Marble/C2/Edit-maps/English
Visual Cue | Narration |
Slide Number 1
Title slide |
Welcome to this SpokenTutorial on Edit Maps in Marble. |
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Learning Objectives
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In this tutorial we will learn to add the following on the map,
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Learning Objectives
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We will also learn to,
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System Requirements
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To record this tutorial, I am using,
Marble version 1.12.20 and Working internet connection
Ubuntu Linux OS, version 18.04 Marble version 2.2.20
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Pre-requisites |
To practise this tutorial, the learner should be familiar with Marble interface
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I have opened the Marble interface. | |
Click on theOpenStreetMapview
Zoom in. Point on our home locationMumbai.
From the context menu selectHide option. Right click on Compass. From the context menu select Hide option. Right click on Scale bar. From the context menu select Hide option.
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Go to Map View and select OpenStreetMap .
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Go to the Legend panel and uncheck Coordinate Grid checkbox. | Let us hide latitudes and longitudes for better visibility of the map.
Go to the Legend panel and uncheck Coordinate Grid checkbox.
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Let us make the Edit Maps panel visible, if it is not seen on the interface.
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Point on Edit Maps panel and click on it Point on the icons. |
In the Edit Maps panel we see some icons.
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Cursor on the interface.
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Let us first learn to add a placemark on the map.
We will add a placemark on the location of IIT Bombay. Zoom in and locate IIT Bombay. |
Click on Add Placemark option.
Point onEdit Placemarkdialogue box |
Go to Edit Maps panel and click on Add Placemark icon .
Edit Placemark dialogue box opens on the interface.
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In the Name field type the name as IIT Bombay.
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In the Name field type the name as IIT Bombay.
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Under Label click on the Color button. Point on Select colour window.
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Under Label click on the Color button. Select colour window opens.
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In the Description field, type the information given in the code files link.
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Click on the Description tab.
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Click on the OK button at the bottom of the dialogue box. | Click on the OK button at the bottom of the dialog box. |
Point on the location of IIT Bombay in the map. | Now we can see a placemark at the location of IIT Bombay. |
Click on its label. | Click on its label. |
Point on Place information data sheet.
Point on the sshort description.
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Place information data sheet opens.
In the short description, information added in the Description field is shown. Let us close this sheet.
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Assignment |
An Assignment for you,
Add a placemark and description for Delhi on the map. Hint: The description about Delhi is provided in the Code files link.
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Point on Add polygon icon.
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Let us now add a polygon to highlight a particular area on the map.
We will add a polygon to highlight Kerala on the map.
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Zoom in and locate Kerala on the map.
Click on the Add Polygon icon.
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Zoom in and locate Kerala on the map.
Click on the Add Polygon icon.
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Point on Add polygon dialog box.
Type the name as Kerala in the Name field. |
Add polygon dialogue box appears on the interface.
In theName field type the name as Kerala |
Click on the colour button.
Poit to Select color window . From the colour box select red colour for Lines Click the OK button. |
Let us select colours for Lines and Area of the polygon.
Click the OK button.
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Point on the Width dropdown button.
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We see a Width dropdown button.
We can select the line width here. I will choose the line width as 1.5. |
Click on the color button under Area.
Select colour window opens. From the color box, select magenta for Area. Click on the OK button.
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Click on the color button under Area.
Select colour window opens. From the color box,I will select magenta for Area. Click on the OK button. |
Resize and place the dailog box to the left side of the interface.
Click onNodes option.
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Let us resize and place the dailog box to the left side of the interface.
Now click on Nodes tab.
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Node |
Node is a point on the map.
It specifies the longitude and latitude of a particular place. |
Give nodes on the border of Kerala.
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Let us now start marking Nodes to draw a polygon on the area of Kerala.
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Click anywhere on the boundary of Kerala. keeps on clickin all along the boundary. | To mark the area with nodes, click anywhere on the boundary of Kerala.
keep clicking all along the boundary to complete the full area of Kerala.
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Mark nodes in the full area .
Point on the polygon area in the map |
Let us complete the full area of kerala.
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Click on the OK button.
Point on Kerala on the map. |
Click on the OK button.
After marking all the nodes Kerala appears as magenta colour .
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Assignment |
An assignment for you.
Highlight Karnataka state using the Add polygon option. |
Point to the Add path icon.
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Next icon is Add path.
If we wish to add some lines or path on the map we can use Add path tool.
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Locate Pune and Solapur on the map. | Locate Pune and Solapur on the map.
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Click on Add path icon.
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Click on Add Path icon.
Add path dialog box opens on the interface. In the Name field I will type the name as Path-1.
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Click on the color button under Lines.
From the color box, select blue colour. Click on the Ok button. Click on the Width dropdown button and choose 1.5.
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Next we will select colur and width for our path.
From the Color box,I will select blue colour.
Click on the Width dropdown button. I will choose the colour width as 1.5.
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Resize and place the dailog box to the left side of the interface.
Start marking the nodes one by one.
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Let us resize and place the dailog box to the left side of the interface.
Click on the Nodes tab in the dialog box.
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Click on the OK button in the box.
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Click on the OK button in the box.
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Click on Save Annotation FIle icon. | Let us save all the annotations we have made on this map.
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Point to Save Annotation FIle dialog box .
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Save Annotation FIle dialog box opens on the interface.
I will select Desktop folder.
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In the File name field type the name as Annotation-1.kml.
Cursor on Files of Type dropdown.
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In the File name field type the name as Annotation-1.kml.
Please note that file format should be.kml or osm. . Click on the Save button in the dialog box. |
close this Marble application.
Go to the Desktop folder. Point to Annotation-1.kml on the Desktop.
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Let us check our annotation file.
Go to the Desktop folder.
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Right-click on the file.
Select the optionOpen with KDE Marble. Point to all the annotations. |
To open the file, right-click on the file.
Notice that all annotations made on the map have been saved in this file.
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We will learn more about edit maps in the upcoming tutorials. | |
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Summary
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Let us summarise
In this tutorial we have learnt to add the following on the map.
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Summary |
We have also learnt to,
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About Spoken Tutorial project |
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Acknowledgment
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Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by,
MHRD, Government of India. |
This is Viji Nair from, IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for watching. |