topic Re: how to draw a buffer on the map?? in ArcGIS API for Python Questions

how to draw a buffer on the map??

simoxu — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 07:45:42 GMT

Hi，

Has anyone ever tried to draw a buffer on the map using geometry.buffer in ArcGIS API for Python?

I can draw a point or a simple polygon on the map, but when I try to draw a buffer，a circle around a point, which is a polygon in essence, it won't be dawn, nor does it return me any warning or error.

I am stuck and puzzled...

screenshots are attached, any advice and suggestions are highly appreciated.

Re: how to draw a buffer on the map??

shan_sarkar — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 09:18:05 GMT

Try Proximity analysis | ArcGIS for Developers

~Shan

Re: how to draw a buffer on the map??

simoxu — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:21:15 GMT

Thanks Shan.

The use_proximity.create_buffers works. but it's not straight-forward. according to the source code of the API, it should accept geocode result as an input feature, but that will cause and error.

reconstruct the result as a tuple works.

Adelaide = geocode("Adelaide, South Australia")[0]

prox=use_proximity.create_buffers((Adelaide['location']['y'],Adelaide['location']['x']),distances=[10],units='Miles')

map1.add_layer(prox)

Re: how to draw a buffer on the map??

simoxu — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:39:54 GMT

There were some errors in code shown in the screenshot. I tried to tidy up the code and did some copy and paste before I did the snipping.

I figured out why the buffer was not drawn:

It was because of the projection, the input feature needs to be projected. (the documentation of the API needs to be improved, I have to dive into their source code to find the acceptable input feature types ... )

Here is the working code:

Use the default coordinate system (4326)

sr= {"wkid": 102100, "latestWkid": 3857}
sr2={"wkid":4326}
#Adelaide = geocode("Adelaide, South Australia",out_sr=sr,as_featureset=False)[0]
Adelaide = geocode("Adelaide, South Australia")[0]
map1.height = '650px'
map1.center=(Adelaide['location']['y'],Adelaide['location']['x'])
map1.zoom=14
p=Point(Adelaide['location'])
map1.clear_graphics()

symbol = {"angle":0,"xoffset":0,"yoffset":0,"type":"esriPMS","url":"http://static.arcgis.com/images/Symbols/Basic/RedSphere.png",
         "contentType":"image/png","width":24,"height":24}

#draw the point
map1.draw(p,symbol=symbol)


#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)

Re: how to draw a buffer on the map??

AhmadSALEH1 — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 02:45:46 GMT

Hi Simo,

This is very helpful, but how could I use "use_proximity.create_buffers" with a list of address?

lets say I have:

list=['address1','address2','address3']

a=batch_geocode(list)

for address in a:
dict=a[0]['location']

   x=dict["x"]
   y=dict["y"]
   prox=use_proximity.create_buffers((y,x),distances=[10],units='Miles')[0]
m1.add_layer(prox)

This method shows only one buffer of the last address, and this is expected because m1.add_layer(prox) will be the last address!

I tried to pass the batch geocode results but I got this error:

Invalid format of input layer. url string, feature service Item, feature service instance or dict supported

Thank you,

Ahmad

Re: how to draw a buffer on the map??

simoxu — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:39:57 GMT

addresses = ['Adelaide, South Australia',
            'Mount Barker, South Australia',
            'Brookside St, Oakden,South Australia']
results = batch_geocode(addresses)

fs=[Feature(geometry=Geometry(res['location'])) for res in results]
fset = FeatureSet(fs)

sms = {
    "color": [255,0,0,150],
    "size": 10,
    "angle": 0,
    "xoffset": 0,
    "yoffset": 0,
    "type": "simple-marker",
    "outline": {
        "color": [
            255,
            255,
            255,
            255
        ],
        "width": 1,
        "type": "esriSLS",
        "style": "esriSLSSolid"
    }
}

for res in results:
    map1.draw(res['location'],symbol=sms)

prox=use_proximity.create_buffers(fset.to_dict(),distances=[1],units='Miles')
map1.add_layer(prox)