Earth Viewer

Animated planet Earth with live weather and satellite data

Earth Viewer - Animated Planet Earth App

"Earth Viewer" is an interactive Android app that visualizes an animated Earth with live weather and satellite data. It features global forecasts, historical climate data, and informative datasets for monitoring global warming. Users can select various satellite views and watch weather patterns in motion while offline access is also supported. The app includes multiple weather forecasting sources and interactive features like image interpolation and live sun mapping.
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By: H21 lab
Version: 2.2 (Last updated: 2024-12-12)
Creation date: 2012-03-18
Permissions
Other: full network access

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App summary

Earth Viewer
Animated planet Earth with live weather, satellite data, global forecast and historical data. Application visualizes also data-sets useful for Global warming monitoring.

How to use: Tap the 3 dots at the upper right hand corner (settings), and select a satellite view, it will then download for a few moments, (need internet access, be patient) then tap the play/pause and see the weather in motion

Open source: https://github.com/H21lab/Earth-Viewer

Imagery included:

Climate Reanalyzer weather forecast
- World GFS Precipitation and Clouds (+7d)
- World GFS Air Temperature (+7d)
- World GFS Air Temperature Anomaly (+7d)
- World GFS Precipitable Water (+7d)
- World GFS Surface Wind Speed (+7d)
- World GFS Jetstream Wind Speed (+7d)

METEOSAT 0 degree satellite
- Airmass realtime imagery (-24h, generated every 1h)
- Airmass realtime imagery full resolution (-6h, generated every 1h)
- IR 10.8 (-24h, generated every 1h)

METEOSAT IODC satellite
- IR 10.8 (-24h, generated every 3h)

SSEC
- Infrared low res global composite (-1w, generated every 3h)
- Water vapor low res global composite (-1w, generated every 3h)

NOAA
- Aurora 30 Minute Forecast Northern Hemisphere (-24h)
- Aurora 30 Minute Forecast Southern Hemisphere (-24h)

Application features:
- Interpolation between images
- Imagery selection from menu
- Live Sun light
- Bump mapping
- Data cache for offline use
- Double tap will stop/play animation

Copyright and credit
CCI data has been obtained using Climate Reanalyzer (http://cci-reanalyzer.org), Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, USA.
NRL DATA has been obtained using United States Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology Division (http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil)
All METEOSAT images shown in the application are subject to EUMETSAT copyright.
For all NASA GOES images credit to NOAA-NASA GOES Project.
For all MTSAT images credit to Japan Meteorological Agency.
For all SSEC images provided courtesy of University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center.

Limitations
On some devices application will not launch and crash report is seen. This is caused in most cases by low graphical card capabilities or low amount of memory of the target device. Application use OpenGL ES 2.0 and extensive pixel shader with multitexturing.

Application is distributed as local image viewer which is accessing public available content from internet on behalf of user. Data are internally cached and only delta is downloaded. There is no guarantee for the availability of the downloaded data and the application also works without internet connectivity.

Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Beautiful display of a large amount of data
  • Useful features like jet stream information
  • Potential for future development and advanced weather forecasting
  • User-friendly interface for exploring the planet
  • App showcases advanced technology
Cons
  • Frequent crashes and bugs after updates
  • Lack of clear instructions or an introductory guide
  • Missing color keys and setup options
  • Data unavailability for certain features
  • Limited zoom functionality for viewing specific locations
Most mentioned
  • App is visually appealing
  • Crashes and bugs after updates
  • Lack of instructions or clarity in app usage
  • Potential for useful weather features
  • Desire for more interactive capabilities
User reviews
Ethiopia
by Abenezer Samson, 2024-11-25

It's not what I expected, also it keeps on crashing 🤦
by Nick Jonas, 2024-08-20

Beautiful display of huge amount of different data!!! What is desperately missing is the color-key for their interpretation. And Start/Stop button on the main screen. Updated 7/2022 - some data are unavailable (ssec infrared, ssec water vapor...) Still missing Setup and key-colour bar. 21-3-2023 - after today's update, doesn't work at all. All data gone...
by zagreb boris, 2023-03-21
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