3D Earth modeling, climate-data visualization, terrain mapping, and the GIS and planetary-science tools that turn raw observation into something you can see, rotate, and understand.
Virtual globes and visualization engines for flying the planet, inspecting historical imagery, and building your own renderings of the terrain.
The gold standard for virtual globe exploration. Fly anywhere on Earth. Historical imagery going back decades. Measure distances, create tours, export KML. Incredible for education and research.
Real-time satellite imagery of Earth. See fires, hurricanes, smoke plumes, and weather patterns as they happen. Over 1,000 data layers. worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
Open-source 3D geospatial platform. Build your own Earth visualization applications. Used by government and military. cesium.com
Esri's 3D globe for GIS professionals. Import shapefiles, KML, and web services. Terrain analysis, line-of-sight, viewshed. Free for basic use.
Live dashboards and data portals for temperature anomalies, emissions, ocean state, and the weather systems moving across the globe right now.
University of Maine's real-time climate dashboard. Global temperature anomalies, sea surface temperatures, jet stream. The site climate scientists actually use. climatereanalyzer.org
Official US climate data. Historical records, projections, drought monitor, sea level data. Authoritative and free. climate.gov
Interactive visualization of CO2 emissions by country, sector, and time. See who emits what and how it's changed. carbonmap.org
Beautiful real-time weather visualization. Wind, temperature, precipitation, waves, air quality, radar. The weather app for weather nerds. windy.com
The mapping software and open datasets that let you analyze spatial data, build cartography, and pull high-resolution elevation and imagery for any location.
The most powerful free GIS software. Create maps, analyze spatial data, manage geodatabases. Rivals ArcGIS for most tasks. Open source. qgis.org
Wikipedia for maps. Community-built, free to use. Complete street-level data for the world. The base layer for thousands of applications. openstreetmap.org
Free US topographic maps, elevation data, hydrography, land cover, and imagery. Download high-resolution data for any location. nationalmap.gov
Developer platform for custom maps. Beautiful cartography, 3D terrain, satellite imagery. Free tier for developers. Powers maps in thousands of apps. mapbox.com