# Interactive globe maps today's cities onto Earth's tectonic past and future

A developer has created an interactive globe that projects modern city locations onto Earth's tectonic configurations in the past and future. Users can visualize how continents have shifted over millions of years and will continue to move. This tool makes deep geological time and plate tectonics more accessible and engaging.

**Importance:** 3/5

## Sources

### Technology
- [Hacker News](https://douwe.com/projects/tectonic_globe) — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:30:05 +0000