* Private message delivery. Queues and delivers messages to * the promise's ultimate fulfillment value or rejection reason. * @private * @par

* A Backbone.js Model to hold the page's configuration as a set of attributes: date, layer, projection, * orientation, etc. Changes to the config

* @param {String} projectionName the desired projection's name. * @returns {Object} a promise for a globe object.

* @param resource the GeoJSON resource's URL * @returns {Object} a promise for GeoJSON topology features: {boundaryLo:, boundaryHi:}

* @returns {String} the specified string with the first letter capitalized.

* @returns {Number} the value x clamped to the range [low, high].

* @returns {Object} clears and returns the specified Canvas element's 2d context.

* Returns true if the response should be compressed.