3D Earth Example

Example of creating a 3D textured Earth globe

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Example of creating a 3D textured Earth globe.

Cite As

Ryan Gray (2026). 3D Earth Example (https://ch.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/13823-3d-earth-example), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired: 3D WGS84 Earth

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.3.0.0

Updated globe texture map URL to point to one on Wikipedia. Added option of setting the globe up parented to an hgtransform object in order to easily play rotation.

1.0.0.0