topic Re: Zoom to Scale Widget in Web AppBuilder Custom Widgets Questions

Zoom to Scale Widget

AdamVellutini — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 22:23:19 GMT

I am curious if anyone has created a custom Zoom to Scale widget for Web AppBuilder? We created one that works but it requires that you have a dynamic map as a basemap in your web map. Otherwise you are restricted to the scales of a tiled basemap. I wanted to see if anyone else has created one and was able to circumvent having a dynamic basemap.

The reason I ask is this: I have created a vector tile layer that I would like to load into my web map. However, I am finding that you can't do that because the tiling scheme is different than the basemap. When creating a vector tile layer you are required to use an AGSOL tiling scheme. "At this time, only the ArcGIS Online/Bing Maps/Google Maps tiling scheme is supported, so your map must use this scheme." I could change my basemap to an ESRI tiled map but it makes the Zoom to Scale widget unusable the way we'd like to use it.

This may be a shot in the dark but thought I'd check here. Thank you for any feedback or information.

Cheers,

Adam

Re: Zoom to Scale Widget

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 02:13:46 GMT

Adam,

The silverlight API was the only API that was ever able to get past a basemaps LODs. So the answer is no when using the JS API you are confined to the scales that the basemap has set.

Re: Zoom to Scale Widget

AdamVellutini — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:31:12 GMT

Thank you Robert. That's pretty much what I expected. I will see if I can add the layer to the WAB application dynamically when it loads. I am using the developer edition so I assume there's a way.

Thanks again.

Re: Zoom to Scale Widget

KerrieOsborne1 — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:02:33 GMT

Would you be able to share your custom widget please, as that's exactly what I'm after? I'm surprised it's not a standard one.

Re: Zoom to Scale Widget

Christopher28 — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:16:10 GMT

Hello Adam,

would be very nice if you'd provide your widget here.

Thank you
Christopher

Re: Zoom to Scale Widget

simoxu — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 06:44:10 GMT

With ESRI Vector Basemap, this restriction should be lifted. I haven't tested anything, but I feel it should not be a problem (pixelation) when you have the data loaded in the browser, theoretically speaking.

Re: Zoom to Scale Widget

SimonJackson — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 13:16:55 GMT

Anyone got a widget for this? I have web maps that have only vector tiles or dynamic map services as basemaps, so its possible, just hoping a widget exists already?