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U.S National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an agency that enriches life through science. Our reach goes from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor as we work to keep the public informed of the changing environment around them. Shira NOAA Explorer plugin visualizes publicly available data provided by NOAA and enables it to be displayed in planetarium presentation environments. Since it is a Shira Presenter add-on, it can be used not only for planetariums but also for flat screens or single-projector spherical display equipment called Science On a Sphere® (SOS). The first download allows you to view 40 datasets. As NOAA content is converted, this number will increase to 200 in the future thanks to the download manager. |
Plugin Main Screen
Shira Presenter Preview Screen
| The display tools that are made by using images projected into a transparent sphere with a projector are called Science On a Sphere®, Geodome Globe Projection. Or there are such custom-made equipment. When the Calibration System option is selected as "Sphere Internal" in the Shira Presenter projector settings, the appropriate image output for these display equipment is obtained. |
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Select the "Sphere Internal" option in the projector settings and restart the application. In this case, the image to be projected will appear on the primary screen. The Explorer section will be on the secondary screen. |
The image formed on the primary screen that will be sent to the relevant hardware system projector.
Explorer List
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The list of all loaded dataset contents is here. At the same time, a filter can be made from the combo box at the top. The selected dataset is double-clicked or the relevant object is dragged and dropped to the main screen flat preview window using the drag and drop method. In this way, the operations related to the dataset are started. |  |
Dataset Downlaod Manager
Each dataset has three separate states.
Datasets made available to the public by NOAA are also being made available for download for the Shira NOAA Explorer.
40 datasets are currently available. Additional datasets totaling 200 are being prepared for download.
Sample Datasets
Phytoplankton Model
Tsunami Historical Series: Chile -1960
Earthquakes - Realtime
360 Media - National Marine Sanctuaries (Plus!)
360 Media -Auarius Reef Base
Shira NOAA Explorer can be download from the download area.
Click to download.
Warning : This plugin requires ShiraUniverse 6.7 and Shira Presenter version 2.3.2 or above.
Change Log
2025.06.14 Version 1.0 is released.
