Marble/C2/Export-Print-and-Download-maps/English-timed
From Script | Spoken-Tutorial
Revision as of 16:18, 3 May 2021 by PoojaMoolya (Talk | contribs)
Time | Narration |
00:01 | Welcome to this spoken tutorial on Export, Print and Download maps. |
00:08 | In this tutorial we will learn how to-
Export a map |
00:13 | Print a map and |
00:16 | Download maps |
00:19 | To record this tutorial, I am using; |
00:22 | Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04 |
00:27 | Marble version 1.12.20 |
00:32 | The process demonstrated in this tutorial is identical in-
Ubuntu Linux OS version 18.04 |
00:41 | Marble version 2.2.20 and |
00:46 | A working internet connection. |
00:49 | To practise this tutorial, learner should be familiar with Marble interface. |
00:55 | For the prerequisite Marble tutorials, please visit this site. |
01:01 | We will learn how to export a map for future reference. |
01:06 | We will export a map of India with different states. |
01:12 | For this we will use OpenStreetMap from the Map View.
Click on OpenStreetMap. |
01:19 | For better view, I will select Flat view option from the drop-down menu. |
01:25 | Zoom in and locate India on the map. |
01:31 | I will move and place the wind rose in a convenient location. |
01: | Let us first hide Overview Map, Compass, Scale bar and Wind rose for better view of the map. |
01:47 | Right-click on the Overview map.
A context menu opens. |
01:53 | Select Hide option from the menu. |
01:56 | Overview map is hidden from the interface. |
02:00 | Similarly I will hide Compass, Scale bar and Wind-rose from the interface. |
02:11 | Next let us hide latitudes and longitudes. |
02:16 | Go to Legend panel and uncheck Coordinate Grid checkbox. |
02:23 | Click on the File menu. |
02:26 | Select Export Map option. |
02:30 | Export Map dialog box opens. |
02:34 | Select a location to save the file. |
02:37 | I will select the Desktop folder. |
02:41 | In the File name field, type the file name as India hyphen map dot png. |
02:49 | We can export the map in dot png or dot jpg formats. |
02:56 | Click on the Save button at the bottom of the dialog box. |
03:01 | Let us open the exported map. |
03:05 | Go to the Desktop folder. |
03:08 | Here we can see India hyphen map dot png file. |
03:14 | Let us double-click to open this file. |
03:18 | Click on the close button to close the file. |
03:22 | Let us go back to the Marble interface with the same map view. |
03:27 | Next, we will learn how to print maps in Marble. |
03:32 | Click on the File menu and select Print option. |
03:37 | The Print dialog box appears on the interface. |
03:41 | Let us click on the Options button in the dialog box. |
03:45 | A menu appears with three tabs namely Copies, Options and Marble. |
03:53 | The options in this window are the standard print options. |
03:58 | Click on the Marble tab.
In this tab we can select the check-boxes to display various options on the map. |
04:08 | Visible Globe Region is selected by default. |
04:13 | We can check Outer Space and Legend check-boxes if required. |
04:19 | Now we will print our map. |
04:22 | Let us click on the Print button at the bottom of the dialog box. |
04:27 | If you have configured your printer correctly then your map will start printing. |
04:35 | An assignment for you.
Export the Political map of Africa in the dot png format. |
04:44 | Hint: Use Flat view option. |
04:48 | Let us go back to the default view. |
04:51 | Check Coordinate Grid checkbox. |
04:55 | Then go to Map View and select Atlas view. |
05:01 | Click on the Globe view button. |
05:04 | Let us zoom out and go back to the default view. |
05:08 | Next we will learn how to download maps in Marble. |
05:13 | Internet connectivity is required to download a map. |
05:18 | To download maps, go to File menu and select Download Maps option. |
05:25 | Shortcut key to download map is Ctrl + N. |
05:30 | Marble Install Maps window opens on the interface with various maps. |
05:36 | There is a scroll bar on the right side of this window. |
05:40 | Let us scroll down to see different maps that are available for download. |
05:47 | A short description about each map is given along with its view. |
05:52 | Below the description, we can see Author, License and Version for that particular map. |
06:01 | On the right side of each map, we can see an Install button with a tick mark. |
06:07 | From the list of maps I will select Natural Earth III map for downloading. |
06:14 | Click on the Install button corresponding to Natural Earth IIImap. |
06:20 | We see that Install button is replaced by a progress bar. |
06:25 | It will take a few seconds to download depending on the internet connectivity. |
06:31 | Apart from the maps of Earth, we also have maps of other celestial bodies. |
06:37 | Now I will download the map of Mercury. |
06:41 | If you wish to cancel the installation, click on the Cancel button. |
06:49 | After downloading click on the Close button at the bottom of this window. |
06:56 | Go to Map View and scroll down. |
07:00 | We can see that Natural Earth III map is saved in the Map View panel. |
07:07 | Click on Natural Earth III map. |
07:11 | Natural Earth III map opens on the interface. |
07:17 | We have also downloaded the map of Mercury.
As Mercury is a planet, it is saved in the Earth drop-down button. |
07:27 | Let us go to Earth drop-down button and click on it. |
07:31 | Observe that Mercury is added to this drop-down. |
07:36 | Click on Mercury.
Globe view of Mercury opens. |
07:43 | An assignment for you.
Download the maps of Venus and Mars. |
07:52 | Let us summarize. |
07:54 | In this tutorial, we have learnt how to- |
07:59 | Export a map |
08:01 | Print a map and |
08:03 | Download maps |
08:06 | The video at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project.
Please download and watch it. |
08:14 | The Spoken Tutorial Project team conducts workshops and gives certificates.
For more details, please write to us. |
08:24 | Please post your timed queries in this forum. |
08:28 | Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by, MHRD, Government of India. |
08:34 | This is Viji Nair from, IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for watching. |