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EarthaEartha is the name given to the world's largest rotating and revolving globe, located within the headquarters of the Delorme mapping corporation in Yarmouth, Maine. The globe weighs approximately 5,600 pounds, and has a diameter of over 41 feet. This gives is a scale of 1:1,000,000, on which one inch represents 16 miles. The globe was completed on July 23, 1998, and it uses a composite database built from satellite imagery, shaded relief, colored bathymetry, and information about road networks and urban areas.
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