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Query map image sublayer

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Find features in a sublayer based on attributes and location.

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Use case

Sublayers of an ArcGISMapImageLayer may expose a ServiceFeatureTable through a table property. This allows you to perform the same queries available when working with a table from a FeatureLayer: attribute query, spatial query, statistics query, query for related features, etc. An image layer with a sublayer of counties can be queried by population to only show those above a minimum population.

How to use the sample

Specify a minimum population in the input field (values under 1810000 will produce a selection in all layers) and click the query button to query the sublayers in the current view extent. After a short time, the results for each sublayer will appear as graphics.

How it works

  1. Create an ArcGISMapImageLayer object using the URL of an image service.
  2. After loading the layer, get the sublayer you want to query with (ArcGISMapImageSublayer) layer::subLayers()::at(index).
  3. Load the sublayer, and then get its ServiceFeatureTable with sublayer::table().
  4. Create QueryParameters. You can use queryParameters::setWhereClause(sqlQueryString) to query against a table attribute and/or set queryParameters::setGeometry(extent) to limit the results to an area of the map.
  5. Call sublayerTable::queryFeaturesAsync(queryParameters) to get a FeatureQueryResult with features matching the query. The result is an iterable of features.

Relevant API

  • ArcGISMapImageLayer
  • ArcGISMapImageLayer::loadTablesAndLayersAsync
  • ArcGISMapImageSublayer
  • ArcGISMapImageSublayer::table
  • QueryParameters
  • ServiceFeatureTable

About the data

The ArcGISMapImageLayer in the map uses the "USA" map service as its data source. This service is hosted by ArcGIS Online, and is composed of four sublayers: "states", "counties", "cities", and "highways". Since the cities, counties, and states tables all have a POP2000 field, they can all execute a query against that attribute and a map extent.

Additional information

An ArcGISMapImageSublayer must be loaded before accessing its metadata or table. Use ArcGISMapImageLayer::loadTablesAndLayersAsync to recursively load all sublayers and tables associated with a map image layer. Some sublayers do not have an associated table (group layers, for example) and some may not support specific types of queries. Consult the map service metadata for details.

Tags

MapServer, Query, Sublayer, Table

Sample Code

QueryMapImageSublayer.cppQueryMapImageSublayer.cppQueryMapImageSublayer.hQueryMapImageSublayer.qml
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 // [WriteFile Name=QueryMapImageSublayer, Category=Layers] // [Legal] // Copyright 2018 Esri. // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. // [Legal]  #ifdef PCH_BUILD #include "pch.hpp" #endif // PCH_BUILD  // sample headers #include "QueryMapImageSublayer.h"  // ArcGIS Maps SDK headers #include "ArcGISMapImageLayer.h" #include "ArcGISMapImageSublayer.h" #include "ArcGISSublayerListModel.h" #include "Basemap.h" #include "Envelope.h" #include "Error.h" #include "Feature.h" #include "FeatureIterator.h" #include "FeatureQueryResult.h" #include "Graphic.h" #include "GraphicListModel.h" #include "GraphicsOverlay.h" #include "GraphicsOverlayListModel.h" #include "LayerListModel.h" #include "Map.h" #include "MapQuickView.h" #include "MapTypes.h" #include "Point.h" #include "QueryParameters.h" #include "ServiceFeatureTable.h" #include "SimpleFillSymbol.h" #include "SimpleLineSymbol.h" #include "SimpleMarkerSymbol.h" #include "SpatialReference.h" #include "SymbolTypes.h" #include "Viewpoint.h"  // Qt headers #include <QFuture> #include <QUuid>  using namespace Esri::ArcGISRuntime;  QueryMapImageSublayer::QueryMapImageSublayer(QQuickItem* parent /* = nullptr */):  QQuickItem(parent) { }  void QueryMapImageSublayer::init() {  // Register the map view for QML  qmlRegisterType<MapQuickView>("Esri.Samples", 1, 0, "MapView");  qmlRegisterType<QueryMapImageSublayer>("Esri.Samples", 1, 0, "QueryMapImageSublayerSample"); }  void QueryMapImageSublayer::componentComplete() {  QQuickItem::componentComplete();   // find QML MapView component  m_mapView = findChild<MapQuickView*>("mapView");   // Create a map using the streets vector basemap  m_map = new Map(BasemapStyle::ArcGISStreets, this);   // add map image layer  m_usaImageLayer = new ArcGISMapImageLayer(QUrl("https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/USA/MapServer"), this);  m_map->operationalLayers()->append(m_usaImageLayer);   // add a graphics overlay  m_selectionOverlay = new GraphicsOverlay(this);  m_mapView->graphicsOverlays()->append(m_selectionOverlay);   // create symbols  createSymbols();   // connect signals  connectSignals();   // set initial viewpoint  Viewpoint vp(Point(-12716000, 4170400, SpatialReference::webMercator()), 6000000 /*scale*/);  m_map->setInitialViewpoint(vp);   // Set map to map view  m_mapView->setMap(m_map); }  void QueryMapImageSublayer::connectSignals() {  connect(m_usaImageLayer, &ArcGISMapImageLayer::doneLoading, this, [this](const Error& e)  {  if (!e.isEmpty())  return;   // load the sublayers and tables of the map image layer  m_usaImageLayer->loadTablesAndLayersAsync().then(this, [this]()  {  ArcGISSublayerListModel* sublayers = m_usaImageLayer->mapImageSublayers();  if (sublayers->size() < 4)  return;   // get the sublayer's tables  m_citiesTable = dynamic_cast<ArcGISMapImageSublayer*>(sublayers->at(0))->table();  m_statesTable = dynamic_cast<ArcGISMapImageSublayer*>(sublayers->at(2))->table();  m_countiesTable = dynamic_cast<ArcGISMapImageSublayer*>(sublayers->at(3))->table();  });  }); }  void QueryMapImageSublayer::createSymbols() {  // create symbol for city selection  m_citySymbol = new SimpleMarkerSymbol(SimpleMarkerSymbolStyle::Circle, QColor("red"), 16.0f /*size*/, this);   // create symbol for county selection  SimpleLineSymbol* countyOutline = new SimpleLineSymbol(SimpleLineSymbolStyle::Dash, QColor("cyan"), 2.0f /*width*/, this);  m_countySymbol = new SimpleFillSymbol(SimpleFillSymbolStyle::DiagonalCross, QColor("cyan"), countyOutline, this);   // create symbol for state selection  SimpleLineSymbol* stateOutline = new SimpleLineSymbol(SimpleLineSymbolStyle::Solid, QColor("darkcyan"), 6.0f /*width*/, this);  m_stateSymbol = new SimpleFillSymbol(SimpleFillSymbolStyle::Null, QColor("transparent"), stateOutline, this); }  void QueryMapImageSublayer::addResultsAsGraphics(FeatureQueryResult* result, Symbol* symbol) {  // get the iterator of features  FeatureIterator iter = result->iterator();   // Create local parent  QObject localParent;   // add a graphic for each feature  while (iter.hasNext())  {  Feature* feat = iter.next(&localParent);  Graphic* graphic = new Graphic(feat->geometry(), symbol, this);  m_selectionOverlay->graphics()->append(graphic);  } }  void QueryMapImageSublayer::query(const QString& whereClause) {  if (!m_citiesTable || !m_countiesTable || !m_statesTable || !m_mapView || !m_selectionOverlay)  return;   // clear & delete previous graphics  GraphicListModel* graphics = m_selectionOverlay->graphics();  const int graphicSize = graphics->size();  for (int i = 0; i < graphicSize; i++)  {  delete graphics->at(i);  }  graphics->clear();   // create the parameters  QueryParameters queryParams;  queryParams.setGeometry(m_mapView->currentViewpoint(ViewpointType::BoundingGeometry).targetGeometry().extent());  queryParams.setWhereClause(whereClause);   // query the feature tables  m_citiesTable->queryFeaturesAsync(queryParams).then(this, [this](FeatureQueryResult* result)  {  addResultsAsGraphics(result, m_citySymbol);  delete result;  });  m_countiesTable->queryFeaturesAsync(queryParams).then(this, [this](FeatureQueryResult* result)  {  addResultsAsGraphics(result, m_countySymbol);  delete result;  });  m_statesTable->queryFeaturesAsync(queryParams).then(this, [this](FeatureQueryResult* result)  {  addResultsAsGraphics(result, m_stateSymbol);  delete result;  }); }

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