# Cesium Native **URL:** https://community.cesium.com/c/cesium-native/50.md [Latest](https://community.cesium.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cesium.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cesium.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Cesium Native category](https://community.cesium.com/t/about-the-cesium-native-category/38539)
**Author:** [@Shehzan\_Mohammed](https://community.cesium.com/u/Shehzan_Mohammed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/about-the-cesium-native-category/38539 "2025-02-11T19:37:40Z")
Questions, discussions, bug reports, and feature requests for Cesium Native - the foundational layer for any 3D geospatial software, especially for streaming 3D Tiles. --- ## [Does Native support reloading a single specific tile?](https://community.cesium.com/t/does-native-support-reloading-a-single-specific-tile/47199)
**Author:** [@jterr](https://community.cesium.com/u/jterr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/does-native-support-reloading-a-single-specific-tile/47199 "2026-09-15T11:46:55Z")
When working in Cesium Native, is there a way to forcibly reload a tiles content even while it is visible in its current view group? I am working with a custom data set that I am loading in Cesium for Unreal via a tiles… --- ## [A better way of horizonal cull？](https://community.cesium.com/t/a-better-way-of-horizonal-cull/47053)
**Author:** [@jiangheng90](https://community.cesium.com/u/jiangheng90)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/a-better-way-of-horizonal-cull/47053 "2026-08-26T02:02:40Z")
This idea came up recently while I was optimizing my Rust Cesium implementation. Previously, I had been using the same fog culling approach as Cesium Native. However, during visual debugging, I noticed that this method i… --- ## [Texture Issue with Google Photorealistic Tiles](https://community.cesium.com/t/texture-issue-with-google-photorealistic-tiles/46591)
**Author:** [@Nathalie\_Raffray](https://community.cesium.com/u/Nathalie_Raffray)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/texture-issue-with-google-photorealistic-tiles/46591 "2026-07-02T18:25:20Z")
Hello! I’ve been able to get my application working with the Google Photorealistic Tiles using the Raster Overlay (Imagery asset). HOWEVER, now I’m reading the textures that are streamed alongside the model (the images … --- ## [Can a GeoJsonDocumentRasterOverlay be re-added after removal?](https://community.cesium.com/t/can-a-geojsondocumentrasteroverlay-be-re-added-after-removal/45999)
**Author:** [@orelron98](https://community.cesium.com/u/orelron98)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/can-a-geojsondocumentrasteroverlay-be-re-added-after-removal/45999 "2026-05-21T01:10:04Z")
Once a GeoJsonDocumentRasterOverlay is removed from a tileset, attempting to add it again - to the same tileset or a different one - crashes the application. Is this intended? If so, it should be documented. If not, it’s… --- ## [\[Bug\] Loading Tile in Germany Hamburg - missing LOD?](https://community.cesium.com/t/bug-loading-tile-in-germany-hamburg-missing-lod/46032)
**Author:** [@Mathias\_Worm](https://community.cesium.com/u/Mathias_Worm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/bug-loading-tile-in-germany-hamburg-missing-lod/46032 "2026-04-29T14:55:27Z")
Dear Cesium Team, It seems to be the case that a 3D Photorealistic Tile of Germany, Hamburg is missing or not loaded. Can you test It on your end and get back to me? I do not get any error when loading the viewer. Add… --- ## [RapidJSON dependency](https://community.cesium.com/t/rapidjson-dependency/45211)
**Author:** [@aperuggi](https://community.cesium.com/u/aperuggi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/rapidjson-dependency/45211 "2026-02-16T22:57:05Z")
We are currently using the cesium-native library for writing glTF/glb files in our application. Due to the nature of the environments that our software runs on there are some concerns regarding the ownership of the Rapid… --- ## [HarmonyOS and CesiumNative](https://community.cesium.com/t/harmonyos-and-cesiumnative/44116)
**Author:** [@Just9570](https://community.cesium.com/u/Just9570)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/harmonyos-and-cesiumnative/44116 "2025-11-14T15:16:19Z")
Hello everyone, I’m currently attempting to use CesiumNative on HarmonyOS (Huawei’s operating system). However, I haven’t found any successful implementation of compiling CesiumNative version v0.51.0 (or newer versions) … --- ## [Version of 'abseil-cpp'](https://community.cesium.com/t/version-of-abseil-cpp/44093)
**Author:** [@Just9570](https://community.cesium.com/u/Just9570)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/version-of-abseil-cpp/44093 "2025-11-13T15:25:36Z")
Hello everyone, while I was organizing the third-party libraries for Cesium Native, I noticed that abseil-cpp is widely used. However, its repository URL and version are not specified in the ThirdParty.json file. Could s… --- ## [OSM Buildings with Cesium Native](https://community.cesium.com/t/osm-buildings-with-cesium-native/43247)
**Author:** [@gmarques](https://community.cesium.com/u/gmarques)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/osm-buildings-with-cesium-native/43247 "2025-09-22T11:07:39Z")
We have successfully integrated Cesium Native into our custom 3D engine. Rendering works as expected with both Google 3D Photorealistic Tiles and Cesium World Terrain, including correct occlusion handling. However, we a… --- ## [Skip ancestors level of detail when loading tiles](https://community.cesium.com/t/skip-ancestors-level-of-detail-when-loading-tiles/43221)
**Author:** [@Axel\_Blackert](https://community.cesium.com/u/Axel_Blackert)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 8:32am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/skip-ancestors-level-of-detail-when-loading-tiles/43221 "2025-09-17T08:32:40Z")
We are using Cesium3DTilesSelection::Tileset::updateViewGroup() and Cesium3DTilesSelection::Tileset::loadTiles() to load the tiles in our camera view. What we would like is to only load the final tiles for our current vi… --- ## [Custom terrain: Request Header (with Bearer auth) only use for the top json file](https://community.cesium.com/t/custom-terrain-request-header-with-bearer-auth-only-use-for-the-top-json-file/42717)
**Author:** [@ftrastour](https://community.cesium.com/u/ftrastour)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/custom-terrain-request-header-with-bearer-auth-only-use-for-the-top-json-file/42717 "2025-08-19T00:30:07Z")
Hi all, We are working on an Unreal application based on the Cesium for Unreal plugin to access a custom terrain (QTZ). Each request to the terrain server must include an authentication token in the request header. We … --- ## [Cesium Native - Dart package ](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-native-dart-package/41196)
**Author:** [@nmfisher](https://community.cesium.com/u/nmfisher)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2025, 10:23am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-native-dart-package/41196 "2025-06-14T10:23:28Z")
Hi all - I was asked to build Cesium Native bindings for Dart (via FFI, not CesiumJS). This isn’t published yet on pub.dev but the company has open-sourced the repository for anyone to use/contribute, so I wanted to shar… --- ## [Ellipsoid Rendering Distortion and Origin Offset](https://community.cesium.com/t/ellipsoid-rendering-distortion-and-origin-offset/40520)
**Author:** [@DavidXu2025](https://community.cesium.com/u/DavidXu2025)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/ellipsoid-rendering-distortion-and-origin-offset/40520 "2025-05-22T11:59:43Z")
I’m new to Cesium-Native and currently working on an OpenGL + Cesium-Native project to render 3DTiles and Ellipsoid. While the 3DTiles render correctly, the Ellipsoid’s meshes are distorted and the origin is not centered… --- ## [Join me at the Cesium Developer Conference June 23-25](https://community.cesium.com/t/join-me-at-the-cesium-developer-conference-june-23-25/40415)
**Author:** [@Kevin\_Ring](https://community.cesium.com/u/Kevin_Ring)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/join-me-at-the-cesium-developer-conference-june-23-25/40415 "2025-05-05T23:58:18Z")
Hi everyone, You may have noticed various announcements about our first ever Cesium Developer Conference, coming up fast on June 23. I’d like to encourage everyone here to attend, because I’d love to meet you in person! … --- ## [AsyncSystem Question](https://community.cesium.com/t/asyncsystem-question/40081)
**Author:** [@Malcolm\_Toon](https://community.cesium.com/u/Malcolm_Toon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/asyncsystem-question/40081 "2025-05-02T02:19:07Z")
Hi again! I’m trying to implement a wrapper around Cesium Native and I’m running into an issue where it looks like the async system won’t call out to the main thread, so the tile set loader never finishes, etc. Here’s … --- ## [Why not enable SIMD for glm?](https://community.cesium.com/t/why-not-enable-simd-for-glm/40022)
**Author:** [@trifonov-borislav](https://community.cesium.com/u/trifonov-borislav)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/why-not-enable-simd-for-glm/40022 "2025-04-25T15:49:21Z")
Cesium Native (and I think some of the deps like draco) use glm. glm is significantly faster with SIMD, but according to the glm manual: GLM provides some SIMD optimizations based on compiler intrinsics. These optimiza… --- ## [Does vsgCs support VR？](https://community.cesium.com/t/does-vsgcs-support-vr/40213)
**Author:** [@g0su1](https://community.cesium.com/u/g0su1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/does-vsgcs-support-vr/40213 "2025-04-25T13:32:23Z")
Can vsgCs support VR, I used vsgVR access test and found that the earth cannot be displayed, and other static nodes can be displayed normally, I don’t know what the reason is. Although vsgVR hasn’t been updated for a lon… --- ## [Building for iOS](https://community.cesium.com/t/building-for-ios/39957)
**Author:** [@Malcolm\_Toon](https://community.cesium.com/u/Malcolm_Toon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/building-for-ios/39957 "2025-04-15T16:09:43Z")
Hi! I’m stuck with some missing symbols when trying to build for iOS. I’ve attached the items below. I built the libraries with the following commands: git clone git@github.com:CesiumGS/cesium-native.git cd cesium-n… --- ## [UnsatisfiedLinkError on Linux](https://community.cesium.com/t/unsatisfiedlinkerror-on-linux/39362)
**Author:** [@kurtzmarc](https://community.cesium.com/u/kurtzmarc)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/unsatisfiedlinkerror-on-linux/39362 "2025-03-21T11:54:06Z")
I am building the latest release of cesium-native on Linux and then linking the built static libraries to my own library. When I try to load my library I get a UnsatisfiedLinkError: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: libmy… --- ## [Why ezvcpkg tho?](https://community.cesium.com/t/why-ezvcpkg-tho/39083)
**Author:** [@trifonov-borislav](https://community.cesium.com/u/trifonov-borislav)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/why-ezvcpkg-tho/39083 "2025-03-12T00:50:57Z")
We use cesium-native and I’m wondering why you guys decided to use ezvcpkg for dependencies (my team is considering different options for our dependencies). Is it just to speed up rebuilds, since it puts packages outside… --- ## [Shouldn't there should be example repository for absolute beginner](https://community.cesium.com/t/shouldnt-there-should-be-example-repository-for-absolute-beginner/37862)
**Author:** [@perhac](https://community.cesium.com/u/perhac)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/shouldnt-there-should-be-example-repository-for-absolute-beginner/37862 "2025-02-11T22:42:02Z")
like with different combination imgui+ cesium native osgearth+cesium native and many more … i been trying to setup a imgui(opengl+glfw) + cesium native just saying if there are some example repo then it would be eas… --- ## [Cesium-Native Functions](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-native-functions/19197)
**Author:** [@Rob](https://community.cesium.com/u/Rob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-native-functions/19197 "2025-02-11T22:36:33Z")
I recently stumbled on the “cesium-native” project. We have applications that use CesiumJS and fly live/historic flight data. Our flight data has elevations in MSL, so we currently use “EarthGravityModel1996.js” and th… --- ## [Getting linking error when using methods that take glm:: in CesiumGeospatial on Android (solved)](https://community.cesium.com/t/getting-linking-error-when-using-methods-that-take-glm-in-cesiumgeospatial-on-android-solved/38395)
**Author:** [@kurtzmarc](https://community.cesium.com/u/kurtzmarc)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/getting-linking-error-when-using-methods-that-take-glm-in-cesiumgeospatial-on-android-solved/38395 "2025-02-10T19:48:24Z")
I am building cesium-native static libraries for Android, but getting a linker error when trying to call the Cesium3DTilesSelection::ViewState::create(...) static method. auto viewState = Cesium3DTilesSelection::ViewSta… --- ## [Cesium-Native How to read quantized Mesh](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-native-how-to-read-quantized-mesh/38176)
**Author:** [@Ruediger\_Brand](https://community.cesium.com/u/Ruediger_Brand)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-native-how-to-read-quantized-mesh/38176 "2025-02-04T23:34:32Z")
Hi, I would like to read QuantizedMesh data with cesium-native. I could read the layer.json and then would like to read the tiles QuadtreeTileID tileID((uint32\_t)i, (uint32\_t)k, (uint32\_t)l); CesiumGeometry::Rectan… --- ## [I get an error when adding the Cesium Library from cmake in Android Studio to my own project](https://community.cesium.com/t/i-get-an-error-when-adding-the-cesium-library-from-cmake-in-android-studio-to-my-own-project/38125)
**Author:** [@Hakan\_Simsek](https://community.cesium.com/u/Hakan_Simsek)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/i-get-an-error-when-adding-the-cesium-library-from-cmake-in-android-studio-to-my-own-project/38125 "2025-01-21T13:05:22Z")
I can compile successfully in the terminal, but I can’t compile in Android Studio. I get the following errors. How do I solve it : Could not find a package configuration file provided by “Async++” with any of the fol… --- ## [Rendering cesium in qt or opengl](https://community.cesium.com/t/rendering-cesium-in-qt-or-opengl/37123)
**Author:** [@ali\_najjar](https://community.cesium.com/u/ali_najjar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/rendering-cesium-in-qt-or-opengl/37123 "2024-12-29T17:15:27Z")
Hi I want to try implement and render the globe in qt (I mean QOpenglWidget) by cesium native But I cant find a roadmap; and cesium native actully has a poor document What should I do ? Can I do it by my knowlages of … --- ## [Problems building Cesium-native Test-Project](https://community.cesium.com/t/problems-building-cesium-native-test-project/36629)
**Author:** [@Ruediger\_Brand](https://community.cesium.com/u/Ruediger_Brand)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/problems-building-cesium-native-test-project/36629 "2024-11-20T14:23:20Z")
Hi, I have cloned the repository, build the configuration with VS-Code und then build the solutions. Everything is fine, but the cesium-native-tests, I got 4 unresolved Symbols Do I have to install any additional Libr… --- ## [Working on c++ with cesium-native from github](https://community.cesium.com/t/working-on-c-with-cesium-native-from-github/24858)
**Author:** [@dor.p](https://community.cesium.com/u/dor.p)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/working-on-c-with-cesium-native-from-github/24858 "2024-07-04T05:40:21Z")
Hey, I’m trying to work with cesium-native repo for reading and getting data from DTED files. I didn’t manage to find the functions to do so. Is it even possible? Am I trying to do something impossible or I’m just mis… --- ## [How to use TilesetReader::readTileset in Cesium-Native?](https://community.cesium.com/t/how-to-use-tilesetreader-readtileset-in-cesium-native/18805)
**Author:** [@wycgis](https://community.cesium.com/u/wycgis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/how-to-use-tilesetreader-readtileset-in-cesium-native/18805 "2022-06-07T03:12:58Z")
Hi: How to use TilesetReader::readTileset in Cesium-Native? A Example? think. [Next page](https://community.cesium.com/c/cesium-native/50.md?page=1)