Geography 2.0: Virtual Globes

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Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Listing of Virtual Globes

* CitySurf Globe (still under developing )
* Nintendo Wii Weather Channel (December 2006)
* Microsoft VE (November 2006)
* Dapple Earth Explorer (July 2006)
* Wayfinder Earth (beta, 2006)
* 3D Weather Globe & Atlas by Software MacKiev (2005)
* ESRI ArcGIS Explorer (2005)
* Volvo Ocean Race Virtual Spectator (2005)
* Erdas Imagine Virtual GIS (2005)
* Google Earth (2005)
* Global-i (~2005)
* Punt (2005)
* Ping 3map (2005)
* EarthSLOT (2004)
* osgPlanet (2004)
* ESRI ArcGlobe (2003)
* NASA World Wind (2003)
* Eingana (2000 to ~2003)
* Keyhole Earthviewer (June 2001/now Google Earth)
* SINTEF Virtual Globe (2001/now Norkart Virtual Globe since 2006)
* Celestia (2001)
* Skyline Software TerraSuite (~2001)
* GeoFusion GeoPlayer (company formed 2001)
* SRI Terravision (2000)
* Lunar Software Earthbrowser (1998)
* Microsoft MapPoint Virtual Globe (1998 now Windows Live Local)
* Planet 9's VirtualEarth (1995)
* Mark Pesce's WebEarth (1995)
* Deutche Telekom's T-Vision (1995) (shown at Siggraph in August, not web based)
* Blue Marble's Talking Globe CD (2D)(1994)
* Hipparchus (~1992
* GeoVirtual GeoShow3D
* Viewtec TerrainView
* Gaia
* Virtual Spectator
* PYXIS
* Talent Cruiser
* Virtual Terrain Project
* Earthsim
* GeoVirtual
* GRIFINOR