On the other hand, if you are a POV wizard (or are inspired to become one), EarthView will give you a great starting point for planetary explorations.Īnother advantage of POV's text-based scene descriptions is that it is easy to generate scenes in your favorite programming language. If you aren't intimidated by talking to your computer with the keyboard, EarthView isn't hard to use. This allows for a great deal of flexibility and control for generating scenes, but can be time consuming and daunting.įortunately, drawing points on the Earth is a far cry from generating the next Toy Story movie. The images it generates are described using scene files which are typically written by hand. Unlike most commercial 3D programs, it is entirely text-based. It generates gorgeous 3D images, better than many commerical 3D rendering packages. POV-Ray is an open-source 3D graphics rendering program for Windows, MacOS, Unix, and several other systems. It knows the locations of many major cities.ĮarthView works with POV-Ray 3.1 or later, including MegaPOV. Even if you have no previous experience with POV-Ray, you can to create gorgeous maps or plot geographic data.ĮarthView lets you draw on the Earth with pins, text, arcs, or any POV-Ray Send us a direct message via Twitter or Instagram or email via our contact form.EarthView is a set of utilities for POV-Ray for rendering high quality images of the Earth's surface. Imagery at higher zoom levels © Microsoft. Labels and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Radar data via RainViewer is limited to areas with radar coverage, and may show anomalies. Weather forecast maps use the latest data from the NOAA-NWS GFS model. Imagery is captured at approximately 10:30 local time for “AM” and 13:30 local time for “PM”. HD satellite images are updated twice a day from NASA-NOAA polar-orbiting satellites Suomi-NPP, and MODIS Aqua and Terra, using services from GIBS, part of EOSDIS.
Heat source maps show the locations of wildfires and areas of high temperature using the latest data from FIRMS and InciWeb.
Tropical storm tracks are created using the latest forecast data from NHC, JTWC, NRL and IBTrACS. Blue clouds at night represent low-lying clouds and fog. EUMETSAT Meteosat images are updated every 15 minutes.Ĭity lights at night are not real-time. Live weather images are updated every 10 minutes from NOAA GOES and JMA Himawari-8 geostationary satellites. Explore beautiful interactive weather forecast maps of wind speed, pressure, humidity, and temperature. Watch LIVE satellite images with the latest rainfall radar. Track tropical storms, hurricanes, severe weather, wildfires and more. Zoom Earth visualizes the world in real-time.
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