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==Overview of Features==
 
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Marble is an virtual atlas, it has many digital maps of the Earth. These maps provide information about physical geography of the Earth, including topography, rainfall, climate etc. It also has ‘historical’ maps which give the information about the Earth at various points in time in the past, relating to political regimes at that time
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==Other similar applications==
 
==Other similar applications==
 
==Development and community help==
 
==Development and community help==

Revision as of 10:26, 13 October 2016

Introduction

ICT Competency

Subject (Geography) resource creation.

Educational application and relevance

Atlas is an essential resource for a Geography teacher. An atlas is required to learn political geography as well as physical geography. Marble is a digital atlas. It can be used to understand and analyse map information of the Earth. Lessons can be created using different maps from Marble to understand certain concepts in geography.

Version

Marble Virtual Globe Version 1.8.3 (stable release) (Marble is also available on the Windows and Macintosh operating systems)

Configuration

This tool has no specific configuration requirements

Overview of Features

Marble is an virtual atlas, it has many digital maps of the Earth. These maps provide information about physical geography of the Earth, including topography, rainfall, climate etc. It also has ‘historical’ maps which give the information about the Earth at various points in time in the past, relating to political regimes at that time

Other similar applications

Development and community help

Working with the application

Functionalities

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File formats for creation

Saving the file

Export and publishing files

Advanced features

Installation

Method of installation Steps
From Ubuntu software Centre Steps
From Terminal Steps
From the web Steps
Web based registration Steps

The application on mobiles and tablets

Ideas for resource creation

References

How to use template

{{subst:Explore_an_application}} on the page you create for your tool. Page Name should be "Learn ToolName"