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CLUSTER IMAGERY-SATELLITE-DESKTOP · 13 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2008-10-27

Geospatial mapping and data tools

This cluster comprises desktop and web applications for geospatial tasks: collecting POIs, processing photos into 3D models, rendering 3D terrain from open data, downloading satellite imagery, and environmental monitoring. The dated history is too thin to read a shape from – only 4 dated entries exist before the index start, so the cluster predates the index or its members are undated. On traction, poi_collector_app leads with 11 stars, while deforestation-detector and mapshow have 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

OCT 2008: 1MAR 2020: 1OCT 2022: 1DEC 2025: 1APR 2026: 1AUG 2026: 3SEP 2026: 2OCT 2026: 3
OCT 2008OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 hand-coded · 11 unlabelled

Operator · 6 hobby · 1 commercial · 4 open source · 2 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 13 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01lowpolyearth2★17 dayslivehobbyDesktop app that renders the entire Earth in 3D from open map and elevation data, letting users explore terrain and cities from orbit to street level.
  2. 02live-earth-wallpaper4★4 days—hobbyDesktop wallpaper application that displays a real-time 3D Earth with day/night lighting, city lights, and live satellite clouds.
  3. 03Terrain_AI2★17 days—hobbyWeb application that reconstructs 3D terrain models and elevation data from a single satellite image, enabling slope, height, and flood-impact analysis.
  4. 04nisar2.00★9 days—Interactive web app that visualizes how Earth's surface changes over time using satellite radar data, letting users explore glaciers, volcanoes, cities, and wetlands.
  5. 05geo-globe0★11 dayslivehobbyWeb app that transforms any place on Earth into a 3D terrain diorama with live maps, imagery, sun, moon, and weather.
  6. 06poi_collector_app11★9 mostalelivehobbyDesktop application that collects, stores, and exports geographic point-of-interest data gathered from a mapping platform's search API.
  7. 07agisoft-metashape-pro0★1 moliveopen sourceDesktop application that processes photographs into 3D models, point clouds, and spatial data for surveying and mapping professionals.
  8. 08Google Earth0★21 dayslivecommercialMapping application that renders satellite imagery, 3D terrain, and street-level panoramas for exploring and collaborating on locations worldwide.
  9. 09Marble0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop virtual globe and atlas application for exploring Earth and other planets, searching places, calculating routes, and viewing satellite orbits and historical maps.
  10. 10mapshow0★2 mo—hobbyA 3D map browser that renders terrain, buildings, and roads from open map data for driving simulation and exploration.
  11. 11Google Earth Pro0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop application that renders a 3D model of Earth, letting users view historical satellite imagery and import or export geographic data.
  12. 12PyMapStitcher - Map Downloader0★unknownliveDesktop application that downloads, stitches, and exports large satellite imagery as georeferenced map files using graphics processing acceleration.
  13. 13Mapton0★unknownliveopen sourceCross-platform desktop map application with plugins for exploring 3D terrain, time-coded data, geotagged photos, and population statistics.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.