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Learning ArcGIS Runtime SDK for .NET

By : Ron Vincent
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Learning ArcGIS Runtime SDK for .NET

By: Ron Vincent

Overview of this book

ArcGIS is a geographic information system (GIS) that enables you to work with maps and geographic information. It can be used to create and utilize maps, compile geographic data, analyze mapped information, share and discover geographic information and manage geographic information in a database. This book starts by showing you where ArcGIS Runtime fits within Esri’s overall platform strategy. You'll create an initial map using the SDK, then use it to get an understanding of the MVVM model. You'll find out about the different kinds of layers and start adding layers, and you'll learn to transform maps into a 3D scene. The next chapters will help you comprehend and extract information contained in the maps using co-ordinates and layer objects. Towards the end, you will learn to set the symbology, decide whether to use 2D or 3D, see how to implement 2D or 3D, and learn to search and find objects. You'll also get to grips with many other standard features of the Application Programming Interface (API), including create applications and finally testing, licensing, and deploying them. Once completed, you will be able to meet most of the common requirements of any mapping application for desktop or mobile platforms.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Learning ArcGIS Runtime SDK for .NET
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
3
Maps and Layers
12
Configuring, Licensing, and Deploying
Index

Routing


Although geocoding can be used to map discrete locations with an address, such as coffee shops, it is often the case that geocoding leads to routing. Once you choose the coffee shop that you want to go to, it's then desirable to compute the shortest path so that you can minimize your travel time. Routing is the process of minimizing the distance traveled on a street network. The good news is that routing uses the concept of a task just like the previous tasks we've explored. To compute a route, we're going to use the RouteTask class. The RouteTask class will find the shortest or fastest route between two or more locations, called stops. It goes beyond just traversing the route though. The RouteTask class will also take into account restricted areas, and you can even specify a time window that incorporates the arrival and departure times.

Setting up a network dataset

In order to do routing, it is necessary to either use online services or create your own routing service. No matter...