SpaceEngine - Earth HD

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Casual · Simulation

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Description

This DLC for SpaceEngine improves the resolution of Earth's textures.

This Earth HD DLC (addon) contains high-resolution textures of Earth. It improves level of detail of Earth's surface compared to the default SpaceEngine installation.

Credits:
Based on surface and elevation maps by Robert Skuridin "PBC", city lights map by John van Vliet and Sean Young "HarbingerDawn", and clouds map by Vladimir Romanyuk "SpaceEngineer".

Source data:
Elevation map: NASA SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission), GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans)
Image resolution: 86400x43200 (land areas, SRTM), 21600x10800 (ocean floor, GEBCO)
Effective resolution: 0.46 km/pix (land areas, SRTM), 1.85 km/pix (ocean floor, GEBCO)

Surface albedo map: NASA BMNG (Blue Marble Next Generation), GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans)
Image resolution: 86400x43200 (land areas, BMNG), 21600x10800 (ocean floor, GEBCO)
Effective resolution: 0.46 km/pix (land areas, BMNG), 1.85 km/pix (ocean floor, GEBCO)
Water mask is in the alpha channel of the textures.

City lights map: NASA Earth Observatory
Image resolution: 54000x27000
Effective resolution: 0.75 km/pix

Clouds coverage map: NASA Blue Marble
Image resolution: 43200x21600
Effective resolution: 0.93 km/pix

PC requirements

Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i3-3220T or AMD FX-4100
Memory: 6 GB
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or Radeon RX 460 (4 GB)
Storage: 4 GB
Notes: Screen resolution of at least 1280x720 required to display all user interface elements. Graphics card must have at least 3 GB of VRAM.

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5-4430 or AMD FX-8350
Memory: 8 GB
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 (5/6 GB) or Radeon RX 480 (8 GB)
Storage: 50 GB
Notes: Screen resolution of at least 1920x1080 recommended for all user interface elements to fit comfortably. Graphics card should have at least 5 GB of VRAM.