Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Realtime Geostationary Earth Imagery launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Terrapattern▲77

   A visual search tool for satellite imagery

   2016 · terrapattern.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Odyssey 3▲159

   A world model that simulates physics in real time

   14d ago · odyssey.systems · its alternatives →

3. 3
   himawari.js▲79

   Real-time images of Earth from the Himawari-8 satellite

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Planet Explorer▲150

   Interactive global satellite images

   2017 · planet.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   PixelSpace▲68

   A tediously accurate scale model of the solar system

   2014 · joshworth.com · its alternatives →

6. 6RT
   Real time color previsualisation▲8

   2012 · blog.framebench.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Cartographer▲79

   Real-time simultaneous localization and mapping library

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   AlphaEarth Foundations▲126

   A "virtual satellite" to map Earth in unprecedented detail

   2025 · deepmind.google · its alternatives →

9. 9IT
   Interactive Time Lapse Map for Major Earthquakes on Earth Since 1900▲5

   2014 · maptimed.com · its alternatives →

10. 10ST
    Solaris the Thinking Ocean Simulator▲7

    Solaris - a real-time WebGL simulation of Lem

    Jun 2026 · solaris.franzai.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Building Real-Time Global Illumination: Part 1▲5

    Building Real-Time Global Illumination: Part 1

    2024 · jason.today · its alternatives →

12. 12EC
    Earth-clock – live WebGL planet with eclipses, weather, earthquakes▲5

    Jul 2026 · earth-clock.onemonkey.org · its alternatives →

13. 13KM
    Krata Maps – open-source Figma like GeoJSON Editor▲8

    2024 · krata.app · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Radiolab - Eye in the Sky▲7

    A camera that can watch an entire city at once

    2015 · radiolab.org · its alternatives →

15. 15TD
    Terraform Drift Detection▲6

    2020 · terraformdriftdetection.com · its alternatives →

16. 169U
    92K USGS Historical Maps in Dynamic Mosaic▲6

    2014 · demo.northavenue.net · its alternatives →

17. 17
    lsys - realtime lsystems on canvas▲5

    2013 · benvan.co.uk · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Land Lines▲15

    Explore Google Earth satellite imagery through gesture

    2016 · lines.chromeexperiments.com · its alternatives →

19. 19GR
    GitHub Radar (Real-time activity on a map)▲5

    2016 · github-radar.xyz · its alternatives →

20. 20GT
    Geofable – tell stories with maps▲9

    2018 · geofable.com · its alternatives →

21. 21FW
    Free weather map with 25 model layers, live lightning and storm cells▲8

    Jul 2026 · wfy24.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Google Earth View▲9

    Observe the earth while you procrastinate.

    2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Earth▲4

    An intetractive map of global weather conditions

    2015 · earth.nullschool.net · its alternatives →

24. 24
    geoGreeting▲6

    Animated greetings written with satellite imagery

    2016 · geogreeting.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →