Marble/C3/Features-of-Marble/English-timed
From Script | Spoken-Tutorial
| Time | Narration |
| 00:01 | Welcome to this Spoken Tutorial on Features of Marble. |
| 00:06 | In this tutorial we will learn to |
| 00:09 | Create a new map |
| 00:11 | Delete a map |
| 00:12 | Copy a map to a document and |
| 00:14 | Record a movie in Marble. |
| 00:18 | To record this tutorial, I am using, Ubuntu Linux OS, version 16.04 |
| 00:25 | Marble version 1.12.20 |
| 00:29 | FFmpeg and |
| 00:31 | A working Internet connection. |
| 00:34 | The process demonstrated in this tutorial is identical in, |
| 00:39 | Ubuntu Linux OS, version 18.04
Marble version 2.2.20. |
| 00:47 | To practise this tutorial, learner should be familiar with Marble interface. |
| 00:53 | For the prerequisite Marble tutorials, please visit this site. |
| 00:58 | The files used in this tutorial are available in the Code Files link on this tutorial page. |
| 01:05 | Please download and extract them. |
| 01:08 | Make a copy and then use them while practising. |
| 01:12 | I have downloaded and saved the files to my Desktop. |
| 01:16 | Let us first learn to create a map in Marble. |
| 01:20 | Let us open the default Atlas view. |
| 01:24 | In the Map view panel select Flat View option, if not already selected. |
| 01:30 | Flat view of Atlas is seen on the interface. |
| 01:34 | Click on the File menu and select Create a New Map option. |
| 01:39 | Marble Map Theme Creation Wizard dialog box opens. |
| 01:44 | Select the second radio button A single image showing the whole world. |
| 01:49 | Click on the Next button in the box. |
| 01:52 | In the box, click on the 3 dots button next to Source Image field. |
| 01:59 | Open dialog box appears. |
| 02:02 | Select the folder where you have saved your desired map. |
| 02:07 | My image file is in the Desktop folder. |
| 02:11 | Double-click on the Desktop folder. |
| 02:14 | Select oceans-and-seas-map-of-the-world.jpg file |
| 02:19 | We can either use .png or .jpg image files. |
| 02:24 | Click on the Open button at the bottom right corner of the dialog box |
| 02:29 | Image path is added to the Source Image field. |
| 02:34 | Click on the Next button in the dialog box. |
| 02:38 | Please read the General Information given at the top. |
| 02:42 | In the Map Title field I will type the name as World Oceans and Seas. |
| 02:48 | In the Map Name field type the name as Oceans and Seas. |
| 02:53 | In the Description field , I will add a short description about this map. |
| 02:58 | This description is provided in the Code files. |
| 03:02 | Below the Description field, we can see the Preview Image of the selected map. |
| 03:08 | If you want to change the image, click on Change button. |
| 03:13 | As this is a downloaded map, I don't want to change the image. |
| 03:18 | I will click on the Next button. |
| 03:21 | Let us leave the Legend image and its components as default. |
| 03:26 | Then click on the Next button. |
| 03:29 | Read the Summary carefully. |
| 03:32 | Map Name, Map theme, and Preview Image are seen here. |
| 03:38 | Click on the Preview Map button. |
| 03:41 | Preview Map- Marble Virtual Globe window opens. |
| 03:44 | It shows the preview of the map. |
| 03:48 | Close the Preview Map window. |
| 03:51 | Click on the Finish button in the box. |
| 03:54 | Go to the Map View panel and scroll down. |
| 03:59 | World Oceans and Seas map is saved in the Map View panel. |
| 04:04 | Here you can see the description that is added while creating this map. |
| 04:09 | Let us open this map. |
| 04:12 | Now I will show how to delete this map from the interface. |
| 04:17 | Go to World Oceans and Seas in the Map View panel and right-click on it. |
| 04:23 | Select Delete Map Theme option. |
| 04:27 | A message: Are you sure you want to delete “World Oceans and Seas” appears. |
| 04:33 | Click on the Yes button in the box. |
| 04:36 | This map is deleted from the Map View panel. |
| 04:41 | Next we will learn how to copy a map from Marble to other documents. |
| 04:46 | For example, I will copy the Satellite view of the world to a document. |
| 04:51 | Go to Map View panel and select Satellite View. |
| 04:55 | I will hide Overviewmap, Compass, Windrose and Scale Bar for a better view. |
| 05:05 | Go to the Edit menu and select Copy Map option. |
| 05:10 | I have opened a LibreOffice Writer document in my system. |
| 05:15 | To paste this map in the document press Ctrl and V keys together. |
| 05:20 | Satellite View of the world map is copied to the document as an image. |
| 05:26 | We can resize the image by dragging the handles. |
| 05:30 | Now we will save this document. |
| 05:32 | Click on File and select Save option. |
| 05:36 | Save dialog box opens. |
| 05:39 | Select Desktop folder to save the file. |
| 05:43 | In the Name field, type the name as Satellite hyphen view dot odt |
| 05:50 | Click on the Save button at the bottom of the dialog box. |
| 05:54 | This is the saved document Satellite hyphen view dot odt |
| 05:59 | Double-click on it to open the file. |
| 06:02 | An assignment for you. |
| 06:04 | Create a world map showing climate zones of the world. |
| 06:09 | Hint: Climate Zones map is available in the Code files link. |
| 06:15 | Next let us learn to record a movie in Marble. |
| 06:19 | Before we start the recording, we have to set a theme for it. |
| 06:24 | I will choose Earth at Night view to record a movie. |
| 06:28 | Click on Earth at Night view from the Map View panel. |
| 06:32 | Click on the Globe View to see the virtual globe. |
| 06:36 | To record a movie in Marble, FFmpeg software is required. |
| 06:42 | FFmpeg is a collection of libraries and tools to process multimedia. |
| 06:48 | FFmpeg is a free and open source software. |
| 06:52 | It handles video, audio, and other multimedia files and streams. |
| 06:58 | You can download FFmpeg from the below link. |
| 07:02 | I have download FFmpeg software to my system. |
| 07:07 | To record a movie, go to the Edit menu and select Record Movie option. |
| 07:13 | Movie Recording Marble dialog box opens on the interface. |
| 07:18 | Click on the Open button in the dialog box. |
| 07:22 | Save video file dialog box opens. |
| 07:26 | I will select the Desktop folder as the destination. |
| 07:30 | In the File name field type the name as Earth hyphen at hyphen Night dot mp4 |
| 07:38 | Select the Files of type as MPEG-4. |
| 07:43 | Click on Save button in the box. |
| 07:47 | Here we see Fps up and down arrow button. |
| 07:52 | What is FPS? |
| 07:54 | FPS is frames per second. |
| 07:58 | It shows how many unique consecutive images a camera can handle in one second. |
| 08:05 | We can change the FPS value between 1 and 60. |
| 08:10 | I will keep the value as 30. |
| 08:13 | Once everything is set, we can start the recording. |
| 08:17 | To start recording, I will click on the Start button. |
| 08:21 | Earth at Night map view shows the Earth’s city lights. |
| 08:26 | These lights are visible at night on the Earth's surface. |
| 08:31 | Let us rotate the globe to see different continents. |
| 08:37 | The brightest areas of the world are the most populated areas. |
| 08:42 | Since there is no human population, oceans and seas look completely dark. |
| 08:50 | Now we have completed our recording. |
| 08:54 | Let us go to the Edit menu and select Stop recording option. |
| 09:00 | Now let us check our saved video. |
| 09:03 | Go to the Desktop folder. |
| 09:06 | Earth at Night dot mp4 file is saved on the Desktop. |
| 09:11 | Let us open this file. |
| 09:14 | We can see that Earth at night view has been captured. |
| 09;19 | Let us close this file. |
| 09:22 | Let us summarize. |
| 09:24 | In this tutorial we have, learnt to
Create a new map. |
| 09:27 | Delete a map |
| 09:29 | Copy a map to a document and Record a movie in Marble. |
| 09:35 | As an assignment, |
| 09:37 | Record a movie using Temperature(July) map view. |
| 09:42 | Show the continents with highest temperatures in the month of July. |
| 09:47 | Hint: Use Temperature(July) map from the Map View panel. |
| 09:52 | The video at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project.
Please download and watch it. |
| 10:00 | The Spoken Tutorial Project team: conducts workshops and using spoken tutorials and gives certificates. |
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| 10:10 | Please post your timed queries in this forum. |
| 10:14 | Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by, MHRD, Government of India. |
| 10:20 | This tutorial is contributed by Viji Nair and Madhuri Ganapathi from IIT Bombay. Thank you for watching. |
