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  2. Google Earth - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth

    Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles. Users can explore the globe by entering ...

  3. GeoGuessr - Wikipedia

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    The game's HUD primarily features the Google Street View imagery, as well as a compass. Users can control the movement, panning, and zooming of the image, although GeoGuessr allows any of these features to be disabled for harder gameplay. [15] An inset map, using Google Maps's standard overlay, allows players to place a pin to make their guess.

  4. GeoFS - Wikipedia

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    Web platform, Android, iOS. Type. Flight simulation. Website. www.geo-fs.com. GeoFS is a multi-platform browser-based flight simulator based on the Cesium WebGL Virtual Globe. [2] The free map is based on images taken by the Sentinel-2 satellite while the HD map is from Bing Maps. [3] The game features a variety of planes including aircraft ...

  5. Even in the age of Google Earth, people still buy globes ...

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    Find a globe in your local library or classroom and try this: Close the eyes, spin it and drop a finger randomly on its curved, glossy surface. In the age of Google Earth, watches that triangulate ...

  6. World map - Wikipedia

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    World map. A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map.

  7. Comparison of web map services - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps Bing Maps MapQuest Mapy.cz OpenStreetMap Here WeGo Apple Maps Yandex Maps; Degrees of motion Vertical, horizontal, depth, rotation (beta), 360 panoramic (Street View), 3D mode (Google Earth JavaScript) Vertical, horizontal, depth, 360 panoramic (Streetside), 3D mode (tilt, pan, rotate) Vertical, horizontal, depth

  8. List of map projections - Wikipedia

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    A family of map projections that includes as special cases Mollweide projection, Collignon projection, and the various cylindrical equal-area projections. Depending on configuration, the projection also may map the sphere to a single diamond or a pair of squares. Hybrid of Collignon + Lambert cylindrical equal-area.

  9. List of online map services - Wikipedia

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    United States. Apple Maps - covers the whole country. Bing Maps – covers the whole country. Google Maps - covers the whole country. Libre Map Project. MapQuest - covers the whole country. The National Map by the United States Geological Survey. Roadtrippers - covers the whole country. TerraServer-USA - covers the whole country.