:Author: Hamish Bowman
:Version: osgeo-live4.0
:License: Creative Commons

.. _marble-overview:

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Marble
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3D desktop globe
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Marble is an open source KDE Education Project program similar
to `NASA World Wind <http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/java/>`_ or
Google Earth. Besides choosing any number of maps to view on your
globe (including `OpenStreetMaps <http://www.osm.org>`_), you are
encouraged to include a KDE Marble widget in your application.


Core Features
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* Virtual globe and world atlas
* Navigate globe in 3D
* Mouse-click reveals Wikipedia article for destination
* Multiple maps (and planets, moons) to choose from
* Solar day/night overlay
* Measure distances
* Switch between view-from-space and 2D projected map views
* `OpenStreetMap <http://www.osm.org>`_ integration


Details
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**Website:** http://edu.kde.org/marble/

**Licence:** GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1

**Software Version:** 0.9.2

**Supported Platforms:** GNU/Linux, Mac OSX, MS Windows

**API Interfaces:** Qt designer, C++, Python, D-BUS, Shell script

**Support:** http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Marble


Quickstart
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* `Quickstart documentation <../quickstart/marble_quickstart.html>`_