Pick objects with various methods (GPU picking, raycasting...)

Picking
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Picking lets you pick Giro3D and native THREE.js objects, and get their coordinates in the CRS of the instance.
Provides various filtering options to enhance precision and performance.

  • pixels
  • Pick latency: 12.1 ms
  • No result to display
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Picking is the action of determining what's underneath the mouse cursor.

index.js
import {
    Vector3,
    Group,
    Mesh,
    BoxGeometry,
    SphereGeometry,
    MeshLambertMaterial,
    DirectionalLight,
    AmbientLight,
} from 'three';
import { MapControls } from 'three/examples/jsm/controls/MapControls.js';

import Extent from '@giro3d/giro3d/core/geographic/Extent.js';
import Instance from '@giro3d/giro3d/core/Instance.js';
import Map from '@giro3d/giro3d/entities/Map.js';
import Tiles3D from '@giro3d/giro3d/entities/Tiles3D.js';
import ColorLayer from '@giro3d/giro3d/core/layer/ColorLayer.js';
import ElevationLayer from '@giro3d/giro3d/core/layer/ElevationLayer.js';
import BilFormat from '@giro3d/giro3d/formats/BilFormat.js';
import Tiles3DSource from '@giro3d/giro3d/sources/Tiles3DSource.js';
import Inspector from '@giro3d/giro3d/gui/Inspector.js';
import WmtsSource from '@giro3d/giro3d/sources/WmtsSource.js';
import PointCloudMaterial from '@giro3d/giro3d/renderer/PointCloudMaterial.js';

// Defines projection that we will use (taken from https://epsg.io/2154, Proj4js section)
Instance.registerCRS(
    'EPSG:2154',
    '+proj=lcc +lat_0=46.5 +lon_0=3 +lat_1=49 +lat_2=44 +x_0=700000 +y_0=6600000 +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs',
);
Instance.registerCRS(
    'IGNF:WGS84G',
    'GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]',
);

const extent = new Extent('EPSG:2154', -111629.52, 1275028.84, 5976033.79, 7230161.64);

const viewerDiv = document.getElementById('viewerDiv');

const instance = new Instance(viewerDiv, {
    crs: extent.crs(),
    renderer: {
        clearColor: 0xcccccc,
    },
});

instance.renderingOptions.enableEDL = true;
instance.renderingOptions.enableInpainting = true;
instance.renderingOptions.enablePointCloudOcclusion = true;

// create a map
const map = new Map('map', {
    extent,
    backgroundColor: 'gray',
    supportRaycast: true,
    hillshading: {
        enabled: true,
        elevationLayersOnly: true,
    },
});
instance.add(map);

const noDataValue = -1000;

const capabilitiesUrl =
    'https://data.geopf.fr/wmts?SERVICE=WMTS&VERSION=1.0.0&REQUEST=GetCapabilities';

WmtsSource.fromCapabilities(capabilitiesUrl, {
    layer: 'ELEVATION.ELEVATIONGRIDCOVERAGE.HIGHRES',
    format: new BilFormat(),
    noDataValue,
})
    .then(elevationWmts => {
        map.addLayer(
            new ElevationLayer({
                name: 'wmts_elevation',
                extent: map.extent,
                // We don't need the full resolution of terrain because we are not using any shading
                resolutionFactor: 0.25,
                minmax: { min: 0, max: 5000 },
                noDataOptions: {
                    replaceNoData: false,
                },
                source: elevationWmts,
            }),
        );
    })
    .catch(console.error);

WmtsSource.fromCapabilities(capabilitiesUrl, {
    layer: 'HR.ORTHOIMAGERY.ORTHOPHOTOS',
})
    .then(orthophotoWmts => {
        map.addLayer(
            new ColorLayer({
                name: 'wmts_orthophotos',
                extent: map.extent,
                source: orthophotoWmts,
            }),
        );
    })
    .catch(console.error);

// Create the 3D tiles entity
const pointcloud = new Tiles3D(
    'pointcloud',
    new Tiles3DSource('https://3d.oslandia.com/lidar_hd/tileset.json'),
    {
        material: new PointCloudMaterial(),
    },
);

instance.add(pointcloud);

// also add some lights
const sun = new DirectionalLight('#ffffff', 1.4);
sun.position.set(-1, -2, 1).normalize();
sun.updateMatrixWorld(true);
instance.scene.add(sun);

// We can look below the floor, so let's light also a bit there
const sun2 = new DirectionalLight('#ffffff', 0.5);
sun2.position.set(0, 1, 1);
sun2.updateMatrixWorld();
instance.scene.add(sun2);

// ambient
const ambientLight = new AmbientLight(0xffffff, 0.2);
instance.scene.add(ambientLight);

const cube = new Mesh(new BoxGeometry(300, 300, 300), new MeshLambertMaterial({ color: 'blue' }));
cube.name = 'cube';

cube.position.set(913741, 6459089, 369);
instance.add(cube);
cube.updateMatrixWorld(true);

// place camera above grenoble
instance.camera.camera3D.position.set(913349.2364044407, 6456426.459171033, 1706.0108044011636);

// and look at the Bastille
const lookAt = new Vector3(913896, 6459191, 200);
instance.camera.camera3D.lookAt(lookAt);

// Creates controls
const controls = new MapControls(instance.camera.camera3D, instance.domElement);

// Then looks at extent's center
controls.target.copy(lookAt);
controls.saveState();

controls.enableDamping = true;
controls.dampingFactor = 0.2;

instance.useTHREEControls(controls);

Inspector.attach(document.getElementById('panelDiv'), instance);

const markerMaterial = new MeshLambertMaterial({
    color: 'red',
});

const markerGroup = new Group();
instance.add(markerGroup);

const options = {
    gpuPicking: false,
    showMarkers: true,
    pickPointCloudOnly: false,
    pickMapOnly: false,
    radius: 0,
    limit: 0,
    pickEvent: 'mousemove',
};

function bindCheckBox(name, callback) {
    const elt = document.getElementById(name);
    elt.onchange = () => {
        callback(elt.checked);
    };
}

function bindNumericUpDown(name, callback) {
    const elt = document.getElementById(name);
    elt.onchange = () => {
        const value = parseInt(elt.value, 10);
        callback(value);
    };
}

function bindDropDown(name, callback) {
    const mode = document.getElementById(name);
    mode.onchange = () => {
        callback(mode.value);
    };
}

bindDropDown('pickEvent', v => (options.pickEvent = v));

bindCheckBox('gpuPicking', v => (options.gpuPicking = v));
bindCheckBox('showMarkers', v => {
    options.showMarkers = v;
    if (!v) {
        markerGroup.clear();
        instance.notifyChange();
    }
});
bindCheckBox('pickMap', v => (options.pickMapOnly = v));
bindCheckBox('pickPointCloud', v => (options.pickPointCloudOnly = v));

bindNumericUpDown('radius', v => (options.radius = v));
bindNumericUpDown('limit', v => (options.limit = v));

function updateResultTable(pickResults) {
    const table = document.getElementById('table');
    const resultList = document.getElementById('results');

    resultList.innerHTML = '';

    function column(content) {
        const col = document.createElement('td');
        col.innerHTML = content;
        return col;
    }

    const emptyWarning = document.getElementById('emptyWarning');
    if (pickResults.length > 0) {
        emptyWarning.style.display = 'none';
        table.style.display = 'unset';
    } else {
        emptyWarning.style.display = 'unset';
        table.style.display = 'none';
    }

    for (let index = 0; index < pickResults.length; index++) {
        const pickResult = pickResults[index];
        const tr = document.createElement('tr');

        // result #
        tr.appendChild(column(`${index}`));
        // entity
        const entity = pickResult.entity;
        tr.appendChild(column(entity ? `<code>${pickResult.entity?.id}</code>` : 'none'));
        // picked object
        const type = pickResult.object.type;
        tr.appendChild(column(`<span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-primary">${type}</span>`));

        /** @type {Vector3} */
        const point = pickResult.point;

        // X, Y, Z coordinates of point
        tr.appendChild(column(point.x.toFixed(0)));
        tr.appendChild(column(point.y.toFixed(0)));
        tr.appendChild(column(point.z.toFixed(0)));

        resultList.appendChild(tr);
    }
}

const sphere = new SphereGeometry(8);

function performPicking(mouseEvent) {
    // Determine which entities to include
    let where = [];
    if (options.pickMapOnly) {
        where.push(map);
    }

    if (options.pickPointCloudOnly) {
        where.push(pointcloud);
    }

    const pickOptions = {
        limit: options.limit === 0 ? undefined : options.limit,
        radius: options.radius,
        gpuPicking: options.gpuPicking,
        where: where.length > 0 ? where : undefined,
        sortByDistance: true,
    };

    const start = performance.now();
    const results = instance.pickObjectsAt(mouseEvent, pickOptions);
    const end = performance.now();

    document.getElementById('latency').innerText = `Latency: ${(end - start).toFixed(1)} ms`;

    const noRaycast = () => {
        /** empty */
    };

    if (options.showMarkers && results.length > 0) {
        const position = results[0].point;
        const marker = new Mesh(sphere, markerMaterial);
        // Disable raycasting on markers to avoid picking them.
        marker.raycast = noRaycast;
        if (markerGroup.children.length > 30) {
            const removed = markerGroup.children.splice(0, markerGroup.children.length - 30);
            removed.forEach(item => item.removeFromParent());
        }

        // - In the case of CPU picking, the Z value is simply the Z-coordinate of
        // the picked point, which itself is affected by the scale of the scene.
        //
        // - In the case of GPU picking, the Z value is sampled from the texture, unaffected
        // by the scale of the scene. That is why we have to apply the scene scale to obtain the
        // correct world space coordinate.
        if (options.gpuPicking) {
            position.multiply(instance.scene.scale);
        }

        marker.position.copy(position);
        // Notice we use attach instead of add so that world position is
        // preserved in case of non-default scale.
        markerGroup.attach(marker);
        marker.updateMatrixWorld(true);
        instance.notifyChange();
    }

    updateResultTable(results);
}

function onMouseMove(mouseEvent) {
    if (options.pickEvent === 'mousemove') {
        performPicking(mouseEvent);
    }
}

function onMouseClick(mouseEvent) {
    if (options.pickEvent === 'click') {
        performPicking(mouseEvent);
    }
}

function bindSlider(name, callback) {
    const slider = document.getElementById(name);
    slider.oninput = function oninput() {
        callback(slider.valueAsNumber);
        instance.notifyChange(map);
    };
}

bindSlider('zScaleSlider', v => {
    instance.scene.scale.setZ(v);
    instance.scene.updateMatrixWorld(true);
    document.getElementById('zScaleLabel').innerText = `Z-scale = ${v.toFixed(1)}`;
});

instance.domElement.addEventListener('mousemove', onMouseMove);
instance.domElement.addEventListener('click', onMouseClick);

instance.scene.updateMatrixWorld(true);

instance.notifyChange();
index.html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <title>Picking</title>
        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
        <meta name="name" content="picking" />
        <meta name="description" content="Pick objects with various methods (GPU picking, raycasting...)" />
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />

        <link rel="icon" href="https://giro3d.org/images/favicon.svg" />
        <link href="https://giro3d.org/assets/bootstrap-custom.css" rel="stylesheet" />
        <script src="https://giro3d.org/assets/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
        <link
            rel="stylesheet"
            type="text/css"
            href="https://giro3d.org/latest/css/example.css"
        />

        
    </head>

    <body>
        <div id="viewerDiv" class="m-0 p-0 w-100 h-100"></div>
        <div id="panelDiv" class="position-absolute top-0 start-0 mh-100 overflow-auto"></div>

        <div class="side-pane-with-status-bar" style="width: 30rem">
            <div class="card">
                <h5 class="card-header">Picking</h5>

                <!-- tooltip -->
                <span
                    class="badge bg-secondary position-absolute top-0 end-0 m-2"
                    data-bs-toggle="popover"
                    data-bs-content="pickingHelper"
                    >?</span
                >
                <p class="card-text d-none" id="pickingHelper">
                    Picking lets you pick Giro3D and native THREE.js objects, and get their coordinates in
                    the CRS of the instance.<br />
                    Provides various filtering options to enhance precision and performance.
                </p>

                <div class="card-body p-0">
                    <ul class="list-group list-group-flush">
                        <li class="list-group-item">
                            <!-- Parameters -->
                            <form>
                                <!-- Z-scale -->
                                <div class="mb-2">
                                    <label for="zScaleSlider" class="col-form-label" id="zScaleLabel"
                                        >Z-scale = 1</label
                                    >
                                    <div class="input-group">
                                        <input
                                            type="range"
                                            min="0.1"
                                            max="4"
                                            step="0.1"
                                            value="1"
                                            class="form-range"
                                            id="zScaleSlider"
                                            autocomplete="off"
                                        />
                                    </div>
                                </div>

                                <!-- Pick events -->
                                <div class="mb-3">
                                    <label for="pickEvent" class="form-label">Pick on event</label>
                                    <select id="pickEvent" class="form-select">
                                        <option value="click">Click</option>
                                        <option value="mousemove" selected>Mouse move</option>
                                    </select>
                                </div>
                                <!-- Picking radius -->
                                <div class="mb-3">
                                    <label for="radius" class="col-form-label">Picking radius</label>
                                    <div class="input-group">
                                        <input
                                            id="radius"
                                            type="number"
                                            min="0"
                                            max="10"
                                            value="0"
                                            class="form-control"
                                        />
                                        <span class="input-group-text">pixels</span>
                                    </div>
                                </div>
                                <!-- Limit -->
                                <div class="mb-3">
                                    <label for="limit" class="col-form-label"
                                        >Number of objects (0 for all)</label
                                    >
                                    <input
                                        id="limit"
                                        type="number"
                                        min="0"
                                        max="100"
                                        value="0"
                                        class="form-control"
                                    />
                                </div>

                                <div class="row">
                                    <!-- Prefer raycasting -->
                                    <div class="col">
                                        <div class="form-check">
                                            <input
                                                class="form-check-input"
                                                type="checkbox"
                                                id="gpuPicking"
                                            />
                                            <label class="form-check-label" for="gpuPicking">
                                                GPU picking
                                            </label>
                                        </div>
                                    </div>

                                    <!-- Picking markers -->
                                    <div class="col">
                                        <div class="form-check">
                                            <input
                                                class="form-check-input"
                                                type="checkbox"
                                                checked
                                                id="showMarkers"
                                                autocomplete="off"
                                            />
                                            <label class="form-check-label" for="showMarkers">
                                                Show markers
                                            </label>
                                        </div>
                                    </div>
                                </div>
                                <div class="row">
                                    <!-- Pick map -->
                                    <div class="col">
                                        <div class="form-check">
                                            <input
                                                class="form-check-input"
                                                type="checkbox"
                                                id="pickMap"
                                                autocomplete="off"
                                            />
                                            <label class="form-check-label" for="pickMap">
                                                Pick only map
                                            </label>
                                        </div>
                                    </div>
                                    <!-- Pick point cloud -->
                                    <div class="col">
                                        <div class="form-check">
                                            <input
                                                class="form-check-input"
                                                type="checkbox"
                                                id="pickPointCloud"
                                                autocomplete="off"
                                            />
                                            <label class="form-check-label" for="pickPointCloud">
                                                Pick only point cloud
                                            </label>
                                        </div>
                                    </div>
                                </div>
                            </form>
                        </li>
                        <li class="list-group-item">
                            <span id="latency">Pick latency: 12.1 ms</span>
                        </li>
                        <li class="list-group-item">
                            <div id="emptyWarning" class="p-4">
                                <span class="fs-4 text-secondary">No result to display</span>
                            </div>
                            <!-- Result table -->
                            <table id="table" class="table" style="display: none">
                                <thead>
                                    <tr>
                                        <th scope="col">#</th>
                                        <th scope="col">Entity</th>
                                        <th scope="col">Object</th>
                                        <th scope="col">X</th>
                                        <th scope="col">Y</th>
                                        <th scope="col">Z</th>
                                    </tr>
                                </thead>
                                <tbody id="results">
                                    <tr>
                                        <td>?</td>
                                        <td>?</td>
                                        <td>?</td>
                                        <td>?</td>
                                        <td>?</td>
                                        <td>?</td>
                                    </tr>
                                </tbody>
                            </table>
                        </li>
                    </ul>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>

        <script type="module" src="index.js"></script>
        <script>
            /* activate popovers */
            const popoverTriggerList = [].slice.call(
                document.querySelectorAll('[data-bs-toggle="popover"]'),
            );
            popoverTriggerList.map(
                // bootstrap is used as script in the template, disable warning about undef
                // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
                popoverTriggerEl =>
                    new bootstrap.Popover(popoverTriggerEl, {
                        trigger: 'hover',
                        placement: 'left',
                        content: document.getElementById(
                            popoverTriggerEl.getAttribute('data-bs-content'),
                        ).innerHTML,
                        html: true,
                    }),
            );
        </script>
    </body>
</html>
package.json
{
    "name": "picking",
    "dependencies": {
        "@giro3d/giro3d": "0.37.3"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "vite": "^3.2.3"
    },
    "scripts": {
        "start": "vite",
        "build": "vite build"
    }
}