Charting the planet…

Visual Data Planet

Earth in 3D — protected areas & OECMs, fungal-biodiversity hotspots, cities, peaks, ports, seas, bathymetry & maritime borders, on real terrain.

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Compiled by Liako — liako.eu ↗

Protected areas & OECMs: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN (2026), Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and on OECMs (WD-OECM) ↗, Cambridge, UK — queried via the UNEP-WCMC map services ↗
International designations shown: UNESCO World Heritage · Ramsar Convention wetlands · UNESCO-MAB biosphere reserves (as recorded in the WDPA)
Cities, ports & named seas: Natural Earth 10m (public domain) ↗
Mountain peaks (≥ 3,500 m): Wikidata (CC0) ↗
Bathymetry & maritime boundaries: Natural Earth 10m (public domain) ↗
Mycorrhizal-fungi hotspots: SPUN Underground Atlas ↗ — Van Nuland et al. (2025), Nature ↗ (Zenodo, CC BY 4.0 ↗)
Earth imagery (surface, depth-shaded oceans): NASA Blue Marble: Next Generation — Topography & Bathymetry (public domain) ↗
Terrain & seafloor relief: NOAA NCEI ETOPO Global Relief (public domain) ↗
Airports: OurAirports (public domain) ↗ · Country borders & capitals: Natural Earth (public domain) ↗
Earthquakes: USGS ↗ · Natural events: NASA EONET ↗ · Climate: Köppen-Geiger, Beck et al. 2018 (CC BY 4.0) ↗
Coverage statistics (17.6% land · 8.4% ocean): Protected Planet ↗
Source code — open source (MIT): github.com/liakomedia/visual-data-planet ↗