Marble/C2/Export-Print-and-Download-maps/English
Visual Cue | Narration |
Slide Number 1
Title Slide |
Welcome to this Spoken tutorial on Export, Print and Download maps.
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Slide Number 2
Learning objectives |
In this tutorial we have learnt how to,
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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 OS v 18.04 Marble version 2.2.20 and A working internet connection |
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Pre-requisites |
To practise this tutorial
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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 view. |
Click on the dropdown button next to Globe view >>
select Flat view option.
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For a better view, I will select Flat view option from the dropdown menu. |
Zoom in and locate India.
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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. Click on Hide option. |
Right click on the Overview map.
Select Hide option from the menu.
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Right click on the Compass .
Click on Hide option.
Click on Hide option.
Click on Hide option. |
Similarly I will hide Compass,Scale bar and Wind-rose from the interface.
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Click on Legend panel
Uncheck Coordinate Grid checkbox.
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Next let us hide latitudes and longitudes.
Go to Legend panel. And uncheck Coordinate Grid checkbox. |
Go to menu bar.
Click on the File menu. Click on 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 Desktopfolder
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I will select the Desktop folder.
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Point on text box
Type the name India-map.png Point to the extensions. Click on Save button. |
In the File name field, type the file name as India-map.png
Click on the Save button at the bottom of the dialog box. |
Go to Desktop folder | Let us open the exported map.
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Point on the India-map.png file in theDesktop.
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Here we can see India-map.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. |
Next, we will learn how to print maps in Marble.
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Click on the File menu.
Select Print Preview option.
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Click on the File menu and select Print Preview option. |
Cursor on the Preview window. | Print preview window appears on the interface. |
Cursor on the Preview window. | It displays how the map looks when it gets printed.
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Point on the Toolbar of the Print Preview.
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The toolbar of the Preview window shows various options.
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click on the close button. | I will close this Preview window. |
Click on the File menu in the menu bar and then select Print. | Now we will see how to take printouts.
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Point to Print dialog box. | The Print dialog-box appears on the interface. |
Point to the dialog-box.
Click on the Properties button. |
In the dialog box, click on the Properties button.
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Select Landscape radio button.
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In the Orientation field select Landscape radio button.
And click on OK button at the bottom. |
Click on the Options button in the dialog box.
Point to the tabs. Point to Copies tab. |
Let us click on the Options button in the dialog-box.
A menu appears with three tabs namely Copies, Options and Marble. By default Copies tab opens. |
Point to the headings. | Copies tab has two headings Print range and Output Settings. |
Point to Print all and Pages from radio buttons. | In the Print range section, we can select the pages as required. |
Point to Output Settings . Point to the Copies field. |
In the Output Settings section, we can select the number of copies to print.
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Click on the Options tab
Point to the fields. |
Now click on the Options tab.
In this tab we have Duplex Printing and Color mode fields. Let us keep the default values as they are. |
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
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Visible Globe Region is selected by default.
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Click on the 3 dots button next to output file.
Point to Print to file dialog box. |
Let us print a map to a file.
Click on the 3 dots button next to output file.
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Double click on Desktop folder.
Click on the Save button |
Select a location to save the file.
I will select Desktop folder.
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Click on the Print button. | Click on the Printbutton.
Our document is saved on the Desktop as a pdf file. |
Point to Print. pdf
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Let us go to the PrintDesktop folder.
Print. pdf file is saved on the Desktop. Double click on the file to open it. |
Click on the close button to close the dialogue box | Click on the close button to close the dialogue box
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Slide Number 5
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An Assignment for you,
Export the Political Map of Africa in the .png format. Hint: Use Flat view option.
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Click on Globe view.
Check Coordinate grid checkbox. Then go to Mapview and select Atlas view. Click on the Globe View button. Zoom in and go back to the default view. |
Let us go back to the default view.
Check Coordinate grid checkbox. Then go to Mapview and select Atlas view.
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Now 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.
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To download maps, go to File menu and select Download Maps option.
Short cut key to download map is Ctrl+N |
Point to the Marble Install window appeared on the screen.
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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.
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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.
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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 III map.
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Cursor on the progress bar. | We see that Install button is replaced by a progress bar.
It will take a few seconds to download depending on the internet connectivity. |
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 button of the MercuryMap. | 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. |
Goto Mapview and scroll down. | Goto Mapview 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 opened on the interface |
Click on the Natural Earth III map.
Natural Earth III 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 Earthdrop down button.
Let us go to Earth drop down button and click on it.
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Click on Mercury option.
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Observe that Mercury is added to this dropdown.
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Slide Number 6
Assignment |
An assignmentfor you,
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Summary |
Let us summarize.
In this tutorial, we have learnt how to,
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