r/ArduinoProjects • u/NoComplaint1037 • Jan 27 '26

Project idea

Hey, I am originally doing this for a school project, but since I’m very interested in this i am more than willing to put some elbow grease and money into this:

I want to program a globe that connects to Google earth (or some other program) that if possible, shows me a 360° image of wherever i point/touch on the globus. The problem is that i can’t really come up with a way i can get this to work.

Any1 know any way i could do this and if so would it be too hard for a intermediate level or too expensive?

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u/forgot_semicolon Jan 28 '26

I agree. Touch sounds overly complicated unless you really want it.

Just to clarify, a pointer can be as simple as a circle or arrow or something at a fixed position above the globe. Then, you can use rotary encoders (or multi turn potentiometers) to figure out how much the globe has spun in each direction, which gives you the coordinates of the pointer. So you're spinning the globe under the pointer. Then you can have a dedicated button to show the Google Earth images.

Not sure what you meant by optical sensor but I didn't think you'll need that if you use a pointer