Use colormaps to emphasize elevation and terrain features.

Parameters
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Colormaps are useful to colorize an elevation dataset. You can change the color map's properties dynamically, such as the min and max values, the color gradients, or disable the color map entirely. Color maps can be applied on both elevation layers and color layers.

index.js
import colormap from "colormap";

import { Vector3, Color, DoubleSide } from "three";
import { MapControls } from "three/examples/jsm/controls/MapControls.js";

import XYZ from "ol/source/XYZ.js";

import * as FunctionCurveEditor from "function-curve-editor";

import Extent from "@giro3d/giro3d/core/geographic/Extent.js";
import Instance from "@giro3d/giro3d/core/Instance.js";
import ElevationLayer from "@giro3d/giro3d/core/layer/ElevationLayer.js";
import MapboxTerrainFormat from "@giro3d/giro3d/formats/MapboxTerrainFormat.js";
import Map from "@giro3d/giro3d/entities/Map.js";
import Inspector from "@giro3d/giro3d/gui/Inspector.js";
import ColorMap from "@giro3d/giro3d/core/layer/ColorMap.js";
import ColorMapMode from "@giro3d/giro3d/core/layer/ColorMapMode.js";
import TiledImageSource from "@giro3d/giro3d/sources/TiledImageSource.js";
import ColorLayer from "@giro3d/giro3d/core/layer/ColorLayer.js";

function bindToggle(id, onChange) {
  const element = document.getElementById(id);
  if (!(element instanceof HTMLInputElement)) {
    throw new Error(
      "invalid binding element: expected HTMLButtonElement, got: " +
        element.constructor.name,
    );
  }

  element.oninput = function oninput() {
    onChange(element.checked);
  };

  const callback = (v) => {
    element.checked = v;
    onChange(element.checked);
  };

  return [callback, element.checked, element];
}

function bindSlider(id, onChange) {
  const element = document.getElementById(id);
  if (!(element instanceof HTMLInputElement)) {
    throw new Error(
      "invalid binding element: expected HTMLInputElement, got: " +
        element.constructor.name,
    );
  }

  element.oninput = function oninput() {
    onChange(element.valueAsNumber);
  };

  const setValue = (v, min, max, step) => {
    if (min != null && max != null) {
      element.min = min.toString();
      element.max = max.toString();

      if (step != null) {
        element.step = step;
      }
    }
    element.valueAsNumber = v;
    onChange(element.valueAsNumber);
  };

  const initialValue = element.valueAsNumber;

  return [setValue, initialValue, element];
}

function bindDropDown(id, onChange) {
  const element = document.getElementById(id);
  if (!(element instanceof HTMLSelectElement)) {
    throw new Error(
      "invalid binding element: expected HTMLSelectElement, got: " +
        element.constructor.name,
    );
  }

  element.onchange = () => {
    onChange(element.value);
  };

  const callback = (v) => {
    element.value = v;
    onChange(element.value);
  };

  const setOptions = (options) => {
    const items = options.map(
      (opt) =>
        `<option value=${opt.id} ${opt.selected ? "selected" : ""}>${opt.name}</option>`,
    );
    element.innerHTML = items.join("\n");
  };

  return [callback, element.value, element, setOptions];
}

function bindButton(id, onClick) {
  const element = document.getElementById(id);
  if (!(element instanceof HTMLButtonElement)) {
    throw new Error(
      "invalid binding element: expected HTMLButtonElement, got: " +
        element.constructor.name,
    );
  }

  element.onclick = () => {
    onClick(element);
  };

  return element;
}

function makeColorRamp(
  preset,
  discrete = false,
  invert = false,
  mirror = false,
) {
  let nshades = discrete ? 10 : 256;

  const values = colormap({ colormap: preset, nshades });

  const colors = values.map((v) => new Color(v));

  if (invert) {
    colors.reverse();
  }

  if (mirror) {
    const mirrored = [...colors, ...colors.reverse()];
    return mirrored;
  }

  return colors;
}

function bindColorMapBounds(callback) {
  const min = document.getElementById("min");
  if (!(min instanceof HTMLInputElement)) {
    throw new Error(
      "invalid binding element: expected HTMLInputElement, got: " +
        min.constructor.name,
    );
  }

  const max = document.getElementById("max");
  if (!(max instanceof HTMLInputElement)) {
    throw new Error(
      "invalid binding element: expected HTMLInputElement, got: " +
        max.constructor.name,
    );
  }

  const lower = min;
  const upper = max;

  callback(lower.valueAsNumber, upper.valueAsNumber);

  function updateLabels() {
    document.getElementById("minLabel").innerText =
      `Lower bound: ${Math.round(lower.valueAsNumber)}m`;
    document.getElementById("maxLabel").innerText =
      `Upper bound: ${Math.round(upper.valueAsNumber)}m`;
  }

  lower.oninput = function oninput() {
    const rawValue = lower.valueAsNumber;
    const clampedValue = MathUtils.clamp(
      rawValue,
      Number.parseFloat(lower.min),
      upper.valueAsNumber - 1,
    );
    lower.valueAsNumber = clampedValue;
    callback(lower.valueAsNumber, upper.valueAsNumber);
    updateLabels();
  };

  upper.oninput = function oninput() {
    const rawValue = upper.valueAsNumber;
    const clampedValue = MathUtils.clamp(
      rawValue,
      lower.valueAsNumber + 1,
      Number.parseFloat(upper.max),
    );
    upper.valueAsNumber = clampedValue;
    callback(lower.valueAsNumber, upper.valueAsNumber);
    updateLabels();
  };

  const externalInput = (min, max) => {
    lower.min = min;
    lower.max = max;
    upper.min = min;
    upper.max = max;
    lower.valueAsNumber = min;
    upper.valueAsNumber = max;
    callback(lower.valueAsNumber, upper.valueAsNumber);
    updateLabels();
  };

  return externalInput;
}

const extent = Extent.fromCenterAndSize(
  "EPSG:3857",
  { x: 697313, y: 5591324 },
  30000,
  30000,
);

const instance = new Instance({
  target: "view",
  crs: extent.crs,
  backgroundColor: null, // To make the canvas transparent
});

const cameraPosition = new Vector3(697119, 5543639, 53043);

instance.view.camera.position.copy(cameraPosition);

const controls = new MapControls(instance.view.camera, instance.domElement);
controls.target = extent.centerAsVector3();
controls.enableDamping = true;
controls.dampingFactor = 0.2;
controls.saveState();
instance.view.setControls(controls);

const elevationMin = 780;
const elevationMax = 3574;

let parameters = {
  ramp: "viridis",
  discrete: false,
  invert: false,
  mirror: false,
  backgroundOpacity: 1,
  transparencyCurveKnots: [
    { x: 0, y: 1 },
    { x: 1, y: 1 },
  ],
  enableColorMap: true,
  layerType: "elevation",
  colors: makeColorRamp("viridis", false, false, false),
  min: elevationMin,
  max: elevationMax,
  mode: ColorMapMode.Elevation,
};

function updatePreview(colors) {
  const canvas = document.getElementById("gradient");
  const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");

  canvas.width = colors.length;
  canvas.height = 1;

  for (let i = 0; i < colors.length; i++) {
    const color = colors[i];
    ctx.fillStyle = `#${color.getHexString()}`;
    ctx.fillRect(i, 0, 1, canvas.height);
  }
}

updatePreview(parameters.colors);

// Adds the map that will contain the layers.
const map = new Map({
  extent,
  backgroundColor: "cyan",
  side: DoubleSide,
  hillshading: {
    enabled: true,
    elevationLayersOnly: true,
  },
});
instance.add(map);

const key =
  "pk.eyJ1IjoidG11Z3VldCIsImEiOiJjbGJ4dTNkOW0wYWx4M25ybWZ5YnpicHV6In0.KhDJ7W5N3d1z3ArrsDjX_A";
const source = new TiledImageSource({
  format: new MapboxTerrainFormat(),
  source: new XYZ({
    url: `https://api.mapbox.com/v4/mapbox.terrain-rgb/{z}/{x}/{y}.pngraw?access_token=${key}`,
    projection: extent.crs,
    crossOrigin: "anonymous",
  }),
});

const backgroundLayer = new ColorLayer({
  name: "background",
  extent,
  source: new TiledImageSource({
    source: new XYZ({
      url: `https://api.mapbox.com/v4/mapbox.satellite/{z}/{x}/{y}.webp?access_token=${key}`,
      projection: extent.crs,
      crossOrigin: "anonymous",
    }),
  }),
});

const elevationLayer = new ElevationLayer({
  name: "elevation",
  extent,
  source,
  colorMap: new ColorMap(
    parameters.colors,
    elevationMin,
    elevationMax,
    ColorMapMode.Elevation,
  ),
});

const colorLayer = new ColorLayer({
  name: "color",
  extent,
  source,
  colorMap: new ColorMap(
    parameters.colors,
    elevationMin,
    elevationMax,
    ColorMapMode.Elevation,
  ),
});

map.addLayer(elevationLayer);

let activeLayer = elevationLayer;

function updateColorRamp() {
  parameters.colors = makeColorRamp(
    parameters.ramp,
    parameters.discrete,
    parameters.invert,
    parameters.mirror,
  );
  activeLayer.colorMap.colors = parameters.colors;
  activeLayer.colorMap.min = parameters.min;
  activeLayer.colorMap.max = parameters.max;
  activeLayer.colorMap.mode = parameters.mode;

  updateTransparency();

  updatePreview(parameters.colors);

  instance.notifyChange(map);
}

const [setEnableColorMap] = bindToggle("enable", (v) => {
  elevationLayer.visible = true;
  colorLayer.visible = true;
  backgroundLayer.visible = true;

  if (activeLayer.type === "ColorLayer") {
    activeLayer.visible = v;
  } else {
    activeLayer.colorMap.active = v;
  }
  instance.notifyChange(map);
});
const [setDiscrete] = bindToggle("discrete", (v) => {
  parameters.discrete = v;
  updateColorRamp();
});
const [setInvert] = bindToggle("invert", (v) => {
  parameters.invert = v;
  updateColorRamp();
});
const [setMirror] = bindToggle("mirror", (v) => {
  parameters.mirror = v;
  updateColorRamp();
});
const [setRamp] = bindDropDown("ramp", (v) => {
  parameters.ramp = v;
  updateColorRamp();
});
function setActiveLayers(...layers) {
  map.removeLayer(colorLayer);
  map.removeLayer(elevationLayer);
  map.removeLayer(backgroundLayer);

  for (const layer of layers) {
    map.addLayer(layer);
  }
  activeLayer = layers[layers.length - 1];
}
const [setLayerType] = bindDropDown("layerType", (v) => {
  switch (v) {
    case "elevation":
      setActiveLayers(elevationLayer);
      break;
    case "color":
      setActiveLayers(colorLayer);
      break;
    case "color+background":
      setActiveLayers(backgroundLayer, colorLayer);
      break;
    case "color+background+elevation":
      setActiveLayers(elevationLayer, backgroundLayer, colorLayer);
      break;
  }
  updateColorRamp();
  instance.notifyChange(map);
});
const [setBackgroundOpacity] = bindSlider("backgroundOpacity", (v) => {
  map.backgroundOpacity = v;
  instance.notifyChange(map);
});
const updateBounds = bindColorMapBounds((min, max) => {
  parameters.min = min;
  parameters.max = max;
  activeLayer.colorMap.min = min;
  activeLayer.colorMap.max = max;
  instance.notifyChange(map);
});

const [setMode] = bindDropDown("mode", (v) => {
  const numerical = Number.parseInt(v);
  switch (numerical) {
    case ColorMapMode.Elevation:
      parameters.mode = ColorMapMode.Elevation;
      updateBounds(elevationMin, elevationMax);
      break;
    case ColorMapMode.Slope:
      parameters.mode = ColorMapMode.Slope;
      updateBounds(0, 90);
      break;
    case ColorMapMode.Aspect:
      parameters.mode = ColorMapMode.Aspect;
      updateBounds(0, 360);
      break;
  }

  updateColorRamp();
  instance.notifyChange(map);
});

const canvas = document.getElementById("curve");

const widget = new FunctionCurveEditor.Widget(canvas);

function updateTransparency() {
  const length = parameters.colors.length;
  const f = widget.getFunction();
  const opacities = new Array(length);
  for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
    const t = i / length;
    opacities[i] = f(t);
  }
  activeLayer.colorMap.opacity = opacities;
}

function setupTransparencyCurve(knots = undefined) {
  // Curve editor
  const initialKnots = knots ?? [
    { x: 0, y: 1 },
    { x: 1, y: 1 },
  ];

  widget.setEditorState({
    knots: initialKnots,
    xMin: -0.2,
    xMax: 1.2,
    yMin: -0.2,
    yMax: 1.2,
    interpolationMethod: "linear",
    extendedDomain: true,
    relevantXMin: 0,
    relevantXMax: 1,
    gridEnabled: true,
  });

  widget.addEventListener("change", () => {
    updateColorRamp();
  });
}

setupTransparencyCurve();

function applyPreset(preset) {
  parameters = { ...preset };

  setupTransparencyCurve(preset.transparencyCurveKnots);
  setBackgroundOpacity(preset.backgroundOpacity);
  setRamp(preset.ramp);
  setEnableColorMap(preset.enableColorMap);
  setDiscrete(preset.discrete);
  setInvert(preset.invert);
  setMirror(preset.mirror);
  setMode(preset.mode);
  setLayerType(preset.layerType);
  updateBounds(preset.min, preset.max);
  updateColorRamp();

  instance.notifyChange(map);
}

const [setPreset] = bindDropDown("preset", (preset) => {
  switch (preset) {
    case "elevation":
      applyPreset({
        ramp: "viridis",
        transparencyCurveKnots: [
          { x: 0, y: 1 },
          { x: 1, y: 1 },
        ],
        backgroundOpacity: 1,
        enableColorMap: true,
        discrete: false,
        mirror: false,
        invert: false,
        layerType: "elevation",
        colors: makeColorRamp("viridis", false, false, false),
        opacity: new Array(256).fill(1),
        min: elevationMin,
        max: elevationMax,
        mode: ColorMapMode.Elevation,
      });
      break;

    case "elevation+transparency":
      applyPreset({
        ramp: "jet",
        transparencyCurveKnots: [
          { x: 0, y: 0.5 },
          { x: 0.4, y: 0.5 },
          { x: 0.401, y: 0 },
          { x: 1, y: 0 },
        ],
        backgroundOpacity: 1,
        enableColorMap: true,
        discrete: false,
        mirror: false,
        invert: false,
        layerType: "color+background+elevation",
        colors: makeColorRamp("jet", false, false, false),
        min: elevationMin,
        max: elevationMax,
        mode: ColorMapMode.Elevation,
      });
      break;

    case "southern-slope":
      applyPreset({
        ramp: "rdbu",
        transparencyCurveKnots: [
          { x: 0, y: 0 },
          { x: 0.4, y: 0 },
          { x: 0.401, y: 1 },
          { x: 0.6, y: 1 },
          { x: 0.601, y: 0 },
          { x: 1, y: 0 },
        ],
        backgroundOpacity: 1,
        enableColorMap: true,
        discrete: false,
        mirror: true,
        invert: false,
        layerType: "color+background+elevation",
        colors: makeColorRamp("rdbu", false, false, false),
        min: 0,
        max: 360,
        mode: ColorMapMode.Aspect,
      });
      break;

    case "flat-terrain":
      applyPreset({
        ramp: "jet",
        transparencyCurveKnots: [
          { x: 0, y: 1 },
          { x: 0.3, y: 1 },
          { x: 0.6, y: 0 },
          { x: 1, y: 0 },
        ],
        backgroundOpacity: 1,
        enableColorMap: true,
        discrete: false,
        mirror: false,
        invert: true,
        layerType: "color+background+elevation",
        colors: makeColorRamp("jet", false, false, false),
        min: 0,
        max: 35,
        mode: ColorMapMode.Slope,
      });
      break;
  }
});

function resetToDefaults() {
  setPreset("elevation");
}

bindButton("reset", resetToDefaults);

Inspector.attach("inspector", instance);

// For some reason, not waiting a bit causes the curve editor to be blank on Firefox
setTimeout(resetToDefaults, 100);
index.html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title>Color maps</title>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="name" content="colormaps" />
    <meta
      name="description"
      content="Use colormaps to emphasize elevation and terrain features."
    />
    <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/next/examples/css/example.css"
    />

    <style>
      #view canvas {
        background: rgb(132, 170, 182);
        background: radial-gradient(
          circle,
          rgba(132, 170, 182, 1) 0%,
          rgba(37, 44, 48, 1) 100%
        );
      }
    </style>
  </head>

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

    <div class="side-pane-with-status-bar" style="width: 20rem">
      <!--Parameters -->
      <div class="card">
        <div class="card-header">
          Parameters
          <button
            type="button"
            id="reset"
            class="btn btn-sm btn-primary rounded float-end"
          >
            reset
          </button>
        </div>

        <div class="card-body" id="top-options">
          <!-- Preset -->
          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <label class="input-group-text" for="preset">Preset</label>
            <select class="form-select" id="preset" autocomplete="off">
              <option value="elevation" selected>
                Simple elevation layer with color map
              </option>
              <option value="elevation+transparency">
                Elevation layer with color map visible only on the 780-2000m
                range.
              </option>
              <option value="southern-slope">
                Show the southern slopes of the mountains with a
                semi-transparent colormap.
              </option>
              <option value="flat-terrain">
                Shows flat areas of the terrain.
              </option>
            </select>
          </div>

          <!-- Layer type -->
          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <label class="input-group-text" for="layerType">Layers</label>
            <select class="form-select" id="layerType" autocomplete="off">
              <option value="elevation" selected>Elevation</option>
              <option value="color">Color</option>
              <option value="color+background">Color + Background</option>
              <option value="color+background+elevation">
                Color + Background + Elevation
              </option>
            </select>
          </div>

          <!-- Activate color map -->
          <div class="form-check form-switch mb-1">
            <input
              class="form-check-input"
              checked
              type="checkbox"
              role="switch"
              id="enable"
              autocomplete="off"
            />
            <label class="form-check-label" for="enable"
              >Enable color map</label
            >
          </div>

          <!-- Reverse color map -->
          <div class="form-check form-switch mb-1">
            <input
              class="form-check-input"
              type="checkbox"
              role="switch"
              id="invert"
              autocomplete="off"
            />
            <label class="form-check-label" for="invert"
              >Invert color map</label
            >
          </div>

          <!-- Mirror color map -->
          <div class="form-check form-switch mb-1">
            <input
              class="form-check-input"
              type="checkbox"
              role="switch"
              id="mirror"
              autocomplete="off"
            />
            <label class="form-check-label" for="mirror"
              >Mirror color map</label
            >
          </div>

          <!-- Discrete color map -->
          <div class="form-check form-switch mb-3">
            <input
              class="form-check-input"
              type="checkbox"
              role="switch"
              id="discrete"
              autocomplete="off"
            />
            <label class="form-check-label" for="discrete"
              >Discrete color map</label
            >
          </div>

          <!-- Color ramp selector -->
          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <label class="input-group-text" for="ramp">Colors</label>
            <select class="form-select" id="ramp" autocomplete="off">
              <option value="viridis" selected>Viridis</option>
              <option value="jet">Jet</option>
              <option value="greys">Greys</option>
              <option value="blackbody">Blackbody</option>
              <option value="earth">Earth</option>
              <option value="bathymetry">Bathymetry</option>
              <option value="magma">Magma</option>
              <option value="par">Par</option>
              <option value="rdbu">RdBu</option>
            </select>
          </div>

          <!-- Gradient preview -->
          <div class="mb-3 w-100">
            <canvas
              id="gradient"
              height="32"
              class="w-100 border rounded"
              style="height: 32px; image-rendering: pixelated"
            ></canvas>
          </div>

          <!-- Opacity curve -->
          <div class="mb-3 w-100">
            <label for="curve" class="mb-2">Opacity curve</label>
            <canvas
              id="curve"
              height="128"
              class="w-100"
              style="height: 128px"
            ></canvas>
          </div>

          <!-- Mode selector -->
          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <label class="input-group-text" for="mode">Mode</label>
            <select class="form-select" id="mode" autocomplete="off">
              <option value="1" selected>Elevation</option>
              <option value="2">Slope</option>
              <option value="3">Aspect</option>
            </select>
          </div>

          <!-- Background opacity slider -->
          <div class="input-group border rounded p-2 mb-3">
            <label
              for="backgroundOpacity"
              id="backgroundOpacityLabel"
              class="form-label"
              >Map background opacity</label
            >
            <div class="input-group">
              <input
                type="range"
                min="0"
                max="1"
                step="0.01"
                value="1"
                class="form-range"
                id="backgroundOpacity"
                autocomplete="off"
              />
            </div>
          </div>

          <!-- Bound sliders -->
          <div class="input-group border rounded p-2" id="bounds">
            <label for="min" id="minLabel" class="form-label"
              >Lower bound: 780m</label
            >
            <div class="input-group">
              <input
                type="range"
                min="780"
                max="3574"
                value="0"
                class="form-range"
                id="min"
                autocomplete="off"
              />
            </div>

            <label for="max" id="maxLabel" class="form-label"
              >Upper bound: 3574m</label
            >
            <div class="input-group">
              <input
                type="range"
                min="780"
                max="3574"
                value="3574"
                class="form-range"
                id="max"
                autocomplete="off"
              />
            </div>
          </div>
        </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": "colormaps",
    "dependencies": {
        "colormap": "^2.3.2",
        "function-curve-editor": "^1.0.16",
        "@giro3d/giro3d": "git+https://gitlab.com/giro3d/giro3d.git"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "vite": "^3.2.3"
    },
    "scripts": {
        "start": "vite",
        "build": "vite build"
    }
}