Project Link: http://belowthewings.herokuapp.com/ Apps Users:
- Select Flights
- Explore near-flight features in overview
- In overview, select your current location flight-icon to view perspective-integrated data. Extra-fun on mobile.
Features:
Information about sample flight between Boston and Los Angeles:
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3D Map of flight route and points of interest along the flight plan
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Selecting airplane on route shows a perspective view from the plane, where the user can explore the terrain below and data of interest overlaid--in this case, population density
Tools and Data Utilized:
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Cesium
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2012 Population Density Dataset
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Points of interest from NASA's Images of Change
Dev-Use:
- See CESIUM Readme on installing & running Cesium packages.
- Place CSVs of local data under resources/data/-, or see the following /js/ files to modify or add data sources:
- add_flight_path.js
- place_state_parks.js
- layer_maps.js