[dot] LWN Puts the Whole World on Your Desktop

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URL: http://dot.kde.org/1191402270/

From: Richard Johnson <nixternal at ubuntu.com>
Dept: tour-de-marble
Date: Wednesday03/Oct/2007, @02:04

LWN Puts the Whole World on Your Desktop
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   LWN.net [http://lwn.net] has taken a look at the world via Marble
[http://edu.kde.org/marble/] in an article titled Geographic display and
input using Marble [http://lwn.net/Articles/250358/]. Impressed with the
fact that Marble is only 9MB in size, does not require OpenGL or any
high-end hardware support and has a future with embedded devices, games
and the incorporation of OpenStreeMap [http://www.openstreetmap.org/]
data, LWN.net speaks highly of the 0.4 release, and even provides a
little information on what you can expect with the 0.5 release.
"...unlike the others, it does not rely upon enormous data sets accessed
via the internet; it is, instead, self-contained and fairly
lightweight."