Display Name: Viewshed

Description: Calculates the viewshed of a point given a user defined location and viewing distance. The world evlevation layer is published using referenced data.

Category:

Help URL: /rest/directories/arcgisoutput/Elevation/ESRI_Elevation_World_GPServer/Elevation_ESRI_Elevation_World/Viewshed.htm

Execution Type: esriExecutionTypeSynchronous

Parameters:

Parameter: Input_Observation_Point

Data Type: GPFeatureRecordSetLayer
Display Name Input_Observation_Point
Description: The input location from which the viewshed should be calculated. This point can be anywhere on earth.
Direction: esriGPParameterDirectionInput
Filter:
Type: FeatureClass
List:
• esriGeometryPoint
Dependency:
Default Value:
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPoint
HasZ: true
HasM: false
Spatial Reference: 54003  (54003)

Fields:
• OBJECTID ( type: esriFieldTypeOID, alias: OBJECTID )
• Name ( type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Name, length: 255 )
• Text ( type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Text, length: 255 )
• IntegerValue ( type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Integer Value )
• DoubleValue ( type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: Double Value )
• DateTime ( type: esriFieldTypeDate, alias: Date Time, length: 8 )
Features: None.



Parameter Type: esriGPParameterTypeRequired
Category:


Parameter: Viewshed_Distance

Data Type: GPLinearUnit
Display Name Viewshed_Distance
Description: The maximum distance from the input point for which the viewshed should be calculated. The maximum allowed distance is 20000 meters.
Direction: esriGPParameterDirectionInput
Filter:
Dependency:
Default Value: 5000.0   (esriMeters)
Parameter Type: esriGPParameterTypeRequired
Category:


Parameter: Viewshed_Result

Data Type: GPFeatureRecordSetLayer
Display Name Viewshed_Result
Description: The resulting viewshed feature class given the user location and maximum distance.
Direction: esriGPParameterDirectionOutput
Filter:
Dependency:
Default Value:
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
HasZ: false
HasM: false
Spatial Reference: 54003  (54003)

Fields:
• OBJECTID ( type: esriFieldTypeOID, alias: OBJECTID )
• Id ( type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Id )
• gridcode ( type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: gridcode )
• Shape_Length ( type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: Shape_Length )
• Shape_Area ( type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: Shape_Area )
Features: None.



Parameter Type: esriGPParameterTypeRequired
Category:

Supported Operations:   Execute Task

Child Resources:   Metadata