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Planet Earth

ossimPlanet – 3D geospatial viewer

October 22, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

ossimPlanet is an accurate 3D global geo-spatial viewer that is built on top of the OSSIM, OpenSceneGraph, and Qt libraries.

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Virtual Ocean – integrates GeoMapApp tool suite with NASA World Wind

October 22, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

Virtual Ocean integrates the GeoMapApp tool suite with the NASA World Wind 3-D earth browser to create a powerful platform.

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WorldWind – 3D virtual globe developed by NASA

October 22, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

WorldWind is a virtual globe initially developed by NASA’s Learning Technologies project.

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Planet Earth

GeoMapApp – earth science exploration and visualization application

October 22, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

GeoMapApp is an earth science exploration, global topography database, and visualization application that is continually being expanded.

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OpenStreetMap – map of the world

October 22, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

OpenStreetMap is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. View, edit and use geographical data.

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Planet Earth

Marble – virtual globe and world atlas

October 22, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

Marble is a small interactive virtual globe and world atlas that you can use to learn more about Earth.

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Quantum GIS – Open Source Geographic Information System

September 11, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS). QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats.

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