Marble/C3/More-on-Edit-Maps/English
Visual Cue | Narration |
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Title slide |
Welcome to this tutorial on More on Edit maps. |
Slide Number 2 Learning Objectives |
In this tutorial we will, learn to,
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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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Pre-requisites www.spoken-tutorial.org |
To practise this tutorial, learner should be familiar with Marble interface.
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Code Files |
The files used in this tutorial are given in the Code files link.
Please download and extract the files to Desktop. I have downloaded and saved the files to my Desktop folder. |
Glimpses of making placemark, polygon area and path. | I have opened the Marble interface.
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Point to Ground Overlay icon . | First we will learn to add Ground Overlay to our map. |
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Ground Overlay |
A ground overlay is an image that can be added on to a map. |
Click on Add Ground Overlay icon.
Locate India on the map. Click on the Ground Overlay icon. |
I will add an image of an Indian flag on
location of India on the map. Click on the Ground Overlay icon in the Edit Maps panel. |
Edit ground overlay dialog box.
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Edit ground overlay dialog box opens.
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Open File box.
My image file is kept on the Desktop folder.
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Open File Marble Virtual Globe dialog box opens.
Double click on the Desktop folder. |
From the folder select the desired image and click on the Open button.
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From the folder select the desired image.
Here you can see the image India-Flag.png Select the image by clicking on it.
Note that the image file should be in the .png file format.
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Point to the image on the Browse button. | Image is seen on the Browse button.
Click on OK button in the Edit ground overlay dialog box. |
Point to the Image file.
Click on the double arrow icons in the border of the image.
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Image appears on the map.
Resize the image using the arrow handles. You can also drag and drop the image as per your choice. |
Point to select Item icon.
click on Select item icon. |
Next icon is Select item.
Select Item option can be used to select an item on the map. |
Select the polygon area Kerala. | I will zoom in and select the polygon area Kerala. |
Point to the Polygon area.
Right click on the polygon area. Point to context menu . |
All the nodes appear on the polygon area.
Right-click on the polygon area. A context menu opens. |
Click on Properties option.Then click on the OK button at the bottom left corner of the dialog box. | Click on Properties option.
Add Polygon dialog box opens. We will change the colour of our polygon area. |
Click on the colour box under Area.
Select colour window opens.
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Click on the colour box under Area.
Select Color window opens.
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Click on the OK button in the window.
Click on the OK button at the left corner of the Add Polygon dialog box. |
Click on the OK button in the window.
Click on the OK button at the bottom right corner of Add Polygon dialog box. |
Point to the polygon area. | Notice that the color of the polygon area has changed from Magenta to brown. |
Point to Polygon area.
Left click on the Polygon area.
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We can copy and paste this polygon area anywhere on the interface.
Left-click on the polygon area. Polygon area is in selected mode. |
Right click on the polygon. Select Copy option from the context menu.
Now i will paste this polygon at the outer side of the map |
Right-click on the polygon.
Select Copy option from the context menu. Now I will paste this polygon outside the map. |
Right click on the polygon area.
Select Remove option from the Context menu |
Let us now delete this polygon.
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Point to the message.
Click on the Yes button. Point on the polygon |
A message Are you sure you want to remove the current item? appears.
Click on the Yes button. The polygon is removed from the map. |
Click on the Polygon area.
Point to Polygon area. We can place this polygon anywhere using the drag and drop method. |
We can place this polygon anywhere on the map using the drag and drop method. |
Move this polygon outside of the map.
Move this back to the previous location. |
Now we will move this polygon outside of the map.
Let us move back the polygon to its previous location. |
Point to the map | Similarly we can change the properties of any item that is added on the map. |
Add Polygon Hole. | Next icon is Add Polygon Hole.
To highlight an area on the polygon, we can use Add Polygon Hole icon. Holes can be made in the existing polygon to highlight a particular region. |
Point to the polygon area Kerala and zoom in.
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Go to the polygon area Kerala and zoom in.
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Click on the Add Polygon Hole icon.
Start marking nodes on the region of Malapuram. Point to Polygon hole in the area of Malapuram. |
Click on the Add Polygon Hole icon.
Start marking nodes on the region of Malapuram. Observe that Malapuram area is marked with a polygon hole. |
Point to Add nodes. | Next icon is Add nodes.
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Point to path-1
Click on Add nodes icon.
Drag it to the desired location.
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I will now extend the Pune to Satara path.
I will extend the path to Kolhapur. |
Point to the Remove item icon. | Next we will learn to remove items on the map.
To remove any item from the map, we can use Remove item icon. |
Point to the Path-1 on the map.
Go to Path-1 and click on it. Click on Remove item icon. |
Now I will remove Path-1 from the map.
Go to Path-1 and click on it. Click on Remove item icon in the panel. |
Point to the message.
Click on the Yes button.
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A message Are you sure you want to remove the current item? appears.
Click on the Yes button.
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Clear Annotations.
Click on the Clear All Annotations icon. Point to the message. |
Click on Clear all annotations icon.
A message Are you sure you want to clear all annotations? appears. |
Point to the icon.
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This option is used to remove all the items created on the map.
Since I don't want to remove the items on the map, I will click on Cancel button. |
Click on View menu.
Point to all the icons in the view menu. |
Click on View menu.
Notice that all the icons in Edit maps panel are also available in the View menu. |
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Summary |
Let us summarize.
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Assignment |
An assignment for you,
Locate Austraia on the map and add its flag as Ground Overlay. Hint: The image of the flag of Australia is provided in the Code files link. |
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About contributors | This tutorial is contributed by Viji Nair and Madhuri Ganapathi from IIT Bombay.
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