Using Camera.lookAt followed by camera.setView breaks mouse controls
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Description
It looks like by doing the following, the camera.position will be set to (0, 0, 0) and then trying to adjust the camera using the mouse will cause a failure:
```JavaScript
viewer.camera.lookAt(Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegrees(15, 0, 100), new Cesium.HeadingPitchRange(0, 0, 100));
viewer.camera.setView({destination: Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegrees(15, 0, 100)});
// then try to adjust the camera using the mouse
```
Using sandcastle it gives this error:
```
DeveloperError: normalized result is not a number
DeveloperError@https://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/CesiumUnminified/Cesium.js:540:19
Cartesian3.normalize@https://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/CesiumUnminified/Cesium.js:8139:19
rotateVertical@https://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/CesiumUnminified/Cesium.js:188049:17
Camera.prototype.rotateUp@https://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/CesiumUnminified/Cesium.js:188040:9
rotate3D@https://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/CesiumUnminified/Cesium.js:233530:13
spin3D@https://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/CesiumUnminified/Cesium.js:233409:13
reactToInput@https://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/CesiumUnminified/Cesium.js:232513:21
update3D@https://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/CesiumUnminified/Cesium.js:234040:9
ScreenSpaceCameraController.prototype.update@https://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/CesiumUnminified/Cesium.js:234075:13
Scene.prototype.initializeFrame@https://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/CesiumUnminified/Cesium.js:239589:9
CesiumWidget.prototype.render@https://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/CesiumUnminified/Cesium.js:250532:13
render@https://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/CesiumUnminified/Cesium.js:249915:25
```
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the failure in Sandcastle with the reported camera.lookAt, camera.setView, and mouse-control sequence. Start from the stack entries for Camera.prototype.rotateUp, rotateVertical, and Cartesian3.normalize; done means the same sequence leaves mouse controls usable without the “normalized result is not a number” error.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- computer-graphics
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100