Github Globe

Inspiration

This project was inspired by Github's homepage, where they display real-time Github activity on a globe map.

Implementation

The globe is constructed with three-globe, a ThreeJS data-visualization project made by @vasturiano. Then, the scene is shaded with a dim ambient light and multiple directional lights to resemble a dreamy space environment. The globe's MeshPhongMaterial is also adjusted to fit the environment.

Live demo

All my attended/cancelled flights (2019-2020) are displayed on the globe. If you try to follow one arc, that would be the sequence of my travel destinations. Red arcs are cancelled flights.

Documentation

Please visit three-globe for detailed documentation if you want to edit the Globe object to add data visualization. Speaking of the Glow, three-globe does not let you access the glow mesh object yet, so the default glow was turned off and a separate three-glow-mesh is added to the scene instead.

Usage

This project is bundled with Webpack:

"build": "webpack --config=webpack.prod.js",
"build-dev": "webpack --config=webpack.dev.js",
"start": "webpack serve webpack-dev-server --open --config=webpack.dev.js"

Details:

npm start        # development build in ./dist
npm run build    # static production build in ./

License

MIT