Marble/C2/Export-Print-and-Download-maps/English
Visual Cue | Narration |
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Title Slide |
Welcome to this spoken tutorial on Export, Print and Download maps. |
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Learning objectives |
In this tutorial we will learn how to-
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System Requirements |
To record this tutorial, I am using;
The process demonstrated in this tutorial is identical in-
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Pre-requisites |
To practise this tutorial, learner should be familiar with Marble interface.
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Cursor on the Marble interface. | We will learn how to export a map for future reference. |
Mapview> OpenStreetMap | We will export a map of India with different states.
Click on OpenStreetMap. |
Click on the drop-down button next to Globe view >> select Flat view option. | For better view, I will select Flat view option from the drop-down menu. |
Zoom in and locate India. | Zoom in and locate India on the map. |
Place the cursor to the left of this window. | I will move and place the wind rose in a convenient location. |
Point on Overview Map, Compass, Wind-rose and Scale bar | Let us first hide Overview Map, Compass, Scale bar and Wind-rose for better view of the map. |
Right-click on the Overview map.
Point on Context menu. |
Right-click on the Overview map.
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Click on Hide option. | Select Hide option from the menu.
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Right click on the Compass>> Click on Hide
Right-click on the Wind-rose >> Click on Hide Right click on the Scale bar >> Click on Hide |
Similarly I will hide Compass, Scale bar and Wind-rose from the interface. |
Cursor on the interface. | Next let us hide latitudes and longitudes. |
Click on Legend panel
Uncheck Coordinate Grid checkbox. |
Go to Legend panel and uncheck Coordinate Grid checkbox. |
On the menu bar >> click on the File menu>> Export map option. | Click on the File menu.
Select Export Map option. |
Point on Export map- Marble virtual Globe dialog box | Export Map dialog box opens. |
Cursor on the window. | Select a location to save the file. |
Select Desktop folder | I will select the Desktop folder. |
Point on text box >> type the name India-map.png
Point to the extensions. |
In the File name field, type the file name as India hyphen map dot png.
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Click on Save button. | Click on the Save button at the bottom of the dialog box. |
Go to Desktop folder | Let us open the exported map.
Go to the Desktop folder. |
Point on the India-map.png file in theDesktop. | Here we can see India hyphen map dot png file. |
Double click on India-map.png file.
Click on the close button. |
Let us double-click to open this file.
Click on the close button to close the file. |
Cursor on the map view. | Let us go back to the Marble interface with the same map view. |
Cursor on the interface. | Next, we will learn how to print maps in Marble. |
Click on the File menu in the menu bar and then select Print option. | Click on the File menu and select Print option. |
Point to Print dialog box. | The Print dialog box appears on the interface. |
Click on the Options button button in the dialog box. | Let us click on the Options button in the dialog box. |
Point to the three tabs Copies, Option, and Marble. | A menu appears with three tabs namely Copies, Options and Marble.
The options in this window are the standard print options. |
Click on the Marble tab. | Click on the Marble tab.
In this tab we can select the check-boxes to display various options on the map. |
Point to Visible Globe Region >> point to Outer Space and Legend check-boxes | Visible Globe Region is selected by default.
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Click on the Print button at the bottom right of the dialog box. | Now we will print our map.
Let us click on the Print button at the bottom of the dialog box.
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An assignment for you.
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Check Coordinate Grid checkbox >> then go to Map View and select Atlas view. | Let us go back to the default view.
Check Coordinate Grid checkbox. Then go to Map View and select Atlas view. |
Click on the Globe view button. | Click on the Globe view button. |
Zoom out and go back to the default view. | Let us zoom out and go back to the default view. |
Cursor on the interface. | Next we will learn how to download maps in Marble.
Internet connectivity is required to download a map. |
Point on File menu, click Download Maps option. | To download maps, go to File menu and select Download Maps option.
Shortcut key to download map is Ctrl + N. |
Point to the Marble Install window appeared on the interface. | Marble - Install Maps window opens on the interface with various maps. |
Point to the scroll bar.
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There is a scroll bar on the right side of this window.
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Point on a short description. | A short description about each map is given along with its view. |
Point on the Author, License and Version of that particular map. | Below the description, we can see Author, License and Version for that particular map. |
Point to Install button with a tick mark. | On the right side of each map, we can see an Install button with a tick mark. |
Cursor on the Natural Earth III map.
Click on the Install button. |
From the list of maps I will select Natural Earth III map for downloading.
Click on the Install button corresponding to Natural Earth IIImap. |
Cursor on the progress bar. | We see that Install button is replaced by a progress bar.
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Scroll down to show the maps of other celestial bodies. | Apart from the maps of Earth, we also have maps of other celestial bodies. |
Click on the Install button of the Mercury map. | Now I will download the map of Mercury. |
Point on the Cancel button. | If you wish to cancel the installation, click on the Cancel button. |
Click on the Close button at the bottom of this window. | After downloading click on the Close button at the bottom of this window. |
Go to Map View and scroll down. | Go to Map View and scroll down. |
Point to the Natural Earth III map is saved in the Map view panel. | We can see that Natural Earth III map is saved in the Map View panel. |
Click on Natural Earth III map.
Point on theNatural Earth III opens on the interface. |
Click on Natural Earth III map.
Natural Earth III map opens on the interface. |
Point on the interface. | We have also downloaded the map of Mercury. |
Click on the Earth drop down button. | As Mercury is a planet, it is saved in the Earth drop-down button.
Let us go to Earth drop-down button and click on it. |
Click on Mercury option.
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Observe that Mercury is added to this drop-down.
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Assignment |
An assignment for you.
Download the maps of Venus and Mars. |
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Summary |
Let us summarize.
In this tutorial, we have learnt how to-
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Acknowledgement Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by, National Mission on Education through ICT and Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching, MHRD, Government of India. |
Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by,
MHRD, Government of India. |
This is Viji Nair from, IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for watching. |