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Building Viewer

This demonstrates the use of ArcGIS API 4 for JavaScript and Building Scene Layers in a compelling website.

The application presents the Turanga library in 3D. The visitor can explore the library by navigating around, and then inside, floor by floor, to discover this amazing building.

Visit the live website here.

The live website

Features

  • Building exploration - discover the great Turanga library
  • Customisation - use this app to display your own building
  • Discover the building floor by floor on a 2D visualisation
  • Get a broader perspective of the building surroundings

Instructions

To get a live copy on your machine

  1. Clone the repo and npm install dependencies
  2. Remove ref to this repo: rm -rf .git
  3. npm run build to compile src/js/*.ts and src/css/*.sccs files in the same folder and watch for changes
  4. npm run server launches a webserver.
  5. Open your browser and enter the local address http://localhost:8888/. You should see now the Building Viewer running.

To add your own building

  1. Create a webscene with a BuildingSceneLayer named `Building

  2. Open src/config.tsx in your favorite code editor

  3. Delete all the content except the two first obscure lines

  4. Now you need to define 2 parameters in the config to get started:

    The websceneId of the webscene you created above

    export const websceneId = "YOUR WEBSCENE ID HERE";
    

    Note that you may to also export on which portal this webscene resides if different from the ArcGis's portal: export const portalUrl = "https://your-portal-url.com";

    The sections you'd like to have in your Building Viewer (see documentation about sections). Let's start with only one section, the home page:

    // first import the section:
    import HomeSection = require("./sections/HomeSection");
    
    // then export the `sections` parameter:
    export const sections = [
        new HomeSection({})
    ];
  5. Recompile the code and reload the website.

Checkout the documentation in the docs folder, and in particular the quick start guide.

Requirements

  • Notepad or your favorite HTML editor
  • npm and some knowledge of Typescript
  • Web browser with access to the Internet

Resources

The following external libraries, APIs, open datasets and specifications were used to make this application:

Issues

Find a bug or want to request a new feature? Please let us know by submitting an issue.

Contributing

Esri welcomes contributions from anyone and everyone. Please see our guidelines for contributing.

Licensing

Copyright 2019 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.

A copy of the license is available in the repository's license.txt file.