Motherplanet Earth Explorer integrates high-resolution satellite imagery (1km resolution) with kinds of map layers such as political boundaries, coastlines, rivers, lake and island boundaries, 267 countries and regions, 40000 ranked cities, 15000 islands, and 1700 noteworthy historical earthquakes since 1980 into a fantastic 3D earth globe. You can specify what kinds of map layers to be shown, rotate the globe, click right mouse button and pull/push to zoom in/out the current map view, measure distance between any two points on the map, etc.Key features:1. A 3D bird_s-eye view of our beautiful earth;2. Photo-realistic satellite imagery at 1km resolution covered entire earth globe;3. Integrates with several kinds of map layers: Vector map layers: 1) Political boundaries (International boundaries and internal boundaries); 2) Coastlines, lakes, islands and rivers; 3) Longitude-latitude grids; Point map layers: 1) 267 countries/regions and detailed information; 2) 40000 ranked cities and information; 3) 15000 Islands and information; 4) 1700 noteworthy historical earthquakes since 1980 and detailed information;4. Rotate/Zoom in/Zoom out functions lets you observe our beautiful planet at any point (Click right mouse button and pull/push to zoom in/out the current map);5. Three kinds of operation modes (Drag, Center, Measure); 6. Measure distance between any two points on the globe;7. Intelligent tips when your mouse moves upon a country/city/island/earthquake_s mark or name label;8. Sort country/city/island/earthquake table according to selected titles and interactive operate with the label and mark on the map;9. Save favorite maps with BMP, JPEG formats;