# dataarts/webgl-globe

WebGL Globe is a platform for visualizing latitude longitude based information using WebGL.

Repository: https://github.com/dataarts/webgl-globe
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/webgl-globe
Homepage: https://experiments.withgoogle.com/chrome/globe
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-09-04T17:30:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5615, "days_push": 2189, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3770, forks 1198 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:18.120230+00:00)

## What it is
WebGL Globe is an open platform for geographic data visualization by the Google Data Arts Team, rendering latitude/longitude data as animated, interactive 3D globes using WebGL and Three.js. It accepts JSON data of series with latitude, longitude, and magnitude values.

## Use cases
- visualize population data on a 3D globe
- plot earthquake locations on an interactive globe
- show GitHub user locations geographically
- display realtime data points on a spinning earth
- create a geographic data visualization for the browser

## When to choose
- you want to render lat/long magnitude data as spikes on an interactive 3D globe in the browser
- you need a simple, hackable WebGL globe built on Three.js

## When to avoid
- you need modern maintained mapping libraries or advanced GIS features
- you need 2D maps or tile-based rendering
- you need long-term support, as the project has not been actively updated since 2020

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: data-visualization, graphics
- domain: data-visualization, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: webgl, threejs, globe, geospatial-visualization, latitude-longitude, maps, javascript, web

## Member repositories
- dataarts/webgl-globe (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.120230+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:27:53.347207+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dataarts/webgl-globe (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.120230+00:00, sha e7c072469fb8)
  - homepage: https://experiments.withgoogle.com/chrome/globe (fetched 2026-08-29T09:22:52.472208+00:00, sha a2dcf850a3fa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.