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Terrain Profile in Local Runtime WPF

JustinShepard — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 20:37:34 GMT

I am looking at setting up a Runtime WPF application and need to be able to generate a terrain profile using a local raster dataset (or mosaic dataset) and geoprocessing package... ie. completely disconnected environment. Basically I need the same setup as in ArcMap > 3D Analyst Toolbar > Interpolate Line > Profile Graph. Is this even possible (with a 3D Analyst Extension and Standard deployment license) in Runtime for WPF?

Re: Terrain Profile in Local Runtime WPF

BKuiper — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 12:39:14 GMT

I'm interested in this as well. I think this can be achieved with use of the python data access module, but would love to see an,example from esri.

Re: Terrain Profile in Local Runtime WPF

MichaelBranscomb — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:32:02 GMT

Hi,

Unfortunately there aren't tools included in the ArcGIS Runtime SDK for WPF that could be used to create a terrain profile when completely disconnected.

Your primary option is to use a Server Object Extension (SOE) hosted in an instance of ArcGIS for Server. Esri host an example of this approach on one of the SampleServers (http://sampleserver4.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Elevation/ESRI_Elevation_World/MapServer/exts/ElevationsSOE/ElevationLayers/1/GetElevationProfile) - but that's a sample only.

Or alternatively, terrain profile is one of the tools that should appear in the new online analytics that esri will be offering - some info about the initial beta services available can be found here: https://developers.arcgis.com/en/rest/analysis/.

Cheers

Mike

Re: Terrain Profile in Local Runtime WPF

xavierlhomme — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 14:05:43 GMT

Should it be possible to use ImageServiceIdentifyLayer in order to obtain the elevation from an Image Service.
But How to create a LocalImageService ????
I look forward to read the release notes of 10.2 !

Re: Terrain Profile in Local Runtime WPF

MichaelBranscomb — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 14:21:34 GMT

Hi,

Unfortunately there is currently no LocalImageService in the ArcGIS Runtime SDK for WPF, nor is one scheduled for a future release.

If this is something you would like to see included please vote on the suggestion over at ArcGIS Ideas: http://shar.es/AHRbR.

Cheers

Mike

Re: Terrain Profile in Local Runtime WPF

BKuiper — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 13:24:44 GMT

Hi Mike,

I'm pretty sure something like this should be achievable using the data access module for python. Getting the profile from a raster dataset and passing it back as a collection (string) to a program, which can then project it on a chart as a graph.

Wouldn't you agree ?

Re: Terrain Profile in Local Runtime WPF

JustinShepard1 — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:51:31 GMT

I've gone over this question in great depth with esri Support and we ran through a lot of different scenarios of how to extract and sequence the data. Ultimately what they told me was that it can't be done. The only options currently are to 1) connect to an ArcGIS Server SOE or 2) use Engine instead of Runtime.

I posted an idea on the ArcGIS Ideas page to 'Add Support for Surface Tools (i.e. Stack Profile) to Runtime for WPF', if adding the support of Stack Profile to Runtime seems like a good idea to you then please promote the idea, http://ideas.arcgis.com/ideaView?id=087E00000004rHZIAY.

Re: Terrain Profile in Local Runtime WPF

BKuiper — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:13:22 GMT

Hi Justin, thanks for the update. I will endorse the idea. This is a big let down for us. We will have to consider another product/vendor for terrain data retrieval. We will not run use Engine or Server as it is to bulky, expensive and not 64bit.