--- title: He Built The Ultimate Spy Tool (Free and Open-Source) description: An interview-style video walks through God's Eye View, a free open-source browser-based 'spy satellite simulator' that aggregates real public data feeds —... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/he-built-the-ultimate-spy-tool-free-and-open-source--1631j451l twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: He Built The Ultimate Spy Tool (Free and Open-Source) | daily.dev og:description: An interview-style video walks through God's Eye View, a free open-source browser-based 'spy satellite simulator' that aggregates real public data feeds —... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/he-built-the-ultimate-spy-tool-free-and-open-source--1631j451l og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1631j451l.png og:image:alt: He Built The Ultimate Spy Tool (Free and Open-Source) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # He Built The Ultimate Spy Tool (Free and Open-Source) **[Matt Wolfe](https://daily.dev/sources/mreflow)** · 21 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An interview-style video walks through God's Eye View, a free open-source browser-based 'spy satellite simulator' that aggregates real public data feeds — flights, satellites, vessels, CCTV, traffic, wildfires, earthquakes, and space launches — onto a 3D globe. The creator explains it was built rapidly using AI coding tools (Gemini, Claude Opus, an early agent harness) to pull together numerous public APIs, and discusses use cases ranging from content creation and journalism to event reconstruction (e.g. Iran flooding, NTSB crash footage), while addressing privacy concerns by noting delayed feeds and anonymized data. The video also walks through installing the tool locally via a GitHub repo using ChatGPT or Claude Code to auto-install dependencies and API keys. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the God's Eye View open-source project and what data does it show? God's Eye View is a free, open-source browser-based tool that aggregates real public data sources onto a 3D globe, including live commercial and military flights, satellites in orbit, ocean vessels, public CCTV feeds, traffic conditions, data centers, submarine cables, active wildfires (via NASA FIRMS), earthquakes, and upcoming space launches. It was built to give users a civilian 'situational awareness' view of real-world infrastructure and events. _Developers curious about mapping public data feeds into a live dashboard can track similar open-source builds on daily.dev._ ### How was the God's Eye View project originally built using AI tools? The initial build happened around March and April using an early agent harness (OpenClaw) driving Gemini for spatial reasoning and Claude Opus for full-stack development. The creator described it as token-inefficient at the time but effective for rapidly layering in data sources like satellites and planes, describing the process as an intense multi-day building sprint. _Anyone comparing AI coding agents for rapid prototyping can follow similar build breakdowns on daily.dev._ ### Does the God's Eye View tool allow tracking a specific person's location in real time? No, the creator states a hard line against using it to track individuals. CCTV feeds are delayed (about one frame every 10 minutes in cities like Austin) for privacy, traffic data is anonymized without license plates, and flight tracking only shows publicly available flight paths similar to existing tools like Google's offerings, making it unsuitable for stalking someone in real time. _Developers weighing privacy tradeoffs in geospatial apps can find related design discussions on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [An In-Browser Visualizer For GPS Satellites](https://daily.dev/posts/an-in-browser-visualizer-for-gps-satellites-0ljxixhnl) · Hackaday · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/he-built-the-ultimate-spy-tool-free-and-open-source--1631j451l) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"He Built The Ultimate Spy Tool (Free and Open-Source)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/he-built-the-ultimate-spy-tool-free-and-open-source--1631j451l","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/he-built-the-ultimate-spy-tool-free-and-open-source--1631j451l"},"datePublished":"2026-09-16T21:21:00.947Z","dateModified":"2026-09-16T21:21:26.958Z","description":"An interview-style video walks through God's Eye View, a free open-source browser-based 'spy satellite simulator' that aggregates real public data feeds —...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S2VJU5DQqlU/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S2VJU5DQqlU/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Matt Wolfe","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Matt Wolfe","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--JWE7fI4Q--/f_auto/v1716024560/logos/mreflow","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/mreflow"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/he-built-the-ultimate-spy-tool-free-and-open-source--1631j451l","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"github,ai-agents,vibe-coding","timeRequired":"PT21M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"He Built The Ultimate Spy Tool (Free and Open-Source)","description":"An interview-style video walks through God's Eye View, a free open-source browser-based 'spy satellite simulator' that aggregates real public data feeds —...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S2VJU5DQqlU/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-09-16T21:21:00.947Z","duration":"PT21M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/1631j451l","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/S2VJU5DQqlU"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Matt Wolfe","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/mreflow"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"He Built The Ultimate Spy Tool (Free and Open-Source)"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/he-built-the-ultimate-spy-tool-free-and-open-source--1631j451l#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the God's Eye View open-source project and what data does it show?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"God's Eye View is a free, open-source browser-based tool that aggregates real public data sources onto a 3D globe, including live commercial and military flights, satellites in orbit, ocean vessels, public CCTV feeds, traffic conditions, data centers, submarine cables, active wildfires (via NASA FIRMS), earthquakes, and upcoming space launches. 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