Satellite Images

Image courtesy of GeoEye

When it comes to finding assets for creating image backdrops for 3d animation, or adding 2d elements and animation to imagery, getting the best images will be worth the time invested in searching for them. But, searching with the right keywords, and knowing what your options are, can make finding the right assets a piece of cake.

Enter GeoEye… with so many tutorials here and there focusing on earth zooms, animating sniper scopes, or UI design for games and satellite tracking, it’s imperative to find the best images possible. Obviously, the main focus of this post is satellite imagery, but there are tons of resources for finding other types of images or assets.

I visit the GeoEye site often because I really like the satellite images featured on their website. There are other satellite imagery providers like DigitalGlobe, but in my opinion GeoEye provides a larger, properly classified image library to choose from. So, what if you don’t have to animate a satellite tracking a location, or a game background… you can learn some geography in the process.

Image courtesy of DigitalGlobe

The beauty of it is, you can learn something new about other parts of the world by just browsing these sites, or get some inspiration. An example would be finding out that there is a Ferrari world theme park in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

So go browse today, and you might just learn something new about the world we live in .