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Cesium is a JavaScript library for creating 3D globes and 2D maps in a web browser without a plugin. It uses WebGL for hardware-accelerated graphics, and is cross-platform, cross-browser, and tuned for dynamic-data visualization.

http://cesiumjs.org/

### Get Started ###

Visit the [Downloads page](http://cesiumjs.org/downloads.html) or use the npm module:
```
npm install cesium
```

Have questions?  Ask them on the [forum](http://cesiumjs.org/forum.html).

Interested in contributing?  See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).

### Mission ###

Our mission is to create the leading 3D globe and map for static and time-dynamic content, with the best possible performance, precision, visual quality, platform support, community, and ease of use.

### License ###

[Apache 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html).  Cesium is free for both commercial and non-commercial use.

We appreciate attribution by including the Cesium logo and link in your app.

### Featured Demos ###

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<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/STORMevent/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/demos/STORMevent.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/Swisstopo/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/Swisstopo.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/STKCZML/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/demos/STKCZML.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/ContextCapture/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/demos/ContextCapture.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/Flightradar24/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/Flightradar24.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://apps.agi.com/SatelliteViewer/?Status=Operational"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/SatelliteViewer.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/NewYork"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/nyc.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/xalps/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/RedBull1.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/MarsTrek/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/demos/MarsTrek.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/hiroshima-archive/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/hiroshima/showcase.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp; 
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/noradtrackssanta/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/noradtrackssanta.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
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### Demos ###

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<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/Volans/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/demos/volans.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/DRCOG/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/demos/DRCOG.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/HOWL/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/demos/HOWL.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/UNISEC/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/demos/UNISEC.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/AllisonHouse/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/demos/AllisonHouse.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/Smapshot/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/demos/smapshot.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp; 
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/Ascendium/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/demos/Ascendium.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/PropellerPlatform/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/demos/PropellerPlatform.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/STORMevent/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/demos/STORMevent.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/EndPoint/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/demos/EndPoint.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/Swisstopo/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/Swisstopo.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/Stratalogica/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/Stratalogica.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/STKCZML/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/STKCZML.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/STI/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/STI.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/TexasGroundwater/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/TXgroundwater.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/PearlHarbor/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/PearlHarbor.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/JumpLog/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/JumpLog.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/Soarer/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/Soarer.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/IMERG/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/IMERG.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/OrbitLogic/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/OrbitLogic.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/nextPlace/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/nextPlace.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/Entwine/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/Entwine.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/FlightAirMap/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/FlightAirMap.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/NYPLphotographers/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/NYPLphotographers.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/RiftVelocity/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/RiftVelocity.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/ContextCapture/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/ContextCapture.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/VolumeRaycasting/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/VolumeRaycast.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/TXGeothermal/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/TXGeothermal.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/LiquidGalaxy/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/LiquidGalaxy.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/KansasAviation/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/Kansas.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/Desalination/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/Desal.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/GlobalSubsurface/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/GlobalSubsurface.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/ShakeFinder/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/ShakeFinder.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/GeoPort3D/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/GeoPort3D.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/HurricaneHunters/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/HurricaneHunters.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/HWRF/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/HWRF.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/GPMNRTView/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/GPMNRTView.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/STORMVG/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/STORMVG.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/CubeCities/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/CubeCities.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/VirES/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/VirES.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/NASAweather/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/NASAweather.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/Citisens/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/citisens.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/ParalogPerformance/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/ParalogPerformance.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/FlightClub/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/FlightClub.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/GDMOV/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/GDMOV.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/CanadianLandforms/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/CanadianLandforms.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/myCesiumflight/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/myCesiumflight.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/PowderGlobe/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/PowderGlobe.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/Flightradar24/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/Flightradar24.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/CubeGlobe/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/CubeGlobe.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/OrbitalPredictor/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/OrbitalPredictor.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/RapidScat/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/RapidScat.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/Wasurenai/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/Wasurenai.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/N2YO/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/N2YO.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/LiveTrack24/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/LiveTrack24.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/PHAROS/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/PHAROS.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/LSDSLAM/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/LSDSLAM.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/GEFSonline/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/GEFS.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/GeoglyphRail/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/GeoglyphRail.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/ParaglidingLogbook/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/ParaglidingLogbook.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/EarthClock/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/EarthClock.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://apps.agi.com/SatelliteViewer/?Status=Operational"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/SatelliteViewer.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/WAVE/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/WAVE.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/Nanaimo/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/Nanaimo.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/HereYouGo/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/HereYouGo.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/CyberCity3D/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/CyberCity.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/EastJapanEarthquake/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/JapanEarthquake.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/PaperDrone/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/PaperDrone.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/OpenWebGIS/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/OpenWebGIS.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/3DHarvestingPlanner/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/3DHarvest1.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/2015/10/02/Red-Bull-X-Alps-in-Cesium/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/RedBull1.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/GeoAnimate/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/GeoAnimate.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/DataCurtains/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/DataCurtains.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/DronesOculus/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/DronesOculus.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/3DCityDB/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/3DCityDB.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/GridViz/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/grid_viz.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/TacMap/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/TacMap.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/VirtualCitiesProject/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/VirtualCitiesProject.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/MarsTrek/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/MarsTrek.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/raceQs/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/raceQs.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/EarthViewer/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/EarthViewerMain.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/cloudahoy/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/cloudahoy.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/VestaTrek/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/VestaTrek.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/Taipei3DCityNavigation/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/Taipei3DCityNavigation.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/4DChoroplethMap/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/4DChoroplethMap.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/RikiTraki/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/RikiTraki.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/EgyptianObeliskTracker/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/EgyptianObeliskTracker.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/hiroshima-archive/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/hiroshima/showcase.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/nasa-gibs/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/nasa-gibs/Cesium-GIBS1-md.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/fodarEarth/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/fodar/fodar_03_md.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/catalonia-spain/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/CataloniaSpain/overview_sm.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/woe/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/woe.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://cesium.com/blog/2015/03/19/eclipsetracks-interactive-solar-eclipses-with-cesium/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/eclipsetracks.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/divvy/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/divvy.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/geo/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/geo.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/create/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/create.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/cyclingthealps/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/cyclingthealps.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/bhuvan/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/bhuvan.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/nationalmap/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/nationalMapThumb.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/gplates/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/GPlates.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/ign/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/ign.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/atovisualizer/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/atovisualizer.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/sunshine/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/sunshine.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/noradtrackssanta/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/noradtrackssanta.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/doarama/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/doarama.jpg" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/powdertracks/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/powdertracks.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/earthkamexplorer/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/earthkamexplorer.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/d3/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/d3.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/subspace/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/subspace.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/agsattrack/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/agsattrack.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/weblvcsimulationviewer/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/weblvcsimulationviewer.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/vega/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/demos/images/vega.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Apps/Sandcastle/index/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/Sandcastle.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/Apps/CesiumViewer/"><img src="http://cesiumjs.org/images/CesiumViewer.png" height="150" /></a>&nbsp;
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