As one our custom development services we now offer the ability to implement a custom 3D globe. This super realistic view of the world is amazing. Now your app can have its very own 3D earth. Many of the top apps use 3D globes to add that "eye candy" effect. The possibilities of what you can add to your virtual earth are endless. You can create a virtual map for the world travelers by dropping little map pins in the places they have gone. Or you can show the migration path of humpback whales. Not only is the sky the limit but the entire world is the limit.
Other 3D models and textures can be added to combine the earth with other objects to create eye-popping effects.
A user's double tap is translated into the GPS coordinates on the globe that could be used as a sort of navigation for locations around the world. The textures are based off of NASA satellite images of the Earth so it is as realistic as it gets.
Some of the current features of the globe
Zooming and navigation of the globe with standard iPhone gestures.
Smooth rotation between two sets of GPS points.
Multiple high-resolution texture maps of the globe
Overlay for the texture maps that shows country borders and names.
Adding effects on the globe at a given set of gps coordinates. This can be a glowing effect or drop pins like on a travel map.
Code is well structured so that it is easy for a developer to quickly add the code into app projects.
Ray casting allows for a double tap on the screen to log the GPS coordinates associated with the double tap.
The source code includes a demo project that is ready to compile and run immediately.
How it works?
There are several options if you decide you want to include are 3D globe in one of your iPhone project.
One option is to license the source code from us. For a one-time fee you get lifetime use of the source code. You can use it in as many projects as your company would like. The only real limitation is that you cannot resell or give away the code to anyone outside of your company.
You can also just hire us to implement the 3D globe into an existing app or an existing on going project.
And finally since our core business is developing client apps you can of course hire us to develop the complete app from start to finsih including the use of the 3D globe, from start to finish .
On request we can provide you with an ad-hoc of the demo globe. Because of the 100 device limit per year that Apple has, we can only provide an ad-hoc for one device per potential client. Online web demos are also available on request.
All sales of the source code include 3 hours of consulting time to help integrate the code into project and start adding in any custom effect you may want.
