Globe Browsing

Fly from interstellar space to a single crater on the Moon — without a cut.

Globe Browsing is the planetary surface rendering system at the heart of OpenSpace. It streams high-resolution imagery and elevation data from real spacecraft missions, so audiences can cross fifteen orders of magnitude — from the Milky Way down to the texture of Martian regolith — in one continuous flight. No load screens, no cuts, no second application.

• Fly across Mars at full HiRISE resolution. Land at Jezero Crater, follow Perseverance’s traverse, then pull back to see the whole planet in context.
• Visit any imaged surface in the solar system. Apollo landing sites on the Moon, Cassini imagery of Titan, New Horizons coverage of Pluto — all at the resolution the spacecraft captured them.

Multiple data layers can be active and blended at once — base imagery, colorized elevation, scientific overlays, labels — and a presenter can reveal them live during a show. Camera motion stays smooth at every scale, which is why Globe Browsing is the foundation of so many planetarium and museum experiences built on OpenSpace.