Introducing ArcGIS API 4 for JavaScript: Turn Awesome Maps into Awesome Apps

© Rene Rubalcava 2017

Rene Rubalcava, Introducing ArcGIS API 4 for JavaScript, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3282-8_3

3. Maps and Views

Rene Rubalcava¹ 

(1)Rialto, California, USA

The newest version of the ArcGIS API creates maps differently than version 3.x.

 1   import Map from "esri/Map"; 2   import SceneView from "esri/views/SceneView"; 3    4   const map = new Map({ basemap: "topo" }); 5   const view = new SceneView({ 6     container: "mainDiv", 7     map, 8     center: [-118.182, 33.913], 9     scale: 83602310   });

There is now a distinct difference between the map (and the layers that comprise a map) and how that map data is displayed. You can now think of the map as the data source and think of the view as the visual representation of ...