The Possibilites of Globe Publishing on the Web – examples

Base material

• Old globe map with Greenwich prime meridian (click the image for hi-res version)
  
  projection file & world file for the hi-res image
• Relief map (click the image for hi-res version)
  
  projection file & world file for the hi-res image

KML/KMZ

• Simple KMZ globe layer containing one GroundOverlay image
• KMZ globe layer containing multiple GroundOverlays for a gridded image
• KMZ globe layer using multiple levels of detail (LOD), generated by Global Mapper
• KML network link
• KMZ globe layer visualized using Google Earth Plugin

VRML/X3D

• Players/plug-ins
  • Flux Player, a free VRML/X3D viewer and plug-in (Windows intall file). This software is no longer supported as the releaser company ceased, but is still one of the best free viewers.
  • instantreality from Fraunhofer Institute. Install packages for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux
  • BS Contact from Bitmanagement. This software also have a Java applet version.
  • Many other players and plug-ins is listed on this page
• Simple VRML and X3D globe using the Sphere node
• VRML and X3D globe built up from six IndexedFaceSet nodes
• X3DOM example
• Complex model of a combined globe in VRML, X3D. Find the button NE of Australia to open/close the outer globe.
  The same model using X3DOM