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Revision as of 13:50, 10 August 2019

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Narration
Slide Number 1

Title Slide

Welcome to the Spoken tutorial on Globe - A true model of the earth .
Slide Number 2

Learning objectives

In this tutorial we will learn about,
  • Behaim globe and historical map
  • Continents and oceans
  • Significanceof latitude and longitude
  • How to change the colour of latitudes and longitudes.
  • Grid and coordinates


Slide Number 3

System Requirement

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 Version 18.04
  • Marble version 2.2.20


Slide Number 4

Pre-requisites www.spoken-tutorial.org

To practise this tutorial, learner should be familiar with Marble interface.


For the prerequisite Marble tutorials, please visit this site.

Cursor on the globe. On the Marbleinterface, the topographical map of earthis the Virtual globe.
Slide Number 5

Globe

Let us learn about what is a globe.
  • The word globe comes from the Latin word globus, meaning sphere.
  • The earliest terrestrial globe was made by Martin Behaim in 1492 .


Go to MapView and select Behaim Globe 1492.


Point on the globe.

Let us go to MapView and select Behaim Globe 1492.

This is the oldest model of earth in the form of a sphere.

Globe select Legend panel.Go to Places (in German).


To see more features of this globe let us select Legend panel.


Scroll down the Legend panel Scroll down the Legend panel to see Places (in German).


Select Behaim Places checkbox. Select Behaim Places checkbox.

This shows the places depicted by Behaim in 1492.

Select checkbox Texts and Illustrations.

Select Texts and Illustrations checkbox.

In this globe, inscriptions are shown in German.

Rotate and point on the Behaim Globe. In this globe there is no clear demarcation between continents and coastlines.
Rotate and point on the Behaim Globe.

Rotate the globe to show America.


This globe was made by Behaim and his collaborators to discover the west.

For that reason America is not shown on this globe.

Slide Number

Assignment

An assignment for you

Explore the expanded versions of Behaim globe.

Hint: Use Legend panel.

Click Map view >> select

Historical Map 1689.


Let us go to Map view and select

Historical Map 1689.


Rotate and point on Historical Map 1689.


Point on continents, latitudes and longitudes.

In this globe we can see,
  • The continents
  • Latitudes and
  • Longitudes.


Click on Atlas view.

Point to light green and yellow color.

Point to oceans.

Let us go back to our default view.

We can see that land area is represented by light green and yellow colors.

Water is represented by blue colour.


Click on the dropdown button,next to the Globe View.

>>Flat View option.


Point to Flat View map

Click on the dropdown button, next to Globe View.

And select Flat View option.


Now we can see all the continents and oceans in the same plane.

Rotate and Point to different continents. Observe that the land of earth is divided into seven continents.

Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Australia and Antarctica.

move and point to different oceans.


Global Ocean is the interconnected system of water bodies.

For convenience water bodies have been grouped into oceans like

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean.

Southern Ocean and Atlantic Ocean


Click on the label of pacific ocean. Now we open the Place information data sheet of Indian ocean.
Click on Globe view. Let us go back to the default view.
Scroll down to show information. I will scroll down to show the information.Click on the close button to close this sheet.
Go to MapView and click on Political Map Let us go to MapView and select Political Map.
Cursor on the globe. We will hide the panels for better view of the globe.
Go to Settings menu >> select Panels.

In the submenu select Hide All Panels.

Go to the Settings menu and select Panels.

In the submenu select Hide All Panels.

Rotate and show Political map shows boundaries of countries and location of major cities.
Point on Asia.

zoom in and show countries clearly.

Point on the countries.

We will go to Asia and see the main countries of Asia.

Let us zoom in to see the countries Russia,China, India, Mongolia, and others.

Point on Africa.

Point on the countries.

Similarly we can find the other countries from the continents.
let us go back to the default view.
Go to Settings menu >> select Panel >> select Show All Panels. Go to Settings menu and select Panel and then select Show All Panels.
Click on Atlas View. Click on Atlas View.
Point to the red dot of North pole. Notice ared dot on the top of the globe. It is theNorth pole.
Rotate the globe .


Cursor on South pole.


Let us rotate the globe downward to see the other red dot.

It is the South pole.

Rotate the globe to its default view.

Cursor on the Equator.


Point two equal halves of globe

The yellow horizontal line running around the globe is the Equator.

It divides the earth into two equal parts.

Point on parallel lines on both sides of the Equator. Here we see some lines parallel to the equator.


Point on parallel lines on both sides of the Equator. Since these lines are parallel to theEquator, they are called parallels of latitudes.
Rotate the globe point to horizontal lines on the globe.

Shows parallel lines in the globe.

Notice that some lines are connected from the North Pole to the South Pole.

These lines are Meridians of longitudes .

Point to Prime Meridian. Prime Meridianis the mainMeridian of longitude.
Point on Prime Meridian .

Show the division

It is an imaginary line that divides the earth vertically into two equal halves.
Scroll and show the additional material More information about latitudes and longitudes is available in the Additional material link.
Point to latitudes and longitudes. Let us now change the colour of latitudes and longitudes for better visibility.
Go to the Settings menu >> select Configure Marble Virtual Globe option. Go to the Settings menu and select Configure Marble Virtual Globe option.
Point to Configure window. Configure window opens.
Point to the left panel.

Select Plugin option.

Point to the menu.

From the left panel select Plug ins option.

Plug ins menu opens.

click on the Configure button corresponding to Coordinate Grid check-box .


Point on Coordinate Grid Plug-in dialogue box.

In the menu, click on the Configure button corresponding to Coordinate Grid check-box.


Coordinate Grid Plug-in dialogue box opens.

Point to Grid, Tropics, Equator.



Click on the Grid button.


Here we can change the colours of Grid, Tropics and Equator.


Click on the Grid button.

Point on the Colour box

select dark rose colour.

Click on the OK button .


Color dialogue box appears on the screen.

In the box, I will select dark brown colour.

Click on the OK button in the colour box.

Click on the Tropics button.

Point on Colour box

select dark colour.

Click on the OK button .


Next click on the Tropics button.

Colour box appears again on the screen.

I will select the colour red and click the OK button .


Select red colour >> click the OK button. Similarly I will change the colour of Equator to black.
Click on the OK button of the Coordinate Grid plug-in dialogue box. Click on the OK button in the Coordinate Grid plug-in dialogue box.
Click on the OK button of the Configure window.


Click on the OK button in the Configure window.
Point on Grid, Tropics and Equator Observe the change in the colours of Grid, Tropics and Equator.
Point to the latitudes and longitudes.


Point to globe.

For convenience, most of the globes show only a few longitudes and latitudes.

But the actual globe has a parallel system of longitudes and latitudes.

Go to the settings menu and select Configure Marble Virtual Globeoption.


Go settings menu and select Configure Marble Virtual Globeoption.


Configure window opens.

Point to View menu.

Configure window opens.

Select view option from the left panel.

Click on the Angle drop down under Units.

Select Universal Transverse Mercator.

In the menu, under Units

click on the Angle dropdown.

Select Universal Transverse Mercator.


Click on Apply button >> click on the Ok button.


Click on Apply button and then click on the OK button.
Point on Geographic Grid system on the globe.


Observe that longitudes and latitudes form a criss cross network across the globe.

It is called as Geographic Grid.

Point on Coordinate. The intersection point of a latitude and a longitude is its Coordinate.
Go to the Settings menu >> select Configure Marble Virtual Globe. Let us go back to the default view.


Go to the Settings menu and select Configure Marble Virtual Globe.

Point to Configure window.


Configure window appears again.


Select View option from the left panel.

Point to the view menu.


Select View option from the left panel.

View menu opens.

In the View menu >> under Units >> click on Angle dropdown>> Select Degrees.


In the View menu, under Units click on Angle dropdown and Select Degrees.


Click on the OK button. Click on the OK button to close the dialogue box.
Cursor on the globe. Let us go back to our home location, Mumbai.

We will find the coordinates of Mumbai on the globe.


Point on Mumbai,

Point on the status bar which shows Latitude and longitude of Mumbai.

Place the cursor on Mumbai.

Its longitude and latitude are shown on the Status bar.

Let us summarize.
Slide Number 7

Summary


In this tutorial we have learnt about * Behaim globe and historical map
  • Continents and oceans
  • Significanceof latitude and longitude
  • How to change the colour of latitudes and longitudes.
  • Grid and coordinates


Slide Number 7

Assignment

An assignment for you,

1. Find the continents through which the equator passes and

2. Find the Indian statesthrough which the Tropic of cancerpasses.

Slide Number 8

About Spoken Tutorial project

The video at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project.

Please download and watch it.

Slide Number 9

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For more details, please write to us.

Slide Number 10

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Choose the minute and second where you have the question.

Explain your question briefly

Someone from our team will answer them.


Please post your timed queries in this forum.

Slide Number 9

Acknowledgement

Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by,National Mission on Education through ICT and

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching,Government of India.


MHRD, Government of India.

This is Viji Nair from IIT Bombay signing off.

Thank you for watching.

Contributors and Content Editors

Nancyvarkey, Snehalathak, Vijinair

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