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Quake Hunter Maps a Century of Quakes Worldwide
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
Government agencies, companies, and individuals use the NASA-created World Wind software development kit, based on a virtual model of Earth developed at Ames Research Center, for many different purposes. In 2016, interns at Ames used it to create Quake Hunter, which charts every earthquake of the last century, offering an unprecedented visualization of seismological data. The team also used World Wind to build SpaceBirds, which tracks about 15,000 satellites in Earth’s orbit, and WorldWeather, which maps weather for the entire globe.