A programmable World Globe, for Windows
Version 3.31 – 3 Aug 2009
PMGlobe is a program which displays the Earth as a globe on a
Windows 2000 or later Windows platform. It can be run both as an
application or as a screen saver.
You can choose to view the globe from any direction, or select one of a number of ‘standard’ views. You can also choose the image shown on the globe’s surface, or supply your own. As an application, PMGlobe can be viewed in a normal Windows window, or as a circular window, or full-screen.
In addition to simply displaying a picture of the world, PMGlobe will let you light the globe as though by sunlight – so you can see at a glance those areas of the globe where the sun has risen, and where it is night. Additional options add shading to the globe for a three-dimensional effect, and let you measure and track distances between points on the globe. Other features are described in the PMGlobe documentation listed below.
With the command interface included with PMGlobe, you can add markers, labels (such as city and place names), clocks and drawings to the globe and have more control over its actions. If you wish, you can use Rexx as a macro language for PMGlobe – all of the PMGlobe commands can be used in a Rexx macro.
PMGlobe was originally written as a demonstration program for IBM, and IBM has kindly given me permission to continue to distribute it privately. Updates and enhancements may or may not be possible; use at your own risk.
