Using the Extended Sources Addon together with the Pro version, you can populate the globe with JSON data. The data can be static, including it in the globe edit screen or use a URL to an external JSON file.
Example of JSON data: Top populated cities in the world 2024
Once you have the addon installed, you’ll see the option to enable ‘External Data Sources’, in the Markers (Points and Dot Labels) and Regions data types.
In the Raw JSON Data field, you can either add valid JSON data or a URL to a JSON file. You can use online validating tools to make sure you JSON is valid. In the example globe above we used raw JSON, with the format that you see in the screenshot below:
The JSON ID property should identify a unique property, something that is different on each data entry. We chose to use ‘city’. If you’re trying to populate regions, the ID should contain the name or code that matches the regions of the selected map.
Then we need to specifify the properties for latitude and longitude, in the case of markers.
If your data is not on the top level, use the JSON Data Source Property to identify what property contains the data entries.
You can use dot notation also, like data.dataset.cities
In the example above we used most_populated_cities, since the data array for each city was inside this property.
Once you save the map you should be able to see the information from your JSON source in the map.
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