CesiumGS / CesiumGS/cesium

Alpha blending for imagery layers LODs

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category - terrain and imagery type - enhancement
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Description

I _think_ this would be rather straightforward - it came up [on the forum](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-and-mapbox-how-to-have-the-same-nice-feeling/8619) here that it would be nice to have imagery layers fade in/out instead of popping in when loading levels of detail. It should definitely be an option you can turn off since it adds a little bit of a delay for when the LOD appears.

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Research direction

The issue points to imagery-layer LOD loading and the linked forum discussion; start by tracing how imagery LOD changes are currently displayed. Check the existing behavior and determine how an opt-out should work, then verify that enabled fading prevents visible popping without making LOD visibility unacceptably delayed.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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