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Map Creation Wizard is an useful process through you can create new maps and visualize them in Marble.
Map Creation Wizard is an useful process through you can create new maps and visualize them in Marble.


=== Source for the map ===
== Source for the map ==


You can choose between 3 source to retrive the map:
You can choose between 3 source to retrive the map:
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* A bitmap of world stored locally
* A bitmap of world stored locally
* Online maps (Static Url, OSM Style)
* Online maps (Static Url, OSM Style)
=== Web Map Service ===
A Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images over the Internet that are generated by a map server using data from a GIS database.
You can choose your server by the dropdown list or by typing it in the box. Then you have to inspect it and select the available maps.

Revision as of 20:23, 29 December 2010

Map Wizard

Map Creation Wizard is an useful process through you can create new maps and visualize them in Marble.

Source for the map

You can choose between 3 source to retrive the map:

  • Web Map Service (WMS)
  • A bitmap of world stored locally
  • Online maps (Static Url, OSM Style)

Web Map Service

A Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images over the Internet that are generated by a map server using data from a GIS database.

You can choose your server by the dropdown list or by typing it in the box. Then you have to inspect it and select the available maps.