var viewer = new Cesium.Viewer('cesiumContainer', {
navigationInstructionsInitiallyVisible: false,
// These next 5 lines are just to avoid the Bing Key error message.
imageryProvider: Cesium.createTileMapServiceImageryProvider({
url: Cesium.buildModuleUrl('Assets/Textures/NaturalEarthII')
}),
baseLayerPicker: false,
geocoder: false,
// This next line fixes another Stack Snippet error, you may omit
// this setting from production code as well.
infoBox: false
});
var numberOfArcs = 50;
var startLon = -74;
var startLat = 39;
viewer.clock.clockRange = Cesium.ClockRange.LOOP_STOP;
var startTime = viewer.clock.startTime;
var midTime = Cesium.JulianDate.addSeconds(startTime, 43200, new Cesium.JulianDate());
var stopTime = Cesium.JulianDate.addSeconds(startTime, 86400, new Cesium.JulianDate());
for (var i = 0; i < numberOfArcs; ++i) {
var color = Cesium.Color.fromRandom({
alpha: 1.0
});
var stopLon = Cesium.Math.nextRandomNumber() * 358 - 179;
var stopLat = Cesium.Math.nextRandomNumber() * 178 - 89;
// Create a straight-line path.
var property = new Cesium.SampledPositionProperty();
var startPosition = Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegrees(startLon, startLat, 0);
property.addSample(startTime, startPosition);
var stopPosition = Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegrees(stopLon, stopLat, 0);
property.addSample(stopTime, stopPosition);
// Find the midpoint of the straight path, and raise its altitude.
var midPoint = Cesium.Cartographic.fromCartesian(property.getValue(midTime));
midPoint.height = Cesium.Math.nextRandomNumber() * 500000 + 2500000;
var midPosition = viewer.scene.globe.ellipsoid.cartographicToCartesian(
midPoint, new Cesium.Cartesian3());
// Redo the path to be the new arc.
property = new Cesium.SampledPositionProperty();
property.addSample(startTime, startPosition);
property.addSample(midTime, midPosition);
property.addSample(stopTime, stopPosition);
// Create an Entity to show the arc.
var arcEntity = viewer.entities.add({
position: property,
// The point is optional, I just wanted to see it.
point: {
pixelSize: 8,
color: Cesium.Color.TRANSPARENT,
outlineColor: color,
outlineWidth: 3
},
// This path shows the arc as a polyline.
path: {
resolution: 1200,
material: new Cesium.PolylineGlowMaterialProperty({
glowPower: 0.16,
color: color
}),
width: 10,
leadTime: 1e10,
trailTime: 1e10
}
});
// This is where it becomes a smooth path.
arcEntity.position.setInterpolationOptions({
interpolationDegree: 50,
interpolationAlgorithm: Cesium.LagrangePolynomialApproximation
//interpolationAlgorithm: Cesium.LinearApproximation
//interpolationAlgorithm: Cesium.HermitePolynomialApproximation
});
}