Marble/C2/Edit-maps/English-timed
From Script | Spoken-Tutorial
| Time | Narration |
| 00:01 | Welcome to this SpokenTutorial on Edit Maps in Marble. |
| 00:07 | In this tutorial we will learn to add the following on the map, |
| 00:12 | A placemark |
| 00:14 | A polygon and |
| 00:16 | A path |
| 00:18 | We will also learn to save an annotation file. |
| 00:23 | To record this tutorial, I am using, |
| 00:27 | Ubuntu Linux OS, version 16.04 |
| 00:32 | Marble version 1.12.20 and |
| 00:37 | Working internet connection |
| 00:41 | The process demonstrated in this tutorial is identical in
Ubuntu Linux OS, version 18.04 |
| 00:51 | Marble version 2.2.20 |
| 00:56 | To practise this tutorial, the learner should be familiar with Marble interface |
| 01:02 | For the prerequisite Marble tutorials, please visit this site. |
| 01:08 | I have opened the Marble interface. |
| 01:12 | Go to Map View and select OpenStreetMap. |
| 01:17 | I will hide Overview map, Compass and Scale bar for better view of the map. |
| 01:26 | I will select Flat view option from the drop-down. |
| 01:31 | Let us hide latitudes and longitudes for better visibility of the map. |
| 01:37 | Go to the Legend panel and un-check Coordinate Grid checkbox. |
| 01:45 | Let us make the Edit Maps panel visible if it is not seen on the interface. |
| 01:51 | Click on the Settings menu and select Panels. |
| 01:56 | From the sub-menu, select Edit Maps option. |
| 02:01 | In the Edit Maps panel we see some icons. |
| 02:07 | Let us first learn to add a placemark on the map. |
| 02:12 | Let us go to our home location Mumbai. |
| 02:16 | We will add a placemark on the location of IIT Bombay. |
| 02:21 | Zoom in and locate IIT Bombay. |
| 02:27 | Go to Edit Maps panel and click on Add Placemark icon. |
| 02:33 | Edit Placemark dialog box opens on the interface. |
| 02:38 | In the Name field type the name as IIT Bombay. |
| 02:43 | Under Label click on the Color button. |
| 02:47 | Select Color window opens. |
| 02:50 | From the colour box, I will select dark blue colour. |
| 02:55 | Click on the OK button in the window. |
| 02:58 | Next click on the Description tab. |
| 03:01 | In the Description field, I will add some information about IIT Bombay. |
| 03:07 | The information about IIT Bombay is provided in the Code files link. |
| 03:13 | Check Show Balloon popup checkbox. |
| 03:17 | Click on the OK button at the bottom of the dialog box. |
| 03:22 | Now we can see a placemark at the location of IIT Bombay. |
| 03:28 | Click on its label. |
| 03:30 | Place information data sheet opens. |
| 03:34 | In the Short description, information added in the Description field is shown. |
| 03:41 | Let us close this sheet. |
| 03:45 | An assignment for you. |
| 03:48 | Add a placemark and description for Delhi on the map. |
| 03:53 | Hint: The description about Delhi is provided in the Code files link. |
| 04:00 | Let us now add a polygon to highlight a particular area on the map. |
| 04:06 | We will add a polygon to highlight Kerala on the map. |
| 04:11 | Zoom in and locate Kerala on the map. |
| 04:15 | Click on the Add Polygon icon. |
| 04:18 | Add polygon dialog box appears on the interface. |
| 04:23 | In the Name field type the name as Kerala |
| 04:28 | Let us select colours for Lines and Area of the polygon. |
| 04:34 | Click on the Color button. |
| 04:37 | Select Color window opens. |
| 04:40 | From the colour box, I will select red colour for Lines |
| 04:45 | Click the on the OK button. |
| 04:48 | We see a Width drop-down button. |
| 04:52 | We can select the line width here. I will choose the line width as 1.5. |
| 05:00 | Click on the Color button under Area. |
| 05:04 | Select Color window opens. |
| 05:07 | From the colour box, I will select magenta for Area.
Click on the OK button. |
| 05:15 | Let us resize and place the dialog box to the left side of the interface.
Now click on Nodes tab. |
| 05:26 | Node is a point on the map. |
| 05:29 | It specifies the longitude and latitude of a particular place. |
| 05:35 | Let us now start marking Nodes to draw a polygon on the area of Kerala. |
| 05:42 | To mark the area with nodes, click anywhere on the boundary of Kerala. |
| 05:48 | Keep clicking all along the boundary to complete the full area of Kerala. |
| 05:58 | Click on the OK button at the bottom of the dialog box. |
| 06:03 | After marking all the nodes, Kerala appears in magenta colour. |
| 06:10 | An assignment for you.
Highlight Karnataka state using the Add polygon option. |
| 06:20 | Next icon is Add path. |
| 06:23 | If we wish to add some lines or path on the map we can use Add path tool. |
| 06:30 | We will add a path from Pune to Solapur on the map. |
| 06:35 | Locate Pune and Solapur on the map. |
| 06:39 | Click on Add Path icon. |
| 06:42 | Add path dialog box opens on the interface. |
| 06:46 | In the Name field I will type the name as Path hyphen 1. |
| 06:52 | Next we will select colour and width for our path. |
| 06:57 | Click on the Color button under Lines. |
| 07:01 | From the colour box,I will select blue colour.
Click on the Ok button. |
| 07:08 | Click on the Width drop-down button. |
| 07:11 | I will choose the colour width as 1.5. |
| 07:16 | Let us resize and drag the dialog box to the left side of the interface. |
| 07:22 | Click on the Nodes tab in the dialog box. |
| 07:26 | Then start marking the nodes one by one from Pune to Solapur. |
| 07:32 | Click on the OK button at the bottom of the dialog box. |
| 07:37 | Notice that a path is marked from Pune to Solapur on the map. |
| 07:43 | Let us save all the annotations we have made on this map. |
| 07:48 | Click on Save Annotation File icon. |
| 07:52 | Save Annotation FIle dialog box opens on the interface. |
| 07:57 | Select a location to save the file. |
| 08:01 | I will select Desktop folder. |
| 08:05 | In the File name field type the name as Annotation hyphen 1 dot kml. |
| 08:13 | Please note that file format should be.kml or osm. |
| 08:20 | Click on the Save button in the dialog box. |
| 08:24 | Let us check our annotation file. |
| 08:28 | I will close this Marble application. |
| 08:31 | Go to the Desktop folder. |
| 08:34 | Annotation hyphen 1 dot kml file is saved on the Desktop. |
| 08:40 | To open the file, right-click on the file. |
| 08:44 | From the context menu select Open with Marble option. |
| 08:49 | Notice that all annotations made on the map have been saved in this file. |
| 08:56 | We will learn more about edit maps in the upcoming tutorials. |
| 09:02 | Let us summarise |
| 09:04 | In this tutorial, we have learnt to add the following on the map,
A placemark, A polygon and A path |
| 09:16 | We have also learnt to save an annotation file. |
| 09:21 | The video at the following link summarises the Spoken Tutorial project.
Please download and watch it. |
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| 09:44 | Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by MHRD, Government of India. |
| 09:50 | This is Viji Nair from, IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for watching. |
