Interesting observation but you might be surprised that map exaggeration (or cartographic generalization) is common (and essential) for printed and digital maps.

Both applications are identical in the sense that they are using a static database from Space Tracker and satellite-js to calculate current locations.

No, these are not the realtime locations of orbiting objects but they are a very close approximation. Let me explain...

Great question IncognitoM. I work in a small R&D team for Esri, the company behind the mapping software used by the app. We had developed similar apps as “thick clients” for the desktop be never before as a web application. This was a proof-of-concept to see if a web browser could efficiently compute and render 14,000…

Hi Gordon, this application uses GIS technology from Esri. Specifically it is using the ArcGIS API of JavaScript 4.0 beta 1.