NASA World Wind AlternativesMap Services and other similar apps like NASA World Wind

NASA World Wind is described as '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' and is a Map service in the travel & location category. There are more than 10 alternatives to NASA World Wind for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best NASA World Wind alternative is Google Earth. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Zoom Earth or Marble. Other great apps like NASA World Wind are SAS.Planet, GMap.NET, Spectator and Relief Maps.

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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,...

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NASA World Wind alternatives page was last updated Jan 4, 2022
  1. Google Earth icon
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    Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.

    60 Google Earth alternatives
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    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad

    Google Earth Features

    1.  Street panning and viewing
    2. Google Drive icon  Google Drive integration
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Points of Interest (POI)
    6.  Visual navigation
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    it has better ouality mapping

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    • Google Earth is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to NASA World Wind.

    • Google Earth is the most popular free alternative to NASA World Wind.

    • Google Earth is Free Personal and ProprietaryNASA World Wind is Free and Open Source
  2. Zoom Earth icon
     6 likes

    Live images of Earth, updated every 10 minutes with GOES and Himawari-8, and every 15 minutes with Meteosat. Zoom to Satelite Map view with Street names. Rain and Weather view.

    11 Zoom Earth alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. Marble icon
     52 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.

    38 Marble alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com

    Marble Features

    1.  Apps with Offline Map
    2.  Turn-by-turn Navigation
    3.  Select map data resource
    4.  Portable
    5.  Hiking Maps
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    • Marble is the most popular Open Source alternative to NASA World Wind.

    • Marble is Free and Open SourceNASA World Wind is also Free and Open Source
  4. SAS.Planet icon
     8 likes

    This program allows work with any maps service if you can describe getting picture by longitude/latitude(if you want you can write config file or simplepascal script to describe how obtain needle photos).

    31 SAS.Planet alternatives
    Yahoo photos as map + Panoramio/Wikimapia as layers

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. GMap.NET icon
     11 likes

    GMap.NET is great and Powerful, Free, cross platform, open source .NET control. Enable use routing, geocoding, directions and maps from Google, Yahoo!, Bing, OpenStreetMap, ArcGIS, Pergo, SigPac, Yandex, Mapy.cz, Maps.lt, iKarte.

    42 GMap.NET alternatives
    GMap.NET screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Mobile

    GMap.NET Features

    1.  Based on OpenStreetMap
    2.  Apps with Offline Map
    3.  Geocoding
    4.  Standalone
    Discontinued

    No updates for years, CodePlex shut down after July 1st, 2021.

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  6. Spectator icon
     3 likes

    Spectator simplifies access to satellite imagery from NASA, ESA and other providers. It gives you access to images archives, but also tracks satellites in real-time to give you information about next image acquisition.

    12 Spectator alternatives
    Spectator screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Spectator Features

    1.  Geocoding
    2.  Apps with Offline Map
    3.  Orbital Mechanics
    4.  Based on OpenStreetMap
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  7. Relief Maps icon
     3 likes

    Relief Maps is a GPS application focused on outdoor sports, the app is based on an beautiful and high-performance 3D map.

    14 Relief Maps alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Relief Maps Features

    1.  Augmented Reality
    2.  Points of Interest (POI)
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Route Planning
    6.  Hiking Maps
    7.  Nearby Search
    8.  Dark Mode
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  8. Planetarium icon
     3 likes

    A browser-based virtual planetarium of stars and planets customizable by location (latitude and longitude) and time of day.

    51 Planetarium alternatives
    Planetarium screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Planetarium Features

    1.  Based on Flash Player
    2.  Browser-based
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  9. QTViewer icon
     1 like

    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.

    4 QTViewer alternatives
    QTViewer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    QTViewer Features

    1.  3D visualization
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  10. TerraExplorer icon
     1 like

    TerraExplorer is a powerful, easy to use tool to build, analyze, and navigate high resolution 3D world environments created by fusing aerial and satellite photography, terrain elevation data and other 2D and 3D information layers.onto a 3D map,.

    11 TerraExplorer alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
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  11. pTolemy3D icon
     1 like

    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.

    6 pTolemy3D alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Can't find the website.

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  12. Satellitemap.space icon
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    Find internet constellation satellites such as the SpaceX Starlink and Oneweb networks on the world map and in your area using augmented reality.

    15 Satellitemap.space alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Satellitemap.space Features

    1.  Augmented Reality
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    • Satellitemap.space is the most popular commercial alternative to NASA World Wind.

    • Satellitemap.space is Paid and ProprietaryNASA World Wind is Free and Open Source
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