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  • v1.25 Changes

    September 01, 2016
    • 💥 Breaking changes
      • The number and order of arguments passed to KmlDataSource unsupportedNodeEvent listeners have changed to allow better handling of unsupported KML Features.
      • Changed billboards and labels that are clamped to terrain to have the verticalOrigin set to CENTER by default instead of BOTTOM.
    • 🗄 Deprecated
      • Deprecated castShadows and receiveShadows properties from Model, Primitive, and Globe. They will be removed in 1.26. Use shadows instead with the ShadowMode enum, e.g. model.shadows = ShadowMode.ENABLED.
      • Viewer.terrainShadows now uses the ShadowMode enum instead of a Boolean, e.g. viewer.terrainShadows = ShadowMode.RECEIVE_ONLY. Boolean support will be removed in 1.26.
    • Updated the online model converter to convert OBJ models to glTF with obj2gltf, as well as optimize existing glTF models with the gltf-pipeline. Added an option to bake ambient occlusion onto the glTF model. Also added an option to compress geometry using the glTF WEB3D_quantized_attributes extension.
    • 👌 Improve label quality for oblique and italic fonts. #3782
    • ➕ Added shadows property to the entity API for Box, Corridor, Cylinder, Ellipse, Ellipsoid, Polygon, Polyline, PoylineVolume, Rectangle, and Wall. #4005
    • ➕ Added Camera.cancelFlight to cancel the existing camera flight if it exists.
    • 🛠 Fix overlapping camera flights by always cancelling the previous flight when a new one is created.
    • 🚚 Camera flights now disable collision with the terrain until all of the terrain in the area has finished loading. This prevents the camera from being moved to be above lower resolution terrain when flying to a position close to higher resolution terrain. #4075
    • 🛠 Fixed a crash that would occur if quickly toggling imagery visibility. #4083
    • 🛠 Fixed an issue causing an error if KML has a clamped to ground LineString with color. #4131
    • ➕ Added logic to KmlDataSource defaulting KML Feature node to hidden unless all ancestors are visible. This better matches the KML specification.
    • 🛠 Fixed position of KML point features with an altitude mode of relativeToGround and clampToGround.
    • ➕ Added GeocoderViewModel.keepExpanded which when set to true will always keep the Geocoder in its expanded state.
    • ➕ Added support for INT and UNSIGNED_INT in ComponentDatatype.
    • ➕ Added ComponentDatatype.fromName for getting a ComponentDatatype from its name.
    • 🛠 Fixed a crash caused by draping dynamic geometry over terrain. #4255

  • v1.24 Changes

    August 01, 2016
    • ➕ Added support in CZML for expressing BillboardGraphics.alignedAxis as the velocity vector of an entity, using velocityReference syntax.
    • ➕ Added urlSchemeZeroPadding property to UrlTemplateImageryProvider to allow the numeric parts of a URL, such as {x}, to be padded with zeros to make them a fixed width.
    • ➕ Added leap second just prior to January 2017. #4092
    • 🛠 Fixed an exception that would occur when switching to 2D view when shadows are enabled. #4051
    • 🛠 Fixed an issue causing entities to disappear when updating multiple entities simultaneously. #4096
    • Normalizing the velocity vector produced by VelocityVectorProperty is now optional.
    • Pack functions now return the result array #4156
    • ➕ Added optional rangeMax parameter to Math.toSNorm and Math.fromSNorm. #4121
    • ✂ Removed MapQuest OpenStreetMap from the list of demo base layers since direct tile access has been discontinued. See the MapQuest Developer Blog for details.
    • 🛠 Fixed PolylinePipeline.generateArc to accept an array of heights when there's only one position #4155

  • v1.23 Changes

    July 01, 2016
    • 💥 Breaking changes
      • GroundPrimitive.initializeTerrainHeights() must be called and have the returned promise resolve before a GroundPrimitive can be added synchronously.
    • ➕ Added terrain clamping to entities, KML, and GeoJSON
      • Added heightReference property to point, billboard and model entities.
      • Changed corridor, ellipse, polygon and rectangle entities to conform to terrain by using a GroundPrimitive if its material is a ColorMaterialProperty instance and it doesn't have a height or extrudedHeight. Entities with any other type of material are not clamped to terrain.
      • KMLDataSource
        • Point and Model features will always respect altitudeMode.
        • Added clampToGround property. When true, clamps Polygon, LineString and LinearRing features to the ground if their altitudeMode is clampToGround. For this case, lines use a corridor instead of a polyline.
      • GeoJsonDataSource
        • Points with a height will be drawn at that height; otherwise, they will be clamped to the ground.
        • Added clampToGround property. When true, clamps Polygon and LineString features to the ground. For this case, lines use a corridor instead of a polyline.
      • Added Ground Clamping Sandcastle example.
    • 👌 Improved performance and accuracy of polygon triangulation by using the earcut library. Loading a GeoJSON with polygons for each country was 2x faster.
    • 🛠 Fix some large polygon triangulations. #2788
    • Added support for the glTF extension WEB3D_quantized_attributes. #3241
    • ➕ Added CZML support for Box, Corridor and Cylinder. Added new CZML properties:
      • Billboard: width, height, heightReference, scaleByDistance, translucencyByDistance, pixelOffsetScaleByDistance, imageSubRegion
      • Label: heightReference, translucencyByDistance, pixelOffsetScaleByDistance
      • Model: heightReference, maximumScale
      • Point: heightReference, scaleByDistance, translucencyByDistance
      • Ellipsoid: subdivisions, stackPartitions, slicePartitions
    • ➕ Added rotatable2D property to to Scene, CesiumWidget and Viewer to enable map rotation in 2D mode. #3897
    • Camera.setView and Camera.flyTo now use the orientation.heading parameter in 2D if the map is rotatable.
    • ➕ Added Camera.changed event that will fire whenever the camera has changed more than Camera.percentageChanged. percentageChanged is in the range [0, 1].
    • Zooming in toward a target point now keeps the target point at the same screen position. #4016
    • 👌 Improved GroundPrimitive performance.
    • 📜 Some incorrect KML (specifically KML that reuses IDs) is now parsed correctly.
    • ➕ Added unsupportedNodeEvent to KmlDataSource that is fired whenever an unsupported node is encountered.
    • 🔧 Clock now keeps its configuration settings self-consistent. Previously, this was done by AnimationViewModel and could become inconsistent in certain cases. #4007
    • ⚡️ Updated Google Cardboard Sandcastle example.
    • ➕ Added hot air balloon sample model.
    • 🛠 Fixed handling of sampled Rectangle coordinates in CZML. #4033
    • 🛠 Fix "Cannot read property 'x' of undefined" error when calling SceneTransforms.wgs84ToWindowCoordinates in certain cases. #4022
    • Re-enabled mouse inputs after a specified number of milliseconds past the most recent touch event.
    • 🔦 Exposed a parametric ray-triangle intersection test to the API as IntersectionTests.rayTriangleParametric.
    • ➕ Added packArray and unpackArray functions to Cartesian2, Cartesian3, and Cartesian4.

  • v1.22.2 Changes

    June 14, 2016
    • 🚀 This is an npm only release to fix the improperly published 1.22.1. There were no code changes.

  • v1.22.1 Changes

    June 13, 2016
    • 🛠 Fixed default Bing Key and added a watermark to notify users that they need to sign up for their own key.

  • v1.22 Changes

    June 01, 2016
    • 💥 Breaking changes
      • KmlDataSource now requires options.camera and options.canvas.
    • ➕ Added shadows
      • See the Sandcastle demo: Shadows.
      • Added Viewer.shadows and Viewer.terrainShadows. Both are off by default.
      • Added Viewer.shadowMap and Scene.shadowMap for accessing the scene's shadow map.
      • Added castShadows and receiveShadows properties to Model and Entity.model, and options to the Model constructor and Model.fromGltf.
      • Added castShadows and receiveShadows properties to Primitive, and options to the Primitive constructor.
      • Added castShadows and receiveShadows properties to Globe.
    • ➕ Added heightReference to models so they can be drawn on terrain.
    • ➕ Added support for rendering models in 2D and Columbus view.
    • ➕ Added option to enable sun position based atmosphere color when Globe.enableLighting is true. 3439
    • 👌 Improved KML NetworkLink compatibility by supporting the Url tag. #3895.
    • ➕ Added VelocityVectorProperty so billboard's aligned axis can follow the velocity vector. #3908
    • 👌 Improve memory management for entity billboard/label/point/path visualization.
    • ➕ Added terrainProviderChanged event to Scene and Globe
    • ➕ Added support for hue, saturation, and brightness color shifts in the atmosphere in SkyAtmosphere. See the new Sandcastle example: Atmosphere Color. #3439
    • 🛠 Fixed exaggerated terrain tiles disappearing. #3676
    • 🛠 Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect normals to be computed for exaggerated terrain, especially for low-detail tiles. #3904
    • 🛠 Fixed a bug that was causing errors to be thrown when picking and terrain was enabled. #3779
    • 🛠 Fixed a bug that was causing the atmosphere to disappear when only atmosphere is visible. #3347
    • 🛠 Fixed infinite horizontal 2D scrolling in IE/Edge. #3893
    • 🛠 Fixed a bug that would cause a crash is the camera was on the IDL in 2D. #3951
    • 🛠 Fixed issue where a repeating model animation doesn't play when the clock is set to a time before the model was created. #3932
    • 🛠 Fixed Billboard.computeScreenSpacePosition returning the wrong y coordinate. #3920
    • 🛠 Fixed issue where labels were disappearing. #3730
    • 🛠 Fixed issue where billboards on terrain didn't always update when the terrain provider was changed. #3921
    • 🛠 Fixed issue where Matrix4.fromCamera was taking eye/target instead of position/direction. #3927
    • ➕ Added Scene.nearToFarDistance2D that determines the size of each frustum of the multifrustum in 2D.
    • ➕ Added Matrix4.computeView.
    • ➕ Added CullingVolume.fromBoundingSphere.
    • ➕ Added debugShowShadowVolume to GroundPrimitive.
    • 🛠 Fix issue with disappearing tiles on Linux. #3889

  • v1.21 Changes

    May 02, 2016
    • 💥 Breaking changes
      • Removed ImageryMaterialProperty.alpha. Use ImageryMaterialProperty.color.alpha instead.
      • Removed OpenStreetMapImageryProvider. Use createOpenStreetMapImageryProvider instead.
    • ➕ Added ability to import and export Sandcastle example using GitHub Gists. #3795
    • ➕ Added PolygonGraphics.closeTop, PolygonGraphics.closeBottom, and PolygonGeometry options for creating an extruded polygon without a top or bottom. #3879
    • ➕ Added support for polyline arrow material to CzmlDataSource #3860
    • 🛠 Fixed issue causing the sun not to render. #3801
    • 🛠 Fixed issue where Camera.flyTo would not work with a rectangle in 2D. #3688
    • 🛠 Fixed issue causing the fog to go dark and the atmosphere to flicker when the camera clips the globe. #3178
    • 🛠 Fixed a bug that caused an exception and rendering to stop when using ArcGisMapServerImageryProvider to connect to a MapServer specifying the Web Mercator projection and a fullExtent bigger than the valid extent of the projection. #3854
    • 🛠 Fixed issue causing an exception when switching scene modes with an active KML network link. #3865

  • v1.20 Changes

    April 01, 2016
    • 💥 Breaking changes
      • Removed TileMapServiceImageryProvider. Use createTileMapServiceImageryProvider instead.
      • Removed GroundPrimitive.geometryInstance. Use GroundPrimitive.geometryInstances instead.
      • Removed definedNotNull. Use defined instead.
      • Removed ability to rotate the map in 2D due to the new infinite 2D scrolling feature.
    • 🗄 Deprecated
      • Deprecated ImageryMaterialProperty.alpha. It will be removed in 1.21. Use ImageryMaterialProperty.color.alpha instead.
    • ➕ Added infinite horizontal scrolling in 2D.
    • ➕ Added a code example to Sandcastle for the new 1-meter Pennsylvania terrain service.
    • 🛠 Fixed loading for KML NetworkLink to not append a ? if there isn't a query string.
    • 🛠 Fixed handling of non-standard KML styleUrl references within a StyleMap.
    • 🛠 Fixed issue in KML where StyleMaps from external documents fail to load.
    • ➕ Added translucent and colored image support to KML ground overlays
    • 🛠 Fix bug when upsampling exaggerated terrain where the terrain heights were exaggerated at twice the value. #3607
    • 0️⃣ All external urls are now https by default to make Cesium work better with non-server-based applications. #3650
    • GeoJsonDataSource now handles CRS urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
    • 🛠 Fixed TimeIntervalCollection.removeInterval bug that resulted in too many intervals being removed.
    • 👍 GroundPrimitive throws a DeveloperError when passed an unsupported geometry type instead of crashing.
    • 🛠 Fix issue with billboard collections that have at least one billboard with an aligned axis and at least one billboard without an aligned axis. #3318
    • 🛠 Fix a race condition that would cause the terrain to continue loading and unloading or cause a crash when changing terrain providers. #3690
    • 🛠 Fix issue where the GroundPrimitive volume was being clipped by the far plane. #3706
    • 🛠 Fixed issue where Camera.computeViewRectangle was incorrect when crossing the international date line. #3717
    • ➕ Added Rectangle result parameter to Camera.computeViewRectangle.
    • 🛠 Fixed a reentrancy bug in EntityCollection.collectionChanged. #3739
    • 🛠 Fixed a crash that would occur if you added and removed an Entity with a path without ever actually rendering it. #3738
    • 🛠 Fixed issue causing parts of geometry and billboards/labels to be clipped. #3748
    • 🛠 Fixed bug where transparent image materials were drawn black.
    • 🛠 Fixed Color.fromCssColorString from reusing the input result alpha value in some cases.

  • v1.19 Changes

    March 01, 2016
    • 💥 Breaking changes
      • PolygonGeometry now changes the input Cartesian3 values of options.positions so that they are on the ellipsoid surface. This only affects polygons created synchronously with options.perPositionHeight = false when the positions have a non-zero height and the same positions are used for multiple entities. In this case, make a copy of the Cartesian3 values used for the polygon positions.
    • 🗄 Deprecated
      • Deprecated KmlDataSource taking a proxy object. It will throw an exception in 1.21. It now should take a options object with required camera and canvas parameters.
      • Deprecated definedNotNull. It will be removed in 1.20. Use defined instead, which now checks for null as well as undefined.
    • 👌 Improved KML support.
      • Added support for NetworkLink refresh modes onInterval, onExpire and onStop. Includes support for viewboundScale, viewFormat, httpQuery.
      • Added partial support for NetworkLinkControl including minRefreshPeriod, cookie and expires.
      • Added support for local StyleMap. The highlight style is still ignored.
      • Added support for root:// URLs.
      • Added more warnings for unsupported features.
      • Improved style processing in IE.
    • Viewer.zoomTo and Viewer.flyTo now accept an ImageryLayer instance as a valid parameter and will zoom to the extent of the imagery.
    • ➕ Added Camera.flyHome function for resetting the camera to the home view.
    • Camera.flyTo now honors max and min zoom settings in ScreenSpaceCameraController.
    • ➕ Added show property to CzmlDataSource, GeoJsonDataSource, KmlDataSource, CustomDataSource, and EntityCollection for easily toggling display of entire data sources.
    • ➕ Added owner property to CompositeEntityCollection.
    • ➕ Added DataSouceDisplay.ready for determining whether or not static data associated with the Entity API has been rendered.
    • 🛠 Fix an issue when changing a billboard's position property multiple times per frame. #3511
    • 🛠 Fixed texture coordinates for polygon with position heights.
    • 🛠 Fixed issue that kept GroundPrimitive with an EllipseGeometry from having a rotation.
    • 🛠 Fixed crash caused when drawing CorridorGeometry and CorridorOutlineGeometry synchronously.
    • ➕ Added the ability to create empty geometries. Instead of throwing DeveloperError, undefined is returned.
    • 🛠 Fixed flying to latitude, longitude, height in the Geocoder.
    • 🛠 Fixed bug in IntersectionTests.lineSegmentSphere where the ray origin was not set.
    • ➕ Added length to Matrix2, Matrix3 and Matrix4 so these can be used as array-like objects.
    • ➕ Added Color.add, Color.subtract, Color.multiply, Color.divide, Color.mod, Color.multiplyByScalar, and Color.divideByScalar functions to perform arithmetic operations on colors.
    • ➕ Added optional result parameter to Color.fromRgba, Color.fromHsl and Color.fromCssColorString.
    • 🛠 Fixed bug causing navigator is not defined reference error when Cesium is used with Node.js.
    • ⬆️ Upgraded Knockout from version 3.2.0 to 3.4.0.
    • 🛠 Fixed hole that appeared in the top of in dynamic ellipsoids

  • v1.18 Changes

    February 01, 2016
    • 💥 Breaking changes
      • Removed support for CESIUM_binary_glTF. Use KHR_binary_glTF instead, which is the default for the online COLLADA-to-glTF converter.
    • 🗄 Deprecated
      • Deprecated GroundPrimitive.geometryInstance. It will be removed in 1.20. Use GroundPrimitive.geometryInstances instead.
      • Deprecated TileMapServiceImageryProvider. It will be removed in 1.20. Use createTileMapServiceImageryProvider instead.
    • ⬇️ Reduced the amount of CPU memory used by terrain by ~25% in Chrome.
    • ➕ Added a Sandcastle example to "star burst" overlapping billboards and labels.
    • ➕ Added VRButton which is a simple, single-button widget that toggles VR mode. It is off by default. To enable the button, set the vrButton option to Viewer to true. Only Cardboard for mobile is supported. More VR devices will be supported when the WebVR API is more stable.
    • ➕ Added Scene.useWebVR to switch the scene to use stereoscopic rendering.
    • 🐎 Cesium now honors window.devicePixelRatio on browsers that support the CSS imageRendering attribute. This greatly improves performance on mobile devices and high DPI displays by rendering at the browser-recommended resolution. This also reduces bandwidth usage and increases battery life in these cases. To enable the previous behavior, use the following code: javascript if(Cesium.FeatureDetection.supportsImageRenderingPixelated()){ viewer.resolutionScale = window.devicePixelRatio; }
    • 🐎 GroundPrimitive now supports batching geometry for better performance.
    • Improved compatibility with glTF KHR_binary_glTF and KHR_materials_common extensions
    • ➕ Added ImageryLayer.getViewableRectangle to make it easy to get the effective bounds of an imagery layer.
    • Improved compatibility with glTF KHR_binary_glTF and KHR_materials_common extensions
    • 🛠 Fixed a picking issue that sometimes prevented objects being selected. #3386
    • 🛠 Fixed cracking between tiles in 2D. #3486
    • 🛠 Fixed creating bounding volumes for GroundPrimitives whose containing rectangle has a width greater than pi.
    • 🛠 Fixed incorrect texture coordinates for polygons with large height.
    • 🛠 Fixed camera.flyTo not working when in 2D mode and only orientation changes
    • ➕ Added UrlTemplateImageryProvider.reinitialize for changing imagery provider options without creating a new instance.
    • UrlTemplateImageryProvider now accepts a promise to an options object in addition to taking the object directly.
    • 🛠 Fixed a bug that prevented WMS feature picking from working with THREDDS XML and msGMLOutput in Internet Explorer 11.
    • ➕ Added Scene.useDepthPicking to enable or disable picking using the depth buffer. #3390
    • ➕ Added BoundingSphere.fromEncodedCartesianVertices to create bounding volumes from parallel arrays of the upper and lower bits of EncodedCartesian3s.
    • ➕ Added helper functions: getExtensionFromUri, getAbsoluteUri, and Math.logBase.
    • ➕ Added Rectangle.union and Rectangle.expand.
    • 👍 TMS support now works with newer versions of gdal2tiles.py generated layers. createTileMapServiceImageryProvider. Tilesets generated with older gdal2tiles.py versions may need to have the flipXY : true option set to load correctly.