Globe Maps & Spinning Globes

 Here you will find several animations of earth (.mov / .mpg).

Three animated GIF's of a spinning earth from different perspectives.

Here you will find an excellent list of links to different kinds of images and projections of earth, including 3D images.

Here you find a collection of animated spinning globes. 

Look here for more animated GIF's of globes.

Here you will find some images of a spinning earth.

This is a tutorial about making a spinning globe using GIF animation. You will find part two here.

Here you will find a 3D globe viewer with elevations, satellite and aerial images, maps and 3D features.

Poly9 FreeEarth is a free to use interactive spinning globe which can be integrated into any website by using their JavaScript API.

Download Google Earth for free. Zoom in on the globe to get a map of the country you are travelling to.

"Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places and share with others."

Here you will find a collection of links to various animations of earth.

Here you can download a virtual globe screensaver.

This is a interactive 3D globe Java applet, which you can download.

Here you can download an earth screen saver.

EarthSim offers a 3D earth screensaver you can download. It's also a 'online world' featuring mini-documentaries and diverse information layers.

The G-Econ research project is devoted to developing a geophysically based data set on economic activity for the world.

An simple inteactive globe. Click anywhere on the image to recenter it.