Unable to display FeatureSet in Map Widget

[Lakshmi_KanthanMuralikrishnan]

Hi all,

I am trying to display a FeatureSet (arcgis.features.FeatureSet) object on the ArcGIS API for Python map widget (arcgis.gis.GIS.map.add_layer) in Jupyter Notebook. 

I have two FeatureSet objects:

• obtained while querying a layer (query_resp_from_x)
• constructed from arcgis.features.Feature objects (feature_set)

This is the code I am using to create the feature_set object:

from arcgis.features import Feature, FeatureSet, FeatureCollection

attributes = [{'FID':1, 'some_field':'some_val', ...}, {'FID':2, 'some_field':'some_val', ...}, ...]

features_from_geom = [{"paths": [[...]]}, {"paths": [[...]]}, ...]

# len(attributes) = len(features_from_geom) = 5

features = list()
counter = len(attributes)
for idx in range(counter):
    features.append(Feature(geometry=features_from_geom[idx], attributes=attributes[idx]))

# here, query_resp_from_x is just a query response from layer X, which in itself is a FeatureSet

feature_set = FeatureSet(
    fields=query_resp_from_x.fields, 
    geometry_type=query_resp_from_x.geometry_type, 
    spatial_reference=query_resp_from_x.spatial_reference, 
    object_id_field_name=query_resp_from_x.object_id_field_name, 
    global_id_field_name=query_resp_from_x.global_id_field_name
)

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Then, I created a map widget in the same notebook and added both the FeatureSet objects to it:

from arcgis.gis import GIS

gis_obj = GIS('http://my_portal', 'my_user')
map_obj = gis_obj.map()
map_obj.add_layer(feature_set)
map_obj.add_layer(query_resp_from_x)
map_obj‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

The map displayed only the query response FeatureSet (query_resp_from_x). Neither the FeatureSet I constructed (feature_set) was displayed, not an exception was raised.

I tried adding some rendering information to the FeatureSet and construct a FeatureCollection from it and display it on map, to no avail.

Can someone tell me what is wrong with this approach?

(P.S.: I converted both the FeatureSet objects (feature_set and query_resp_from_x) and compared them. They were exactly the same except for changes in values. I am attaching both the dict objects as JSON files for your reference.)

[simoxu · Accepted solution]

I can't identify any issue in your code, but maybe you can try mapview.draw function:

arcgis.widgets module — arcgis 1.5.0 documentation 

I tried to construct a FeatureSet out of the buffer result, then successfully displayed it with the draw function. It seems you need to use WGS84 (EPSG4326) spatial reference. and here is the code snippet:

#important, project the location before buffering
_p=project([p],in_sr=sr2,out_sr=sr)[0]
fill={"type": "esriSFS",  "style": "esriSFSSolid",  "color": [255,0,0,255]}
buf=buffer(geometries=[_p],in_sr=sr,distances=[500],unit='Meters')


#this is the key
buf[0]['spatialReference']=sr
f=Feature(buf[0])
fset=FeatureSet([f],spatial_reference=sr)


map1.clear_graphics()
map1.draw(fset,symbol=fill)
map1.draw(p,symbol=symbol)‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

If you want to see the full post, here is the link.

how to draw a buffer on the map?? 

Please note there are better ways to do buffer and visualize the result, I was doing it just for some test at that point of time 

[Lakshmi_KanthanMuralikrishnan]

Hi Simo,

Thank you for the response! mapview.draw did really solve my issue, although I could do it without projecting it to 4326.

But, I still wonder why the add_layer method would not display the  FeatureSet, especially when the documentation qualifies FeatureSet as a valid input.

Thanks again!