Class: annotationLayer

Extends

• geo.featureLayer

Type Definitions

geo.annotationLayer.labelRecordobject

Properties:

Name	Type	Argument	Description
text	string		The text of the label
position	geo.geoPosition		The position of the label in map gcs coordinates.
style	geo.textFeature.styleSpec	<optional>	A geo.textFeature style object.

geo.annotationLayer.specgeo.layer.spec

Object specification for an annotation layer.

Properties:

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
dblClickTime	number	<optional>	300	The delay in milliseconds that is treated as a double-click when working with annotations.
adjacentPointProximity	number	<optional>	5	The minimum distance in display coordinates (pixels) between two adjacent points when creating a polygon or line. A value of 0 requires an exact match.
continuousPointProximity	number	<optional>	5	The minimum distance in display coordinates (pixels) between two adjacent points when dragging to create an annotation. false disables continuous drawing mode.
continuousPointColinearity	number	<optional>	1.0deg	The minimum angle between a series of three points when dragging to not interpret them as colinear. Only applies if continuousPointProximity is not false.
continuousCloseProximity	number	<optional>	10	The minimum distance in display coordinates (pixels) to close a polygon or end drawing a line when dragging to create an annotation. false never closes at the end of a drag. true is effectively infinite.
finalPointProximity	number	<optional>	10	The maximum distance in display coordinates (pixels) between the starting point and the mouse coordinates to signal closing a polygon. A value of 0 requires an exact match. A negative value disables closing a polygon by clicking on the start point.
showLabels	boolean	<optional>	true	Truthy to show feature labels that are allowed by the associated feature to be shown.
clickToEdit	boolean	<optional>	false	Truthy to allow clicking an annotation to place it in edit mode.
defaultLabelStyle	geo.textFeature.styleSpec	<optional>		Default styles for labels.
id	number	<optional>		The id of the layer. Defaults to a increasing sequence.
map	geo.map	<optional>	null	Parent map of the layer.
renderer	string | geo.renderer	<optional>		Renderer to associate with the layer. If not specified, either annotations or features can be used to determine the renderer. If a geo.renderer instance, the renderer is not recreated; not all renderers can be shared by multiple layers.
autoshareRenderer	boolean | string	<optional>	true	If truthy and the renderer supports it, auto-share renderers between layers. Currently, auto-sharing can only occur for webgl renderers and adjacent layers. If true, sharing will only occur if the layers have the same opacity and it is 1 or 0 and any tile layers are below non-tile layers. If "more", sharing will occur for any adjacent layers that have the same opacity. Shared renderers has slightly different behavior than non-shared renderers: changing z-index may result in rerendering and be slightly slower; only one DOM canvas is used for all shared renderers. Some features have slight z-stacking differences in shared versus non-shared renderers.
canvas	HTMLElement	<optional>		If specified, use this canvas rather than a canvas associaied with the renderer directly. Renderers may not support sharing a canvas.
annotations	Array.<string> | object	<optional>		A list of annotations that will be used on this layer, used to select a renderer. Instead of a list, if this is an object, the keys are the annotation names, and the values are each a list of modes that will be used with that annotation. See featuresForAnnotations more details. This is ignored if renderer is specified.
features	Array.<string>	<optional>		A list of features that will be used on this layer, used to select a renderer. Features are the basic feature names (e.g., 'quad'), or the feature name followed by a required capability (e.g., 'quad.image'). This is ignored if renderer or annotations is specified.
active	boolean	<optional>	true	Truthy if the layer has the active css class and may receive native mouse events.
attribution	string	<optional>		An attribution string to display.
opacity	number	<optional>	1	The layer opacity on a scale of [0-1].
name	string	<optional>	''	A name for the layer for user convenience. If specified, this is also the id property of the containing DOM element.
selectionAPI	boolean	<optional>	true	Truthy if the layer can generate selection and other interaction events.
sticky	boolean	<optional>	true	Truthy if the layer should navigate with the map.
visible	boolean	<optional>	true	Truthy if the layer is visible.
zIndex	number	<optional>		The z-index to assign to the layer (defaults to the index of the layer inside the map).

Members

inherited idle

Getter for the idle state. Read only.

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
idle	boolean	true if the object is idle (onIdle would call a handler immediately).

inherited protectednewLayerId

Gets a new id number for a layer.

Methods

inherited active(arg){boolean|this}

layer.js, line 280

Get/Set whether or not the layer is active. An active layer will receive native mouse when the layer is on top. Non-active layers will never receive native mouse events.

Name	Type	Description
arg	boolean	optional If specified, the new active value.

Returns:

Type	Description
boolean | this

addAnnotation(annotation, gcs){this}

annotationLayer.js, line 406

Add an annotation to the layer. The annotation could be in any state.

Name	Type	Description
annotation	geo.annotation	The annotation to add.
gcs	string | geo.transform | null	optional undefined to use the interface gcs, null to use the map gcs, or any other transform.

Fires:

• geo.event.annotation.add_before
• geo.event.annotation.add

Returns:

Type	Description
this	The current layer.

inherited addChild(child){this}

sceneObject.js, line 79

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

Name	Type	Description
child	geo.object | Array.<geo.object>	A child object or array of child objects.

Returns:

Type	Description
this

inherited addFeature(feature){this}

featureLayer.js, line 60

Add a feature to the layer if it is not already present.

Name	Type	Description
feature	object	the feature to add.

Returns:

Type	Description
this

inherited addPromise(promise){this}

sceneObject.js, line 35

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

Name	Type	Description
promise	Promise	A promise object.

Returns:

Type	Description
this

annotationById(id){geo.annotation}

annotationLayer.js, line 501

Get an annotation by its id.

Name	Type	Description
id	number	The annotation ID.

Returns:

Type	Description
geo.annotation	The selected annotation or undefined if none matches the id.

annotations(){Array.<geo.annotation>}

annotationLayer.js, line 490

Get the list of annotations on the layer.

Returns:

Type	Description
Array.<geo.annotation>	An array of annotations.

inherited attribution(arg){string|this}

layer.js, line 458

Get or set the attribution html content that will displayed with the layer. By default, nothing will be displayed. Note, this content is not html escaped, so care should be taken when rendering user provided content.

Name	Type	Description
arg	string	nullable An html fragment

Returns:

Type	Description
string | this	Chainable as a setter

inherited autoshareRenderer(){boolean|string}

layer.js, line 145

Get the setting of autoshareRenderer.

Returns:

Type	Description
boolean | string

inherited canvas(){HTMLCanvasElement}

layer.js, line 372

Get canvas of the layer.

Returns:

Type	Description
HTMLCanvasElement	The canvas element associated with the layer.

inherited children(){Array.<geo.object>}

sceneObject.js, line 110

Get an array of the child objects.

Returns:

Type	Description
Array.<geo.object>	A copy of the array of child objects.

inherited clear(){this}

featureLayer.js, line 334

Clear all features in layer.

Returns:

Type	Description
this

inherited createFeature(featureName, arg){geo.feature}

featureLayer.js, line 42

Create a feature by name.

Name	Type	Description
featureName	string	The name of the feature to create.
arg	object	Properties for the new feature.

Returns:

Type	Description
geo.feature	The created feature.

inherited dataTime(){geo.timestamp}

layer.js, line 397

Return last time data got changed.

Returns:

Type	Description
geo.timestamp	The data time.

inherited deleteFeature(feature){this}

featureLayer.js, line 96

Delete feature.

Name	Type	Description
feature	geo.feature	The feature to delete.

Returns:

Type	Description
this

displayDistance(coord1, gcs1, coord2, gcs2){number}

annotationLayer.js, line 379

Calculate the display distance for two coordinate in the current map.

Name	Type	Description
coord1	geo.geoPosition | geo.screenPosition	The first coordinates.
gcs1	string | geo.transform | null	undefined to use the interface gcs, null to use the map gcs, 'display' if the coordinates are already in display coordinates, or any other transform.
coord2	geo.geoPosition | geo.screenPosition	the second coordinates.
gcs2	string | geo.transform | null	optional undefined to use the interface gcs, null to use the map gcs, 'display' if the coordinates are already in display coordinates, or any other transform.

Returns:

Type	Description
number	the Euclidean distance between the two coordinates.

draw(){this}

annotationLayer.js, line 1139

Update if necessary and draw the layer.

Returns:

Type	Description
this	The current layer.

inherited features(val){Array.<geo.feature>|this}

featureLayer.js, line 118

Get/Set drawables.

Name	Type	Description
val	Array.<geo.feature>	A list of features, or unspecified to return the current feature list. If a list is provided, features are added or removed as needed.

Returns:

Type	Description
Array.<geo.feature> | this	The current features associated with the layer or the current layer.

inherited fromLocal(input){geo.geoPosition}

layer.js, line 445

Transform coordinates from a local coordinate system to world coordinates.

Name	Type	Description
input	geo.geoPosition	Renderer coordinates.

Returns:

Type	Description
geo.geoPosition	World coordinates.

inherited gcsFeatures(val){string|this}

featureLayer.js, line 151

Get or set the gcs for all features. For features, the default is usually the map's ingcs.

Name	Type	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. When getting the current gcs, if not all features have the same gcs, undefined will be returned.

Returns:

Type	Description
string | this	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.

inherited geoIsOn(event, handler){boolean}

object.js, line 189

Report if an event handler is bound to this object.

Name	Type	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:

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

geojson(geojson, clear, gcs, includeCrs){object|number|undefined}

annotationLayer.js, line 625

Return the current set of annotations as a geojson object. Alternately, add a set of annotations from a geojson object.

Name	Type	Description
geojson	string | objectFile	optional If present, add annotations based on the given geojson object. If undefined, return the current annotations as geojson. This may be a JSON string, a javascript object, or a File object.
clear	boolean | string	optional If true, when adding annotations, first remove all existing objects. If 'update', update existing annotations and remove annotations that no longer exist. If falsy, update existing annotations and leave annotations that have not changed.
gcs	string | geo.transform | null	optional undefined to use the interface gcs, null to use the map gcs, or any other transform.
includeCrs	boolean	optional If truthy, include the coordinate system in the output.

Returns:

Type	Description
object | number | undefined	If geojson was undefined, the current annotations is a javascript object that can be converted to geojson using JSON.stringify. If geojson is specified, either the number of annotations now present upon success, or undefined if the value in geojson was not able to be parsed.

inherited geoOff(event, arg){this}

object.js, line 248

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

Name	Type	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	Description
this

inherited geoOn(event, handler){this}

object.js, line 139

Bind an event handler to this object.

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	Description
this

inherited geoOnce(event, handler){function}

object.js, line 168

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

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

inherited geoTrigger(event, args, childrenOnly){this}

sceneObject.js, line 136

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

Name	Type	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	Description
this

inherited height(){number}

layer.js, line 602

Return the height of the layer in pixels.

Returns:

Type	Description
number	The height of the parent map in pixels.

inherited id(val){string|this}

layer.js, line 307

Get/Set id of the layer.

Name	Type	Description
val	string | null	optional If null, generate a new layer id. Otherwise, if specified, the new id of the layer.

Returns:

Type	Description
string | this

inherited initialized(val){boolean|this}

layer.js, line 417

Get/Set if the layer has been initialized.

Name	Type	Description
val	boolean	optional If specified, update the initialized value. Otherwise, return the current instance.

Returns:

Type	Description
boolean | this	Either the initialized value or this.

inherited map(){geo.map}

layer.js, line 337

Get the map associated with this layer.

Returns:

Type	Description
geo.map	The map associated with the layer.

mode(arg, editAnnotation){string|null|this}

annotationLayer.js, line 531

Get or set the current mode.

Name	Type	Description
arg	string | null	optional undefined to get the current mode, null to stop creating/editing, this.modes.edit ('edit') plus an annotation to switch to edit mode, or the name of the type of annotation to create. Available annotations can listed via geo.listAnnotations.
editAnnotation	geo.annotation	optional If arg === this.modes.edit, this is the annotation that should be edited.

Fires:

• geo.event.annotation.mode

Returns:

Type	Description
string | null | this	The current mode or the layer.

inherited modified(){this}

timestamp.js, line 25

Update the timestamp to the next global timestamp value.

Returns:

Type	Description
this

inherited moveDown(n){this}

layer.js, line 238

Bring the layer below the given number of layers. This will rotate the current z-indices for this and the previous n layers.

Name	Type	Default	Description
n	number	1	optional The number of positions to move.

Returns:

Type	Description
this

inherited moveToBottom(){this}

layer.js, line 259

Bring the layer to the bottom of the map layers.

Returns:

Type	Description
this

inherited moveToTop(){this}

layer.js, line 250

Bring the layer to the top of the map layers.

Returns:

Type	Description
this

inherited moveUp(n){this}

layer.js, line 191

Bring the layer above the given number of layers. This will rotate the current z-indices for this and the next n layers.

Name	Type	Default	Description
n	number	1	optional The number of positions to move.

Returns:

Type	Description
this

inherited name(val){string|this}

layer.js, line 322

Get/Set name of the layer.

Name	Type	Description
val	string	optional If specified, the new name of the layer.

Returns:

Type	Description
string | this

inherited node(){div}

layer.js, line 296

Get root node of the layer.

Returns:

Type	Description
div

inherited onIdle(handler){this}

object.js, line 36

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.

Name	Type	Description
handler	function	A function taking no arguments.

Returns:

Type	Description
this

inherited opacity(opacity){number|this}

layer.js, line 615

Get or set the current layer opacity. The opacity is in the range [0-1]. An opacity of 0 is not the same as setting visible(false), as interactions can still occur with the layer.

Name	Type	Description
opacity	number	optional If specified, set the opacity. Otherwise, return the opacity.

Returns:

Type	Description
number | this	The current opacity or the current layer.

options(arg1, arg2){object|this}

annotationLayer.js, line 350

Set or get options.

Name	Type	Description
arg1	string | object	optional If undefined, return the options object. If a string, either set or return the option of that name. If an object, update the options with the object's values.
arg2	object	optional If arg1 is a string and this is defined, set the option to this value.

Returns:

Type	Description
object | this	If options are set, return the annotation, otherwise return the requested option or the set of options.

inherited parent(arg){this|geo.sceneObject}

sceneObject.js, line 64

Get/set parent of the object.

Name	Type	Description
arg	geo.sceneObject	optional The new parant or undefined to get the current parent.

Returns:

Type	Description
this | geo.sceneObject

removeAllAnnotations(skipCreating, update){number}

annotationLayer.js, line 467

Remove all annotations from the layer.

Name	Type	Description
skipCreating	boolean	optional If truthy, don't remove annotations that are in the create state.
update	boolean	optional If false, don't update the layer after removing the annotation.

Returns:

Type	Description
number	The number of annotations that were removed.

removeAnnotation(annotation, update){boolean}

annotationLayer.js, line 439

Remove an annotation from the layer.

Name	Type	Description
annotation	geo.annotation	The annotation to remove.
update	boolean	If false, don't update the layer after removing the annotation.

Fires:

• geo.event.annotation.remove

Returns:

Type	Description
boolean	true if an annotation was removed.

inherited removeChild(child){this}

sceneObject.js, line 96

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

Name	Type	Description
child	geo.object | Array.<geo.object>	A child object or array of child objects.

Returns:

Type	Description
this

inherited removeFeature(feature){this}

featureLayer.js, line 76

Remove a feature without destroying it.

Name	Type	Description
feature	geo.feature	The feature to remove.

Returns:

Type	Description
this

inherited removePromise(promise){this}

sceneObject.js, line 49

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

Name	Type	Description
promise	Promise	A promise object.

Returns:

Type	Description
this

inherited renderer(){geo.renderer}

layer.js, line 347

Get the renderer for the layer.

Returns:

Type	Description
geo.renderer	The renderer associated with the layer or null if there is no renderer.

inherited rendererName(){string}

layer.js, line 136

Get the name of the renderer.

Returns:

Type	Description
string

inherited selectionAPI(val){boolean|this}

featureLayer.js, line 312

Get/Set selectionAPI of the layer.

Name	Type	Description
val	boolean	optional If specified change the selectionAPI state of the layer, otherwise return the current state.

Returns:

Type	Description
boolean | this	The selectionAPI state or the current layer.

inherited sticky(){boolean}

layer.js, line 268

Get whether or not the layer is sticky (navigates with the map).

Returns:

Type	Description
boolean

inherited timestamp(){number}

timestamp.js, line 37

Get time.

Returns:

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

inherited toLocal(input){geo.geoPosition}

layer.js, line 435

Transform coordinates from world coordinates into a local coordinate system specific to the underlying renderer. This method is exposed to allow direct access the rendering context, but otherwise should not be called directly. The default implementation is the identity operator.

Name	Type	Description
input	geo.geoPosition	World coordinates.

Returns:

Type	Description
geo.geoPosition	Renderer coordinates.

inherited updateTime(){geo.timestamp}

layer.js, line 406

Return the modified time for the last update that did something.

Returns:

Type	Description
geo.timestamp	The update time.

validateAttribute(value, dataType){number|string|object|boolean|undefined}

annotationLayer.js, line 816

Validate a value for an attribute based on a specified data type. This returns a sanitized value or undefined if the value was invalid. Data types include:

• color: a css string, #rrggbb hex string, #rgb hex string, number, or object with r, g, b properties in the range of [0-1].
• opacity: a floating point number in the range [0, 1].
• positive: a floating point number greater than zero.
• boolean: a string whose lowercase value is 'false', 'off', or 'no', and falsy values are false, all else is true. null and undefined are still considered invalid values.
• booleanOrNumber: a string whose lowercase value is 'false', 'off', 'no', 'true', 'on', or 'yes', falsy values that aren't 0, and true are handled as booleans. Otherwise, a floating point number that isn't NaN or an infinity.
• coordinate2: either an object with x and y properties that are numbers, or a string of the form [,] with optional whitespace, or a JSON encoded object with x and y values, or a JSON encoded list of at leasst two numbers.
• number: a floating point number that isn't NaN or an infinity.
• angle: a number that represents radians. If followed by one of deg, grad, or turn, it is converted to radians. An empty string is also allowed.
• text: any text string.

Name	Type	Description
value	number | string | object | boolean	The value to validate.
dataType	string	The data type for validation.

Returns:

Type	Description
number | string | object | boolean | undefined	The sanitized value or undefined.

inherited visible(val){boolean|this}

featureLayer.js, line 285

Get/Set visibility of the layer.

Name	Type	Description
val	boolean	optional If specified, change the visibility, otherwise return it.

Returns:

Type	Description
boolean | this	The current visibility or the layer.

inherited width(){number}

layer.js, line 593

Return the width of the layer in pixels.

Returns:

Type	Description
number	The width of the parent map in pixels.

inherited zIndex(zIndex, allowDuplicate){number|this}

layer.js, line 160

Get or set the z-index of the layer. The z-index controls the display order of the layers in much the same way as the CSS z-index property.

Name	Type	Description
zIndex	number	optional The new z-index, or undefined to return the current z-index.
allowDuplicate	boolean	optional When setting the z index, if this is truthy, allow other layers to have the same z-index. Otherwise, ensure that other layers have distinct z-indices from this one.

Returns:

Type	Description
number | this