I built a 3D ISS tracker with day/night cycle, near-realtime clouds and live video

https://iss.matteason.co.uk

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  1. I hope this is OK to share. My aim was to make a beautiful, realistic(ish) ISS tracker that you might like to have up on a TV or second screen. It features:

    – Near-realtime clouds (which I’ve also made available separately at https://clouds.matteason.co.uk)
    – Embedded EHDC livestream
    – Day/night cycle
    – The Moon & Sun
    – Month-accurate ice & snow cover based on the [monthly Blue Marble images](https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/collection/1484/blue-marble)
    – 3D model of the ISS (disabled by default)
    – Loads of toggleable settings to customise the display

    I’ve got other stuff in the works too, like:

    – Next pass over your location
    – Displaying the path for the next 90 minutes
    – Ability to overlay more stats

    I’d love to know what you think if you try it out.

  2. TheLifeAesthetic on

    Looks really cool, but I had a few issues with it crashing on mobile – Chrome and Safari on iPhone 14 Pro iOS 17.4.1

    Appreciate you may not have intended it for mobile, but thought I’d let you know!