Virtual Globe - Comparison

Comparison

Today's virtual globes can support various features:

Virtual Globe Introduction year OS - Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix Program/data license Multiple datasets Guides Overlays Tools
School, Restaurant, Hotel Transport Park Street map Satellite and aerial image Weather map Topographic map Real-time traffic report GPS-integration Distance measure Drawing tools Movie maker
Google Earth 2005 all freeware (Basic)
proprietary(Pro)		 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NASA World Wind 2004 Windows/all open source, free domain Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Bing Maps 2006 Windows only freeware No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes
Marble (KDE) 2006 all LGPL Yes No No No Yes: OpenStreetMap Yes Some: Shows real-time cloud images Yes No Yes Yes No No
Virtual Globe Introduction year OS - Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix Program/data license Multiple datasets Guides Overlays Tools
School, Restaurant, Hotel Transport Park Street map Satellite and aerial image Weather map Topographic map Real-time traffic report GPS-integration Distance measure Drawing tools Movie maker
Virtual Globe 3D Modelling Planetarium Day/night views Imagery of other planets Telescope/ Sky mode Simulators Online community user input Extensibility Wikipedia integration
3D Graphics Buildings Terrain Sea-floor Flight Simulator Sunlight Simulator
Google Earth Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some Yes
NASA World Wind Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bing Maps Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No Yes
Marble (KDE) No No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Globe 3D Modelling Planetarium Day/night views Imagery of other planets Telescope/ Sky mode Simulators Online community user input Extensibility Wikipedia integration
3D Graphics Buildings Terrain Sea-floor Flight Simulator Sunlight Simulator
Virtual Globe languages supported Hi-resolution data set areas street-level address search areas driving direction areas business listing areas hotel listing areas
Google Earth 45 different languages, see the full list Some: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States Some: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, United States Some: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States Some: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States Some: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
NASA World Wind English Some: United States, New Zealand (partially) Some: Australia, Germany, France, Japan, United States, United Kingdom No No No
Bing Maps English Some: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Australia, Germany Some: United States, United Kingdom, Australia Some: United States, United Kingdom, Australia No No
Marble (KDE) Translated as part of KDE, which has 88 languages No Yes: via Openstreetmap Yes: Worldwide via Openstreetmap No No
Virtual Globe language support Hi-resolution data set areas street-level address search areas driving direction areas business listing areas hotel listing areas

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