EarthBrowser

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EarthBrowser
Developer(s)
Stable release
3.1.2 / 2009
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Macintosh
TypeVirtual globe
LicenseProprietary

EarthBrowser was a virtual globe software developed by Lunar software. It was available online as a flash application or be installed locally as an AIR application. It focuses mainly on visualising geophysical information such as weather, earthquakes, clouds, weather conditions, etc. It shows the earth as satellite images.[1]

EarthBrowser was originally developed in 1996 by Matt Giger, a University of Oregon graduate student, under the name Planet Earth.[2] It was one of the first applications to show real-time patterns (including weather, earthquakes, and volcanic activity) on a virtual globe.[3] It was largely superseded by the introduction of Keyhole Markup Language, used by most current virtual globe software.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "EarthBrowser". Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College. Retrieved 2020-04-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Tuttle, Benjamin T.; Anderson, Sharolyn; Huff, Russell (2008). "Virtual Globes: An Overview of Their History, Uses, and Future Challenges". Geography Compass. 2 (5): 1478–1505. doi:10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00131.x. ISSN 1749-8198 – via Wiley Online Library.
  3. ^ Riedl, Andreas. "Digital Globes-from Virtual to Real." Proceedings of 22nd ICA Cartographic Conference. 2005.
  4. ^ De Paor, Declan G.; Whitmeyer, Steven J. (2011-01-01). "Geological and geophysical modeling on virtual globes using KML, COLLADA, and Javascript". Computers & Geosciences. Virtual Globes in Science. 37 (1): 100–110. doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2010.05.003. ISSN 0098-3004 – via Science Direct.
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