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Use a stretch renderer to enhance the visual contrast of raster data for analysis.

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Use case

An appropriate stretch renderer can enhance the contrast of raster imagery, allowing the user to control how their data is displayed for efficient imagery analysis.

How to use the sample

Choose one of the stretch parameter types from the drop down menu:

  • Std Deviation - a linear stretch defined by the standard deviation of the pixel values
  • Min Max - a linear stretch based on minimum and maximum pixel values
  • Percent Clip - a linear stretch between the defined percent clip minimum and percent clip maximum pixel values

Then configure the parameters and click 'Update'.

How it works

  1. Create a Raster from a raster file.
  2. Create a RasterLayer from the raster.
  3. Create a Basemap from the raster layer with Basemap(rasterLayer) and set it to the map with ArcGISMap(basemap).
  4. Create a StretchRenderer, specifying the stretch parameters and other properties.
  5. Set the stretch renderer on the raster layer with rasterLayer.setRasterRenderer(stretchRenderer).

Relevant API

  • MinMaxStretchParameters
  • PercentClipStretchParameters
  • Raster
  • RasterLayer
  • StandardDeviationStretchParameters
  • StretchParameters
  • StretchRenderer

About the data

The raster used in this sample shows an area in the south of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, California.

Additional information

See Stretch function in the ArcMap documentation for more information about the types of stretches that can be performed.

Tags

analysis, deviation, histogram, imagery, interpretation, min-max, percent clip, pixel, raster, stretch, symbology, visualization

Sample Code

StretchRendererController.javaStretchRendererController.javaStretchRendererSample.java
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