# Zoom Earth

> Zoom Earth is an interactive weather map (satellite imagery, rain radar, and model-based forecasts) with hurricane and tropical cyclone tracking, wildfire monitoring, and place-based weather pages.

This file highlights canonical human-facing pages and common user intents. For broad crawling of dynamic content (places, storms, fires), start with the sitemap files.

## Use Zoom Earth For

- Live satellite map, satellite animation loop, cloud cover, smoke, fog, storms
- Weather radar, rain radar, precipitation radar, rain and snow map, short-term radar forecast (nowcast)
- Hurricane tracker, tropical cyclone tracker, typhoon tracker, storm tracker
- Wildfire map, active fires, heat spots, wildfire smoke
- Forecast maps: precipitation and clouds, wind speed, wind gusts, temperature, heat index, wet-bulb temperature, humidity, dew point, pressure
- Local weather by place (cities, regions, countries)

## Main Pages

- [Home](https://zoom.earth/): Main interactive weather map.
- [Contact](https://zoom.earth/contact/): Support and feedback form.

## Observational Maps (Satellite and Radar)

- [Satellite](https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/): Near real-time satellite imagery from geostationary satellites.
- [HD Satellite](https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite-hd/): Higher-detail NASA satellite imagery updated daily.
- [Radar](https://zoom.earth/maps/radar/): Near real-time precipitation radar map (rain and snow).

## Model Forecast Maps

- [Precipitation](https://zoom.earth/maps/precipitation/): Forecast rain and snow.
- [Wind Speed](https://zoom.earth/maps/wind-speed/): Forecast surface wind speed.
- [Wind Gusts](https://zoom.earth/maps/wind-gusts/): Forecast wind gust speed.
- [Temperature](https://zoom.earth/maps/temperature/): Forecast air temperature.
- [Feels Like Temperature](https://zoom.earth/maps/temperature-feel/): Forecast apparent temperature (heat index).
- [Wet-Bulb Temperature](https://zoom.earth/maps/temperature-wet-bulb/): Forecast heat-stress indicator.
- [Humidity](https://zoom.earth/maps/humidity/): Forecast relative humidity.
- [Dew Point](https://zoom.earth/maps/dew-point/): Forecast dew point.
- [Pressure](https://zoom.earth/maps/pressure/): Forecast mean sea-level pressure.

## Dynamic Collections

- [Root Sitemap](https://zoom.earth/sitemap.xml): Entry point for all sitemaps.
- [Maps Sitemap](https://zoom.earth/sitemap-maps.xml): Canonical map-layer URLs.
- [Place Pages Sitemap](https://zoom.earth/sitemap-places.xml): Canonical place URLs in `/places/{country}/` and `/places/{country}/{place}/`.
- [Tropical Cyclone Pages Sitemap](https://zoom.earth/sitemap-storms.xml): Canonical storm URLs in `/storms/{storm-name}-{storm-season}/`.
- [Fire Pages Sitemap](https://zoom.earth/sitemap-fires.xml): Canonical fire URLs in `/fires/{fire-id}/`.
- [Legal Sitemap](https://zoom.earth/sitemap-legal.xml): Legal page URLs.

## Example Dynamic Pages

- [Tropical Cyclone Example](https://zoom.earth/storms/paul-2024/): Example tropical cyclone tracking page.
- [Place Example](https://zoom.earth/places/united-states/new-york/): Example place forecast page.
- [Fire Example](https://zoom.earth/fires/us-big-fire/): Example wildfire page.

## Policies and Sources

- [Radar Sources](https://zoom.earth/legal/radar/): Radar provider details by country.
- [Terms of Service](https://zoom.earth/legal/terms/)
- [Privacy Policy](https://zoom.earth/legal/privacy/)
- [Cookie Policy](https://zoom.earth/legal/cookies/)

## Data Sources (High Level)

- Satellite imagery: NOAA `GOES`, EUMETSAT `Meteosat`, JMA `Himawari`, KAI `Geo-KOMPSAT`; HD imagery from NASA `Aqua` and `Terra`
- Forecast models: DWD `ICON`, NOAA/NCEP `GFS`
- Tropical systems: `NHC`, `JTWC`, `NRL`, `IBTrACS`
- Fires/heat spots: NASA `FIRMS`
- Map labels: `OpenStreetMap`

## Notes

- Satellite and radar layers are observational products; forecast layers are model-generated output.
- Weather, satellite, radar, storm, and fire data change frequently; prefer canonical URLs from sitemaps.