import {TerrainLayerDemo} from '@site/src/doc-demos/geo-layers';
The TerrainLayer
reconstructs mesh surfaces from height map images, e.g. Mapzen Terrain Tiles, which encodes elevation into R,G,B values.
When elevationData
is supplied with a URL template, i.e. a string containing '{x}'
and '{y}'
, it loads terrain tiles on demand using a TileLayer
and renders a mesh for each tile. If elevationData
is an absolute URL, a single mesh is used, and the bounds
prop is required to position it into the world space.
import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs'; import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
import {Deck} from '@deck.gl/core';
import {TerrainLayer} from '@deck.gl/geo-layers';
const layer = new TerrainLayer({
elevationDecoder: {
rScaler: 2,
gScaler: 0,
bScaler: 0,
offset: 0
},
// Digital elevation model from https://www.usgs.gov/
elevationData: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/visgl/deck.gl-data/master/website/terrain.png',
texture: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/visgl/deck.gl-data/master/website/terrain-mask.png',
bounds: [-122.5233, 37.6493, -122.3566, 37.8159],
});
new Deck({
initialViewState: {
longitude: -122.4,
latitude: 37.74,
zoom: 11
},
controller: true,
layers: [layer]
});
import {Deck} from '@deck.gl/core';
import {TerrainLayer} from '@deck.gl/geo-layers';
const layer = new TerrainLayer({
elevationDecoder: {
rScaler: 2,
gScaler: 0,
bScaler: 0,
offset: 0
},
// Digital elevation model from https://www.usgs.gov/
elevationData: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/visgl/deck.gl-data/master/website/terrain.png',
texture: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/visgl/deck.gl-data/master/website/terrain-mask.png',
bounds: [-122.5233, 37.6493, -122.3566, 37.8159],
});
new Deck({
initialViewState: {
longitude: -122.4,
latitude: 37.74,
zoom: 11
},
controller: true,
layers: [layer]
});
import React from 'react';
import DeckGL from '@deck.gl/react';
import {TerrainLayer} from '@deck.gl/geo-layers';
function App() {
const layer = new TerrainLayer({
elevationDecoder: {
rScaler: 2,
gScaler: 0,
bScaler: 0,
offset: 0
},
// Digital elevation model from https://www.usgs.gov/
elevationData: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/visgl/deck.gl-data/master/website/terrain.png',
texture: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/visgl/deck.gl-data/master/website/terrain-mask.png',
bounds: [-122.5233, 37.6493, -122.3566, 37.8159],
});
return <DeckGL
initialViewState={{
longitude: -122.4,
latitude: 37.74,
zoom: 11
}}
controller
layers={[layer]}
/>;
}
To install the dependencies from NPM:
npm install deck.gl
# or
npm install @deck.gl/core @deck.gl/mesh-layers @deck.gl/geo-layers
import {TerrainLayer} from '@deck.gl/geo-layers';
import type {TerrainLayerProps} from '@deck.gl/geo-layers';
new TerrainLayer(...props: TerrainLayerProps[]);
To use pre-bundled scripts:
<script src="https://unpkg.com/deck.gl@^9.0.0/dist.min.js"></script>
<!-- or -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@deck.gl/core@^9.0.0/dist.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@deck.gl/mesh-layers@^9.0.0/dist.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@deck.gl/geo-layers@^9.0.0/dist.min.js"></script>
new deck.TerrainLayer({});
When in Tiled Mode, inherits from all TileLayer properties. Forwards wireframe
property to SimpleMeshLayer.
Image URL that encodes height data.
- If the value is a valid URL, this layer will render a single mesh.
- If the value is a string, and contains substrings
{x}
and{y}
, it is considered a URL template. This layer will render aTileLayer
of meshes.{x}
{y}
and{z}
will be replaced with a tile's actual index when it is requested. - If the value is an array: multiple URL templates. See
TileLayer
'sdata
prop documentation for use cases.
Image URL to use as the surface texture. Same schema as elevationData
.
- Default:
null
Martini error tolerance in meters, smaller number results in more detailed mesh..
- Default:
4.0
Parameters used to convert a pixel to elevation in meters. An object containing the following fields:
rScaler
: Multiplier of the red channel.gScaler
: Multiplier of the green channel.bScaler
: Multiplier of the blue channel.offset
: Translation of the sum.
Each color channel (r, g, and b) is a number between [0, 255]
.
For example, the Mapbox terrain service's elevation is encoded as follows:
height = -10000 + ((R * 256 * 256 + G * 256 + B) * 0.1)
The corresponding elevationDecoder
is:
{
"rScaler": 6553.6,
"gScaler": 25.6,
"bScaler": 0.1,
"offset": -10000
}
The default value of elevationDecoder
decodes a grayscale image:
{
"rScaler": 1,
"gScaler": 0,
"bScaler": 0,
"offset": 0
}
Bounds of the image to fit x,y coordinates into. In [left, bottom, right, top]
.
left
and right
refers to the world longitude/x at the corresponding side of the image.
top
and bottom
refers to the world latitude/y at the corresponding side of the image.
Must be supplied when using non-tiled elevation data.
- Default:
null
On top of the default options, also accepts options for the following loaders:
- TerrainLoader
- ImageLoader if the
texture
prop is supplied
Note that by default, the TerrainLoader
parses data using web workers, with code loaded from a CDN. To change this behavior, see loaders and workers.
Color to use if texture
is unavailable. Forwarded to SimpleMeshLayer
's getColor
prop.
- Default:
[255, 255, 255]
Forwarded to SimpleMeshLayer
's wireframe
prop.
- Default:
false
Forwarded to SimpleMeshLayer
's material
prop.
- Default:
true
The TerrainLayer
renders the following sublayers:
tiles
- a TileLayer. Only rendered ifelevationData
is a URL template.mesh
- a SimpleMeshLayer rendering the terrain mesh.