CesiumGS / CesiumGS/cesium

Sun termination line

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Description

Requested by two users on the forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/cesium-dev/8-H_Nb1vVNo

> The day/night lighting is very nice, but it would also be nice to show where the sunlight is simply by drawing a sun termination line, which is the border between day and night, instead of relying on the shadow to demarcate that border.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing Cesium's existing day/night lighting and shadow rendering to understand where the day–night boundary is represented. Done means displaying a sun termination line that clearly marks the border between daylight and night, as requested, without relying only on the shadow.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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