<s>
EarthBrowser	B-Application
was	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
globe	I-Application
software	O
developed	O
by	O
Lunar	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
available	O
online	O
as	O
a	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
application	O
or	O
could	O
be	O
installed	O
locally	O
as	O
an	O
AIR	B-Operating_System
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EarthBrowser	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
Matt	O
Giger	O
,	O
a	O
University	O
of	O
Oregon	O
graduate	O
student	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Planet	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
applications	O
to	O
show	O
real-time	O
patterns	O
(	O
including	O
weather	O
,	O
earthquakes	O
,	O
and	O
volcanic	O
activity	O
)	O
on	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
globe	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
largely	O
superseded	O
by	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Keyhole	B-Application
Markup	I-Application
Language	I-Application
,	O
used	O
by	O
most	O
current	O
virtual	B-Application
globe	I-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
