Use pictures for markers.
When marking geoelements on a map, using custom, unique symbols can be helpful for highlighting and differentiating between locations. For example, a tourism office may use pictures of landmarks as symbols on an online map or app, to help prospective visitors to orient themselves more easily around a city.
When launched, this sample displays a map with some picture marker symbols. Pan and zoom to explore the map.
- Create a
PictureMarkerSymbolusing the URI to an online or local image or a JavaFX Image (platform dependent). - Create a
Graphicand set its symbol to the picture marker symbol.
- PictureMarkerSymbol
The picture marker symbols in this sample are all constructed from different types of resources:
- Campsite: constructed from a URL: http://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/Recreation/FeatureServer/0/images/e82f744ebb069bb35b234b3fea46deae
- Blue pin with a star: stored in the resource folder that comes with the application *Orange pin: created from a file path on disk (which is written to disk when the app starts and cleaned up when the app closes).
graphics, marker, picture, symbol, visualization