Open Source Google Earth Alternatives Filtered by 'map-viewer'

The best open source alternative to Google Earth is Marble. If that doesn't work for you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Google Earth, but unfortunately only two of them is open source. If you can't find an alternative you can try to remove all filters.

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  1. Marble icon

    Marble

     53 likes

    Marble is a Virtual Globe and World Atlas that you can use to learn more about Earth: You can pan and zoom around and you can look up places and roads. A mouse click on a place label will provide the respective Wikipedia article.

    43 Marble alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flatpak
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    Marble vs Google Earth Comments
    Douze
    Positive
    1

    it also features an offline world map in the form of a globe, with many different layers available, with old age maps and such.

    Guest
    Positive
    1

    It shows maps of Earth and the sky, also with 3D rendition of our planet.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Marble is Free and Open SourceGoogle Earth is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Marble is Privacy focusedGoogle Earth is not according to our users
  2. Modest Maps icon

    Modest Maps

     13 likes

    Modest Maps is a small, extensible, and free library for designers and developers who want to use interactive maps in their own projects. It provides a core set of features in a tight, clean package with plenty of hooks for additional functionality.

    52 Modest Maps alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Modest Maps vs Google Earth Comments
    Roby718
    Negative
    2

    this is a library, not an application

    • Modest Maps is Free and Open SourceGoogle Earth is Free Personal and Proprietary
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