Google Earth Alternatives for Mac
There are many alternatives to Google Earth for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Marble, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Google Earth and 11 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Google Earth are NASA World Wind, KStars, gvSIG and Modest Maps.
Google Earth alternatives are mainly Map Services but may also be GPS Navigation Services or Star Maps. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Google Earth.- Free • Open Source
- Map Service
- GPS Navigation Service
36 Marble alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
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.
- - Marble is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Google Earth.
Marble Features
Comments about Marble as a Alternative to Google Earth
It shows maps of Earth and the sky, also with 3D rendition of our planet.
1Douzeit also features an offline world map in the form of a globe, with many different layers available, with old age maps and such.
1- 14 NASA World Wind alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Map Service
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there.
NASA World Wind Features
Comments about NASA World Wind as a Alternative to Google Earth
This is a developer tool rather than an application that can be used "out of the box", like Google Earth.
8 - 42 KStars alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- KDE
KStars is a Desktop Planetarium for KDE. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes upto 100 million stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets...
Comments about KStars as a Alternative to Google Earth
whitephoenixusIt’s a planetarium program, not a maps or atlas program.
2 - Free • Open Source
- GPS Navigation Service
- Map Service
46 gvSIG alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
gvSIG is a free open-source GIS project, characterized by a user-friendly interface, and capable of quickly accessing the most usual raster and vector formats. In the same view it includes local as well as remote data through a WMS, WCS or WFS.
DiscontinuedThe app is no longer updated. Last version, 1.2.3, released in March 2011, can be still downloaded from Google Play Store.
- 57 Modest Maps alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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.
Modest Maps Features
Comments about Modest Maps as a Alternative to Google Earth
Roby718this is a library, not an application
2 - 118 Mapline alternatives
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
Maximize the use of your Excel spreadsheet data. Make mapping the easiest. Transform Excel data into visual analysis. We lead in data simplification and presentation. We are committed to deliver the tools needed to outpace competition.
Mapline Features
- Paid • Proprietary
- Weather Forecast Tool
14 Earth 3D alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
This interactive 3D globe features wonders of the world, political and geographic maps, and weather. Discover a lot of fascinating facts and useful information about our planet! Original and colorful graphics, user-friendly interface and accurate information – this is what Earth...
- - Earth 3D is the most popular commercial alternative to Google Earth.
- 6 pTolemy3D alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Map Service
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
pTolemy3D projects goal is to provide FOSS tools necessary to build your own 3D GeoWeb application. The Viewer application is similar in concept to Google Earth and World WInd Java. Unlike WWJ, there is greater emphasis on the Browser as a platform.
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- 10 Earth Browser alternatives
- Paid • Proprietary
- Map Service
- Mac
- Windows
EarthBrowser is an innovative earth simulation that combines an easy to navigate 3 dimensional globe with real-time weather conditions and 7 day forecasts for thousands of locations worldwide. Live earthquakes, hurricanes, webcams, volcanoes and cloud animations are just some of...
- 4 QTViewer alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Libmini is free software that displays geographic terrain data at real-time. This is an example application of integrating libmini in the Qt user interface. The application, the libMini QTViewer, primarily uses libmini viewer functions but provides additional camera control.
QTViewer Features