Kugelblitz – Mac-Native Google Earth Alternative

In case you're wondering, "Kugelblitz" is German for "ball lightning" (literally "spherical lightning")- probably refers to showing the "sphere" (the Earth) as fast as lightning?

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sebslomski 20 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Terravision

	▲	jttnr a few seconds ago \| parent [-]
		Context: Kugelblitz is by one of the guys who made the original Terravision, which Google copied to make Google Earth. Sadly, Kugelblitz is only available for Mac and is closed-source for now. And, of course, it's vibe-coded. He talks a little bit about his reasoning on his podcast (in German): https://logbuch-netzpolitik.de/lnp563-des-kaisers-neue-kleid...

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dr_dshiv 28 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Cool! Want to add clouds? Here are some ideas to try!

Https://Earthlove.live

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carlos-cute an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Great ! I tried it on my apple M1Pro and it works fine :) I would not put the grid at first lunching and I'd like that the earth keep spinning a bit when throwing it with the mouse !

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ilumanty 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> 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

As if Google Earth wasn’t smooth on a 2.0 GHz Pentium 4 in 2009

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simmschi 37 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Ah, doesn't work on Sequoia 15.8.x. I wonder what features my Mac is missing to display a sphere with data.