# Pan3D
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Pan3D aims to be an utility package for viewing and processing a wide variety of
multidimensional datasets. Any dataset that can be interpreted with
[xarray][xarray-link] can be explored and rendered with Pan3D. [Read The
Doc][docs-link] is available for additional information.
XArray Viewer is a Pan3D application focused on geospatial rendering use cases.
This is a graphical user interface leveraging the Pan3D infrastructure to help
geospatial scientists explore data.
For an introduction to this project, check out our [blog post][blog-post-link].
## Installation
To install requirements for the Pan3D VTK mesh builder class only:
pip install pan3d
To install requirements for the graphical user interface (viewers + explorers):
pip install "pan3d[viewer]"
**Optional**: to install requirements for Pangeo and ESGF catalogs,
respectively:
pip install "pan3d[pangeo]"
pip install "pan3d[esgf]"
**Recommended**: To install all requirements, including optional packages:
pip install "pan3d[all]"
## Quick Start
`xr-viewer` is the main entrypoint for launching XArray Viewer locally. Below
are some example usages.
To launch XArray Viewer without a target dataset to browse XArray examples:
xr-viewer
To launch XArray Viewer with a local path to a target dataset:
xr-viewer --xarray-file ./examples/example_dataset.nc
To launch XArray Viewer with a remote URL to a target dataset:
xr-viewer --xarray-url https://host.org/link/to/dataset.zarr
To launch XArray Viewer with a compatible configuration file (see
[examples][examples-link]):
xr-viewer --import-state ./examples/example_config_xarray.json
To launch the Catalog browser will allow you to query the Pangeo and ESGF
Dataset Catalogs (see [Catalogs Tutorial](tutorials/catalogs.md)) depending on
the available dependencies:
xr-catalog
You may have to install the required dependencies:
pip install "pan3d[pangeo]"
pip install "pan3d[esgf]"
> The `xr-viewer` entrypoint will automatically launch your default browser to
> open `localhost:8080`.
>
> To launch without opening your browser, add the `--server` argument to your
> command.
## Explorers
Another key component of Pan3D is its modular, web-based 3D visualization system
built using trame. This system powers a suite of focused tools called Explorers,
designed to be modular, reusable, and easily extended. Each Explorer is built
around a specific task—think of them as "one-trick ponies" with clean interfaces
tailored to their purpose. This avoids the clutter and complexity of
general-purpose tools.
Pan3D currently includes four Explorer tools:
- **Slice Explorer** – Navigate through 3D datasets by extracting 2D slices
along any axis. Features interactive slice controls, dual 2D/3D view modes,
and the ability to visualize slices within their 3D context using transparency
and outlines. Perfect for exploring internal structures of volumetric data.
- **Globe Explorer** – Visualize geographic data on a realistic 3D Earth.
Projects latitude/longitude data onto a spherical surface with various texture
options (satellite imagery, topography), continental outlines, and terrain
elevation effects. Includes specialized camera controls optimized for globe
navigation.
- **Contour Explorer** – Generate smooth contour visualizations with
color-banded regions between isolevels. Creates both filled contour bands and
contour lines, with automatic surface refinement for publication-quality
results. Ideal for visualizing scalar fields and identifying data patterns
through isosurfaces.
- **Analytics Explorer** – Combines interactive 3D visualization with
statistical analysis powered by xCDAT. Provides multiple plot types including
zonal averages, time series, and global statistics. Features a side panel with
Plotly charts that update based on your 3D data selection, enabling deep data
exploration through both visual and quantitative analysis
### Launching the Explorers
Similar to the main XArray Viewer (`xr-viewer`), each explorer can be launched
from the command line:
```bash
# Launch Slice Explorer
xr-slicer
# Launch Globe Explorer
xr-globe
# Launch Contour Explorer
xr-contour
# Launch Analytics Explorer
xr-analytics
```
Each explorer will automatically open your default browser to `localhost:8080`.
To launch without opening your browser, add the `--server` argument to any
command.
## Tutorials
- [How to use XArray Viewer](tutorials/dataset_viewer.md)
- [XArray Viewer command line](tutorials/command_line.md)
- [Catalogs Tutorial](tutorials/catalogs.md)
- [How to use Pan3D Explorers](tutorials/explorers.md)
- [How to use Pan3D in a Jupyter notebook](tutorials/jupyter_notebook.md)
## Examples
Pan3D comes with a set of example configuration files and example Jupyter
notebooks in the [examples][examples-link] folder. You can checkout the
repository to run these locally, or you can use the [Pan3D Binder
instance][binder-link] to run these examples.
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