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+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 Hannes Janetzek.org
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+ * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+ * PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with
+ * this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package org.oscim.renderer.layers;
+
+import java.nio.FloatBuffer;
+
+import org.oscim.core.MapPosition;
+import org.oscim.renderer.BufferObject;
+import org.oscim.renderer.GLRenderer;
+import org.oscim.renderer.GLRenderer.Matrices;
+import org.oscim.renderer.GLState;
+import org.oscim.renderer.RenderLayer;
+import org.oscim.utils.GlUtils;
+import org.oscim.view.MapView;
+
+import android.graphics.Color;
+import android.opengl.GLES20;
+
+/*
+ * This is an example how to integrate custom OpenGL drawing routines as map overlay
+ *
+ * based on chapter 2 from:
+ * https://github.com/dalinaum/opengl-es-book-samples/tree/master/Android
+ * */
+
+public class CustomRenderLayer2 extends RenderLayer {
+
+	private int mProgramObject;
+	private int hVertexPosition;
+	private int hMatrixPosition;
+	private int hColorPosition;
+	private int hCenterPosition;
+
+	//private FloatBuffer mVertices;
+	private boolean mInitialized;
+	private BufferObject mVBO;
+
+	public CustomRenderLayer2(MapView mapView) {
+		super(mapView);
+	}
+
+	int mZoom = -1;
+	float mCellScale = 100 * GLRenderer.COORD_SCALE;
+
+	@Override
+	public void update(MapPosition pos, boolean changed, Matrices matrices) {
+		if (!mInitialized) {
+			if (!init())
+				return;
+
+			mInitialized = true;
+
+			// tell GLRender to call 'compile' when data has changed
+			newData = true;
+
+			// fix current MapPosition
+
+			mMapPosition.setPosition(53.1, 8.8);
+			mMapPosition.setZoomLevel(14);
+
+		}
+
+//		if (mZoom != pos.zoomLevel){
+//			mMapPosition.copy(pos);
+//			mZoom = pos.zoomLevel;
+//		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void compile() {
+
+		float[] vertices = new float[12];
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++){
+			vertices[i*2+0] = (float)Math.cos(Math.PI * 2 * i / 6) * mCellScale;
+			vertices[i*2+1] = (float)Math.sin(Math.PI * 2 * i / 6) * mCellScale;
+		}
+		FloatBuffer buf = GLRenderer.getFloatBuffer(12);
+		buf.put(vertices);
+		buf.flip();
+
+		mVBO = BufferObject.get(0);
+		mVBO.loadBufferData(buf, 12*4, GLES20.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER);
+		newData = false;
+
+		// tell GLRender to call 'render'
+		isReady = true;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void render(MapPosition pos, Matrices m) {
+
+		// Use the program object
+		GLState.useProgram(mProgramObject);
+
+		GLState.blend(true);
+		GLState.test(false, false);
+
+		// bind VBO data
+		GLES20.glBindBuffer(GLES20.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, mVBO.id);
+
+		// set VBO vertex layout
+		GLES20.glVertexAttribPointer(hVertexPosition, 2, GLES20.GL_FLOAT, false, 0, 0);
+
+		GLState.enableVertexArrays(hVertexPosition, -1);
+
+		/* apply view and projection matrices */
+		// set mvp (tmp) matrix relative to mMapPosition
+		// i.e. fixed on the map
+		setMatrix(pos, m);
+		m.mvp.setAsUniform(hMatrixPosition);
+
+		int offset_x = 4;
+		int offset_y = 12;
+		for (int x = -offset_x; x <= offset_x; x++){
+			for (int y = -offset_y; y <= offset_y; y++){
+				int xx = x * 2;
+
+				if (y % 2 == 0)
+					xx -= 1;
+
+				float yy = y * (float)Math.sqrt(3)/2;
+
+				GLES20.glUniform2f(hCenterPosition, xx * (mCellScale * 1.5f), yy * mCellScale);
+
+				float alpha =  (float)Math.sqrt(xx * xx + yy * yy)/10;
+				GlUtils.setColor(hColorPosition, Color.BLACK, alpha);
+				GLES20.glDrawArrays(GLES20.GL_TRIANGLE_FAN, 0, 6);
+
+				GlUtils.setColor(hColorPosition, Color.RED, alpha*2);
+				GLES20.glDrawArrays(GLES20.GL_LINE_LOOP, 0, 6);
+			}
+		}
+
+
+		GlUtils.checkGlError("...");
+	}
+
+	private boolean init() {
+		// Load the vertex/fragment shaders
+		int programObject = GlUtils.createProgram(vShaderStr, fShaderStr);
+
+		if (programObject == 0)
+			return false;
+
+		// Handle for vertex position in shader
+		hVertexPosition = GLES20.glGetAttribLocation(programObject, "a_pos");
+
+		hMatrixPosition = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(programObject, "u_mvp");
+
+		hColorPosition = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(programObject, "u_color");
+
+		hCenterPosition = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(programObject, "u_center");
+
+		// Store the program object
+		mProgramObject = programObject;
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	private final static String vShaderStr =
+			"precision mediump float;"
+					+ "uniform mat4 u_mvp;"
+					+ "uniform vec2 u_center;"
+					+ "attribute vec2 a_pos;"
+					+ "void main()"
+					+ "{"
+					+ "   gl_Position = u_mvp * vec4(u_center + a_pos, 0.0, 1.0);"
+					+ "}";
+
+	private final static String fShaderStr =
+			"precision mediump float;"
+					+ "varying float alpha;"
+					+ "uniform vec4 u_color;"
+					+ "void main()"
+					+ "{"
+					+ "  gl_FragColor = u_color;"
+					+ "}";
+
+}