Cesium ion Google 2D maps

[imakihi]

Hi there. Cesium just relased new google 2D map series as assets. I tried to use those layers as ion-imagery (https://docs-v8.terria.io/guide/connecting-to-data/catalog-type-details/ion-imagery/) but I got following error. I am guessing I need to define GOOGLE_2D_MAPS as a new type?? It would be great if someone can help me on this.

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An error occurred
Unrecognized Cesium ion imagery type: GOOGLE_2D_MAPS

Developer details
An error occurred while loading the catalog item.

Failed to load Google Maps 2D Satellite with Labels mapItems

Unrecognized Cesium ion imagery type: GOOGLE_2D_MAPS

Unrecognized Cesium ion imagery type: GOOGLE_2D_MAPS
Error
at new o (https://pss-terria.com/build/2.TerriaMap.js:2:137877)
at https://pss-terria.com/build/2.TerriaMap.js:2:2610322
at d (https://pss-terria.com/build/2.TerriaMap.js:2:2601401)
at Generator. (https://pss-terria.com/build/2.TerriaMap.js:2:2602743)
at Generator.next (https://pss-terria.com/build/2.TerriaMap.js:2:2601830)
at x (https://pss-terria.com/build/2.TerriaMap.js:2:2607304)
at a (https://pss-terria.com/build/2.TerriaMap.js:2:2607507)
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[niktayv]

Thanks, Hiroo @imakihi, for the heads up. It's a really exciting new data type! We will need to update the CesiumJS version to support Google2DImageryProvider in the first place. I hope that after that, Terria's IonImageryCatalogItem should be able to handle the new asset types automatically, but we need to check this.

[imakihi]

@niktayv
Thank you for your quick response!!
It would be super cool if Terria could use Google Maps.
Best.

[micholm]

Hi @imakihi,
Thanks very much for testing this out. as @niktayv pointed out, it looks like there is a new mapping for this in CesiumJS, so we'll need wait for the upgrade to our Cesium fork before this will work. We are planning on doing this very shortly, so the new Google 2d tiles will be available once that's done.

Totally agree, Google tiles in Terria is going to be a great option!

[imakihi]

@micholm
Thank you for your insights! I agree that Google 2Ds would be super cool layers on Terria Maps.
Best.