The software renders geographic and astronomical data as both an interactive 3D globe and a flat atlas configurable across five distinct map projections. Beyond standard satellite and road mapping, a built-in time shuttle lets researchers and enthusiasts visualize computed historical occurrences, such as 5,000 years of eclipses and notable seismic events. The platform also enhances local workflows by supporting SpaceMouse navigation and allowing instances on the same network to share cached map data.
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Users can view real terrain, 3D architecture, and rover tracks across both 3D globes and…: Users can view real terrain, 3D architecture, and rover tracks across both 3D globes and five flat projection formats.
Local instances of the application can share data caches across the network while streami…: Local instances of the application can share data caches across the network while streaming straight to Apple Vision Pro hardware.
Full transparency is maintained by displaying data origins, load progress, and publisher…: Full transparency is maintained by displaying data origins, load progress, and publisher licenses directly within application status windows.
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Maps
Drawn maps on real terrain
A library. A spaceship. A time machine.
App for macOS
The Earth and its neighbors as a 3D globe and atlas for the Mac – maps and open geodata on real terrain.
Kugelblitz shows the Earth and its neighbors as a globe and as an atlas you fly over smoothly like a pilot, even on an M1. Imagery, road map and topographic map lie on real terrain, joined by thousands of open maps from the Library. Everything comes from freely available geodata, straight from its publishers, OpenStreetMap from the Kugelblitz tile server; you need no account.
Everything loaded stays in the cache, and Kugelblitz instances in the same network share it with each other if you wish. Status windows tell how far the view has loaded, where you are looking and where its data comes from, and every source is listed with its license in “Sources and Licenses”. Kugelblitz speaks German and English and uses the units of your choice.
The Earth on three kinds of map, as a globe and as an atlas:…
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