Support for animated billboards
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Description
Animated billboards has come up numerous times on the mailing list, most recently here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cesium-dev/Qd_LRhmlb50/j-_rdsVUK4IJ I don't expect this to happen anytime soon, but since we didn't have an issue for it; I figured I'd create one.
Me and @shunter have some ideas on how to do this within the existing BillboardCollection architecture, it would basically involve an internal list of images/canvases/etc.. that need to be re-uploaded to the same spot in the text coordinates each frame. There's a chance that the ultimate answer is we need something other than a Billboard to do this, but it seems like a reasonable extension of the existing primitive.
EDIT: Better thread with use case: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cesium-dev/cF9Vt28Wk-4/nJ68p3YONKcJ
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Research direction
Start with the existing BillboardCollection architecture and review the two linked mailing-list discussions for the use cases and prior ideas. Determine whether animated images or canvases can fit the Billboard primitive or require a different primitive; the issue is done when the animation behavior and implementation scope are clearly defined and supported.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- computer-graphics
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100