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Time | Narration |
00:01 | Welcome to this SpokenTutorial on ConfigureMarble. |
00:05 | In this tutorial we will, learn to configure, |
00:07 | Navigation, Date and Time and Plugins |
00:12 | To record this tutorial, I am using,
Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04 |
00:19 | Marble version 1.12.20 and |
00:23 | A working Internet connection. |
00:26 | The process demonstrated in this tutorial is identical in, |
00:31 | Ubuntu Linux OS version 18.04
Marble version 2.2.20 |
00:39 | To practise this tutorial, learner should be familiar with Marble interface |
00:44 | For the prerequisite Marble tutorials, please visit this site. |
00:49 | The files used in this tutorial are available in the Code Files link on this tutorial page. |
00:55 | Please download and extract them. |
00:58 | Make a copy and then use them while practising. |
01:02 | I have downloaded and saved the files to my Desktop. |
01:06 | Let us first see what is configuration. |
01:10 | Configuration means arranging elements in a particular form. |
01:15 | It creates a different appearance of the interface. |
01:19 | I have opened the Marble interface in the default Atlas view. |
01:24 | Let us go the Settings menu. |
01:26 | Click on Configure Marble Virtual Globe option. |
01:31 | Configure window opens. |
01:34 | Let us place the Configure window to the left of the interface. |
01:38 | The Configure window has two panels. |
01:41 | Left panel has different menus. |
01:45 | Right panel has different options for the corresponding menu. |
01:49 | Click on Navigation. |
01:51 | Navigation menu opens in the right panel. |
01:55 | Under Dragging and Animation we have two check-boxes. |
01:59 | Inertial Globe Rotation and Animate Voyage to the target. |
02:04 | Inertial Globe Rotation is checked by default. |
02:07 | Inertial Globe Rotation enables kinetic spinning of the globe while dragging. |
02:14 | I will move the Configure window to see the interface clearly. |
02:19 | Let us rotate the globe. Notice that globe is moving freely. |
02:25 | Let us uncheck the box to stop free spinning of the globe. |
02:30 | Click on the Apply button in the box. |
02:33 | You can check Animate voyage to the target option on your own. |
02:38 | I will move the Configure window back to its place. |
02:42 | Next click on Date and Time. |
02:45 | Date and Time menu opens in the right panel. |
02:49 | Here, you can choose a date and time. |
02:52 | This menu has two sections. |
02:55 | Time zone and When Marble starts. |
02:59 | Under Time zone, System time zone is selected by default. |
03:04 | This means Marble shows the time which is set in the system. |
03:09 | To set other time zones, Choose Time zone option. |
03:14 | Universal Time Coordinated drop-down button becomes active. |
03:19 | Click on the up down arrow button. |
03:22 | From the list, we can select any one of the time zones. |
03:26 | Now click on the System time zone radio button to show the system time. |
03:32 | Next let us click on Plugins. |
03:35 | Different plugins available in Marble are shown in the Plugins menu. |
03:40 | Plugins are introduced by developers and other independent users. |
03:46 | Plugins help to create new features on the interface. |
03:50 | In the Plugins menu we can see a scroll bar at the right side of the window. |
03:55 | Let us scroll down to the bottom to see all the available plugins. |
04:00 | Each plugin can be activated or deactivated using the check box on the left. |
04:06 | Observe that all the plugins are activated by default. |
04:10 | Notice that some plugins are provided with a Configure button on the right side. |
04:16 | It means that these plugins can be further configured. |
04:20 | The plugins that do not have a Configure button cannot be configured further. |
04:26 | Now let us go the Compass plugin. |
04:29 | Click on the Configure button corresponding to Compass plugin. |
04:34 | Configure Compass Plugin window opens. |
04:37 | Window shows 4 Themes for Compass - Default, Arrows, Atom, Magnet. |
04:46 | By default, Default theme is selected. |
04:50 | Now I will select Arrows theme. |
04:52 | Click on the Apply button, and then click on the OK button. |
04:57 | Observe that theme for Compass has changed to Arrows. |
05:00 | Now let us scroll down and locate Overview Map plugin. |
05:05 | Click on the Configure button corresponding to Overview Map. |
05:09 | Dialog box opens on the screen. |
05:12 | Under Map Image, Planet Earth is selected by default. |
05:17 | Below Planet we can see a rectangular button. |
05:21 | Now we will change the default Overview map with a different map. |
05:26 | Preview of the default map is shown in the Preview section along with the path. |
05:32 | Click on the Preview map. |
05:34 | The Preview map is shown on the rectangular button. |
05:38 | Click on the button.
Choose Overview Map Marble Virtual Globe dialog box opens. |
05:45 | Here we can select a map to replace the default overview map. |
05:50 | World physical map dot svg file is provided in the Code files link. |
05:55 | My file is saved in the Desktop folder. |
05:59 | Double-click on the Desktop folder. |
06:02 | The allowed file format is only dot svg.
Select World physical map dot svg file. |
06:10 | Sometimes on clicking the Open button, Marble application may close automatically. |
06:16 | This is because Marble was not configured before to change the Overview map. |
06:22 | Click on the Open button in the dialog box. |
06:25 | World physical map is shown as a preview on the button. |
06:28 | Click on the Apply button to see the changed overview map. |
06:33 | we can adjust the size of Overview map using the Size drop-down button. |
06:38 | Click on the arrow button to increase or decrease the size of overview map. |
06:43 | Click on the Apply button to see the changes in the size of the overview map. |
06:48 | Under Colors, we have Position Indicator. |
06:51 | Click on the button next to Position indicator. |
06:55 | Color window opens on the screen. |
06:57 | From the colour box, I will select red colour. |
07:01 | Click on the OK button in the color box. |
07:04 | Click on the Apply button in the box. |
07:07 | Then click on the OK button in the dialog box. |
07:11 | Observe the change in colour of the Position Indicator. |
07:15 | Click on OK button in the Configure window.
Observe all the applied changes. |
07:22 | Let us summarize. |
07:24 | In this tutorial we have, learnt to configure,
Navigation, Date and Time and Plugins |
07:31 | As an assignment, configure Measure Tool and Scalebar plugins. |
07:37 | The video at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project.
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07:44 | TheSpoken Tutorial Project team: conducts workshops using spoken tutorials and gives certificates.
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07:53 | Please post your timed queries in this forum. |
07:57 | Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by, MHRD, Government of India. |
08:02 | This tutorial is contributed by Viji Nair and Madhuri Ganapathi from IIT Bombay. Thank you for watching. |