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Marble is a powerful virtual globe and world map.

It is part of the KDE Education Project.

For a short introduction into Marble you might want to have a look at the slides of our presentation about Marble at Akademy / GCDS 2009.

There's also a YouTube-video of the first 10 minutes available. The full video can be downloaded here.

Features

You can pan and zoom around and you can look up places and roads
A mouse click on a place label will provide the respective Wikipedia article
You can measure distances between locations
It offers different thematic maps: A classroom-style topographic map, a satellite view, street map, earth at night and temperature and precipitation maps. All maps include a custom map key, so it can also be used as an educational tool for use in class-rooms
For educational purposes you can also change date and time and watch how the starry sky and the twilight zone on the map change
Supports multiple projections: Choose between a Flat Map ("Plate carré"), Mercator or the Globe
Promotes the usage of free maps

Screenshots

Tutorials

Maemo (Marble for Nokia N900)

Installing Marble on a Nokia N900 (obsolete)
Setting up Offline Routing on a Nokia N900 (obsolete)
Route Planning and Guidance Mode on a Nokia N900 (obsolete)
GPS Tracking (obsolete)
Using Bookmarks (obsolete)
Searching Places (obsolete)

More Information

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-| '''Marble is powerful virtual globe and world map.'''
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+| '''Marble is a powerful virtual globe and world map.'''<br />
+It is part of the [http://edu.kde.org KDE Education Project].
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-'''Marble''' is part of the [http://edu.kde.org KDE Education Project].
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-| [[Image:marble_welcome.png|350px|thumb]]
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-| Several views,
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-For a short introduction into Marble you might want to have a look at the
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+For a short introduction into '''Marble''' you might want to have a look at the
 [http://developer.kde.org/~tackat/marble-akademy2009.pdf slides of our presentation about Marble] at [http://www.grancanariadesktopsummit.org Akademy / GCDS 2009].
-There's also a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iukEWGoDNho YouTube-video of the
+<!--T:5-->
-first 10 minutes] available. The full video can be downloaded [http://www.geeksoc.org/gcds/Torsten%20Rahn,%20Marble.ogv here].
+There's also a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iukEWGoDNho YouTube-video of the first 10 minutes] available. The full video can be downloaded [http://www.geeksoc.org/gcds/Torsten%20Rahn,%20Marble.ogv here].
+==Features== <!--T:6-->
+<!--T:7-->
+* You can pan and zoom around and you can look up places and roads
+* A mouse click on a place label will provide the respective Wikipedia article
+* You can measure distances between locations
+* It offers different thematic maps: A classroom-style topographic map, a satellite view, street map, earth at night and temperature and precipitation maps. All maps include a custom map key, so it can also be used as an educational tool for use in class-rooms
+* For educational purposes you can also change date and time and watch how the starry sky and the twilight zone on the map change
+* Supports multiple projections: Choose between a Flat Map ("Plate carré"), Mercator or the Globe
+* Promotes the usage of free maps
+==Screenshots== <!--T:8-->
+<!--T:9-->
+[[Image:Marble_streetmap.jpg|thumb|500px|center|''Streetmap of Linköping in Sweden'']]
+== Tutorials == <!--T:15-->
-==Features==
+<!--T:16-->
+* [[Special:myLanguage/Marble/MapThemes|Map Theme Configuration]]
+* [[Special:myLanguage/Marble/Bookmarks|Using Bookmarks]]
-==Screenshots==
+=== Maemo (Marble for Nokia N900) === <!--T:17-->
+<!--T:18-->
+* [[Special:myLanguage/Marble/Maemo/Installation|Installing '''Marble''' on a Nokia N900]] (obsolete)
+* [[Special:myLanguage/Marble/Maemo/OfflineRouting|Setting up Offline Routing on a Nokia N900]] (obsolete)
+* [[Special:myLanguage/Marble/Maemo/GuidanceMode|Route Planning and Guidance Mode on a Nokia N900]] (obsolete)
+* [[Special:myLanguage/Marble/Tracking|GPS Tracking]] (obsolete)
+* [[Special:myLanguage/Marble/Bookmarks#Bookmarks_on_the_N900|Using Bookmarks]] (obsolete)
+* [[Special:myLanguage/Marble/Search|Searching Places]] (obsolete)
-==Documentation==
+== More Information == <!--T:12-->
-* [http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdeedu/marble/index.html '''Marble''' Handbook]
+<!--T:13-->
+* [http://marble.kde.org/ Marble website]
+* [http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdeedu/marble/index.html Marble Handbook]
+* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(software) Wikipedia]
+<!--T:14-->
 [[Category:Education]]
+[[Category:Science]]
+[[Category:Mobile]]
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