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Digital Earth is the name given to a concept by former US vice president Al Gore in 1998, describing a virtual representation of the Earth that is georeferenced and connected to the world's digital knowledge archives.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Earth | is a | name given to a concept by former US vice president Al Gore in 1998 | 0.90 | text |
| Digital Earth | is a | integral part of other advanced technologies including | 0.90 | text |
| Digital Earth | is a | peer-reviewed research journal | 0.90 | text |
| NASA World Wind | instance of | virtual globe geo-browsers | 0.80 | text |
| Google Earth | instance of | virtual globe geo-browsers | 0.80 | text |
| Microsoft's Bing Maps 3D for commercial | instance of | virtual globe geo-browsers | 0.80 | text |
| social | instance of | virtual globe geo-browsers | 0.80 | text |
| scientific applications | instance of | virtual globe geo-browsers | 0.80 | text |
| Google Earth | instance of | giving rise to the Web Map Service standard among others.GeobrowsersThe scientific use of geo-browser virtual globes | 0.80 | text |
| NASA's World Wind | instance of | giving rise to the Web Map Service standard among others.GeobrowsersThe scientific use of geo-browser virtual globes | 0.80 | text |
| and ESRI's ArcGIS Explorer has grown significantly as their functionality has improved | instance of | giving rise to the Web Map Service standard among others.GeobrowsersThe scientific use of geo-browser virtual globes | 0.80 | text |
| with the KML format having become the de facto standard for globe visualizations | instance of | giving rise to the Web Map Service standard among others.GeobrowsersThe scientific use of geo-browser virtual globes | 0.80 | text |
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