<s>
Xplanet	B-Application
is	O
a	O
renderer	O
for	O
planetary	O
and	O
Solar	O
System	O
images	O
,	O
capable	O
of	O
producing	O
various	O
types	O
of	O
graphics	O
depicting	O
the	O
Solar	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xplanet	B-Application
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xplanet	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
produce	O
projected	O
maps	O
of	O
any	O
planet	O
(	O
but	O
typically	O
Earth	O
)	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
Mollweide	O
projections	O
which	O
show	O
the	O
whole	O
Earth	O
at	O
once	O
,	O
or	O
Mercator	O
projections	O
with	O
a	O
rectangular	O
appearance	O
suitable	O
for	O
filling	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xplanet	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
render	O
more	O
general	O
views	O
of	O
objects	O
in	O
the	O
Solar	O
System	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
Earth	O
from	O
the	O
Moon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
more	O
recent	O
versions	O
,	O
Xplanet	B-Application
depicts	O
eclipses	B-Application
,	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
images	O
show	O
Jupiter	O
's	O
moons	O
casting	O
an	O
eclipse	B-Application
onto	O
the	O
planet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xplanet	B-Application
runs	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
other	O
Unix	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
and	O
also	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
derived	O
from	O
an	O
older	O
Unix	B-Application
application	O
called	O
xearth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
an	O
interactive	O
wallpaper	O
derivative	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
c-squares	O
mapper	O
,	O
a	O
web-based	O
mapping	O
utility	O
constructed	O
at	O
CSIRO	O
in	O
Australia	O
in	O
2002	O
for	O
displaying	O
the	O
spatial	O
extent	O
of	O
c-squares	O
on	O
the	O
surface	O
of	O
the	O
Earth	O
,	O
was	O
upgraded	O
in	O
2005	O
–	O
2006	O
to	O
incorporate	O
Xplanet	B-Application
software	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
display	O
"	O
globe	O
views	O
"	O
(	O
example	O
at	O
right	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
technical	O
description	O
of	O
the	O
c-squares	O
mapper	O
installation	O
process	O
(	O
version	O
3	O
onwards	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
requires	O
installation	O
of	O
Xplanet	B-Application
,	O
is	O
available	O
at	O
(	O
also	O
available	O
via	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XplanetFX	O
is	O
a	O
GTK-frontend	O
for	O
Xplanet	B-Application
under	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
simple	O
to	O
use	O
GUI	O
to	O
configure	O
Xplanet	B-Application
and	O
schedule	O
renderings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XplanetFX	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
released	O
under	O
a	O
permissive	O
vanity	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
