mapbox / mapbox/mapbox-gl-js

Add API to convert standard position (center/pitch/zoom/bearing) to FreeCameraOptions

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Description

Currently there's no way to get a `FreeCameraOptions` object corresponding to a hypothetical map position defined in traditional terms (`center`, `zoom`, `pitch` and `bearing`), only for the current position.

I needed this to do a free-form interpolation between two cameras defined this way, and was able to achieve this through the hack of cloning the map transform, but there should be an easier API built-in:

```js
const fakeTransform = map.transform.clone();
fakeTransform.center = targetLngLat;
fakeTransform.zoom = targetZoom;
fakeTransform.bearing = targetBearing;
fakeTransform.pitch = targetPitch;
const targetCamera = fakeTransform.getFreeCameraOptions();
```

E.g. accepting options in `getFreeCameraOptions`:

```js
const camera = map.getFreeCameraOptions({bearing: 30, pitch: 10});
```

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Research direction

Start at the map.getFreeCameraOptions API and the map transform behavior shown in the issue, then trace how FreeCameraOptions is produced for the current position. Define the accepted standard position options and verify that the API returns the corresponding camera for center, zoom, pitch, and bearing, including the interpolation use case.

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Tech stack
javascript, typescript
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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