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Earth Explorer 3D Map App

A 3D globe with augmented-reality view control and open-data search

Earth Explorer is a 3D globe you steer with the device's sensors — GPS/GNSS, accelerometer, gyroscope and compass. Add data from local files or any mapping service URL, search open-data portals and compare layers with a swipe, in 3D terrain, 2D or smooth 3D.

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Platforms: iOS.

01Capabilities

What Earth Explorer 3D Map App does

Augmented-reality view control from device sensors
Catalog data management — layers defined in shareable JSON catalog files
Search CKAN, CSW and Socrata open-data sites
OGC Sensor Observation Service (IoT sensor) support
Measure length and area; search and geocode
Basemap picker: Bing, OpenStreetMap, CartoDB, Stamen, Esri
Split/swipe to compare layers; switch 3D terrain, 2D or 3D smooth
Server-side conversion of other vector formats to GeoJSON

02Data & services

Formats and services supported

Local files

  • GeoJSON
  • KML/KMZ
  • GPX
  • CZML
  • CSV with lat/long
  • JSON catalogs

Online services

  • Esri MapServer / FeatureServer / ImageServer
  • OGC WMS / WFS / WCS / WMTS
  • XYZ raster tiles
  • XYZ vector tiles

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