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globe
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[cartography]
A sphere on which a map of the earth or a celestial body is represented. Since the earth's natural shape is similar to a sphere, globes distort the earth's features far less than flat maps. -
[ESRI software]
In ArcGlobe, the sphere in a globe view on which data is depicted.
