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Patrick Cozzi edited this page Jun 17, 2013
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We're always looking to:
- Write demos that showcase Cesium, especially demos that combine Cesium with other web APIs
- Support more content by writing converters from other formats (GML, GeoJSON, TopoJSON, gpx ...) to CZML using our czml-writer library
- Write tutorials and improve reference documentation and examples
- Improve platform support by fixing issues on various browsers, devices, or video cards
- Improve tests and test coverage
- Client-side KML - #873
- Navigation Widget - discussion and more discussion
- New geometry types and batching - #766
- 3D models - details
- Space features - details
- Screen Space Rendering - details
- Tutorials - details
Also see the Cesium in 2013 discussion.
If you are interested in implementing any of these features, start a discussion on the forum.
- General
- ESA Summer of Code in Space Ideas
- Mobile improvements - details
- Support standard web servers: WMTS, WFS, WCS, ...
- Support for multiple central bodies, i.e., Sun, Moon, etc.
- Sandcastle improvements - details
- Military symbol sets such as MS2525 and NTDS. SVG files?
- Graphics
- Night lights based on streaming imagery that fade out as we zoom in - data from NASA.
- Improve 3D/2D/Columbus view transitions
- GLSL #include system - details
- Particle system - details
- Data-Driven Renderer improvements - details
- WebGL extensions - #797
- Vectors
- Polyline and polygon LOD. Douglas-Peucker reduction
- Lat/lon grid
- John Madden-style collaboration among multiple clients
- Terrain and imagery improvements - #526
- Stars improvements - details
- Ocean improvements - details
- Render buildings
- Video on terrain
- Investigate Draft for Candidate OpenGIS® Web 3D Service Interface Standard
- Point clouds - example data
- Do we need built-in video recording? Consider ccapture.js, sandboxed filesystem
- Volumetric clouds
- Lens Flare
- Visual quality and performance ideas - details
- Tree generation - Possibly use this data to generate global procedural trees.
- CZML
- CZML External links - details
- GeoServer CZML writer
- CZML Path/History visualization - details
- Z-ordering - czml-writer issue
- Buffer availability and "buffering" behavior
- Layers
- Improved materials support
- Custom axes & reference frames
- Imagery and terrain sources
- Camera/Tours
- Arbitrary link support (# and $ in CZML spec)
- CZML defined user interfaces, possibly with markdown
- Model support, once Cesium support exists
- Human readable messages/events raised in CZML
- Widgets & Apps
- Infrastructure
Program details. Most likely due June, 2013.