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+Thanks for contributing to the Cesium Community!
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+If you have a question, please search the forum:
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+http://cesiumjs.org/forum.html
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+and start a new forum thread, if needed, instead of creating this issue.
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+Otherwise, we look forward to your bug report or feature request in this issue.
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+Delete this message before clicking Submit.
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