Equal to all,
fair to the Earth
This is the project for all people on the earth. The earth is round.
A 3D globe with no install, no account and no server. Share the GIS data you made with everyone on Earth.
26 languagesjapan(demo)A demo that draws everything with one camera — from Japan's city data (PLATEAU) to the Solar System, from flat maps to 3D maps.
26 languagesEqual EarthA scrolling Equal Earth world map with choropleths. Right-click any point to turn it into a 3D globe centered there.
26 languagesgeoeditDraw and fix shapes on the 3D globe, and save them as GIS data.
26 languagesNations of the WorldBasic data for the countries and territories of the world, as cards — facts, flag, Wikipedia and map.
26 languagesWorld earthquakesReads USGS earthquake data directly and shows each quake in 3D by its energy and depth. It can also play year by year or month by month.
26 languagesSatellitesThe current positions of satellites from CelesTrak data. Click a satellite to draw its orbit in 3D.
26 languagesGeoPBFDrop a GIS file, check it on the globe, write it in another format — 18 formats in, 14 out. The file never leaves your machine.
Japanese onlyJapan's open GIS dataView and convert the open GIS data published in Japan.
Japanese onlycensus2020Drill down into Japan's 2020 census — small-area statistics, disaster risk zones and land parcels.
English onlySatellite data (COG)Satellite images (COG) on a server (Tellus), laid over the globe in 3D.
26 languagesortho-japanA map of Japan drawn only from public data.
26 languagesGLB modelsTokyo Tower and other landmarks as PLATEAU LOD3 models, placed on the globe.
26 languagesAerial photo tilesGSI aerial photo tiles. Any XYZ tiles or PMTiles can be shown in 3D.
26 languagesStatistics in 3DA 3D graph from the 2020 census — every municipality raised by its population density.
26 languagesAn old map of EdoA woodblock map of Nihonbashi from 1850 (National Diet Library), laid on today's Tokyo.
26 languagesortho-solarThe current positions of the planets and their moons — and a replay of how they move over time.
26 languagesMake a videoCut out scenes of the 3D map and save or play them as one continuous video.
26 languagesortho-nlThe Netherlands, drawn with 3DBAG data.
Look
Open any demo — nothing to install. Drop your own GIS file onto the globe; it is read in your browser and never uploaded.
ortho-japan
GeoPBF
Convert in your code
The converter is an npm package with no runtime dependencies. It works in the browser and in Node.
npm install geopbf
import { createGeopbf } from "geopbf";
const geopbf = createGeopbf();
const pbf = await geopbf(file); // Shapefile, GeoPackage, FlatGeobuf …
const fgb = await pbf.fgbFile(); // or geojsonFile(), shapeFile() …
Put the globe on your page
Copy the SDK files to your site and add a few lines. No API key, no billing, no server of your own.
npm install @ortho-earth/japan
<div id="here" style="height:420px"></div>
<script type="module">
import orthoJapan from "./lib/ortho-japan.js";
await orthoJapan({ target: "#here", assetBase: "./assets/" });
</script>
Publish your map
Put a GeoPBF file in your own GitHub repository and open it by its address. Your map stays yours; list it in Maps so others can find it.
https://www.ortho-earth.com/japan/?g=gh:you/repo/map.geopbfParquet draws big data, Gint thinks, and nothing is exaggerated.
Data format · MIT
GeoPBF
A compact binary format for geometry, and a converter that runs in the browser: 18 formats in, 14 out, with GDAL-free support for Japanese coordinate systems. It does not keep an index — partial reads are GeoParquet's job.
Overview
日本語
npm
Try it
Vector engine · GPL-3.0
Gint
The intelligence layer: shared-edge topology in a GPU-readable form — instant identify, choropleths and level of detail straight on the GPU.
Overview
日本語
Interactive demos
Morton Order
GPU Culling
Stencil Tessellation
Map engine · GPL-3.0
@ortho-earth/core
The globe itself: WebGPU with a WebGL2 fallback, real-scale terrain, and base map, vectors and 3D cities drawn together through a worker pipeline.
Overview
日本語
Elevation · MIT
AltPBF
Elevation tiles in Protocol Buffers — three zoom tiers from GEBCO and ALOS, delta-coded and deflated for fast terrain.
Overview
日本語
3D models · MIT
glbconv
Converts GLB to glTF, OBJ, PLY, STL, USDZ and 3D Tiles in the browser, keeping each model's place on the Earth.
npm