Marble/C2/Search-places-and-Measure-distances/English
Visual Cue | Narration |
Slide Number 1
Title slide |
Welcome to this Spoken tutorial on Search Places and Measure Distances. |
Slide Number 2
Learning Objectives
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In this tutorial we will learn about,
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System Requirements
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To record this tutorial, I am using;
The process demonstrated in this tutorial is identical in,
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Slide Number 4
Pre-requisites |
To follow this tutorial, learner should be familiar with Marble interface.
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Point to Search panel.
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We have already learnt about different panels in Marble. |
Point on Search panel
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Now we will learn how to search places using the Search panel.
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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. |
Point on Global search | By default Global search is selected. |
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 | Now we will search, for China on the map.
Let us type china in the search box.
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Shows all the pce names 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.
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Now select China from the list.
Press Enter key on the keyboard. |
Point on the cross hair on China.
Rotate and zoom in to navigate China
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Notice that a cross hair appears on the location of China on the map. |
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
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Now Let us Zoom in and navigate to China.
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Point on China and click on it.
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After finding the location on the map, Left-click on its label. |
Point on the new data sheet on the screen.
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A Place information data sheet appears on the screen. |
Point on Name and flag of the country
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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 see Coordinates table.
This table shows information about Longitude, Latitude and Elevation of the place.
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Point on Place description and information appears
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Below the table we see Short Description.
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Point to the scroll bar.
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Data sheet has a scroll-bar to scroll to the bottom of the sheet.
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Point on Fact sheet, population
scroll up on the datasheet |
Next we have Fact sheet table.
It shows population and Area of the county. 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 Close 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. |
Now 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.
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Select Mount Everest from the list.
Press Enter key on the keyboard. Here we can see the Cross-hair. Zoom in to get better visibility.
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Point on place information data sheet.
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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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Assignment
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As an Assignment,
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Zoom in and navigate to Delhi.
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Next we will learn how to the measure distance between two places on the map.
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Zoom in and locate Mumbai on the map.
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I will Zoom in and locate Mumbai on the map.
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Point on the Context menu.
select Add measure point. |
A context menu appears on the globe.
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A white + sign appears on the location of Delhi | A white plus sign appears on the location of Mumbai. |
Click on Chennai and select Add measure point.
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Next locate Chennai.
Right click on its label. Context menu appears again.
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Point on the Red line appears on the screen.
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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.
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The distance between Mumbai and Chennai is shown as 1024.21 Km.
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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. |
Right click on the map.
Remove Measure Points. |
To remove the measure points, right click on the map.
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Cursor on the map. | Now we do not see the measure points for Mumbai and Chennai. |
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Assignment
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As an Assignment,
Find the distance between Pune and Bengaluru on the virtual globe. |
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Summary
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Let us summarise,
In this tutorial wha have learnt about
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Slide Number 8
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This is Viji Nair from, IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for watching. |