A globe is not the territory
An open-source browser simulator that combines satellite data with a photorealistic globe can make orbital and geospatial information easier to explore. Its realism is also its risk: people may treat a compelling visualization as a real-time, complete, or authoritative picture when it may not be any of those things.
Attach context to every layer
Show capture time, source, coordinate precision, processing steps, and the expected update interval. For sensitive locations, explain whether a point is inferred, delayed, or deliberately generalized. These details let teachers, journalists, and hobbyists ask better questions instead of drawing stronger conclusions than the data supports.
The opportunity
Good provenance can turn an attractive interface into a learning tool: users can compare a claim with a source and understand how spatial data becomes a decision aid.