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Seterra vs Marble: catalog facts
SeterraMarble

Screenshots

Marble virtual globe showing a map of Britain with map themes and navigation controlsMarble Earth at Night map of Europe with city lights, coordinate grids and map-theme controlsMarble OpenStreetMap view of Europe with country labels, coordinate grids and map-theme controls
Screenshot credits for Marble

Software: KDE , U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , and NASA Screenshot: VulcanSphere — Marble Earth at Night map of Europe with city lights, coordinate grids and map-theme controls. Converted to WebP by Wares.gg. LGPL-2.1-or-later; NASA and NOAA imagery public domain. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KDE_Marble_Earth_at_Night_screenshot.png, LGPL-2.1-or-later; NASA and NOAA imagery public domain; Software: KDE and OpenStreetMap contributors Screenshot: VulcanSphere — Marble OpenStreetMap view of Europe with country labels, coordinate grids and map-theme controls. Converted to WebP by Wares.gg. LGPL-2.1-or-later; OpenStreetMap data ODbL-1.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KDE_Marble_OpenStreetMap_Europe_screenshot.png, LGPL-2.1-or-later; OpenStreetMap data ODbL-1.0

Best for: Memorising countries, capitals and flags through quick map quizzes

Best for: Exploring geography on a desktop globe, in class or at home

Free

Quizzes can be played in the browser.

Free

Free and open source from the KDE community.

Web Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
  • Over 400 quizzes on countries, capitals, flags and physical features
  • Several game modes, such as pinning places or typing answers
All 4 strengths for Seterra
  • Over 400 quizzes on countries, capitals, flags and physical features
  • Several game modes, such as pinning places or typing answers
  • Available in more than 40 languages
  • Runs in the browser with no install
  • Zooms from a whole-globe view down to OpenStreetMap street level
  • Place search with linked Wikipedia articles
All 4 strengths for Marble
  • 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
  • Needs an internet connection
  • Focused on memorising map facts rather than deeper geography topics
  • 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
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet Not stated if it works offline
Sources for Seterra

Catalog checked September 23, 2026

Sources for Marble

Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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