Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider

new Cesium.Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider(options)

To construct a Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider, call Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider.fromIonAssetId or Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider.fromUrl. Do not call the constructor directly.
A TerrainProvider that accesses terrain data in a 3D Tiles format.
Name Type Description
options Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider.ConstructorOptions optional An object describing initialization options
Experimental

This feature is not final and is subject to change without Cesium's standard deprecation policy.

See:
  • TerrainProvider
  • Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider.fromUrl
  • Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider.fromIonAssetId // Create GTOPO30 with vertex normals try { const viewer = new Cesium.Viewer("cesiumContainer", { terrainProvider: await Cesium.Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider.fromIonAssetId(2732686, { requestVertexNormals: true }) }); } catch (error) { console.log(error); }

Members

Gets an object that can be used to determine availability of terrain from this provider, such as at points and in rectangles.
Gets the credit to display when this terrain provider is active. Typically this is used to credit the source of the terrain.
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.
Gets a value indicating whether or not the requested tiles include vertex normals.
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.
Gets the tiling scheme used by the provider.

Methods

static Cesium.Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider.fromIonAssetId(assetId, options)Promise.<CesiumTerrainProvider>

Creates a TerrainProvider from a Cesium ion asset ID that accesses terrain data in a Cesium 3D Tiles format
Name Type Description
assetId number The Cesium ion asset id.
options CesiumTerrainProvider.ConstructorOptions optional An object describing initialization options.
Returns:
Throws:
  • RuntimeError : layer.json does not specify a format
  • RuntimeError : layer.json specifies an unknown format
  • RuntimeError : layer.json specifies an unsupported quantized-mesh version
  • RuntimeError : layer.json does not specify a tiles property, or specifies an empty array
  • RuntimeError : layer.json does not specify any tile URL templates
Example:
// Create GTOPO30 with vertex normals
try {
  const viewer = new Cesium.Viewer("cesiumContainer", {
    terrainProvider: await Cesium.Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider.fromIonAssetId(2732686, {
        requestVertexNormals: true
    })
  });
} catch (error) {
  console.log(error);
}

static Cesium.Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider.fromUrl(url, options)Promise.<Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider>

Creates a TerrainProvider that accesses terrain data in a Cesium 3D Tiles format.
Name Type Description
url Resource | string | Promise.<Resource> | Promise.<string> The URL of the Cesium terrain server.
options Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider.ConstructorOptions optional An object describing initialization options.
Returns:
A promise that resolves to the terrain provider.
Example:
// Create terrain with normals.
try {
  const viewer = new Cesium.Viewer("cesiumContainer", {
    terrainProvider: await Cesium.Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider.fromUrl(
      Cesium.IonResource.fromAssetId(3956), {
        requestVertexNormals: true
    })
  });
} catch (error) {
  console.log(error);
}

getLevelMaximumGeometricError(level)number

Get the maximum geometric error allowed in a tile at a given level.
Name Type Description
level number The tile level for which to get the maximum geometric error.
Returns:
The maximum geometric error.

getTileDataAvailable(x, y, level)boolean|undefined

Determines whether data for a tile is available to be loaded.
Name Type 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.
Returns:
Undefined if not supported or availability is unknown, otherwise true or false.

loadTileDataAvailability(_x, _y, _level)Promise.<void>|undefined

Make sure we load availability data for a tile
Name Type 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.
Returns:
Undefined if nothing need to be loaded or a Promise that resolves when all required tiles are loaded

requestTileGeometry(x, y, level, request)Promise.<Cesium3DTilesTerrainData>|undefined

Requests the geometry for a given tile. This function should not be called before Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider#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.
Name Type 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.
request Request optional The request object. Intended for internal use only.
Returns:
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.

Type Definitions

Cesium.Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider.ConstructorOptions

Initialization options for the Cesium3DTilesTerrainProvider constructor
Properties:
Name Type Attributes Default Description
requestVertexNormals boolean <optional>
false Flag that indicates if the client should request additional lighting information from the server, in the form of per vertex normals if available.
requestWaterMask boolean <optional>
false Flag that indicates if the client should request per tile water masks from the server, if available.
ellipsoid Ellipsoid <optional>
Ellipsoid.default The ellipsoid. If not specified, the WGS84 ellipsoid is used.
credit Credit | string <optional>
A credit for the data source, which is displayed on the canvas.
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