Creating a toolbar of globe tools
PolygonTool.vb
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Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports System.IO
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.BaseClasses
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.CATIDs
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Display

Namespace GlobeGraphicsToolbar
  Public Class PolygonTool
    Inherits ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Tool
    Private _polygonGeometry As PolygonGeometry = Nothing
    Private Const LeftButton As Integer = 1
        Private Const GeographicCoordinateSystem As ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriSRGeoCSType = ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriSRGeoCSType.esriSRGeoCS_WGS1984
    Private Const PointElementSize As Double = 1
        Private Const PointElementStyle As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.esriSimpleMarkerStyle = ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.esriSimpleMarkerStyle.esriSMSCircle
    Private Const PolylineElementWidth As Double = 1000
        Private Const PolylineElementStyle As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.esriSimpleLineStyle = ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.esriSimpleLineStyle.esriSLSSolid
    Private Const GraphicsLayerName As String = "Globe Graphics"
    Public Sub New()
    End Sub

    Protected Overrides Sub OnUpdate()

    End Sub

    Protected Overrides Sub OnMouseDown(ByVal arg As ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Tool.MouseEventArgs)
      If arg.Button = MouseButtons.Left Then
        Dim geographicCoordinates As New GeographicCoordinates(ArcGlobe.Globe, arg.X, arg.Y)

        Dim spatialReferenceFactory As New SpatialReferenceFactory(CInt(Fix(GeographicCoordinateSystem)))

        Dim pointGeometry As New PointGeometry(geographicCoordinates.Longitude, geographicCoordinates.Latitude, geographicCoordinates.AltitudeInKilometers, spatialReferenceFactory.SpatialReference)

        If _polygonGeometry Is Nothing Then
          _polygonGeometry = New PolygonGeometry(spatialReferenceFactory.SpatialReference)
        End If

        _polygonGeometry.AddPoint(TryCast(pointGeometry.Geometry, IPoint))

        Dim tableOfContents As New TableOfContents(ArcGlobe.Globe)

        If (Not tableOfContents.LayerExists(GraphicsLayerName)) Then
          tableOfContents.ConstructLayer(GraphicsLayerName)
        End If

        Dim layer As New Layer(tableOfContents(GraphicsLayerName))

        If _polygonGeometry.PointCount = 1 Then
          Dim pointElement As New PointElement(pointGeometry.Geometry, PointElementSize, PointElementStyle)

          layer.AddElement(pointElement.Element, pointElement.ElementProperties)
        Else
          layer.RemoveElement(layer.ElementCount - 1)

          Dim polylineGeometry As New PolylineGeometry(_polygonGeometry.Geometry)

          Dim polylineElement As New PolylineElement(polylineGeometry.Geometry, PolylineElementWidth, PolylineElementStyle)

          layer.AddElement(polylineElement.Element, polylineElement.ElementProperties)
        End If

        ArcGlobe.Globe.GlobeDisplay.RefreshViewers()
      End If
    End Sub

    Protected Overrides Sub OnDoubleClick()
      If _polygonGeometry.PointCount > 2 Then
        Dim tableOfContents As New TableOfContents(ArcGlobe.Globe)

        If tableOfContents.LayerExists("Globe Graphics") Then
          Dim layer As New Layer(tableOfContents("Globe Graphics"))

          layer.RemoveElement(layer.ElementCount - 1)

          _polygonGeometry.Close()

                    Dim polygonElement As New PolygonElement(_polygonGeometry.Geometry, ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.esriSimpleFillStyle.esriSFSSolid)

          layer.AddElement(polygonElement.Element, polygonElement.ElementProperties)

          _polygonGeometry = Nothing

          ArcGlobe.Globe.GlobeDisplay.RefreshViewers()
        End If
      End If
    End Sub
  End Class

End Namespace