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LithoSphere - A tiled, 3D planetary web-based GIS library

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Overview

Lithosphere is a web-based 3D visualization tool capable of rendering raster and vector open source planetary datasets.The software supports viewing any spherical planetary body (Earth, Mars, Europa, etc.) in three dimensions (3D) including both raster and vector datasets. It is a standalone web-based viewer that supports open source formats like Tile Map Service (TMS), 3D tiles, meshes, and GeoJSON formats. It supports mapping 2D vectors to the 3D surface or rendering vectors using their own 3D coordinates. This software does not rely on commercial data providers.