pointFeature

geo.webgl. pointFeature

new pointFeature(arg) → {geo.webgl.pointFeature}

Description:

  • Create a new instance of webgl.pointFeature.

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Parameters:
Name Type Description
arg geo.pointFeature.spec
Returns:
Type
geo.webgl.pointFeature

Extends

Members

idle

Description:

  • Getter for the idle state. Read only.

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Properties:
Name Type Description
idle boolean

true if the object is idle (onIdle would call a handler immediately).

Getter for the idle state. Read only.

ready

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Properties:
Name Type Description
ready boolean

true if this feature has been initialized, false if it was destroyed, undefined if it was created but not initialized.

Methods

actors() → {Array.<vgl.actor>}

Description:

  • List vgl actors.

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Returns:

The list of actors.

Type
Array.<vgl.actor>

addChild(child) → {this}

Description:

  • Add a child (or an array of children) to the object.

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Parameters:
Name Type Description
child geo.object | Array.<geo.object>

A child object or array of child objects.
Returns:
Type
this

addPromise(promise) → {this}

Description:

  • Add the promise here and also propagate up the scene tree.

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Parameters:
Name Type Description
promise Promise

A promise object.
Returns:
Type
this

bin(valopt, actualValueopt) → {number|this}

Description:

  • Get/Set bin of the feature. The bin number is used to determine the order of multiple features on the same layer. It has no effect except on the webgl renderer. A negative value hides the feature without stopping interaction with it. Otherwise, features with higher bin numbers are drawn above those with lower bin numbers. If two features have the same bin number, their order relative to one another is indeterminate and may be unstable.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
val number <optional>

The new bin number. If undefined, return the current bin number. If null, the bin is dynamically computed based on order within the parent. If children are nested, this may not be what is desired.
actualValue boolean <optional>

If truthy and val is undefined, return the actual value of bin, rather than the dynamically computed value.
Returns:

The current bin number or a reference to this.

Type
number | this

boxSearch(lowerLeft, upperRight, optsopt, gcsopt) → {geo.feature.searchResult}

Description:

  • Search for features contained within a rectangular region.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
lowerLeft geo.geoPosition

Lower-left corner.
upperRight geo.geoPosition

Upper-right corner.
opts object <optional>

Additional search options.

Properties
Name Type Attributes Default Description
partial boolean <optional>
 false

If truthy, include features that are partially in the box, otherwise only include features that are fully within the region.
gcs string | geo.transform | null <optional>

Input gcs. undefined to use the interface gcs, null to use the map gcs, or any other transform.
Returns:

An object with a list of features and feature indices that are located at the specified point.

Type
geo.feature.searchResult

buildTime(valopt) → {geo.timestamp|this}

Description:

  • Get/Set timestamp of last time a build happened.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
val geo.timestamp <optional>

The new build timestamp object or undefined to get the current build timestamp object.
Returns:
Type
geo.timestamp | this

children() → {Array.<geo.object>}

Description:

  • Get an array of the child objects.

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Returns:

A copy of the array of child objects.

Type
Array.<geo.object>

clustering(valopt) → {geo.pointFeature.clusteringSpec|boolean|this}

Description:

  • Get/Set clustering option.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
val boolean | geo.pointFeature.clusteringSpec <optional>

If not specified, return the current value. If specified and falsy, turn off clustering. If true, use a default clustering with radius set to 0.01. Otherwise, turn on clustering with these options.
Returns:
Type
geo.pointFeature.clusteringSpec | boolean | this

data(dataopt) → {array|this}

Description:

  • Overloaded data method that updates the internal range tree on write. Get/Set the data array for the feature.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
data array <optional>

A new data array or undefined to return the existing array.
Returns:
Type
array | this

dataTime(valopt) → {geo.timestamp|this}

Description:

  • Get/Set timestamp of data change.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
val geo.timestamp <optional>

The new data timestamp object or undefined to get the current data timestamp object.
Returns:
Type
geo.timestamp | this

dependentFeatures(argopt) → {Array.<geo.feature>|this}

Description:

  • Get/Set a list of dependent features. Dependent features have their visibility changed at the same time as the feature.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
arg Array.<geo.feature> <optional>

If specified, the new list of dependent features. Otherwise, return the current list of dependent features.
Returns:

The current list of dependent features or a reference to this.

Type
Array.<geo.feature> | this

draw(arg) → {this}

Description:

  • Force redraw of a scene object, to be implemented by subclasses. Base class just calls draw of child objects.

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Parameters:
Name Type Description
arg object

Options to pass to the child draw functions.
Returns:
Type
this

featureGcsToDisplay(c) → {geo.screenPosition}

Description:

  • Convert from the feature's gcs coordinates to display coordinates.

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Parameters:
Name Type Description
c geo.geoPosition

The input coordinate to convert.
Returns:

Display space coordinates.

Type
geo.screenPosition

gcs(valopt, nullable) → {string|this}

Description:

  • Get/Set the projection of the feature.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
val string <optional>
<nullable>

If undefined, return the current gcs. If null, use the map's interface gcs. Otherwise, set a new value for the gcs.
Returns:

A string used by geo.transform. If the map interface gcs is in use, that value will be returned. If the gcs is set, return the current class instance.

Type
string | this

geoIsOn(event, handleropt) → {boolean}

Description:

  • Report if an event handler is bound to this object.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
event string | Array.<string>

An event or list of events to check.
handler function <optional>

A function that might be bound. If undefined, this will report true if there is any handler for the specified event.
Returns:

true if any of the specified events are bound to the specified handler.

Type
boolean

geoOff(eventopt, argopt, nullable) → {this}

Description:

  • Remove handlers from one event or an array of events. If no event is provided all handlers will be removed.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
event string | Array.<string> <optional>

An event or a list of events from geo.event or defined by the user, or undefined to remove all events (in which case arg is ignored).
arg function | Array.<function()> <optional>
<nullable>

A function or array of functions to remove from the events or a falsy value to remove all handlers from the events.
Returns:
Type
this

geoOn(event, handler) → {this}

Description:

  • Bind an event handler to this object.

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Parameters:
Name Type Description
event string

An event from geo.event or a user-defined value.
handler function

A function that is called when event is triggered. The function is passed a geo.event object.
Returns:
Type
this

geoOnce(event, handler) → {function}

Description:

  • Bind an event handler to this object that will fire once and then deregister itself.

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Parameters:
Name Type Description
event string

An event from geo.event or a user-defined value.
handler function

A function that is called when event is triggered. The function is passed a geo.event object.
Returns:

The actual bound handler. This is a wrapper around the handler that was passed to the function.

Type
function

geoTrigger(event, args, childrenOnlyopt) → {this}

Description:

  • Trigger an event (or events) on this object and call all handlers.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
event string

The event to trigger.
args object

Arbitrary argument to pass to the handler.
childrenOnly boolean <optional>

If truthy, only propagate down the tree.
Returns:
Type
this

layer() → {geo.layer}

Description:

  • Get the layer referenced by the feature.

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Returns:

The layer associated with the feature.

Type
geo.layer

modified() → {this}

Description:

  • Update the timestamp to the next global timestamp value.

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Type
this

mouseOverOrderHighestIndex(evt)

Description:

  • If the selectionAPI is on, then setting this.geoOn(geo.event.feature.mouseover_order, this.mouseOverOrderHighestIndex) will make it so that the mouseon events prefer the highest index feature.

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Parameters:
Name Type Description
evt geo.event

The event; this should be triggered from geo.event.feature.mouseover_order.

onIdle(handler) → {this}

Description:

  • Bind a handler that will be called one time when all internal promises are resolved. If there are no outstanding promises, this is invoked synchronously.

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Parameters:
Name Type Description
handler function

A function taking no arguments.
Returns:
Type
this

parent(argopt) → {this|geo.sceneObject}

Description:

  • Get/set parent of the object.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
arg geo.sceneObject <optional>

The new parent or undefined to get the current parent.
Returns:
Type
this | geo.sceneObject

pointSearch(p, gcsopt) → {object}

Description:

  • Returns an array of datum indices that contain the given point. Largely adapted from wigglemaps pointQuerier: https://github.com/dotskapes/wigglemaps/blob/cf5bed3fbfe2c3e48d31799462a80c564be1fb60/src/query/PointQuerier.js This does not take into account clustering.

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Name Type Attributes Description
p geo.geoPosition

point to search for.
gcs string | geo.transform | null <optional>

Input gcs. undefined to use the interface gcs, null to use the map gcs, or any other transform.
Returns:

An object with index: a list of point indices, and found: a list of points that contain the specified coordinate.

Type
object

polygonSearch(poly, optsopt, gcsopt) → {object}

Description:

  • Returns an array of datum indices that are contained in the given polygon. This does not take clustering into account.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
poly geo.polygonObject

A polygon as an array of coordinates or an object with outer and optionally inner parameters.
opts object <optional>

Additional search options.

Properties
Name Type Attributes Default Description
partial boolean <optional>
 false

If truthy, include points that are partially in the polygon, otherwise only include points that are fully within the region. If 'center', only points whose centers are inside the polygon are returned.
gcs string | geo.transform | null <optional>

Input gcs. undefined to use the interface gcs, null to use the map gcs, or any other transform.
Returns:

An object with index: a list of point indices, found: a list of points within the polygon, and extra: an object with index keys containing an object with a partial key and a boolean value to indicate if the point is on the polygon's border and a distance key to indicate how far within the polygon the point is located.

Type
object

position(valopt) → {this|function}

Description:

  • Get/Set position.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
val function | geo.geoPosition <optional>

If not specified, return the position accessor, which is guaranteed to be a function. If specified, wrap the value in an function that handles clustering if it is enabled and set the position accessor to that function.
Returns:
Type
this | function

removeChild(child) → {this}

Description:

  • Remove a child (or array of children) from the object.

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Parameters:
Name Type Description
child geo.object | Array.<geo.object>

A child object or array of child objects.
Returns:
Type
this

removePromise(promise) → {this}

Description:

  • Remove the promise here and also propagate up the scene tree.

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Parameters:
Name Type Description
promise Promise

A promise object.
Returns:
Type
this

renderer() → {geo.renderer}

Description:

  • Get the renderer used by the feature.

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Returns:

The renderer used to render the feature.

Type
geo.renderer

selectionAPI(argopt, directopt) → {boolean|string|this}

Description:

  • Get/Set if the selection API is enabled for this feature.

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Name Type Attributes Description
arg boolean | string <optional>

undefined to return the selectionAPI state, a boolean to change the state, or 'auto' to set the state based on the existence of event handlers. When getting the state, if direct is not specified, 'auto' is never returned.
direct boolean <optional>

If true, when getting the selectionAPI state, disregard the state of the parent layer, and when setting, refresh the state regardless of whether it has changed or not.
Returns:

Either the selectionAPI state or the feature instance.

Type
boolean | string | this

style(arg1opt, arg2opt) → {object|this}

Description:

  • Get/Set style used by the feature. Styles can be constant values or functions. If a function, the style is typically called with parameters such as (dataElement, dataIndex) or, if the specific style of a feature has a subfeature style, with (subfeatureElement, subfeatureIndex, dataElement, dataIndex).

    See the style specification styleSpec for available styles.

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Name Type Attributes Description
arg1 string | object <optional>

If undefined, return the current style object. If a string and arg2 is undefined, return the style associated with the specified key. If a string and arg2 is defined, set the named style to the specified value. Otherwise, extend the current style with the values in the specified object.
arg2 * <optional>

If arg1 is a string, the new value for that style.
Returns:

Either the entire style object, the value of a specific style, or the current class instance.

Type
object | this

style.get(keyopt) → {function|object}

Description:

  • A uniform getter that always returns a function even for constant styles. This can also return all defined styles as functions in a single object.

    If the style key is a color, the returned function will also coerce the result to be a geo.geoColorObject.

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Name Type Attributes Description
key string <optional>

If defined, return a function for the named style. Otherwise, return an object with a function for all defined styles.
Returns:

Either a function for the named style or an object with functions for all defined styles.

Type
function | object

timestamp() → {number}

Description:

  • Get time.

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Returns:

The timestamp. This is 0 if the timestamp has never been modified.

Type
number

updateStyleFromArray(keyOrObject, styleArray, refreshopt) → {this}

Description:

  • Set style(s) from array(s). For each style, the array should have one value per data item. The values are not converted or validated. Color values are geo.geoColorObject objects. If invalid values are given the behavior is undefined. For some feature styles, if the first entry of an array is itself an array, then each entry of the array is expected to be an array, and values are used from these subarrays. This allows a style to apply, for instance, per vertex of a data item rather than per data item.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Default Description
keyOrObject string | object

Either the name of a single style or an object where the keys are the names of styles and the values are each arrays.
styleArray array

If keyOrObject is a string, an array of values for the style. If keyOrObject is an object, this parameter is ignored.
refresh boolean <optional>
 false

true to redraw the feature when it has been updated. If an object with styles is passed, the redraw is only done once.
Returns:
Type
this

updateTime(valopt) → {geo.timestamp|this}

Description:

  • Get/Set timestamp of last time an update happened.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
val geo.timestamp <optional>

The new update timestamp object or undefined to get the current update timestamp object.
Returns:
Type
geo.timestamp | this

visible(valopt, directopt) → {boolean|this}

Description:

  • Get/Set the visibility of the feature.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
val boolean <optional>

A boolean to change the visibility, or undefined to return the visibility.
direct boolean <optional>

If true, when getting the visibility, disregard the visibility of the parent layer, and when setting, refresh the state regardless of whether it has changed or not. Otherwise, the functional visibility is returned, where both the feature and the layer must be visible for a true result.
Returns:

Either the visibility (if getting) or the feature (if setting).

Type
boolean | this

(inner) createFragmentShader() → {vgl.shader}

Description:

  • Create the fragment shader for points.

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Type
vgl.shader

(inner) createGLPoints(onlyStyleopt)

Description:

  • Create and style the data needed to render the points.

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Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
onlyStyle boolean <optional>

if true, use the existing geometry and just recalculate the style.

(inner) createVertexShader() → {vgl.shader}

Description:

  • Create the vertex shader for points.

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Returns:
Type
vgl.shader