topic Does a graphicsLayer support time-awareness? in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Does a graphicsLayer support time-awareness?

StephenLead — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:52:36 GMT

In the ArcGIS Server JavaScript API 2.6 I'm looking to implement map graphics. I can't see whether they support time-awareness.

The help entry for graphicsLayer doesn't mention timeInfo, which is mentioned for featureLayer.

A featureLayer is a type of graphicsLayer - but does this mean that time-awareness is only implemented at the featureLayer level?

Rather than using a graphicsLayer, do I need to generate a featureLayer on-the-fly using a featureCollectionObject in order to access time-awareness and use the TimeSlider toolbar?

Thanks,
Steve

Re: Does a graphicsLayer support time-awareness?

KellyHutchins — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:57:49 GMT

Steve,

Correct, time-awareness is added by the feature layer and isn't supported on the graphics layer. As you mentioned you can create a feature collection that is time-aware and use that with the time slider. Here's a sample that creates a time-aware feature layer based on a feature collection:

http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jssamples/mobile_geolocaterenderer.html

Re: Does a graphicsLayer support time-awareness?

StephenLead — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:42:52 GMT

Thanks Kelly