globejs

web-gl based globe application inspired by the web-gl globe of the google arts team.

Requirements

Currently google chrome, firefox as well as safari browsers are supported.

The build process, which generates textures and javascript index files, requires a running golang and perl environment with a working Perl Image::Magick module.

External content and references.

This globe was inspired by dataarts/webgl-globe and makes heavy use of the Three.js and Tween.js libraries. Country flag images are fetched from geognos api.

Features

• country hovering
• country heatmap
• particle system based on geo coordinates (lat/long)
• data pillars based on geo coordinates (lat/long,country)
• connections based on geo coordinates (lat/long,country)

Examples

Currently a few sample applications are part of the repo. Please also review the requirements section for build process requirements.

In order to start an example please follow the following instructions:

Step 1) Build textures and generate javascript index files.

The build process could take some time because the textures are currently generated in a very inefficient way. Feel free to improve this by submitting a pull request ;)

% make

Step 2) Install required go packages:

To run the examples make sure that the corresponding golang packages are installed:

% go get github.com/sebkl/gotojs
% go get github.com/sebkl/gopenflights

Step 3) Run the example server application:

Basic example:

% cd HTDOCS/examples/basic && go run server.go
2016/02/10 21:10:34 Registering converter for type string
2016/02/10 21:10:34 Registering converter for type time.Time
2016/02/10 21:10:34 FileServer enabled at '/p'
2016/02/10 21:10:34 GotojsEngine enabled at '/gotojs/'
2016/02/10 21:10:34 Starting server at ":8080".

Openflights example:

% cd HTDOCS/examples/basic && go run server.go
...

Twitter example:

% cd HTDOCS/examples/twitter/
% cp witter_account.json.sample twitter_account.json
% vim HTDOCS/examples/twitter/twitter_account.json
% # Adjust your twitter account details to initiate a tweet stream.
% ./twitter
...

Step 4) Open the browser

Open your browser and browser the page localhost:8080.