:Author: Hamish Bowman
:Version: osgeo-live4.0
:License: Creative Commons

.. _marble-quickstart:
 
.. image:: images/project_logos/logo-marble.png
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  :alt: project logo
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  :target: http://edu.kde.org/marble/

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KDE-edu Marble Quickstart 
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Getting Started
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* Click on the desktop icon

* If you have used Google Earth before you should be able to figure this program out without much difficulty.

* In the Settings menu select full-screen mode

* Explore ...

* Click on a city name (cursor becomes a pointing hand), within the info center select the Wikipedia tab and read about the place

* In the bottom-left corner of the program window there is a subtle tab called "Map View". Click on it.

* Select another map (e.g. 'Precipitation (July)')

* Explore some more ... 


See the `Marble homepage <http://edu.kde.org/marble/>`_ for more help.