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3Protocol for geovis render server. 
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5Commands take the general form of command and arguments using Tcl syntax and are
6terminated by a newline.  Some command arguments expect a Tcl list which can be
7sent by enclosing the list in curly braces to prevent the interpreter from
8splitting the list into multiple arguments.  Likewise, strings with spaces
9should be quoted or enclosed in curly braces.  In the documentation below,
10arguments are indicated by angle brackets and optional arguments are surrounded
11by question marks -- the brackets and question marks are not part of the
12protocol and should not be included in argument strings.  The arguments shown
13in angle brackets should be replaced with a string (where there are fixed
14choices this document indicates valid values by separating them with pipe
15symbols), a list in Tcl syntax, or a numeric value.  Boolean arguments can take
16the form of 0|1, true|false, or yes|no.  Since the protocol commands are
17executed in a Tcl interpreter, Tcl code such as math expressions in expr
18commands enclosed in square brackets are also allowed.  Since the interpreter
19is a "safe" interpreter, some Tcl commands that could cause security issues may
20not be available for use.
21
22When binary data is to be sent, it should follow the newline after a command
23that indicates incoming data including a byte count argument.
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26Requests:
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28
29== General scene and renderer commands ==
30
31camera delete <name>
32       Delete named viewpoint
33camera dist <distance>
34       Set camera distance from focal point
35camera get
36       Request camera parameters
37camera go <x> <y> <?zoomFactor?> <?duration?>
38       Move camera to new focal point.
39       <x>,<y> = Screen/mouse coordinates
40       <zoomFactor> = Zoom distance multiplier, 1.0=no zoom
41       <duration> = Duration of viewpoint move animation in seconds
42camera orient <quatW> <quatX> <quatY> <quatZ>
43       Set scene orientation using a quaternion
44camera pan <x> <y>
45       <x,y> viewport coordinates (window center at 0,0).  Positive x pan
46       means pan object to right (camera to left).  Positive y pan means
47       pan object down (camera up).  For example a pan of 0.5, 0.5 would
48       move the object center to the lower right corner of the window
49camera reset <?all?>
50       Option all resets orientation/rotation as well as pan/zoom/clip range
51camera restore <name> <?duration?>
52       Set viewpoint to a named viewpoint, with optional animation duration in
53       seconds
54camera rotate <x> <y>
55       Specify relative rotation in viewport coordinates
56camera save <name>
57       Save current viewpoint to a named viewpoint
58camera set <x> <y> <z> <heading> <pitch> <distance> <?duration?> <?srs?> <?vertDatum?>
59       Explicitly set camera parameters, with optional animation duration in
60       seconds
61       <x>, <y> = Map coordinates of focal point
62       <z> = Altitude of focal point (see vertDatum)
63       <heading> = Azimuth in degrees
64       <pitch> = Elevation in degrees
65       <distance> = Distance of camera from focal point in map units(?)
66       <srs> = coordinate system, defaults to map coordinate system
67       <vertDatum> = vertical datum for interpreting z coordinate
68camera throw <bool>
69       Enable/disable throw inertia for panning/rotating when using mouse events
70       through protocol
71camera zoom <y>
72       Specify zoom by viewport coordinates (i.e. normalized y mouse coords)
73
74clientinfo <list>
75
76colormap add <colorMapName> <colorMap> <opacityMap>
77         (Re-)define a colormap.  If colorMapName doesn't exist, it is created,
78         otherwise the colormap is redefined and all users will be updated.
79         colorMap = Tcl list of {value r g b} control points
80         opacityMap = Tcl list of {value alpha} control points
81colormap define <colorMapName> <colorMap> <opacityMap>
82         (Re-)define a colormap (same as 'add')
83colormap delete <?colorMapName?>
84colormap res <numberOfTableEntries>
85         Set the "resolution" or number of lookup table entries in the colormap
86         <numberOfTableEntries> = integer or "default"
87
88renderer render
89         Force a new image to be rendered
90
91screen bgcolor <r> <g> <b>
92screen coords <x> <y> <z> <?srs?> <?verticalDatum?>
93       Transate map coordinates to screen/mouse coordinates.
94       <x>,<y>,<z> - Map coordinates.  If srs not given, these are in the map's
95       coordinate system.
96       <srs> - Optional horizontal srs init string for coordinate system of
97       x,y,z
98       <verticalDatum> - Optional vertical srs init string for coordinate system
99       of x,y,z
100screen size <width> <height>
101
102== Mouse and Keyboard Events ==
103
104key press <key>
105key release <key>
106
107mouse click <button> <x> <y>
108mouse dblclick <button> <x> <y>
109mouse drag <button> <x> <y>
110mouse motion <x> <y>
111mouse release <button> <x> <y>
112mouse scroll <direction>
113
114== Map Commands ==
115
116map coords <x> <y> <?srs?> <?verticalDatum?>
117    Translate screen/mouse coordinates into map coordinates.
118    <x>,<y> - Screen/mouse coordinates
119    <srs> - Optional horizontal srs init string for coordinate system to return
120    <verticalDatum> - Optional vertical srs init string for coordinate system to
121    return
122
123map grid <bool> <?type?>
124    Toggle graticule and set type
125    <type> = geodetic|utm|mgrs
126
127General form:
128map layer add <type> <driver> <url> ... <layerName>
129    <type> = image|elevation|line|point|polygon|text
130    <driver> = gdal|tms|wms|xyz
131
132Specific image layer types:
133map layer add image gdal <url> <layerName>
134    Add a GDAL image layer from a file or URL
135map layer add image wms <url> <layers> <format> <transparent> <layerName>
136    Add a WMS image layer from a URL + layer string
137    <url> = URL of WMS service
138    <layers> = layers string for WMS server
139    <format> = Image format to return (e.g. 'png')
140    <transparent> = bool
141map layer add image tms <url> <layerName>
142    Add a TMS image layer from a URL
143    <url> = URL of TMS service
144map layer add image xyz <urlPattern> <layerName>
145    Add an image layer from a web map using a template URL
146
147Elevation layers:
148map layer add elevation <driver> <url> <layerName>
149    Add an elevation image layer from a file or URL
150    <driver> = gdal|tms|wms
151
152Feature/model layers:
153map layer add point <url> <layerName>
154    Add a point feature layer from a file or URL
155map layer add polygon <url> <layerName>
156    Add a polygon feature layer from a file or URL
157map layer add line <url> <layerName>
158    Add a line feature layer from a file or URL
159map layer add text <url> <layerName>
160    Add a text symbol layer from a file or URL
161
162map layer delete <layerName>
163map layer opacity <opacity> <layerName>
164map layer move <pos> <layerName>
165map layer visible <bool> <layerName>
166
167map load data follows <nbytes>
168    Send an .earth file over the wire
169map load file <path>
170    Load an .earth file from a filesystem mounted on the server
171map load url <url>
172    Load an .earth file from a network address
173
174map posdisp <bool> <?format?> <?precision?>
175    Toggle coordinate/position display, set format and precision
176    <format> = latlong_decimal_degrees|latlong_degrees_decimal_minutes|
177               latlong_degrees_minutes_seconds|mgrs
178    <precision> = integer number of digits to display
179
180map reset <type> <?profile?> <?xmin?> <?ymin?> <?xmax?> <?ymax?>
181    Clear the scene and rebuild a new map from scratch.  When resetting the
182    map to geocentric, a profile and extents should be omitted.  When the map
183    type is projected, the profile is required and extents are optional.
184    type = geocentric|projected
185    profile = Well known profile string, e.g. 'global-geodetic',
186    'global-mercator'.  If specifying bounds (i.e. not global), use 'geodetic'
187    or 'spherical-mercator' or an SRS init string (such as an EPSG code)
188    xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax = map bounds (in profile projection/units)
189
190map scalebar <bool> <?units?>
191    Toggle scale label/bar
192    <units> = meters|feet|us_survey_feet|nautical_miles
193map setpos <x> <y>
194    Set the coordinate/position display based on mouse coordinates
195map terrain edges <bool>
196    *Not currently implemented*
197map terrain lighting <bool>
198map terrain linecolor <r> <g> <b>
199    *Not currently implemented*
200map terrain vertscale <val>
201    Set scale factor for terrain height
202map terrain wireframe <bool>
203
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205Replies:
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207nv>image -type image -bytes <nbytes>
208  <binary RGB data>
209nv>map coords <mapX> <mapY> <mapZ> <screenX> <screenY> <?srs?> <?verticalDatum?>
210   Reply to query of map coordinates from screen coordinates.  srs of the map
211   coordinates may be included if not in map's native coordinate system
212nv>map coords invalid <mouseX> <mouseY>
213   Reply indicating an off-map click/query
214nv>screen coords <screenX> <screenY> <screenZ> <mapX> <mapY> <mapZ>
215   Reply to query of screen coordinates from map coordinates
216nv>screen coords invalid <mapX> <mapY> <mapZ>
217   Reply indicating requested point is out of the view frustum
218nv>ok -token <seqnum>
219   Reply indicated commands through <seqnum> (numbered beginning at 1) have been
220   processed, but no new image was rendered
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222Error Replies:
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224nv>viserror -bytes <nbytes>
225   <multi-line error string of nbytes>
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