View maps of Earth with PrettyEarth! See current day and night regions, learn geography by taking the quiz, enjoy 3D elevation surfaces and measure distances between locations. PrettyEarth lets you view vector and raster maps and images (such as country boundaries, cities, rivers, buildings, roads, satellite photos, digital elevation models and topographies), search in geographically-referenced data and extend your knowledge by taking an educational quiz.

PrettyEarth features: (see also screenshots)

• support for vector maps (points, lines, areas)
• support for raster maps (terrain elevation and bathymetry, images, symbolic)
• handles multi-attribute data associated with vector map objects
• supports GPS and the "follow GPS" mode
• GPS fleet tracking service: PrettyEarth can regularly report locations so that you know where your fleet is, and others know where you are
• all maps are free:
  • political: country boundaries with country names, capitals, population sizes, ...
  • major cities with names, status, population ranks and classes, ...
  • comprehensive set of data for each country, based on the current information from The World Factbook
  • USA states with areas, population sizes, males, females, age, marriage, race, and household statistics, ...
  • major rivers
  • satellite photos and images
  • and many more!
  • you can convert image or vector maps and use them on your handheld
• spherical projection
• relief and 3D elevation (DEM) view with vector map overlay
• shows day and night regions, computes shadow length and sun/north orientation
• various color schemes for elevation maps
• user-defined elevation colors
• zoom range from whole planet to meters
• multiple, configurable vector map layers
• data search for vector map databases
• versatile quiz with teacher mode for vector map databases
• bar charts and color-by option for numeric features in vector map databases
• distance measurement
• sessions to quickly save/restore program state
• adjustable water level for elevation data
• numerous settings to customize the program

Requirements: PalmOS 5, minimal: 100 MHz, recommended: 200 MHz.

Try before you buy! PrettyEarth is a shareware with a 30-day evaluation period, then you have to register.