TerrainProvider

Members

credit :Credit

Gets the credit to display when this terrain provider is active. Typically this is used to credit the source of the terrain. This function should not be called before TerrainProvider#ready returns true.

errorEvent :Event

Gets an event that is raised when the terrain provider encounters an asynchronous error.. By subscribing to the event, you will be notified of the error and can potentially recover from it. Event listeners are passed an instance of TileProviderError.

ready :Boolean

Gets a value indicating whether or not the provider is ready for use.

tilingScheme :TilingScheme

Gets the tiling scheme used by the provider. This function should not be called before TerrainProvider#ready returns true.

<static> attributeLocations

Specifies the indices of the attributes of the terrain geometry.

<static> heightmapTerrainQuality

Specifies the quality of terrain created from heightmaps. A value of 1.0 will ensure that adjacent heightmap vertices are separated by no more than Globe.maximumScreenSpaceError screen pixels and will probably go very slowly. A value of 0.5 will cut the estimated level zero geometric error in half, allowing twice the screen pixels between adjacent heightmap vertices and thus rendering more quickly.

Methods

getLevelMaximumGeometricError

Gets the maximum geometric error allowed in a tile at a given level. This function should not be called before TerrainProvider#ready returns true.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
level	Number	The tile level for which to get the maximum geometric error.

Returns:

Number The maximum geometric error.

hasWaterMask

Gets a value indicating whether or not the provider includes a water mask. The water mask indicates which areas of the globe are water rather than land, so they can be rendered as a reflective surface with animated waves. This function should not be called before TerrainProvider#ready returns true.

Returns:

Boolean True if the provider has a water mask; otherwise, false.

requestTileGeometry

Requests the geometry for a given tile. This function should not be called before TerrainProvider#ready returns true. The result must include terrain data and may optionally include a water mask and an indication of which child tiles are available.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
x	Number			The X coordinate of the tile for which to request geometry.
y	Number			The Y coordinate of the tile for which to request geometry.
level	Number			The level of the tile for which to request geometry.
throttleRequests	Boolean	<optional>	true	True if the number of simultaneous requests should be limited, or false if the request should be initiated regardless of the number of requests already in progress.

Returns:

Promise | TerrainData A promise for the requested geometry. If this method returns undefined instead of a promise, it is an indication that too many requests are already pending and the request will be retried later.

<static> createWireframeVertexArray

Creates a vertex array for wireframe rendering of a terrain tile.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
context	Context	The context in which to create the vertex array.
vertexArray	VertexArray	The existing, non-wireframe vertex array. The new vertex array will share vertex buffers with this existing one.
terrainMesh	TerrainMesh	The terrain mesh containing non-wireframe indices.

Returns:

VertexArray The vertex array for wireframe rendering.

<static> getEstimatedLevelZeroGeometricErrorForAHeightmap

Determines an appropriate geometric error estimate when the geometry comes from a heightmap.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
ellipsoid		The ellipsoid to which the terrain is attached.
tileImageWidth		The width, in pixels, of the heightmap associated with a single tile.
numberOfTilesAtLevelZero		The number of tiles in the horizontal direction at tile level zero.

Returns:

Number An estimated geometric error.