The invention relates to the technical field of digital earth, in particular to a digital earth prototype system comprising a data receiving and fast processing sub-system, a metadata service sub-system, a model base sub-system, a space information database sub-system, a mesh calculation sub-system, a map application service sub-system and a virtual reality sub-system. With the adoption of the invention, it is able to construct a data resource sharing platform, a knowledge sharing platform, a computation resource sharing platform and a coordinated operation platform of the digital earth prototype system. Besides, with the establishment of the prototype system, the invention resolves relevant key technologies for the construction of a technology service platform for the application of space data and forms a service system for the application of space information in earth technology.