Introduce 3D Globe view

docs/documentation_guidelines/substitutions.rst

@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Map Navigation and attributes
   :class: longtable
 
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-  Icon                            Substitution                        Icon                            Substitution
+   Icon                            Substitution                        Icon                            Substitution
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   |pan|                           ``|pan|``                           |panToSelected|                 ``|panToSelected|``
   |zoomIn|                        ``|zoomIn|``                        |zoomOut|                       ``|zoomOut|``
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ Map Navigation and attributes
   |measure|                       ``|measure|``                       |measureArea|                   ``|measureArea|``
   |measureBearing|                ``|measureBearing|``                |measureAngle|                  ``|measureAngle|``
   |newMap|                        ``|newMap|``                        |new3DMap|                      ``|new3DMap|``
+  |new3DMapGlobe|                 ``|new3DMapGlobe|``
   |tiltUp|                        ``|tiltUp|``                        |tiltDown|                      ``|tiltDown|``
   |3dNavigation|                  ``|3dNavigation|``                  |play|                          ``|play|``
   |camera|                        ``|camera|``                        |shadow|                        ``|shadow|``
@@ -1365,6 +1366,8 @@ Grass integration
    :width: 1.5em
 .. |new3DMap| image:: /static/common/mActionNew3DMap.png
    :width: 1.5em
+.. |new3DMapGlobe| image:: /static/common/mActionNew3DMapGlobe.png
+   :width: 1.5em
 .. |newAttribute| image:: /static/common/mActionNewAttribute.png
    :width: 1.5em
 .. |newBookmark| image:: /static/common/mActionNewBookmark.png

docs/user_manual/introduction/qgis_gui.rst

@@ -538,6 +538,10 @@ actions like:
      - :kbd:`Ctrl+Alt+M`
      - :guilabel:`Map Navigation`
      - :ref:`label_3dmapview`
+   * - :menuselection:`-->` |new3DMapGlobe| :guilabel:`New 3D Globe View`
+     -
+     -
+     - :ref:`label_3dmapview`
    * - :menuselection:`--> Manage 3D Map Views`
      -
      -
@@ -2315,6 +2319,8 @@ processes (QGIS startup, plugins loading, processing tools...)
    :width: 1.5em
 .. |new3DMap| image:: /static/common/mActionNew3DMap.png
    :width: 1.5em
+.. |new3DMapGlobe| image:: /static/common/mActionNew3DMapGlobe.png
+   :width: 1.5em
 .. |newBookmark| image:: /static/common/mActionNewBookmark.png
    :width: 1.5em
 .. |newElevationProfile| image:: /static/common/mActionNewElevationProfile.png

docs/user_manual/map_views/3d_map_view.rst

@@ -11,15 +11,27 @@
       :local:
 
 
-3D visualization support is offered through the 3D map view.
+3D visualization support is offered through the 3D views.
+Two different types of 3D views are supported:
+
+* ``3D map view``: overlays the 3D features on a small scale, local 3D Scene based on a projected CRS,
+* ``3D globe view``: displays the world as a geospatially accurate ellipsoid
+  and show 3D content (such as 3D renderers of tiled scene layers and point cloud layers)
+  alongside projected 2D map content (such as raster, mesh, and vector datasets).
+  Any map layer type can be used as a 2D texture for the globe.
+  Globe view uses the ellipsoid of the project to generate globe mesh.
+  It is even possible to use other celestial bodies, such as Mars or Moon,
+  if the project’s CRS is set up accordingly.
+
 You can create, manage and open 3D map views via :menuselection:`View --> 3D Map Views -->` menu:
 
-#. By clicking on |new3DMap| :menuselection:`New 3D Map View` you can create a new 3D map view.
-   A floating and dockable QGIS panel will appear (see :ref:`figure_3dmapview`).
+#. By clicking dedicated |new3DMap| :menuselection:`New 3D Map View` (:kbd:`Ctrl+Alt+M`)
+   or |new3DMapGlobe| :menuselection:`New 3D Globe View` buttons.
+   In both cases, a floating and dockable QGIS panel will appear (see :ref:`figure_3dmapview`).
    It has the same extent and view as the 2D main map canvas
    and provides a set of navigation tools to turn the view into 3D.
 #. By clicking on :menuselection:`Manage 3D Map Views` you get in the 3D Map Views Manager.
-   Here you get the ability to open, duplicate, remove and rename 3D map views.
+   There you get the ability to open, duplicate, remove and rename 3D map views.
 #. If you created one or more 3D map views, you see them listed in :menuselection:`3D Map Views`.
    You can turn them on and off by clicking on.
    They will be saved by saving the project, even if they are turned off.
@@ -530,6 +542,8 @@ in 3D map views. See :ref:`3D view layer properties <annotationslayer_3dview>` f
    :width: 1.5em
 .. |new3DMap| image:: /static/common/mActionNew3DMap.png
    :width: 1.5em
+.. |new3DMapGlobe| image:: /static/common/mActionNew3DMapGlobe.png
+   :width: 1.5em
 .. |options| image:: /static/common/mActionOptions.png
    :width: 1em
 .. |pan| image:: /static/common/mActionPan.png

substitutions.txt

@@ -837,6 +837,8 @@
    :width: 1.5em
 .. |new3DMap| image:: /static/common/mActionNew3DMap.png
    :width: 1.5em
+.. |new3DMapGlobe| image:: /static/common/mActionNew3DMapGlobe.png
+   :width: 1.5em
 .. |newAttribute| image:: /static/common/mActionNewAttribute.png
    :width: 1.5em
 .. |newBookmark| image:: /static/common/mActionNewBookmark.png