Hi Product Hunt! 👋 I’m thrilled to share Heat Globe with you today. I've always been frustrated by how global data is usually presented endless rows of spreadsheet numbers or 2D flat maps that distort geographic reality. When looking at massive global phenomena like climate shifts, population density, or shipping lane bottlenecks, you need a true spatial context to understand the relationships. So, I built Heat Globe. It's a completely free, interactive 3D WebGL visualization platform that runs directly in your browser. Here is what you can do with it right now: 🌍 Explore 3D Data: View thousands of population spikes, choropleth maps, and heatmaps running smoothly at 60fps. 📡 Live Data Hooks: Switch from historical data to real-time tracked events (like earthquakes or the live orbit of the ISS). 🧠 AI Data Analyst: We integrated the Claude API right into the UI. Click any country or select any dataset, and the AI will act as your personalized data scientist to explain what you are seeing. 🔗 Share your View: Find an interesting anomaly? Copy the link and it will serialize your exact 3D camera angle so others can drop right into your perspective. I built this with Next.js and React Three Fiber to push the limits of what a browser can render. I would love your feedback! What datasets do you think would look amazing mapped onto the globe next? Has anyone else here used R3F for complex data viz? Thank you for checking it out! 🚀

Heat Globe

Explore live global data on an interactive 3D Earth.

Explore live global data on an interactive 3D Earth.