SOS Explorer for iOS

SOS Explorer (SOSx) Mobile is a free, flat screen mobile app version of the popular NOAA Science On a Sphere (SOS). This revolutionary software takes SOS datasets, usually only seen on a 6-foot sphere in large museum spaces, and makes them accessible, portable, and interactive anywhere. SOSx Mobile can immerse the user in animated images such as Saturns rings, atmospheric storms, climate change, and ocean temperatures to help explain sometimes complex environmental processes in a way that is intuitive, captivating, interactive, and entertaining. A desktop version, called SOS Explorer, is also available. Contact getsos.gsd@noaa.gov to purchase the exhibit-quality desktop application, which includes VR, real-time data, and the ability to add your own content.

Features include:

Streaming, high-resolution datasets

Educational videos

User-guided tours

Analysis tools

100+ datasets

Global and flat map views

Sample datasets:

Recent Hurricane Seasons

Bird Migration

Earthquake Activity

Snow and Ice

Ocean Currents

Historical Tsunamis

Facebook Friendships

Air Traffic

Planets of the Solar System

Climate Change Models

360 Underwater Imagery

Narrated Movies

...and so much more!