High-resolution textures bring Earth's surface to life in this SpaceEngine addon for PC. The DLC upgrades detail levels with NASA-derived elevation maps from SRTM and GEBCO, reaching 0.46 km per pixel on land and 1.85 km per pixel on ocean floors. Albedo maps capture surface features at matching resolutions, while city lights glow at 0.75 km per pixel and clouds cover at 0.93 km per pixel.
SpaceEngine fans gain sharper Earth visuals through these precise layers, including water masks in texture alpha channels. Indie simulation enthusiasts who explore planetary details find this casual upgrade essential for enhanced realism. Credits go to key contributors like Robert Skuridin, John van Vliet, and Vladimir Romanyuk for the foundational maps.
This Earth HD DLC (addon) contains high-resolution textures of Earth. It improves level of detail of Earth's surface compared to the default SpaceEngine installation.
Credits:
Based on surface and elevation maps by Robert Skuridin "PBC", city lights map by John van Vliet and Sean Young "HarbingerDawn", and clouds map by Vladimir Romanyuk "SpaceEngineer".
Source data:
Elevation map: NASA SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission), GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans)
Image resolution: 86400x43200 (land areas, SRTM), 21600x10800 (ocean floor, GEBCO)
Effective resolution: 0.46 km/pix (land areas, SRTM), 1.85 km/pix (ocean floor, GEBCO)
Surface albedo map: NASA BMNG (Blue Marble Next Generation), GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans)
Image resolution: 86400x43200 (land areas, BMNG), 21600x10800 (ocean floor, GEBCO)
Effective resolution: 0.46 km/pix (land areas, BMNG), 1.85 km/pix (ocean floor, GEBCO)
Water mask is in the alpha channel of the textures.
City lights map: NASA Earth Observatory
Image resolution: 54000x27000
Effective resolution: 0.75 km/pix
Clouds coverage map: NASA Blue Marble
Image resolution: 43200x21600
Effective resolution: 0.93 km/pix
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