Try live demo at: http://www.webglearth.com/

Check the website of this project: http://www.webglearth.org/

WebGL Earth is an open source software enabling exploration, zooming and “playing” with the globe in any browser on any platform including mobile devices. The project is sustained through the support and cooperation of the developer community.

The project is a free software available under standard GPLv3 license. We welcome anybody to contribute or just send feedback on the development of this project.

Features:

• Rotation and zoom of the globe
• Runs without a plugin in modern webbrowsers
• Displays existing maps (OpenStreetMap, Bing, ...)
• Supports custom map tiles in popular mercator system

Requirements:

• A web browser with support for HTML5 Canvas and WebGL extension (Firefox4, Chrome 9+, ... mobile devices iPhone / iPad / Android later on)
• Programming language: JavaScript (compiled with Closure compiler).

Quickstart for developers:

Setup instructions can be found in quickstart section at project's website.