CesiumGS / CesiumGS/cesium

Billboard clamps too high to terrain?

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category - billboards priority - high type - bug
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Description

Open the KML Sandcastle example:

```
http://localhost:8080/Apps/Sandcastle/index.html?src=KML.html&label=All
```

Turn on AGI World Terrain, then zoom to "Nevada Test Site Area 26." The label is floating way above terrain. Shouldn't it clamp to the highest resolution loaded?

![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/782098/16469739/950e836a-3e20-11e6-8bd0-44c583990af7.png)

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue from the KML Sandcastle example at the provided URL, enabling AGI World Terrain and navigating to Nevada Test Site Area 26. Trace the billboard label's terrain-clamping behavior and verify that the label no longer floats above the highest-resolution terrain currently loaded.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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