1.88 - 2021-12-01

Highlights include:

• Fixed a bug with .ktx2 textures having an incorrect minification filter. #9876
• Fixed incorrect diffuse texture alpha in glTFs with the KHR_materials_pbrSpecularGlossiness extension. #9943

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1.87.1 - 2021-11-09

Highlights include:

• Added experimental implementations of 3D Tiles Next. The following extensions are supported:
  • 3DTILES_content_gltf for using glTF models directly as tile contents
  • 3DTILES_metadata for adding structured metadata to tilesets, tiles, or groups of tile content
  • EXT_mesh_features for adding feature identification and feature metadata to glTF models
  • 3DTILES_implicit_tiling for a compact representation of quadtrees and octrees
  • 3DTILES_bounding_volume_S2 for S2 bounding volumes
  • 3DTILES_multiple_contents for storing multiple contents within a single tile
• Added ModelExperimental, a new experimental architecture for loading glTF models. It is disabled by default; set ExperimentalFeatures.enableModelExperimental = true to enable it.
• Added CustomShader class for styling Cesium3DTileset or ModelExperimental with custom GLSL shaders
• Added Sandcastle examples for 3D Tiles Next: Photogrammetry Classification, CDB Yemen, and S2 Globe

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1.87 - 2021-11-01

Highlights include:

• Added ScreenOverlay support to KMLDataSource. #9864
• Added back some support for Draco attribute quantization as a workaround until a full fix in the next Draco version. #9904
• Point cloud styles that reference a missing property now treat the missing property as undefined rather than throwing an error. #9882
• Fixed Draco attribute quantization in point clouds. #9908

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1.86.1 - 2021-10-15

Highlights include:

• Fixed zip.js configurations causing CesiumJS to not work with Node 16. #9861
• Fixed a bug in Rectangle.union with rectangles that span the entire globe. #9866

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1.86 - 2021-10-01

Highlights include:

• Updated to Draco 1.4.1 and temporarily disabled attribute quantization. #9847
• Fixed incorrect behavior in CameraFlightPath when using Columbus View. #9192

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1.85 - 2021-09-01

Highlights Include:

• Removed Scene.terrainExaggeration and options.terrainExaggeration for CesiumWidget, Viewer, and Scene, which were deprecated in CesiumJS 1.83. Use Globe.terrainExaggeration instead.
• Added CloudCollection and CumulusCloud for adding procedurally generated clouds to a scene. #9737
• BingMapsGeocoderService now takes an optional Culture Code for localizing results. #9729
• Fixed several crashes related to point cloud eye dome lighting. #9719

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1.84 - 2021-08-02

Highlights include:

• Dropped support for Internet Explorer, which was deprecated in CesiumJS 1.83.
• Added a polylinePositions getter to Cesium3DTileFeature that gets the decoded positions of a polyline vector feature. #9684
• Added ImageryLayerCollection.pickImageryLayers which determines the imagery layers that are intersected by a pick ray. #9651
• Fixed an issue in TileBoundingRegion.distanceToCamera that caused incorrect results when the camera was on the opposite site of the globe. #9678
• Fixed an error with removing a CZML datasource when the clock interval has a duration of zero. #9637

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1.83 - 2021-07-01

Highlights include:

• Added support for KTX2 and Basis Universal compressed textures. #9513
• Added dynamic terrain exaggeration with Globe.terrainExaggeration and Globe.terrainExaggerationRelativeHeight. #9603
• Added CustomHeightmapTerrainProvider, a simple TerrainProvider that gets height values from a callback function. #9604
• Added the ability to hide outlines on OSM Buildings and other tilesets and glTF models using the CESIUM_primitive_outline extension. #8959

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1.82 - 2021-06-01

Highlights include:

• Added FeatureDetection.supportsBigInt64Array, FeatureDetection.supportsBigUint64Array and FeatureDetection.supportsBigInt.
• Fixed processTerrain in decodeGoogleEarthEnterprisePacket to handle a newer terrain packet format that includes water surface meshes after terrain meshes. #9519

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1.81 - 2021-05-01

Highlights include:

• Fixed an issue where Camera.flyTo would not work properly with a non-WGS84 Ellipsoid. #9498
• Fixed an issue where setting the ViewportQuad rectangle after creating the viewport had no effect.#9511
• Fixed an issue where TypeScript was not picking up type defintions for ArcGISTiledElevationTerrainProvider. #9522

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