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Which virtual globe is right for you?
	NASA World Wind	Google Earth	Google Earth Pro	ArcGIS Explorer	Virtual Earth 3D	SkylineGlobe
License	open-source	proprietary	proprietary	proprietary	proprietary	proprietary
Price	free	free-of-charge (personal use)	$400 per year			free $500 per year (pro)
Requirements²	Windows 2000, XP, 2003 / 700MHz CPU, 128MB RAM	Windows 2000, XP; Mac OS X; Linux / 500MHz CPU, 128MB RAM		Windows 2000, XP; Mac OS X; Linux / 1.5GHz CPU, 500MB RAM	Windows 2003, XP, Vista + Internet Explorer 6+ / 1GHz CPU, 256MB RAM	Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP + IE 5.5+ or Firefox 1.0+ / 256MB RAM
Planets	Earth, Moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, SDSS	Earth, Moon, Mars, space (planetarium)		Earth	Earth	Earth
Imagery	multiple layers for every planet	one layer with hi-res patches		several layers from ArcGIS Online service	3 layers: aerial, road, hybrid	one layer with hi-res patches
Elevation data	lands + oceans (bathymetry), possible to add own hi-res data	lands only		lands only	lands only	lands only with hi-res patches
	cache limited only by disk size	2GB				cache limited only by disk size
3D Imagery Capabilities	Anaglyph 3D support
Screenshots	Unlimited (Plugin for larger than screen)	1000px	4800px			2500px (30,000px Pro)
Search capabilities	cities and villages: worldwide, detailed addresses: US, UK, Japan, Australia ¹	cities and villages: worldwide, detailed addresses: many countries			cities and villages: worldwide, detailed addresses: US, UK, Japan, Australia	cities and villages: worldwide, detailed addresses: US
Driving directions		many countries		United States	many countries	United States
Data formats	World Wind XML, KML/KMZ³, SHP, WMS, WFS, Images⁴ some Collada, all GDAL	KML/KMZ, WMS³, Images⁴, GPX, COLLADA		All Available		KML, Shape, Fly (proprietary) Pro: WMS, WFS, KML, Collada, Oracle, ArcSDE, Shape, MrSid, ECW, IMG, GeoTiff, others...
GPS support
Movie Maker	(plugin)					(pro)
Support	Website, chat	Website only	Website, email, chat			Website, email
(Your idea for a feature here)	⁵

¹ With VE geocoder
² All programs require modern video card and broadband internet connection
³ Limited/Not all features are supported
⁴ jpg/png/gif/bmp/...
⁵ World Wind is readily extensible through a plugin interface

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Virtual Globe on Wikipedia - comparison of the 3 most popular globes

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+If feature is same across GE, you can make one row like this:
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+And replace the three GE rows.  Unless they're X's...then leave all three. :P
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+For now, just leave it as-is.
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+| World Wind
+| Google Earth
+| GE Plus
+| GE Pro
+| ArcGIS
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+| SkylineGlobe
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-!style="width: 10%; background:#DCDCDC"|Google Earth Plus
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+|proprietary
 |proprietary
 |proprietary
 |free
 |free-of-charge (personal use)
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 |$400 per year
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-|
+|free <br> $500 per year (pro)
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 !|Requirements<sup>2</sup>
 |Windows 2000, XP, 2003 / 700MHz CPU, 128MB RAM
-|colspan="3"|Windows 2000, XP; Mac OS X; Linux / 500MHz CPU, 128MB RAM
+|colspan="2"|Windows 2000, XP; Mac OS X; Linux / 500MHz CPU, 128MB RAM
 |Windows 2000, XP; Mac OS X; Linux / 1.5GHz CPU, 500MB RAM
 |Windows 2003, XP, Vista + Internet Explorer 6+ / 1GHz CPU, 256MB RAM
 !|Planets
 |Earth, Moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, SDSS
-|colspan="3"|Earth
+|colspan="2"|Earth, Moon, Mars, space (planetarium)
 |Earth
 |Earth
 !|Imagery
 |multiple layers for every planet
-|colspan="3"|one layer with hi-res patches
+|colspan="2"|one layer with hi-res patches
 |several layers from ArcGIS Online service
 |3 layers: aerial, road, hybrid
+|one layer with hi-res patches
+|-style="background:#DCDCDC;"
+!|Elevation data
+|lands + oceans (bathymetry), possible to add own hi-res data
+|colspan="2"|lands only
+|lands only
+|lands only
+|lands only with hi-res patches
+|-
+!
+|cache limited only by disk size
+|colspan="2"|2GB
+|
 |
+|cache limited only by disk size
 |-style="background:#F5F5F5;"
 !|3D Imagery Capabilities
-|
+| Anaglyph 3D support
 |
 |
 | Unlimited ([http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Add-on:Tile_Render_%28plugin%29 Plugin] for larger than screen)
 | 1000px
-| 1000px<br>(1400px print)
 | 4800px
 |
 |
-|
+| 2500px <br>(30,000px Pro)
 |-style="background:#F5F5F5;"
 !|Search capabilities
 |cities and villages: worldwide, detailed<br />addresses: US, UK, Japan, Australia <sup>1<sup>
-|colspan="3"|cities and villages: worldwide, limited<br />addresses: ...
+|colspan="2"|cities and villages: worldwide, detailed<br />addresses: many countries
 |
 |cities and villages: worldwide, detailed<br />addresses: US, UK, Japan, Australia
-|
+|cities and villages: worldwide, detailed<br />addresses: US
 |-style="background:#DCDCDC;"
 !|Driving directions
 |[[image:redx.gif]]
-|colspan="3"|a few countries
+|colspan="2"|many countries
 |United States
 |many countries
-|
+|United States
 |-style="background:#F5F5F5;"
 !|Data formats
-|World Wind XML, KML/KMZ<sup>3</sup>, SHP, WMS, WFS, Images<sup>4</sup>
+|World Wind XML, KML/KMZ<sup>3</sup>, SHP, WMS, WFS, Images<sup>4</sup> some Collada, all [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdal GDAL]
-|colspan="3"|KML/KMZ, WMS<sup>3</sup>, Images<sup>4</sup>, GPX, COLLADA
+|colspan="2"|KML/KMZ, WMS<sup>3</sup>, Images<sup>4</sup>, GPX, COLLADA
 |All Available
 |
-|
+|KML, Shape, Fly (proprietary) <br> Pro: WMS, WFS, KML, Collada, Oracle, ArcSDE, Shape, MrSid, ECW, IMG, GeoTiff, others...
 |-style="background:#DCDCDC;"
 !|GPS support
-| [[image:check.gif]] (plugin)
+| [[image:check.gif]]
 | [[image:redx.gif]]
-| [[image:check.gif]]
 | [[image:check.gif]]
 | [[image:quest.gif]]
 | [[image:quest.gif]]
-| [[image:quest.gif]]
+| [[image:check.gif]]
 |-style="background:#F5F5F5;"
 !|Movie Maker
 | [[image:check.gif]] (plugin)
-| [[image:redx.gif]]
 | [[image:redx.gif]]
 | [[image:check.gif]]
 | [[image:quest.gif]]
 | [[image:quest.gif]]
-| [[image:quest.gif]]
+| [[image:check.gif]] (pro)
 |-style="background:#DCDCDC;"
 !|Support
 |Website, chat
 |Website only
-|Website, email
 |Website, email, chat
 |
 |
-|
+|Website, email
 |-style="background:#F5F5F5;"
 !|''(Your idea for a feature here)''
 |
 |
-<!-- Notes:
-If feature is same across GE, you can make one row like this:
-|colspan="3"|Feature
-And replace the three GE rows.  Unless they're X's...then leave all three. :P
-Background color alternates between "#DCDCDC" and "#F5F5F5", but don't worry about it until the table is somewhat stabilized.
-For now, just leave it as-is.
-|-style="background:#DCDCDC;"
-!|Feature Title
-| World Wind
-| Google Earth
-| GE Personal
-| GE Pro
-| ArcGIS
-| VE
-| SkylineGlobe
--->
 |}
 * <sup>1</sup> With VE geocoder
 * <sup>2</sup> All programs require modern video card and broadband internet connection
 *[http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.systemRequirements.matrix&pName=ArcGIS%20Explorer&ProductID=116&pvName=9.2&PID=116&versionID=115&PVID=384  System Requirements for ArcGIS Explorer]
 *[http://help.live.com/Help.aspx?market=en-US&project=WL_Local&querytype=topic&query=WL_LOCAL_REF_3D_Requirements.htm Virtual Earth 3D requirements]
-*[http://www.skylineglobe.com/SkylineGlobe/UserAccounts/PresentationLayer/DisplayArticle.aspx?article=17 SkylineGlobe/TerraExplorer Requirements]
+*[http://www.skylineglobe.com/SkylineGlobe/corporate/Products/overview.aspx Skyline Products Overview]
+==See also==
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_globe Virtual Globe] on Wikipedia - comparison of the 3 most popular globes

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