Roadmap

In progress

• 3D Tiles - streaming 3D buildings, vector data, point clouds, etc.
• Polygons, polylines, billboards, and labels clamped to terrain. #2172
• More KML features. #873, #2179
• Google Summer of Code 2015
  • Sandcastle redesign
  • Shapefile and GPX loaders
  • GML loader
  • NASA LIDAR curtains
• See the Cesium in 2015 forum discussion.

Ongoing

We're always looking to:

• Write tutorials and improve reference documentation
• Improve quality by fixing known issues. If you want to contribute, a good place to start is the beginner issues
• Write demos that showcase Cesium, especially demos that combine Cesium with interesting datasets or other web APIs

Future Ideas (some have progress already)

If you are interested in implementing any of these, start a discussion on the forum.

• See issues labeled roadmap
• General
  • DataSource improvements. #1045
  • Mobile improvements
  • Sandcastle improvements
  • More standard web services: WFS, WCS, ...
  • Military symbol sets such as MS2525 and NTDS. SVG files?
  • Support for multiple central bodies, i.e., Sun, Moon, etc.
• Graphics
  • Geometry and appearances improvements. #766
  • 3D model improvements. #927
  • Dynamic buffers. #932
  • Line styles. paper
  • Terrain and imagery improvements. #526
  • Shadows, #2594
  • Post-Processing Framework (branch)
  • Particle system
  • Label declutter. #1097
  • Space features
  • Refactor internal Columbus View architecture.
  • WebGL 2 and WebGL extensions. #797
  • Volumetric clouds
  • Stars improvements
  • Ocean improvements
  • Video on terrain
  • John Madden-style collaboration among multiple clients
  • Polyline and polygon LOD. Douglas-Peucker reduction
  • Lat/lon grid
  • Shader pipeline improvements. #1031
  • Material improvements
  • Investigate Draft for Candidate OpenGIS® Web 3D Service Interface Standard
• CZML
  • CZML External links
  • GeoServer CZML writer
  • CZML Path/History visualization
  • Z-ordering - czml-writer issue
  • Buffer availability and "buffering" behavior
  • Layers
  • Improved materials support
  • Custom axes & reference frames
  • Imagery and terrain sources
  • Camera/Tours
  • Arbitrary link support (# and $ in CZML spec)
  • CZML defined user interfaces, possibly with markdown
  • Model support, once Cesium support exists
  • Human readable messages/events raised in CZML
• Widgets
  • Data Source Browser widget (branch)
  • Navigation widget. #450
  • Improved TimeLine widget
  • Standard Cesium toolbar

Past Student Programs

• Google Summer of Code 2015
• Google Summer of Code 2013