topic Re: Using Elevation Services as basemap in ArcGIS Runtime SDK for iOS Questions

Using Elevation Services as basemap

HumzaAkhtar — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 07:47:33 GMT

How do I add esri elevation service as a basemap in my native ios app. It is always asking for token when I add it with a url

Re: Using Elevation Services as basemap

DavidLednik — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:52:42 GMT

Hi,

Is this ArcGIS Runtime SDK for iOS we're talking about?

If yes then it should allow you to view the map when licensed or when it's in developer mode.

If it's not Runtime SDK app, then you need a valid token.

It can be generated on the server with AGOL account.

But token is short lived and it will timeout eventually a which point a new token needs to be generated.

regards,

David

Re: Using Elevation Services as basemap

DiveshGoyal — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:44:22 GMT

The esri elevation services are free (they don't utilize credits) but they can only be accessed through an ArcGIS Online Organization subscription. More details in this blog post - Introducing Esri’s World Elevation Services | ArcGIS Blog‌

If your apps user has an org subscription account, you can use the AGSOAuthLoginViewController class in the SDK to allow the end user to log in to their account. This class returns to you an AGSCredential object when the user successfully logs in. See OAuth Login Sample

Once you have the credential, you can use it to open web maps that contain elevation layers, or you can load the elevation layers directly and add them to the map view as AGSImageServiceLayer objects