The GenerateTessellations task creates tessellations, or bins, determined by a specified extent, shape, and size.
For example, for reforestation projects, foresters need to divide harvested areas into bins, or regularly shaped areas, to understand the amount of seedlings and resources needed to reforest the area effectively. The GenerateTessellations task can be used to automatically create a dataset of appropriately sized bins for the full study area.
Request URLhttp://<analysis url>/GenerateTessellations/submitJob
Request parameters Parameter Description
binType
(Required)
Specifies the tessellation shape. Bin options are as follows:
Example: "binType" : "Hexagon"
binSize
Required if binType is not H3_Hexgon
The size of each bin. Cell size can be determined by specifying square units or by specifying a distance that is calculated using the following measurements in which d = Distance:
Square
Hexagon
Transverse Hexagon
Triangle
Diamond
Example: "binSize" : 100
binSizeUnit
Required if binType is not H3_Hexgon
Specifies the linear or areal unit to be used with the value specified in binSize.
Values: Meters | Kilometers | Feet | Miles | NauticalMiles | Yards | SquareKilometers | Hectares | SquareMeters | SquareMiles | Acres | SquareYards | SquareFeet | SquareInches
The default is SquareKilometers.
Example: "binSizeUnit" : "Miles"
extentLayer
The extent that the tessellations will cover.
Syntax: As described in detail in the Feature input topic, this parameter can be one of the following:
Examples:
intersectStudyArea
A Boolean value that specifies whether only tessellations that intersect with the extent layer (extentLayer) will be kept. The default is false.
This parameter is only applied if an extent layer has been provided.
false
true
Values: true | false
binResolution
Required if binType is H3_Hexgon
The H3 resolution of the tessellations. The resolution can range from 0 to 15. With each increasing resolution size, the area of the polygons will decrease to one-seventh the size at the lower resolution.
Learn more about H3 resolution
This parameter is available in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise11.2 or later.
REST examples
//REST scripting example
"binResolution": 2
outputName
If provided, the task will create a feature service of the results. You define the name of the service. If an outputName value is not provided, the task will return a feature collection.
Syntax:
{
"serviceProperties": {
"name": "<service name>"
}
}
In ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9.1 and later, you can overwrite an existing feature service by providing the itemId value of the existing feature service and setting the overwrite property to true. Including the serviceProperties parameter is optional. As described in the Feature output topic, you must either be the owner of the feature service or have administrative privileges to perform the overwrite.
Syntax:
{
"itemProperties": {
"itemId": "<itemID of the existing feature service>",
"overwrite": true
}
}
or
{
"serviceProperties": {
"name": "<existing service name>"
},
"itemProperties": {
"itemId": "<itemID of the existing feature service>",
"overwrite": true
}
}
context
The Context parameter contains the following additional settings that affect task operation:
Syntax:
{
"extent" : {extent},
"outSR" : {spatial reference}
}
f
The response format. The default response format is html.
Values: html | json
ResponseWhen you submit a request, the service assigns a unique job ID for the transaction.
Syntax:
{
"jobId": "<unique job identifier>",
"jobStatus": "<job status>"
}
After the initial request is submitted you can use the jobId value to periodically check the status of the job and messages as described in the Checking job status topic. Once the job has successfully completed, use the jobId value to retrieve the results. To track the status, you can make a request of the following form:
http://<analysis url>/GenerateTessellations/jobs/<jobId>
Access results
When the status of the job request is esriJobSucceded, you can access the results of the analysis by making a request of the following form:
http://<analysis url>/GenerateTessellations/jobs/<jobId>/results/<output parameter name>?token=<your token>&f=json
Parameter Description
tessellationLayer
tessellationLayer will always contain polygon features.
Request example:
{"url":
"http://<analysis url>/GenerateTessellations/jobs/<jobId>/results/tessellationLayer"}
The result has properties for parameter name, data type, and value. The contents of value depend on the outputName parameter value provided in the initial request.
{
"paramName":"tessellationLayer",
"dataType":"GPString",
"value":{"url":"<hosted featureservice layer url>"}
}
{
"paramName":"tessellationLayer",
"dataType":"GPString",
"value":{"layerDefinition": {}, "featureSet": {} }
}
See Feature output for more information about how the result layer or collection is accessed.
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