About Marble
Marble is a free, open-source virtual globe and world atlas from the KDE community.
Marble is a free, open-source virtual globe and world atlas developed by the KDE community. It serves as a versatile mapping tool for both casual users and developers. The application provides a range of map views, including street-level maps via OpenStreetMap, satellite imagery, and historical maps. Key features include online and offline route calculation for cars, bikes, and pedestrians, as well as the ability to search for addresses and points of interest. Marble is available on desktop platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac) and has a mobile version for Android. For developers, Marble offers a C++/Qt library to embed mapping features into other applications. As a free, community-supported project, it does not have commercial pricing tiers or formal paid support, relying instead on forums, IRC, and mailing lists for user help.
Pros & Cons
- Completely free and open-source software.
- Available on multiple platforms including Linux, Windows, Mac, and Android.
- Offers offline capabilities for maps and routing.
- Provides a developer library for easy integration into other projects.
- Supports a wide variety of map themes, including historical and planetary maps.
- As a volunteer-driven project, support is community-based and may not be immediate.
- The user interface may be less polished than commercial alternatives.
- Feature set on mobile may be less comprehensive than the desktop version.
Features
Key features
Explore the world with a desktop globe interface that zooms into a detailed world atlas.
Switch between various map themes including street maps from OpenStreetMap, satellite views, and topographic maps.
Calculate pedestrian, bike, and motorcar routes, both online and offline, with support for multiple via points.
Available as a desktop application for Linux, Windows, and Mac, with a mobile version for Android.
Provides the Marble library (C++/Qt) for developers to integrate mapping functionalities into their own projects.
Additional features
Search for addresses and points of interest using various online backends.
Display real-time information such as clouds, sun shadow, satellite positions, and their orbits.
View maps from past centuries to see historical views of the planet.
Offers maps of the Moon and other planets in addition to Earth.
Many features, including routing and maps, are designed to work offline after initial data download.
Supports GPS and WLAN-based positioning to show the user's current location.
Includes tools to measure distances on the map.
Features a guide for Keyhole Markup Language (KML) for geographic data visualization.
Pricing
Countries & Languages
Interface languages
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About Marble
Marble is a free, open-source virtual globe and world atlas from the KDE community.
Marble Details
Marble's In-App Market Place
Does Marble have an in-app market place?
Yes
How many Mini-Apps in the marketplace?
0
Mini Apps
Pricing Options
Accepted Payment Currencies
Pros & Cons
- Completely free and open-source software.
- Available on multiple platforms including Linux, Windows, Mac, and Android.
- Offers offline capabilities for maps and routing.
- Provides a developer library for easy integration into other projects.
- Supports a wide variety of map themes, including historical and planetary maps.
- As a volunteer-driven project, support is community-based and may not be immediate.
- The user interface may be less polished than commercial alternatives.
- Feature set on mobile may be less comprehensive than the desktop version.
Marble's Support Options
Documentation
https://marble.kde.org/documentation.phpCommunity Forums
https://kde.org/Live Chat
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