Open Source Google Earth AlternativesTop Map Services and other similar apps like Google Earth

The best open source alternative to Google Earth is OpenStreetMap. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Google Earth and 18 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Google Earth are Marble, GNOME Maps, Street GL and NASA World Wind.

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  1. OpenStreetMap icon
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    Community-maintained global map and geographic-data service where anyone can browse, search and edit roads, trails, transit, addresses, businesses, land use and natural features. Its openly licensed data can be downloaded, shared, adapted and used with attribution.

    99 OpenStreetMap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  2. Marble icon
     55 likes

    Marble is a Virtual Globe and World Atlas that you can use to learn more about Earth: You can pan and zoom around and you can look up places and roads. A mouse click on a place label will provide the respective Wikipedia article.

    47 Marble alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flatpak
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  3. GNOME Maps icon
     27 likes

    quickly find the place you’re looking for by searching for a city or street, or locate a place to meet a friend.

    37 GNOME Maps alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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  4. Street GL icon
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    Streets GL is a real-time 3D map renderer built for visualizing OpenStreetMap data with a heavy focus on eye-candy features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. NASA World Wind icon
     44 likes

    World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there.

    20 NASA World Wind alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. KStars icon
     25 likes

    Open-source astronomy software offering accurate night sky simulation with 100 million stars, Ekos astrophotography suite, stellar observation planner, "What's up Tonight" tool, FOV editor, and a variety of celestial catalogs for comprehensive astronomical exploration.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7. OSM Scout icon
     8 likes

    Goal of this project is to bring offline maps and navigation to Sailfish OS with native look and feel. OSM Scout for Sailfish OS is based on OSM Scout library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Sailfish OS
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  8. osmin icon
     7 likes

    Provides GPS navigation for on-road and off-road journeys on Android and Linux, utilizing a forked libosmscout backend, with GPX reading and writing, compass, trip tracker, road routing, POI database, offline mapping, data import/export, and suitable for outdoor activities.

    72 osmin alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Android
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  9. GMap.NET icon
     11 likes

    GMap.NET is great and Powerful, Free, cross platform, open source .NET control. Enable use routing, geocoding, directions and maps from Google, Yahoo!, Bing, OpenStreetMap, ArcGIS, Pergo, SigPac, Yandex, Mapy.cz, Maps.lt, iKarte.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Mobile
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  10. Mobile app for Mergin Maps 📲. Open QGIS projects and manage vector data on your phone, even offline 📶 (Android/iOS/Windows app).

    7 Mergin Maps alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Online
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  11. GeoLibre icon
     1 like

    A lightweight, cloud-native GIS platform for visualizing, exploring, and analyzing geospatial data across desktop and web environments, with a responsive layout for mobile screens.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  12. OffRoad OSM icon
     3 likes

    Offline desktop map viewer featuring vector OpenStreetMap data, navigation, GPX track import/export, elevation and contour display, customizable map layers, waypoint tools, and efficient handling of large files for outdoor, hiking, or off-road planning and navigation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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