Ask HN: Digital Globe of the World

#1

Post by climber » Thu, Jun 04, 2009, 11:39 PM UTC

I'm building a game, and need a 3D Model of the world, like the geographical data from Google Earth, but at much much much lower resolution.

All I can find on the web (searching via images.google.com) is maps of the earth, but I'd like 3D data.

Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Digital Globe of the World

#2

Post by wglb » Fri, Jun 05, 2009, 1:18 AM UTC

Have you checked http://edc.usgs.gov/? Seems like they have quite a bit of varied data.

But this is likely not very low resolution.

Another source might be: http://serc.carleton.edu/research_education/geopad/topograph...

Re: Ask HN: Digital Globe of the World

#3

Post by climber » Fri, Jun 05, 2009, 1:31 AM UTC

wglb wrote: post #2

Have you checked http://edc.usgs.gov/ ? Seems like they have quite a bit of varied data. But this is likely not very low resolution. Another source might be: http://serc.carleton.edu/research_education/geopad/topograph...

thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Digital Globe of the World

#4

Post by wglb » Fri, Jun 05, 2009, 3:34 AM UTC

climber wrote: post #3

wglb wrote: post #2

Have you checked http://edc.usgs.gov/ ? Seems like they have quite a bit of varied data. But this is likely not very low resolution. Another source might be: http://serc.carleton.edu/research_education/geopad/topograph...

thanks!

And another, although this site seems to be aimed at navigation of yer car through GPS, but might have some value for you.

http://www.maps-gps-info.com/wrld-mps.html