rileyb3d globe tools

Name: rileyb3d globe tools
Availability: InStock
Author: Riley Brown

v1.2.0 · Blender · Free

Create animated globe routes from latitude and longitude points. Choose your colors and duration, then generate the globe, glowing line, destination ripples and camera in one click.

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Enter latitude and longitude points in travel order, set a duration, and choose your line, sea and land colors. Click Create Globe Animation to build an editable scene ready to render in Eevee.

What it does

Add, remove and reorder as many route points as you need.
Generate a full WGS84 globe with a packed 16,384 x 8,192 land mask.
Animate the line with easing, a traveling tip and settling destination markers at 30 fps.
Adjust line, sea and land colors live. Switch line glow and slow, faint destination ripples on or off.
Create a route-facing camera with a gentle push and depth of field.
Keep your current world, light rig, color management and transparency when generating a new scene.

A generated Eevee globe route with cyan line, destination ripples and a cream land palette.

Install and use

Requires Blender 5.2 or newer. Tested in Blender 5.2.2 LTS.

Download the extension ZIP. In Blender, open Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions, open the menu and choose Install from Disk.
Enable rileyb3d globe tools. In the 3D View, press N and open the rileyb3d globe tools tab.
Press + to add points. Enter latitude and longitude in decimal degrees. Negative latitude means south; negative longitude means west.
Choose duration and colors, then click Create Globe Animation. Press Space to play and Numpad 0 to view the camera.

Colors and effect switches update the generated scene live. After changing the route points or duration, create a new scene. Your existing scenes stay available in the scene selector.

The same geographic route with a warm glowing line.

A few useful details

The globe uses WGS84 dimensions and public-domain Natural Earth geography. The packed 16K mask keeps the extension offline and self-contained. The globe, route curve, markers, rings, materials and camera remain editable.

Waypoint connections follow illustrative great-circle legs. Natural Earth coastlines are generalized for world and regional graphics. Use researched tracks and higher-detail local data when a project calls for them. Routes that travel behind the globe may need a different camera angle.

Code is free and open source under GPL-3.0-or-later. The generated geographic mask is CC0 and is derived from public-domain Natural Earth data. The download includes the source code, license and setup instructions.

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Made by Riley Brown

I’ve been using Blender since 2008, worked as a 3D department manager, and was a producer for the Blender Guru YouTube channel. These days I build the models, tools, and training you’ll find here. Your donations help me keep making them.

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rileyb3d globe tools

What it does

Install and use

A few useful details

Made by Riley Brown

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