The Wildcard

https://steels.studio/iss-tracking.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKbpbJ5X_BI

My website uses NASA's WorldWind to display the 3D model of the Earth and then it imports a Collada model of the ISS downloaded from NASA's website. It then uses the wheretheissat API to get the current coordinates of the ISS and then moves the Collada model to those coordinates. I have used HTML and Javascript to code this website and replit to host the website.

I have used NASA's WorldWInd in order to display the 3D model of the Earth easily, moreover, I have also used a 3D model of the ISS from NASA's website.

My Space Apps experience has been great and I have learned a lot while solving this challenge specifically that if you ever encounter a problem you should always find a solution to it even if it feels impossible. I chose this challenge as it seemed the most unique and interesting one out of all these challenges. I took a simple approach to solve this challenge. I encountered and problem while developing my website which was that although the API was able to get the live coordinates, the model stayed stationary and wasn't moving at all. Even after searching for hours on Google, I was not able to find a solution to my problem so I contacted one of the Space Apps' SMEs Nathaniel who tried to help me with my problem. Ultimately, a friend of mine was able to help me and pointed out that I had made a mistake while setting the value of the variable used to set the position of the model.

3D Model of ISS: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2378/international-space-station-3d-model/

Stars Background: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/vector-illustration-on-black-background-stars-1679725966

API used to get the location of ISS: https://wheretheiss.at/w/developer

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