FlavioFalcao/EarthKAMExplorer

EarthKAM Explorer. Web-based 3D exploration of satellite images taken by middle school students through the ISS EarthKAM program. Developed for the NASA International Space Apps Challenge 2013.

Use Chrome or Firefox to run:

EarthKAM Explorer provides web-based 3D exploration of satellite images taken by middle school students through the ISS EarthKAM program.

Select a mission to see the ISS orbit during that mission and polygons showing where all the images were taken. Select a polygon to fly to it and see the image, ISS location at that time, and related data. Also, follow the ISS in orbit, filter by school, and post to twitter.

EarthKAM Explorer is written in JavaScript using Cesium, an open-source WebGL virtual globe and map, so it runs in a browser without a plugin. It supports the Leap Motion controller for hand-gesture input as shown below (use this url).

EarthKAM Explorer was created in a weekend by developers from Analytical Graphics, Inc: @bagnell, @hpinkos, @mramato, @pjcozzi, and @shunter.

Videos

• Video for Global Judging
• Our presentation in Philadelphia
• Using the Leap Motion controller with EarthKAM Explorer
• Work-in-progress on Saturday night

Check out the code on GitHub

Building EarthKAM Explorer

• Clone this repo.
• Install NodeJS
• From the server folder, run:
  • npm install.
  • node server.js.
• Browse to http://localhost:8080

Resources

• Earth from Space challenge details on the Space Apps site.
• EarthKAM Explorer project page on the Space Apps site.
• ISS EarthKAM Gallery
• ISS EarthKAM csv downloads
• Cesium Documentation