:Author: Hamish Bowman
:Reviewer: Cameron Shorter, LISAsoft
:Version: osgeo-live5.5
:License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
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Marble
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3D desktop globe
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Marble is an open source KDE Education Project program similar
to `NASA World Wind `_ or
Google Earth. Besides choosing any number of maps to view on your
globe (including `OpenStreetMaps `_), you are
encouraged to include a KDE Marble widget in your application.
Core Features
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* Virtual globe and world atlas
* Navigate globe in 3D
* Mouse-click reveals Wikipedia article for destination
* Multiple maps (and planets, moons) to choose from
* Solar day/night overlay
* Measure distances
* Switch between view-from-space and 2D projected map views
* `OpenStreetMap `_ integration
Details
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**Website:** http://edu.kde.org/marble/
**Licence:** GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1
**Software Version:** 1.3.4
**Supported Platforms:** GNU/Linux, Mac OSX, MS Windows
**API Interfaces:** Qt designer, C++, Python, D-BUS, Shell script
**Support:** http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Marble
Quickstart
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* :doc:`Quickstart documentation <../quickstart/marble_quickstart>`