NASA-AMMOS / NASA-AMMOS/3DTilesRendererJS

GlobeControls: Further Improvements

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Description

Highest Priority

  • Limit distance above ground. Orbiting is okay? But can't zoom out once beyond a certain point? Limit how far we can initiate rotation from?
  • Force zooming in to a certain lat / lon?

High Priority

  • Retain a height when close to the surface? Ie snap back down when possible? The initial tiles are low res which pushes the tiles upward
  • Enable two-finger drag, rotate, and zoom while keeping the positions under the fingers consistent
  • Adjust the zoom speed to more accurately match the pinch speed
  • Auto orient the camera to a reasonable position based on initial position (ie tilt the camera angle as zooming in)

Other

  • Slow to a stop on zoom out to globe
  • There's an order of operations issue between tile update and controls update. You need to update the camera to update the tiles - but you also want to update the camera position based on the visible tiles.
  • Shift + scroll could adjust altitude

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by locating GlobeControls and reproducing the listed globe, surface, and touch interactions. Break the request into independently testable behaviors, then inspect how camera, controls, and tile updates interact. Done means the prioritized interactions behave consistently without breaking existing globe navigation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, three.js
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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