topic Re: printing custom basemap in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

printing custom basemap

RaivoAlla — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:25:18 GMT

Hello!

We have implemented esri.layers.TiledMapServiceLayer basemaps in our Javascript code (external TMS tiles) and now we are having a problem including such basemap into outprint.
Basemaps are added via map.addLayer interface and default printing service is declared this way:
[INDENT][INDENT]   var printer = new esri.dijit.Print({
     map: map,
     url: "http://atlas:6080/arcgis/rest/services/Raivotest/ExportWebMap/GPServer/Export%20Web%20Map"
   }, dojo.byId("b_print"));
   printer.startup();[/INDENT][/INDENT]

But, this output file contains only ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer layers . How I can include TiledMapServiceLayer?

It is a major problem here as those basemaps are for us very important.
Is ArcGIS a system or closed system?

Thank you,
Raivo Alla
Estonian Land Board

Re: printing custom basemap

HemingZhu — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:05:24 GMT

Hello!

We have implemented esri.layers.TiledMapServiceLayer basemaps in our Javascript code (external TMS tiles) and now we are having a problem including such basemap into outprint.
Basemaps are added via map.addLayer interface and default printing service is declared this way:
[INDENT][INDENT]   var printer = new esri.dijit.Print({
     map: map,
     url: "http://atlas:6080/arcgis/rest/services/Raivotest/ExportWebMap/GPServer/Export%20Web%20Map"
   }, dojo.byId("b_print"));
   printer.startup();[/INDENT][/INDENT]

But, this output file contains only ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer layers . How I can include TiledMapServiceLayer?

It is a major problem here as those basemaps are for us very important.
Is ArcGIS a system or closed system?

Thank you,
Raivo Alla
Estonian Land Board

I would try to initialize the print widget after the tiledMapserviceLayer is loaded up and see what happen...

Re: printing custom basemap

JianHuang — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:45:44 GMT

Please try webTiledLayer, instead of a custom TiledLayer.

Re: printing custom basemap

RaivoAlla — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:13:17 GMT

Thanks Heming, but printing tool is already initialized after my tiled layer gets loaded...

Please try webTiledLayer, instead of a custom TiledLayer.

Does it support different coordinate systems (I could'nt find a way to define that)? We have all those tile services in our national CRS (EPSG:3301).

Here (http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/jssamples/#sample/layers_web_tiled) it's written that "The WebTileLayer works with tile sets that are in Web Mercator"... In that case it's a sad sad story for us, cause we have spent quite some time trying to make some sense of ArcGIS Javascript API... and now it follows that it would been better to use Leaflet after all. And Image Extension for ArcGIS Server is too expensive just for producing tile services thats already done outside ArcGIS "system" box.

Thank you both for replying,
Raivo

Re: printing custom basemap

RaivoAlla — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:52:12 GMT

I was successful with redefining TiledMapServiceLayer to WebTileLayer, but outcome is the same.
This layer wont show up on the outprint.
It is a pain... like being shot by dum-dum bullet.

Raivo
Estonian Land Board

Re: printing custom basemap

MarcusBush — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 07:03:13 GMT

I'm working on a project where I had a similar issue. Print widget really just wasn't doing it for me.

We did two things to fix.

1. Made sure that we changed the URL configuration on ArcGIS server to read from the public website URL rather than the machine name, since the print service was on the same server as the layers we were trying to display.

2. Went with PrintTask rather than the widget, i.e.:

dojo.require("esri.tasks.PrintTask");

printBaseMap = function () {
    var printTask, params;
    printTask = new esri.tasks.PrintTask("http://yourserver.com/arcgis/rest/services/LetterPortrait/GPServer/Export%20Web%20Map");
    var ptemplate = new esri.tasks.PrintTemplate();
    ptemplate.layout = "Letter ANSI A Landscape";
    ptemplate.format = "PNG32";

    ptemplate.layoutOptions = {
        "authorText": "your author text",
        "copyrightText": "© " + (new Date).getFullYear(),
        "legendLayers": [],
        "titleText": "your title text",
        "scalebarUnit": "Miles"
    };

    // use the extent of the webmap in the output image
    ptemplate.preserveScale = false;
    ptemplate.showAttribution = false;
    params = new esri.tasks.PrintParameters();
    params.map = yourMap;
    params.template = ptemplate;
    printTask.execute(params, printComplete, printError);
}

printComplete = function (result) {
    window.open(result.url + "?k=" + new Date().getTime());
}

printError = function (error) {
    alert(error);
}

Re: printing custom basemap

JianHuang — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:29:15 GMT

Please check the print request in your browser's debug tool. I believe the request includes the custom TiledMapServiceLayer or WebTiledLayer. Then, it's the print service that doesn't work with your tiled map service.
Please post the print request here. I will try to diagnose it.
Thanks.

I was successful with redefining TiledMapServiceLayer to WebTileLayer, but outcome is the same.
This layer wont show up on the outprint.
It is a pain... like being shot by dum-dum bullet.

Raivo
Estonian Land Board

Re: printing custom basemap

RaivoAlla — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:55:12 GMT

Please check the print request in your browser's debug tool. I believe the request includes the custom TiledMapServiceLayer or WebTiledLayer. Then, it's the print service that doesn't work with your tiled map service.
Please post the print request here. I will try to diagnose it.
Thanks.

Thanks Jian and Marcus!
Marcus, I'll try your approach too if PrintingTools fails.

Thats right, print request looks now different with WebTiledLayer:

http://atlas:6080/arcgis/rest/services/Utilities/PrintingTools/GPServer/Export%20Web%20Map%20Task/execute?f=json&Web_Map_as_JSON=%7B%22mapOptions%22%3A%7B%22showAttribution%22%3Atrue%2C%22extent%22%3A%7B%22xmin%22%3A541255.859375%2C%22ymin%22%3A6587610.546350479%2C%22xmax%22%3A544869.140625%2C%22ymax%22%3A6589872.265100479%2C%22spatialReference%22%3A%7B%22wkid%22%3A3301%7D%7D%2C%22spatialReference%22%3A%7B%22wkid%22%3A3301%7D%2C%22scale%22%3A14763.75%7D%2C%22operationalLayers%22%3A%5B%7B%22id%22%3A%22kaart%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22kaart%22%2C%22opacity%22%3A1%2C%22minScale%22%3A1889760%2C%22maxScale%22%3A1845.46875%2C%22url%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Ftiles.maaamet.ee%2Ftm%2Fs%2F1.0.0%2Fkaart%2F%22%7D%2C%7B%22id%22%3A%22layer0%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22layer0%22%2C%22opacity%22%3A1%2C%22minScale%22%3A0%2C%22maxScale%22%3A0%2C%22url%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Fatlas%3A6080%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2FRaivotest%2Fraamatukogud%2FMapServer%22%2C%22visibleLayers%22%3Anull%2C%22layers%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D%2C%22exportOptions%22%3A%7B%22outputSize%22%3A%5B800%2C1100%5D%2C%22dpi%22%3A96%7D%7D&Format=PNG32&Layout_Template=MAP_ONLY

...There is indeed http://tiles.maaamet.ee/kaart... included as operationallayer(shouldn't it be as a basemap?), but output still lacks the layer.
Print request with TiledMapServiceLayer:

http://atlas:6080/arcgis/rest/services/Utilities/PrintingTools/GPServer/Export%20Web%20Map%20Task/execute?f=json&Web_Map_as_JSON=%7B%22mapOptions%22%3A%7B%22showAttribution%22%3Atrue%2C%22extent%22%3A%7B%22xmin%22%3A538179.6875%2C%22ymin%22%3A6582123.436927795%2C%22xmax%22%3A552632.8125%2C%22ymax%22%3A6591170.311927795%2C%22spatialReference%22%3A%7B%22wkid%22%3A3301%7D%7D%2C%22spatialReference%22%3A%7B%22wkid%22%3A3301%7D%2C%22scale%22%3A59055%7D%2C%22operationalLayers%22%3A%5B%7B%22id%22%3A%22layer0%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22layer0%22%2C%22opacity%22%3A1%2C%22minScale%22%3A1889760%2C%22maxScale%22%3A1845.46875%2C%22url%22%3Anull%7D%2C%7B%22id%22%3A%22layer1%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22layer1%22%2C%22opacity%22%3A1%2C%22minScale%22%3A0%2C%22maxScale%22%3A0%2C%22url%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Fatlas%3A6080%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2FRaivotest%2Fmaaamet_katastriyksused%2FMapServer%22%2C%22visibleLayers%22%3Anull%2C%22layers%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%2C%7B%22id%22%3A%22layer2%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22layer2%22%2C%22opacity%22%3A1%2C%22minScale%22%3A0%2C%22maxScale%22%3A0%2C%22url%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Fatlas%3A6080%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2FRaivotest%2Fraamatukogud%2FMapServer%22%2C%22visibleLayers%22%3Anull%2C%22layers%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%2C%7B%22id%22%3A%22map_graphics%22%2C%22minScale%22%3A0%2C%22maxScale%22%3A0%2C%22featureCollection%22%3A%7B%22layers%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%7D%5D%2C%22exportOptions%22%3A%7B%22outputSize%22%3A%5B800%2C1100%5D%2C%22dpi%22%3A96%7D%7D&Format=PNG32&Layout_Template=MAP_ONLY

... here there's no tiled layer.

I have no idea how I can configure printing service to fix it. It is already in synchronous mode.

I really appreciate your feedback,
Raivo

Re: printing custom basemap

JianHuang — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:03:40 GMT

OK. This is a print service limit. It will support webTiledLayer in the future.

Re: printing custom basemap

deleted-user-Jie3eyjOl9XM — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:58:58 GMT

I've got this problem, too. Any updates?

I can see my WebTiledLayer layer in the json. But, it doesn't include the LOD's, which could be a problem for the Print Server, because it wouldn't know how to get the tiles. So, it seems there would be a problem with the JavaScript and the Service.

Re: printing custom basemap

deleted-user-Jie3eyjOl9XM — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:16:22 GMT

I've been able to get the WebTiledLayer to work with the Print Task. The problem is that the TileInfo is not included in the webMapJson. So, you have to add a prerequest callback, and insert the TileInfo. See my code in this post:

WebTiledLayer and PrintTask working at 10.2?

Re: printing custom basemap

RaivoAlla — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:33:06 GMT

Sorry for late feedback
Due to several problems I lost patience to do something useful for us with ArcGIS Javascript API. Mainly because too much struggle with custom projections... Switched to do some more basic stuff with application templates and we even updated our tiling technology (now it's MapCache) to produce WMTS tile layer (TMS ja not acceptable for Arcgis.com). Well, now the thing is that yes I can add our WMTS tile service to map easily, but still I don't get any sensible printout when pressing "Print" button. Tried even some other,non-Estonian, WMTS services, but still the same bug: WMTS basemap does not appear in printout!

Actually, this frustration does not end here, but I don't fall into that deep hole of problems we face dealing with ArcGIS Server or frontend development, at the moment. For us the most important things are our custom basemaps - yes, we don't use ArcGIS to produce them (thank God!) - that are projected in EPSG:3301. Because of diffent problems we can't serve our tiled basemaps in JSAPI-s Basemap Gallery and now, with that new printout bug - can't serve them at all.

I hope my criticism will be constrctive, I've send this bug to our local support. Atm, I don't have alternatives to use other solutions besides ArcGIS, so have mercy, Jackals.