Interactive 3D WebGL Globe for real-time daylight cycles
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Oclock is an interactive 3D WebGL globe that visualizes real-time daylight cycles. Built with Globe.gl and pre-processed spatial data pipeline.Processing PipelineThe data generation is handled by timezone_data_generator.py. This script performs the following:1. Geometry Analysis: Uses shapely to find a representative point inside each country's boundary.2. Timezone Mapping: Uses timezonefinder to look up the specific IANA timezone string for those coordinates.3. Data Injection: Injects the timezone and coordinates back into the GeoJSON properties for use by the frontend.Live Demo: https://azialle.github.io/Oclock/
HN · launched Mar 2, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 2 views
Niche: interactive 3d web simulations · 160 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▼ -24% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Analytics & BI
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes Using Globe.gl and Python geospatial libraries like Shapely to compute solar terminators and visualize daylight cycles is standard frontend data visualization.
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Attention rank: #238 of 246 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 112 days after the earliest competitor.
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