cleroux / cesium-image-ws

HTTP web service to set Cesium camera position and return an image.

Cesium Image Web Service

Provides a HTTP Web Service that allows a client to set the Cesium camera position and orientation and returns the resulting canvas image as PNG. Allows any application to leverage Cesium functionality through HTTP. Intended for single-client use only.

Install dependencies and launch the web service

npm install
npm start

Usage

Query Parameters

lat : Latitude in degrees (required)
lon : Longitude in degrees (required)
alt : Altitude in meters (required)
hdg : Heading in degrees (optional, defaults to 0.0)
pit : Pitch in degrees (optional, defaults to -90.0)
rol : Roll in degrees (optional, defaults to 0.0)

Example

http://localhost:8080/?lat=32.71&lon=-117.16&alt=5000&hdg=0.0&pit=-90.0&rol=0.0

Known bugs

Electron's executeJavaScript() does not resolve Promise or execute callback on Mac.