Flash Earth Alternatives

Google Earth

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. Available also on Android and iPhone: see http://www.google.com/intl/en/mobile/earth/

Features:

• Google Drive integration
• Street panning and viewing

Marble

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.

Features:

• Select map data resource
• Apps with Offline Map Support
• Portable
• Turn-by-turn Navigation

NASA World Wind

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. Virtually visit any place in the world. Look across the Andes, into the Grand Canyon, over the Alps, or along the African Sahara.

Features:

• Image Upscaling
• Image Navigation

Mapline

Mapline is the simplest mapping software on the planet! Be empowered with map visualizations from Excel spreadsheet data to optimize logistics, enhance market planning, identify growth opportunities, or mitigate market risks. Create your first map now!

Features:

• Customer Analytics
• Customer Segmentation
• Embeddable
• Location Mapping
• Mapping
• Route Planning

GMap.NET

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.lv, NearMap, OviMap, CloudMade, WikiMapia, MapQuest in Windows Forms & Presentation, supports caching and runs on windows mobile!

Features:

• Apps with Offline Map Support
• Based on OpenStreetMap
• Standalone

SAS.Planet

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).

Spectator

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.

Features:

• Apps with Offline Map Support
• Based on OpenStreetMap
• Orbital Mechanics

pTolemy3D

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.

Earth View from Google Earth

Earth View is a collection of the most beautiful and striking landscapes found in Google Earth.

Urthecast

UrtheCast is developing the world's first near realtime HD Earth video stream, via two cameras mounted aboard the International Space Station (ISS). UrtheCast is providing the world's first Ultra HD Earth video platform, streamed from space in near realtime. Using UrtheCast's powerful web platform, people from across the globe will soon be able to explore the planet in near realtime. Mission: To democratize the view of Earth from space, in near realtime and in Ultra HD.

Features:

• Api
• Mapping
• Apps with Offline Map Support
• Based on OpenStreetMap