Reproduced with unmodified test case on OS X 10.7.5 with - rsvg-view-3 (librsvg 2.40.3) - Inkscape 0.48.5 (r10040) - Inkscape 0.91pre2 r13543
whereas Squiggle (Batik 1.7), Firefox, Chromium and Safari render the globe as described.
Reproduced with unmodified test case on OS X 10.7.5 with
- rsvg-view-3 (librsvg 2.40.3)
- Inkscape 0.48.5 (r10040)
- Inkscape 0.91pre2 r13543
whereas Squiggle (Batik 1.7), Firefox, Chromium and Safari render the globe as described.