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Google Earth vs Marble: catalog facts
Google Earth	Marble
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Best for: Exploring places on a 3D globe and teaching geography	Best for: Exploring geography on a desktop globe, in class or at home
Free Free to use.	Free Free and open source from the KDE community.
Web	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
High-resolution imagery with 3D terrain and buildings Historical imagery to compare places over time Voyager stories for guided exploration Works in the browser	Zooms from a whole-globe view down to OpenStreetMap street level Place search with linked Wikipedia articles Drag-and-drop route planning Extensible through plugins
Proprietary Google service Not a full GIS for analysis or data editing	Mobile apps are Android only Behaves like an atlas and globe, not a full turn-by-turn navigator
Web application	Downloadable app
Not open source	Open source
License not stated	License: LGPL-2.1
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Google Earth earth.google.com Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Marble marble.kde.org Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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