IdrisLaabidi commented 3 months ago

Enhanced Camera Controls for Map Navigation

Issue: #3682

Description

Descriptive pull request text, answering:

This PR addresses the challenge of improving camera movement and zooming functionalities to provide a navigation experience similar to Google Earth.
This incorporates three.js MapControls to provide smooth and intuitive camera controls. The map will now respond more fluidly to user inputs for moving and zooming, closely mimicking the Google Earth experience. Updates to three.js (from version 126 to 156) are performed incrementally to ensure compatibility and stability.

A PR is only ready for merge once all the following acceptance criteria are fulfilled:

[x] Changes have been manually tested
[x] All TODOs related to this PR have been closed
[x] There are automated tests for newly written code and bug fixes
[x] All bugs discovered while working on this PR have been submitted as issues (if not already an open issue)
[x] Documentation (GH-pages, analysis/visualization READMEs, parser READMEs, --help, etc.) has been updated (almost always necessary except for bug fixes)
[x] CHANGELOG.md has been updated

Incremental update of three.js library from version 126 to 156:
- [x] Update from v126 to v136
- [x] Update from v136 to v146
- [x] Update from v146 to v156
Integration of three.js MapControls
Thorough testing to ensure smooth camera movements and proper zoom functionality