mavlink/qgroundcontrol — Issue #27: Use marble for maps
Author: jschall
Created: 2012-02-06 23:01:39+00:00
State: open

Marble is basically an open google earth. It is provided as a library and a reference application. It runs on linux. It has 2d projections and a 3d globe view. It isn't distributed with satellite imagery that has the resolution of google earth, but the imagery can be easily attained:
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/marble/maps/earth
cd ~/.local/share/marble/maps/earth
git clone git://gitorious.org/marble-restricted-maps/googlesat.git
(note that it is not distributed due to licensing issues. I am not sure how that would affect this project)
It runs faster than google maps (for me, anyway) and has support for downloading regions for offline use.

Screenshots, one of marble displaying a globe, and one of marble displaying my flying field.:
http://imgur.com/a/eV2Ps