Marble/C3/Configure-Marble/English-timed
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| Time | Narration |
| 00:01 | Welcome to this SpokenTutorial on ConfigureMarble. |
| 00:05 | In this tutorial we will, learn to configure, |
| 00:07 | Navigation, Date and Time and Plugins |
| 00:12 | To record this tutorial, I am using,
Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04 |
| 00:19 | Marble version 1.12.20 and |
| 00:23 | A working Internet connection. |
| 00:26 | The process demonstrated in this tutorial is identical in, |
| 00:31 | Ubuntu Linux OS version 18.04
Marble version 2.2.20 |
| 00:39 | To practise this tutorial, learner should be familiar with Marble interface |
| 00:44 | For the prerequisite Marble tutorials, please visit this site. |
| 00:49 | The files used in this tutorial are available in the Code Files link on this tutorial page. |
| 00:55 | Please download and extract them. |
| 00:58 | Make a copy and then use them while practising. |
| 01:02 | I have downloaded and saved the files to my Desktop. |
| 01:06 | Let us first see what is configuration. |
| 01:10 | Configuration means arranging elements in a particular form. |
| 01:15 | It creates a different appearance of the interface. |
| 01:19 | I have opened the Marble interface in the default Atlas view. |
| 01:24 | Let us go the Settings menu. |
| 01:26 | Click on Configure Marble Virtual Globe option. |
| 01:31 | Configure window opens. |
| 01:34 | Let us place the Configure window to the left of the interface. |
| 01:38 | The Configure window has two panels. |
| 01:41 | Left panel has different menus. |
| 01:45 | Right panel has different options for the corresponding menu. |
| 01:49 | Click on Navigation. |
| 01:51 | Navigation menu opens in the right panel. |
| 01:55 | Under Dragging and Animation we have two check-boxes. |
| 01:59 | Inertial Globe Rotation and Animate Voyage to the target. |
| 02:04 | Inertial Globe Rotation is checked by default. |
| 02:07 | Inertial Globe Rotation enables kinetic spinning of the globe while dragging. |
| 02:14 | I will move the Configure window to see the interface clearly. |
| 02:19 | Let us rotate the globe. Notice that globe is moving freely. |
| 02:25 | Let us uncheck the box to stop free spinning of the globe. |
| 02:30 | Click on the Apply button in the box. |
| 02:33 | You can check Animate voyage to the target option on your own. |
| 02:38 | I will move the Configure window back to its place. |
| 02:42 | Next click on Date and Time. |
| 02:45 | Date and Time menu opens in the right panel. |
| 02:49 | Here, you can choose a date and time. |
| 02:52 | This menu has two sections. |
| 02:55 | Time zone and When Marble starts. |
| 02:59 | Under Time zone, System time zone is selected by default. |
| 03:04 | This means Marble shows the time which is set in the system. |
| 03:09 | To set other time zones, Choose Time zone option. |
| 03:14 | Universal Time Coordinated drop-down button becomes active. |
| 03:19 | Click on the up down arrow button. |
| 03:22 | From the list, we can select any one of the time zones. |
| 03:26 | Now click on the System time zone radio button to show the system time. |
| 03:32 | Next let us click on Plugins. |
| 03:35 | Different plugins available in Marble are shown in the Plugins menu. |
| 03:40 | Plugins are introduced by developers and other independent users. |
| 03:46 | Plugins help to create new features on the interface. |
| 03:50 | In the Plugins menu we can see a scroll bar at the right side of the window. |
| 03:55 | Let us scroll down to the bottom to see all the available plugins. |
| 04:00 | Each plugin can be activated or deactivated using the check box on the left. |
| 04:06 | Observe that all the plugins are activated by default. |
| 04:10 | Notice that some plugins are provided with a Configure button on the right side. |
| 04:16 | It means that these plugins can be further configured. |
| 04:20 | The plugins that do not have a Configure button cannot be configured further. |
| 04:26 | Now let us go the Compass plugin. |
| 04:29 | Click on the Configure button corresponding to Compass plugin. |
| 04:34 | Configure Compass Plugin window opens. |
| 04:37 | Window shows 4 Themes for Compass - Default, Arrows, Atom, Magnet. |
| 04:46 | By default, Default theme is selected. |
| 04:50 | Now I will select Arrows theme. |
| 04:52 | Click on the Apply button, and then click on the OK button. |
| 04:57 | Observe that theme for Compass has changed to Arrows. |
| 05:00 | Now let us scroll down and locate Overview Map plugin. |
| 05:05 | Click on the Configure button corresponding to Overview Map. |
| 05:09 | Dialog box opens on the screen. |
| 05:12 | Under Map Image, Planet Earth is selected by default. |
| 05:17 | Below Planet we can see a rectangular button. |
| 05:21 | Now we will change the default Overview map with a different map. |
| 05:26 | Preview of the default map is shown in the Preview section along with the path. |
| 05:32 | Click on the Preview map. |
| 05:34 | The Preview map is shown on the rectangular button. |
| 05:38 | Click on the button.
Choose Overview Map Marble Virtual Globe dialog box opens. |
| 05:45 | Here we can select a map to replace the default overview map. |
| 05:50 | World physical map dot svg file is provided in the Code files link. |
| 05:55 | My file is saved in the Desktop folder. |
| 05:59 | Double-click on the Desktop folder. |
| 06:02 | The allowed file format is only dot svg.
Select World physical map dot svg file. |
| 06:10 | Sometimes on clicking the Open button, Marble application may close automatically. |
| 06:16 | This is because Marble was not configured before to change the Overview map. |
| 06:22 | Click on the Open button in the dialog box. |
| 06:25 | World physical map is shown as a preview on the button. |
| 06:28 | Click on the Apply button to see the changed overview map. |
| 06:33 | we can adjust the size of Overview map using the Size drop-down button. |
| 06:38 | Click on the arrow button to increase or decrease the size of overview map. |
| 06:43 | Click on the Apply button to see the changes in the size of the overview map. |
| 06:48 | Under Colors, we have Position Indicator. |
| 06:51 | Click on the button next to Position indicator. |
| 06:55 | Color window opens on the screen. |
| 06:57 | From the colour box, I will select red colour. |
| 07:01 | Click on the OK button in the color box. |
| 07:04 | Click on the Apply button in the box. |
| 07:07 | Then click on the OK button in the dialog box. |
| 07:11 | Observe the change in colour of the Position Indicator. |
| 07:15 | Click on OK button in the Configure window.
Observe all the applied changes. |
| 07:22 | Let us summarize. |
| 07:24 | In this tutorial we have, learnt to configure,
Navigation, Date and Time and Plugins |
| 07:31 | As an assignment, configure Measure Tool and Scalebar plugins. |
| 07:37 | The video at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project.
Please download and watch it. |
| 07:44 | TheSpoken Tutorial Project team: conducts workshops using spoken tutorials and gives certificates.
For more details, please write to us. |
| 07:53 | Please post your timed queries in this forum. |
| 07:57 | Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by, MHRD, Government of India. |
| 08:02 | This tutorial is contributed by Viji Nair and Madhuri Ganapathi from IIT Bombay. Thank you for watching. |
