Terms & notices
Last updated 15 October 2026
Terms of use
Globe in Motion at globeinmotion.com (“the site”) is a free, non-commercial collection of interactive instruments. By using the site you accept these terms.
You may use the site and link to it freely. Third-party material keeps its own licence (below).
Disclaimer
The site was made with the help of AI and may contain errors. Its content is approximate and for general interest only. Do not rely on it for any important decision. Historical borders and names are approximate and take no position on any present-day claim. Content and links from other providers are their responsibility.
The site is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, its operator is not liable for any loss or damage arising from its use. You use the site at your own risk.
Privacy
The site itself uses no advertising or analytics cookies. Some instruments keep your settings in your browser and use your location only when you ask. What each instrument sends to outside services is listed in the sources and privacy ledger. Cloudflare may process technical data and set cookies to deliver and protect the site; see its privacy policy.
Third-party licences and credits
Open data, imagery, software and fonts from others, each under its own licence:
- Front page: notices · Go fonts
- Empires Globe: notices · three.js · Astronomy Engine · Go fonts · picture credits are shown with each picture
- Vanished Globe: notices · three.js · Go fonts · picture credits are shown with each picture
- Night Sky Live: notices · three.js · Astronomy Engine · satellite.js · fonts: Cormorant Garamond, Manrope, JetBrains Mono
- Earth Time Machine: notices · three.js · Go fonts
- Live Weather Globe: notices · three.js · satellite.js · fonts: Instrument Serif, IBM Plex Sans, IBM Plex Mono
- Air Time Machine: notices · three.js · Go fonts
- Born From Space: notices · Astronomy Engine · Go fonts
- Daylight Atlas: notices · Astronomy Engine · Go fonts
- Restless Earth: notices · Müller et al. 2022 and Merdith et al. 2021 plate models, CC BY 4.0, simplified for the page · Go fonts
- Wandering Compass: notices · IGRF-14 coefficients (IAGA), CC BY 4.0 · Go fonts
- Orrery: notices · Astronomy Engine · Go fonts
- The Sun Today: notices · Go fonts
- Weather Dash: weather data by Open-Meteo.com and place search based on GeoNames, both CC BY 4.0
- Pomodoro Timer: no third-party material
Material with a rights or credit concern will be corrected or removed promptly. Other names and marks belong to their owners; “Pomodoro” is a registered trademark of Francesco Cirillo, who is not affiliated with the site.
These terms may change.