topic Using an external 3D vector line as input for "line of sight" analysis in ArcGIS Earth Questions

Using an external 3D vector line as input for "line of sight" analysis

AiroboticsLtd — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 15:38:36 GMT

In ArcGIS Earth 1.8, i would like to use a 3d vector line as the input for the animation of the "line of sight" analysis.

At the moment it seems that only locally digitized lines can be the input for the tool. Will this be possible in the future?

In addition, when opening a 3D KML file there are no options to define the altitude mode (absolute, relative etc.) like in google earth. can this be added in the future?

Re: Using an external 3D vector line as input for "line of sight" analysis

Mandy_Li — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 05:10:11 GMT

Thanks for your feedback! The capability of editing KML layers is already in the plan and will be included in the future release for sure.

As for the interactive line of sight and viewshed tools, input of the animation path currently allows drawing lines only, the use of other data types as the input is under consideration.

Thanks,

Mandy