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||'''Visual Cue'''
||'''Narration'''
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||'''Slide Number 1'''

'''Title slide'''
||Welcome to this Spoken tutorial on '''Search Places and Measure Distances'''.

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||'''Slide Number 2''' 

'''Learning Objectives''' 

||In this tutorial we will learn about,

* Search places 
* Place information '''data sheet'''
* Measure the distance between two places.

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||'''Slide Number 3'''

'''System Requirements'''

||To record this tutorial, I am using; 
* '''Ubuntu Linux''' OS version 16.04 
* '''Marble '''version 1.8.3

The process demonstrated in this tutorial is identical in

* '''Ubuntu Linux''' version OS 18.04
* '''Marble''' version 2.2.20

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||'''Slide Number 4''' 

'''Pre-requisites''' 

'''https://spoken-tutorial.org'''
||To practise this tutorial, learner should be familiar with '''Marble''' interface.

For the prerequisite '''Marble '''tutorials, please visit this site.

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||Point to '''Search''' panel.
||We have already learnt about different panels in '''Marble'''.

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||Point on '''Search''' panel 


Point on the search hbox
||We will learn how to search places using the '''Search''' panel.

In the '''Search''' panel, we can see a search box.

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||Point on Search box

Point on binocular icon 
||'''Search''' box has a binocular icon with drop down arrow button.

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||Click on the down arrow button.

Point to '''Global search '''and''' Area search'''
||Click on the down arrow button to show '''Global Search '''and '''Area Search'''.

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||Point on '''Global Search'''
||By default '''Global Search''' is selected.

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||Point on the search box.
||Let us enter the name of a place in the search box, to find its location on the map.

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||Type '''China''' in the search box.
|| We will search for '''China '''on the map.

Type '''china''' in the search box.

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||Shows all the places starting with C in the list
||When we type the alphabet C, all the places starting with C appear below the search box.

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||Select '''China'''.

Press '''Enter'''.
||Now select '''China''' from the list.

Press '''Enter''' key on the keyboard. 

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||Point on the cross hair on '''China'''.

Rotate and zoom in to navigate '''China'''
||Notice that a cross hair appears on the location of '''China''' on the map.

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||Go to '''View''' menu and check '''Crosshairs''' option.
||If crosshair option is not activated on your interface, go to '''View''' menu.

And check '''Crosshairs''' option.

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||Scroll the mouse wheel.

Rotate and zoom in to navigate '''China'''.
||Let us zoom in and navigate to '''China'''.

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||Point on '''China'''and click on it. 
||After finding the location on the map, left-click on its label.

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||Point on the new data sheet on the screen.
|| Place information '''data sheet''' appears on the screen.

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||Point on Name and flag of the country
||On the top of this '''data sheet''' name and flag of the country are shown.

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||Point on '''coordinates''', '''elevation''' etc.
||Next we have '''Coordinates''' table.

This table shows information about '''Longitude''', '''Latitude''' and '''Elevation''' of a place.

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||Point on Place description and information appears.

Point on the brief history in the short description.
||Below the table we have '''Short Description'''.

In the '''Short description''', a brief history about the country is given. 

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||Point to the scroll bar.


Scroll down to the bottom.
||'''Data sheet''' has a scroll-bar to scroll to the bottom of the sheet.


Let us scroll down to the bottom.

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||Point on '''Fact sheet''', '''Population''' and '''Area''' of the country.

Scroll up on the datasheet.
||Now we have '''Fact sheet''' table.

It shows '''Population''' and '''area''' of the country.

I will scroll up the '''data sheet'''.

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||Click on the '''x''' button on the data sheet.
||Click on the '''Close''' button to close the '''data sheet'''.

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||Click on the '''x''' mark on the right side to clear the search history.
||To clear the search history, click on the '''Clear''' button in the '''Search''' box.

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||Scroll the mouse wheel.
||I will zoom out to go back to default view on the map.

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||Type Mount.

Point on the list of mountains

Point on the list of mountains appeared on the search list.
|| Let us search for '''Mount Everest'''.

I will type '''Mount Everest''' in the search box.

When we start typing '''Mount''', a list of mountains appears below the search box.

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||select '''Mount Everest''' from the list.

Press '''Enter''' key on the keyboard.


Point on '''Mount Everest.'''
||Select '''Mount Everest''' from the list.

Press '''Enter''' key on the keyboard.

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||Point on place information '''data sheet.'''


Close the '''data sheet''' by clicking on the X button.
||'''Mount Everest''' is shown the map.

Left-click on its label to show place information '''data sheet'''.

Let us close this '''data sheet'''.

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||'''Slide Number 5'''

'''Assignment'''

||An assignment for you.

*Find the location of '''Russia''' on the map.
*Show its place information '''data sheet '''on the map.

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||Cursor on the map.
||Next we will learn how to measure the distance between two places on the map.


Let us find the distance between '''Mumbai''' and '''Chennai'''.

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||Zoom in and locate '''Mumbai''' on the map.

Right click on its location.
||I will zoom in and locate '''Mumbai''' on the map.


Then right click on its location.

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||Point on the '''Context menu'''.

Select '''Add measure point'''.
||A context menu appears on the globe.

Select '''Add measure points''' option.

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||A white '''+''' sign appears on the location of '''Mumbai'''.
||A white '''plus''' sign appears on the location of '''Mumbai'''.

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||Click on '''Chennai''' and select '''Add measure points'''.


A white '''+''' sign appears on the location of '''Mumbai'''.
||Next locate '''Chennai'''.

Right click on its label. Context menu appears again.

Select '''Add measure points''' option.
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||Point on the Red line appears on the screen.
||A red line, connecting Mumbai and Chennai is shown on the map.

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||Point on the red line shows distances in '''Km'''.
||The distance between '''Mumbai''' and '''Chennai''' is shown as '''1020.5 Km'''.

This value may slightly change while you are measuring.

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||Point on the box below to the overview map, which shows distances in km.
||Total distance between these two places is also shown below the '''Overview map'''.

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||Right click on the map.

From the context menu select,

'''Remove Measure Points'''.
||To remove the measure points, right click on the map.

Context menu appears.

Select '''Remove Measure Points''' option.

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||Cursor on the map.
||Now we do not see the measure points for '''Mumbai''' and '''Chennai'''.

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||'''Slide Number 6'''
'''Assignment'''

||An assignment for you.

Find the distance between '''Pune''' and '''Hyderabad''' on the virtual globe.

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||'''Slide Number 7'''

'''Summary'''
||Let us summarise,

In this tutorial have learnt about,

* Search places.
* Place information '''data sheet'''.
* Measure distance between two places.

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|| '''Slide Number 8'''

'''About Spoken Tutorial project'''

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|| The video at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project.

Please download and watch it. 

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||'''Slide Number 9'''

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||The '''Spoken Tutorial Project '''team:

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||'''Slide Number 10'''

'''Forum for specific questions'''

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Please visit our site.

Choose the minute and second where you have the question.

Explain your question briefly. 

Someone from our team will answer them.
||Please post your timed queries on this forum.

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||'''Slide Number 11'''

'''Acknowledgements'''

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. 

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||This is Viji Nair from, IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for watching. 

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