Source: Core/TerrainProvider.js

/*global define*/
define([
        './defined',
        './defineProperties',
        './DeveloperError',
        './Math'
    ], function(
        defined,
        defineProperties,
        DeveloperError,
        CesiumMath) {
    'use strict';

    /**
     * Provides terrain or other geometry for the surface of an ellipsoid.  The surface geometry is
     * organized into a pyramid of tiles according to a {@link TilingScheme}.  This type describes an
     * interface and is not intended to be instantiated directly.
     *
     * @alias TerrainProvider
     * @constructor
     *
     * @see EllipsoidTerrainProvider
     * @see CesiumTerrainProvider
     * @see ArcGisImageServerTerrainProvider
     */
    function TerrainProvider() {
        DeveloperError.throwInstantiationError();
    }

    defineProperties(TerrainProvider.prototype, {
        /**
         * Gets an event that is raised when the terrain provider encounters an asynchronous error..  By subscribing
         * to the event, you will be notified of the error and can potentially recover from it.  Event listeners
         * are passed an instance of {@link TileProviderError}.
         * @memberof TerrainProvider.prototype
         * @type {Event}
         */
        errorEvent : {
            get : DeveloperError.throwInstantiationError
        },

        /**
         * Gets the credit to display when this terrain provider is active.  Typically this is used to credit
         * the source of the terrain. This function should
         * not be called before {@link TerrainProvider#ready} returns true.
         * @memberof TerrainProvider.prototype
         * @type {Credit}
         */
        credit : {
            get : DeveloperError.throwInstantiationError
        },

        /**
         * Gets the tiling scheme used by the provider.  This function should
         * not be called before {@link TerrainProvider#ready} returns true.
         * @memberof TerrainProvider.prototype
         * @type {TilingScheme}
         */
        tilingScheme : {
            get : DeveloperError.throwInstantiationError
        },

        /**
         * Gets a value indicating whether or not the provider is ready for use.
         * @memberof TerrainProvider.prototype
         * @type {Boolean}
         */
        ready : {
            get : DeveloperError.throwInstantiationError
        },

        /**
         * Gets a promise that resolves to true when the provider is ready for use.
         * @memberof TerrainProvider.prototype
         * @type {Promise.<Boolean>}
         * @readonly
         */
        readyPromise : {
            get : DeveloperError.throwInstantiationError
        },

        /**
         * Gets a value indicating whether or not the provider includes a water mask.  The water mask
         * indicates which areas of the globe are water rather than land, so they can be rendered
         * as a reflective surface with animated waves.  This function should not be
         * called before {@link TerrainProvider#ready} returns true.
         * @memberof TerrainProvider.prototype
         * @type {Boolean}
         */
        hasWaterMask : {
            get : DeveloperError.throwInstantiationError
        },

        /**
         * Gets a value indicating whether or not the requested tiles include vertex normals.
         * This function should not be called before {@link TerrainProvider#ready} returns true.
         * @memberof TerrainProvider.prototype
         * @type {Boolean}
         */
        hasVertexNormals : {
            get : DeveloperError.throwInstantiationError
        }
    });

    var regularGridIndexArrays = [];

    /**
     * Gets a list of indices for a triangle mesh representing a regular grid.  Calling
     * this function multiple times with the same grid width and height returns the
     * same list of indices.  The total number of vertices must be less than or equal
     * to 65536.
     *
     * @param {Number} width The number of vertices in the regular grid in the horizontal direction.
     * @param {Number} height The number of vertices in the regular grid in the vertical direction.
     * @returns {Uint16Array} The list of indices.
     */
    TerrainProvider.getRegularGridIndices = function(width, height) {
        //>>includeStart('debug', pragmas.debug);
        if (width * height >= CesiumMath.SIXTY_FOUR_KILOBYTES) {
            throw new DeveloperError('The total number of vertices (width * height) must be less than 65536.');
        }
        //>>includeEnd('debug');

        var byWidth = regularGridIndexArrays[width];
        if (!defined(byWidth)) {
            regularGridIndexArrays[width] = byWidth = [];
        }

        var indices = byWidth[height];
        if (!defined(indices)) {
            indices = byWidth[height] = new Uint16Array((width - 1) * (height - 1) * 6);

            var index = 0;
            var indicesIndex = 0;
            for (var j = 0; j < height - 1; ++j) {
                for (var i = 0; i < width - 1; ++i) {
                    var upperLeft = index;
                    var lowerLeft = upperLeft + width;
                    var lowerRight = lowerLeft + 1;
                    var upperRight = upperLeft + 1;

                    indices[indicesIndex++] = upperLeft;
                    indices[indicesIndex++] = lowerLeft;
                    indices[indicesIndex++] = upperRight;
                    indices[indicesIndex++] = upperRight;
                    indices[indicesIndex++] = lowerLeft;
                    indices[indicesIndex++] = lowerRight;

                    ++index;
                }
                ++index;
            }
        }

        return indices;
    };

    /**
     * Specifies the quality of terrain created from heightmaps.  A value of 1.0 will
     * ensure that adjacent heightmap vertices are separated by no more than
     * {@link Globe.maximumScreenSpaceError} screen pixels and will probably go very slowly.
     * A value of 0.5 will cut the estimated level zero geometric error in half, allowing twice the
     * screen pixels between adjacent heightmap vertices and thus rendering more quickly.
     * @type {Number}
     */
    TerrainProvider.heightmapTerrainQuality = 0.25;

    /**
     * Determines an appropriate geometric error estimate when the geometry comes from a heightmap.
     *
     * @param {Ellipsoid} ellipsoid The ellipsoid to which the terrain is attached.
     * @param {Number} tileImageWidth The width, in pixels, of the heightmap associated with a single tile.
     * @param {Number} numberOfTilesAtLevelZero The number of tiles in the horizontal direction at tile level zero.
     * @returns {Number} An estimated geometric error.
     */
    TerrainProvider.getEstimatedLevelZeroGeometricErrorForAHeightmap = function(ellipsoid, tileImageWidth, numberOfTilesAtLevelZero) {
        return ellipsoid.maximumRadius * 2 * Math.PI * TerrainProvider.heightmapTerrainQuality / (tileImageWidth * numberOfTilesAtLevelZero);
    };

    /**
     * Requests the geometry for a given tile.  This function should not be called before
     * {@link TerrainProvider#ready} returns true.  The result must include terrain data and
     * may optionally include a water mask and an indication of which child tiles are available.
     * @function
     *
     * @param {Number} x The X coordinate of the tile for which to request geometry.
     * @param {Number} y The Y coordinate of the tile for which to request geometry.
     * @param {Number} level The level of the tile for which to request geometry.
     * @param {Boolean} [throttleRequests=true] True if the number of simultaneous requests should be limited,
     *                  or false if the request should be initiated regardless of the number of requests
     *                  already in progress.
     * @returns {Promise.<TerrainData>|undefined} A promise for the requested geometry.  If this method
     *          returns undefined instead of a promise, it is an indication that too many requests are already
     *          pending and the request will be retried later.
     */
    TerrainProvider.prototype.requestTileGeometry = DeveloperError.throwInstantiationError;

    /**
     * Gets the maximum geometric error allowed in a tile at a given level.  This function should not be
     * called before {@link TerrainProvider#ready} returns true.
     * @function
     *
     * @param {Number} level The tile level for which to get the maximum geometric error.
     * @returns {Number} The maximum geometric error.
     */
    TerrainProvider.prototype.getLevelMaximumGeometricError = DeveloperError.throwInstantiationError;

    /**
     * Determines whether data for a tile is available to be loaded.
     * @function
     *
     * @param {Number} x The X coordinate of the tile for which to request geometry.
     * @param {Number} y The Y coordinate of the tile for which to request geometry.
     * @param {Number} level The level of the tile for which to request geometry.
     * @returns {Boolean} Undefined if not supported by the terrain provider, otherwise true or false.
     */
    TerrainProvider.prototype.getTileDataAvailable = DeveloperError.throwInstantiationError;

    return TerrainProvider;
});