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PlanetronLabs // Ops-facing doc
You treat the product like a briefing board: now is what ships in production,
next is the feed depth we are chasing, horizon is the stuff we want on
the glass when the plumbing is ready. Layer IDs match data-layer in
Command Center, Signal Units, and (with earth- prefixes) 3D Earth.
Lane A
Full toggle set on Planetron.io: news, cyber arcs, connectivity, social stream, global + regional radar, government weather alerts, hurricanes, air quality, satellite ocean wind / SST / waves, earthquakes, aviation, cameras, traffic grid, rail, power grid, ISS, Starlink, marine stack, day-night modes, satellite basemap, labels, clouds - plus Units, chat, live pins, draw tools, themes, CLI, markets, and the network tool belt.
Lane B
Swap preview geometry for real agency streams where we can license or pipe them cleanly.
Lane C
Long arc: motion-first layers that never sit still on the globe.
Live means real ingest or map tiles served through our API in this build. Preview means the toggle and styling ship so you can rehearse the HUD; the underlying feed is still representative. “Member” = session-gated in production where the app enforces it.
Command Center and Units share these data-layer slugs. Earth uses the same signals with earth--prefixed controls in markup.
| Signal | Layer ID | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlines + sentiment | news |
Live | Map-placed stories; feeds via Planetron API |
| Unit presence | live-users |
Live | Authenticated operators + units |
| Social crisis stream | social-media-signals |
Live | Public crisis keyword + country mention stream |
| Cyber activity | cyber-threats |
Live | Aggregated community threat feeds; arc visualization; optional third-party IP summaries |
| Internet outages | internet-connectivity |
Live | Country-level outage telemetry |
| Satellite imagery basemap | nasa-satellite |
Live | Basemap / imagery context (flat map) |
| Labels & places | toponyms |
Live | Geographic names overlay |
| Cloud imagery | earth-clouds |
Live | Cloud texture / mask stack where configured |
| Ocean surface wind (satellite) | gibs-wind |
Live | Daily satellite-derived wind field (image tiles via API) |
| World radar mosaic | worldwide-radar |
Live | Third-party worldwide composite index |
| US / regional government radar | weather-radar |
Live | CONUS + regional tiles |
| US weather alerts | weather-alerts |
Live | Active US polygons |
| Tropical systems | hurricanes |
Live | Storm tracks / tropical desk context in-app |
| Air quality | airquality |
Live | Composition map tiles; proxied for the client |
| Day / night / live sun | day-night |
Live | Basemap mode + subsolar / night lights on Earth |
| Volcanic markers | volcanic-activity |
Live | Live markers (with fallback) |
| Wildfire markers | wildfire-detection |
Live | Live markers (with fallback) |
| Ocean monitoring pins | ocean-monitoring |
Live | Live markers (with fallback) |
| Earthquakes | earthquakes |
Live | Recent seismic events + globe rings |
| Aviation | aviation |
Live | Live aircraft positions; member-gated where enforced |
| Street cameras | cameras |
Live | Multi-source; member |
| Road / traffic grid | traffic |
Live | Command Center urban grid overlay |
| Rail | rail |
Live | Open map rail layer - flat + globe |
| Power grid | power-grid |
Live | Transmission lines, plant registry, US substations - viewport fetch |
| ISS track | iss |
Live | Near-real-time position |
| Starlink snapshot | starlink |
Live | ~10 minute cache |
| Sea surface temperature | gibs-sst |
Live | Satellite sea-surface temperature field (daily) |
| Wave / SSH anomaly | gibs-waves |
Live | Satellite sea height / wave anomaly field |
| Marine / seamarks | marine |
Live | Community nautical chart overlay - not full ship AIS yet |
Not single checkboxes - still part of the shipped product.
| Surface / tool | Status | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Command Center | Live | Flat interactive map, layer rail, tickers, breaking news panel, themes (Labs / Classic / Nautical / Command) |
| Earth Pulse (3D) | Live | 3D globe with parallel layer stack + sun / night lights |
| Signal Units | Live | Teams, approvals, chat, shared map + Earth, widgets, tactical layouts |
Draw & .planetron files |
Live | Signal, zone, path, line, measure, eraser - save / load map files |
| Command line (in-app + Labs CMD) | Live | Layer toggles, radar, cameras, news, aviation queries from the keyboard |
| Network calculator | Live | IP, DNS, certificate, encoder, binary helpers routed through the app API |
| Markets & crypto HUD | Live | Indices, FX, commodities, tickers correlated with the map timeline |
| Music player | Live | Session-friendly audio layer in the workspace |
| Analytics strip | Live | Live usage / feed health style metrics in the UI |
| Account & dashboard | Live | Login, profile, units entry - Planetron.io auth stack |
| Backend APIs | Live | Authenticated JSON for feeds, tiles, tools, units, and session-gated traffic - specifics intentionally not enumerated here. |
Stuff that looks incredible on a spinning globe because it never stops moving. We file it here so nobody pretends it ships tomorrow.
Global stroke density as a live texture - satellite lightning products or licensed bolt feeds.
Physical internet routes underlay cyber arcs so outages read as geography.
Public asteroid approaches + fireball catalogs for space weather curiosity.
Demand, frequency events, and outage polygons tied into the same power layer.
Catalog-driven clutter alongside the Starlink snapshot you already run.
Shared attention presets, alert routing, and unit-level automation - after data density lands.