WMS-T Updating

CesiumJS
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1. A concise explanation of the problem you’re experiencing.

I’m using this code snippet that I found on the AGI github, but it only renders the 1st weather image. Am I doing something wrong, should I implement my own timer and do something to update/re-render the provider?

2. A minimal code example. If you’ve found a bug, this helps us reproduce and repair it.

var viewer = new Cesium.Viewer(‘cesiumContainer’);

function dataCallback(interval, index) {
var time;
if (index === 0) { // leading
time = Cesium.JulianDate.toIso8601(interval.stop);
} else {
time = Cesium.JulianDate.toIso8601(interval.start);
}

return {
    Time: time
};

}

var times = Cesium.TimeIntervalCollection.fromIso8601({
iso8601: ‘2017-06-30/2018-05-21/P1D’,
leadingInterval: true,
trailingInterval: true,
isStopIncluded: false, // We want stop time to be part of the trailing interval
dataCallback: dataCallback
});

var imageryLayers = viewer.imageryLayers;
var provider = new Cesium.WebMapServiceImageryProvider({
url: "http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/cgi-bin/wms/nexrad/n0q-t.cgi?",
layers: “nexrad-n0q-wmst”,
parameters: {
format: ‘image/png’,
transparent: ‘true’
},
times: times,
clock: viewer.clock
});
imageryLayers.addImageryProvider(provider);

provider.readyPromise
.then(function() {
var start = Cesium.JulianDate.fromIso8601(‘2017-06-30’);
var end = Cesium.JulianDate.fromIso8601(‘2018-05-21’);

    viewer.timeline.zoomTo(start, end);

    var clock = viewer.clock;
    clock.startTime = start;
    clock.endTime = end;
    clock.currentTime = start;
    clock.clockRange = Cesium.ClockRange.LOOP_STOP;
    clock.multiplier = 10; // sped this up once everything rendered
});

3. Context. Why do you need to do this? We might know a better way to accomplish your goal.

My end goal is to use the geomet wms from Environment Canada who offer a composite all North America, which may be a long shot since they may not even offer WMS-T.

4. The Cesium version you’re using, your operating system and browser.

I’m using 1.45 on firefox.

Thanks!,

Ian

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Hi Ian,

I see you are using WebMapServiceImageryProvider, but that class does not implement a timer to request new imagery. WebMapTileServiceImageryProvider is the class you should be using if you’d like to use WMS-T imagery. If you need something specific to your use case, I would suggest writing your own custom ImageryProvider using the source code of above two classes as an example.

Thanks,

Gabby