mapbox / mapbox/mapbox-scenekit
Dynamic bounding box when supplied a coordinate
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- Dominant language
- Swift
- Stars
- 232
- Forks
- 50
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
I thought this would be a really interesting feature if possible. Create a new initializer `TerrainNode(lat: , lon: )` that would take a coordinate and dynamically calculate the bounding box for you. It would use [feature querying](https://www.mapbox.com/help/define-feature-querying/) to check and see if the coordinate was a place in the city, natural park, etc. If it was in the city, the user is likely looking at a couple buildings and therefore the bounding box should presumably be small. However, if the feature is like a natural park they are likely looking at terrain and would want an understandably bigger bounding box.
It's a very preliminary idea but it would be very interesting if it could be implemented. I've noticed myself that different types of features require different bounding box sizes.
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Research direction
The issue names no files or tests; start by locating TerrainNode and reviewing the linked feature-querying documentation. Define how queried feature types map to bounding-box sizes, then verify that TerrainNode(lat:lon:) produces the intended bounds for city and natural-park features.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- swift
- Domain
- computer-graphics
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100