Visual Data

Interactive 3D maps built from real catalogues — every object drawn from published data, every dataset referenced. Drag to orbit, zoom to explore, tap anything for its data.
Cosmos

Visual Data Cosmos

The observable universe as nested, transparent structures — superclusters, galaxies, star clusters, quasars, pulsars and the dark fields between them. Explored purely by zooming.

20 datasets · ~131,000 real objects · SDSS · GWOSC · ATNF · Yale BSC
enter the cosmos
Solar

Visual Data Solar

The Solar System as it is today — live planet positions, every catalogued moon, real surface imagery, asteroids, comets, Earth's satellites and its planetary-defence watchlist.

459 moons · 18,000 asteroids · 15,932 satellites · live JPL ephemeris
enter the system
Planet

Visual Data Planet

Earth on one living globe with real terrain — protected areas & OECMs from Protected Planet, mycorrhizal-fungi biodiversity hotspots from SPUN, cities, mountain peaks, ports, named seas, ocean-depth contours and maritime boundaries, each with its real data.

31,362 protected areas · 7,524 OECMs · 15,496 fungal hotspots · terrain · bathymetry
explore the planet
Art

Visual Data Art

The history of art as a navigable network — eras, movements and forms from cave painting to contemporary, with the golden threads of influence that connect them.

8 eras × 9 art forms · world traditions · cross-influence arcs
enter the network
Music

Visual Data Music

The whole world of music as one navigable network — industry, business and culture branching into genres, rights, instruments, production, performance, careers and world traditions.

14 domains · 2,313 entries · from the record deal to the raga
enter the world of music
Music Conquest

Visual Data Music Conquest

How war moved music. History's great conquests as colour-coded territories on a 3D globe — with the instruments, theory and composition each carried, from Alexander's Greece to India to the oud, the Janissary drum and the Atlantic.

18 conquests · 175 battles · the music each war spread
follow the marches