectangle {
    id: rootRectangle
    clip: true
    width: 800
    height: 600

    readonly property url dataPath: System.userHomePath + "/ArcGIS/Runtime/Data/3D/dolmus_3ds/dolmus.3ds";
    property int waypointIndex: 0

    // Mutable point of where observer is going to be.
    PointBuilder {
        id: observationPointBuilder
        x: -73.9853
        y: 40.7484
        z: 200
        SpatialReference { wkid: 4326 }
    }

    // List of all waypoints taxi travels around.
    property list<Point> waypoints: [
        Point {
            x: -73.984513
            y: 40.748469
            z: 2
            spatialReference: SpatialReference { wkid: 4326 }
        },
        Point {
            x: -73.985068
            y: 40.747786
            z: 2
            spatialReference: SpatialReference { wkid: 4326 }

        },
        Point {
            x: -73.983452
            y: 40.747091
            z: 2
            spatialReference: SpatialReference { wkid: 4326 }
        },
        Point {
            x: -73.982961
            y: 40.747762
            z: 2
            spatialReference: SpatialReference { wkid: 4326 }
        }
    ]

    Camera {
        id: camera
        location: observationPointBuilder.geometry
        distance: 700
        heading: -30
        pitch: 45
        roll: 0
    }

    SceneView {
        id: view
        anchors.fill: parent

        Component.onCompleted: {
            // Set the focus on SceneView to initially enable keyboard navigation
            forceActiveFocus();
        }

        // Slider that alters the z-height of the observation point.

        Rectangle {
            anchors {
                margins: 5
                left: parent.left
                top: parent.top
                bottom: view.attributionTop
            }
            color: Qt.rgba(0.7, 0.7, 0.7, 0.7);
            radius: 10
            width: childrenRect.width

            Slider {
                id: heightSlider

                anchors {
                    top: parent.top
                    bottom: parent.bottom
                    margins: 5
                }
                from: 150
                to: 300
                stepSize: 10
                value: observationPointBuilder.z
                orientation: Qt.Vertical
                onMoved: {
                    observationPointBuilder.z = value;
                    observer.geometry = observationPointBuilder.geometry;
                }
            }
        }

        Scene {
            Basemap {
                initStyle: Enums.BasemapStyleArcGISImageryStandard
            }

            Surface {
                ArcGISTiledElevationSource {
                    url: "https://elevation3d.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer"
                }
            }

            ArcGISSceneLayer {
                url: "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/z2tnIkrLQ2BRzr6P/arcgis/rest/services/New_York_LoD2_3D_Buildings/SceneServer/layers/0"
            }

            onLoadStatusChanged: {
                if (loadStatus === Enums.LoadStatusLoaded) {
                    view.setViewpointCameraAndSeconds(camera, 0);
                }
            }
        }

        // Line of sight between observer and taxi.
        AnalysisOverlay {
            GeoElementLineOfSight {
                id: lineOfSight
                observerGeoElement: observer
                targetGeoElement: taxi
            }
        }

        // Taxi and observer added to overlay.
        GraphicsOverlay {
            LayerSceneProperties {
                // Note all Z-heights are relative to surface.
                surfacePlacement: Enums.SurfacePlacementRelative
            }

            SimpleRenderer {
                // Specific attribute so taxi will orient itself correctly.
                RendererSceneProperties {
                    headingExpression: "[HEADING]"
                }
            }

            // Draw observer.
            Graphic {
                id: observer
                geometry: observationPointBuilder.geometry
                SimpleMarkerSymbol {
                    style: Enums.SimpleMarkerSymbolStyleCircle
                    color: "red"
                    size: 5
                }
            }

            // Draw taxi
            Graphic {
                id: taxi
                geometry: waypoints[0]
                selected: lineOfSight.targetVisibility === Enums.LineOfSightTargetVisibilityVisible
                Component.onCompleted: {
                    // Append additional attribute for orientation.
                    attributes.insertAttribute("HEADING", 0.0);
                }
                ModelSceneSymbol {
                    id: taxiSymbol
                    url: dataPath
                    scale: 1.0
                }
            }
        }
    }

    Timer {
        id: animation
        interval: 100
        running: true
        repeat: true
        onTriggered: animate();
    }

    LinearUnit {
        id: metres
        linearUnitId: Enums.LinearUnitIdMeters
    }

    AngularUnit {
        id: degrees
         angularUnitId: Enums.AngularUnitIdDegrees
    }

    function animate() {
        // Get current goal waypoint and taxi location.
        const waypoint = waypoints[waypointIndex];
        let location = taxi.geometry;

        // Discover the azimuth between these two points.
        const distance = GeometryEngine.distanceGeodetic(
                    location, waypoint, metres, degrees,
                    Enums.GeodeticCurveTypeGeodesic);

        // Move the taxi location along 1 metre in the direction of the azimuth. Update the taxi.
        const points = GeometryEngine.moveGeodetic(
                    [location], 1.0, metres, distance.azimuth1, degrees,
                    Enums.GeodeticCurveTypeGeodesic);

        if (points.length > 0) {
            location = points[0];
        }

        taxi.geometry = location;
        taxi.attributes.replaceAttribute("HEADING", distance.azimuth1);

        // When taxi is close enough to goal point then update waypoint.
        if (distance.distance <= 2) {
            waypointIndex = (waypointIndex + 1) % waypoints.length;
        }
    }
}