Tracker: GlobeView graduation

[Pessimistress]

Target Use Case

Track the remaining work needed to move GlobeView from experimental to production-ready.

Status Snapshot

GlobeView graduation has moved from a short 2024 checklist into a focused v9.4/v10 work stack. The core MapLibre alignment and initial controller work have landed. The remaining work now breaks down into four tracks:

• camera/controller parity
• terrain, 3D tiles, and projection correctness
• tile loading quality during globe motion
• MapLibre interleaved depth, culling, and billboard behavior

Foundation

• Align GlobeView common space, scale, clipping planes, and camera parameters with MapLibre GL JS v5 - Match GlobeView projection parameters with Maplibre v5 #9201
• Add baseline MapboxLayer / MapboxOverlay support for globe projection - [Feat] MapboxLayer / MapboxOverlay integration with globe projection #7920
• Update default view once MapLibre projection is known in React/interleaved mode - fix(maplibre): Update default view once projection is known #9794
• Repair baseline GlobeController pan/zoom behavior after the MapLibre alignment - feat(core): Improved GlobeController #9913, closes [Bug] Panning GlobeView is jittery #9676
• Add GlobeController inertia, tilt, and pan support - feat(core): GlobeController with inertia, tilt & pan #10298
• Add reusable doubleClickDragZoom controller gesture and mobile interaction docs - feat(core): doubleClickDragZoom gesture #10327

Landed / Merged Graduation Work

• TerrainLayer support in GlobeView - fix(geo-layers): TerrainLayer GlobeView support #10250
• _TerrainExtension support in GlobeView - feat(extensions): TerrainExtension GlobeView support #10251
• Tile3DLayer / COORDINATE_SYSTEM.METER_OFFSETS support in GlobeView, plus improved globe far-plane precision - fix(core): Tile3DLayer renders correctly on GlobeView #10252
• Center-priority TileLayer request scheduling for pan, zoom, and globe transitions - refactor(geo-layers): prioritize tile requests by viewport center #10364

Active PR Stack

• Opt-in pointer-anchored GlobeView zoom for wheel gestures and transitions - feat(core): GlobeView pointer-anchored zoom (wheel + transitions) #10385, supersedes feat(core): GlobeView pointer-anchored zoom (wheel + transitions) #10307
• Terrain-aware GlobeController default without inheriting Web Mercator controller semantics - feat(GlobeController): terrain-aware default #10379
• WebMercator terrain and imagery tile row remapping for GlobeView - [geo-layers] Fix GlobeView Mercator tile warping #10350
• Coverage LOD tile prefetching for smoother TileLayer / TerrainLayer transitions - feat(geo-layers): coverage LOD tile prefetching #10306
• Tile loading placeholders for smoother tiled loading UX - feat(BitmapLayer): add tile loading placeholders #10359
• Shader-based globe occlusion for IconLayer / TextLayer billboards - fix(core): add shader-based globe occlusion for IconLayer and TextLayer #9975
• Shared TerrainLayer tile data/cache RFC - RFC(geo-layers) Share TerrainLayer tile data #10374

Open Questions / Follow-ups

• Shared clamp vs damp view-state constraint model for controllers and transitions - Question: clamp vs damp view-state constraints #10377
• Globe-aware FlyToInterpolator path is still not active; earlier draft closed - feat(core): make FlyToInterpolator globe-aware #10378
• Projection switching / synchronization issues with MapLibre globe - [Bug] Deck with Maplibre Globe synchronization issue #9466
• MapLibre globe depth/culling/billboard behavior - [Bug] MapLibre Globe Integration #9592, [Bug] Icon Layer on Globe Projection #9554, IconLayer / TextLayer not rendering under GlobeView (non-Mercator projection) #9777, fix(core): add shader-based globe occlusion for IconLayer and TextLayer #9975
• ScatterplotLayer artifacts in MapLibre interleaved globe mode, including large-radius draping - [Bug] Rendering artifacts when using ScatterplotLayer with Maplibre Interleaved mode + Globe projection #10206
• BitmapLayer / TileLayer globe subdivision and low-zoom projection issues - [Bug] Distorted bitmap in LNGLAT coordinate system in Globe view near the poles #7104, [GlobeView] Bitmaplayer and TileLayer collision #6088, [Bug] Projection issue with TileLayer on low-zoom GlobeView #10011
• Path/polygon/line subdivision and antimeridian handling - wrapLongitude problem with trips-layer #5631, [Bug] Distorted bitmap in LNGLAT coordinate system in Globe view near the poles #7104, [GlobeView] Bitmaplayer and TileLayer collision #6088
• Mesh/model orientation parity in globe mode - Mesh model reversed in globe view #7362
• Documentation cleanup for GlobeView limitations once support is no longer experimental - [Doc] Add limitation to GlobeView #9190

Recently Closed / Likely Resolved

• PathLayer flipped faces in GlobeView - Some PathLayer faces are flipped when using GlobeView #5143
• Windows TileLayer / GlobeView visibility report - [Bug] Globe with TileLayer (OSM) not visible only in windows. #9853
• Tile3DLayer small tile gaps - Tile3DLayer: small gaps between tiles #4262
• Bitmap layer on MapLibre globe not fully displayed - [Bug] Bitmap layer on Maplibre globe is not fully displayed #9357

Original tracker text

Target Use Case

This issue tracks TODO items in order to move GlobeView from experimental to a production feature.

Proposal

Essential:

• Align Globe common space and camera parameters with maplibre-gl v5
• MapboxOverlay supports Maplibre's globe projection
• Align path/polygon subdivision scheme with maplibre-gl v5, or at lease in a way without apparent visual discrepancy
  • [Bug] Distorted bitmap in LNGLAT coordinate system in Globe view near the poles #7104
  • [GlobeView] Bitmaplayer and TileLayer collision #6088

Good to have:

• Support rotation (bearing) in GlobeController
• Generic attribute subdivision
  • wrapLongitude problem with trips-layer #5631

[charlieforward9]

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In my implementation, simply adding projection={"globe"} to the <Map> component results in some of my layers disappearing (not all of them). Am I missing something simple or is this a bigger bug requiring a reproduction?

[charlieforward9]

More specifically, all my deck.gl layers show up except the IconLayer, I am working on figuring why out now.