GlobeView.SurfaceResolution Property
Gets or sets a value adjusting the resolution of the surface textures.
Syntax
public GlobeViewResolution SurfaceResolution { get; set; }Property Value
Remarks
This property controls the resolution of the surface textures. A higher value will create sharper images. It does not affect which features are loaded by the SurfaceLayers, just the resolution when those features are rendered.
The default value is Low, which is suitable for most raster maps. If you use vector data to render the surface textures, you may find the textures a bit blurry, in that case you should try changing this property to Medium or High.
The property has no effect on the ground mesh loaded from ElevationInput. Use the ElevationResolution property for that.
Setting this property too high can quickly use up all available video memory in the machine. This can crash or hang the application, or even the machine. Increase this property one step at a time and test how it works instead of trying a too high value directly.
The memory needed also depends on the current window size, and ElevationResolution. A higher value for ElevationResolution may actually decrease memory usage in most cases.
Example
// Increase the surface texture resolution one step. This
// will improve rendering quality, but will also increase
// memory and CPU/GPU usage.
public static void IncreaseSurfaceTextureResolution(GlobeView globeView)
{
// Increase the current resolution.
switch (globeView.surfaceResolution)
{
case GlobeViewResolution.VeryLow:
globeView.SurfaceResolution = GlobeViewResolution.Low;
break;
case GlobeViewResolution.Low:
globeView.SurfaceResolution = GlobeViewResolution.Medium;
break;
case GlobeViewResolution.Medium:
globeView.SurfaceResolution = GlobeViewResolution.High;
break;
case GlobeViewResolution.High:
globeView.SurfaceResolution = GlobeViewResolution.VeryHigh;
break;
default:
// Already at maximum resolution
break;
}
}
Platforms
Windows, Linux, Android