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Marble es un poderoso globo terráqueo virtual y mapa del mundo.

Para una breve introducción a Marble es posible que quieras ver diapositivas de nuestra presentación sobre Marble en Akademy / GCDS 2009.

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

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

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-For a short introduction into '''Marble''' you might want to have a look at the
+Para una breve introducción a '''Marble''' es posible que quieras ver
-[http://developer.kde.org/~tackat/marble-akademy2009.pdf slides of our presentation about Marble] at [http://www.grancanariadesktopsummit.org Akademy / GCDS 2009].
+[http://developer.kde.org/~tackat/marble-akademy2009.pdf diapositivas de nuestra presentación sobre Marble] en [http://www.grancanariadesktopsummit.org Akademy / GCDS 2009].
 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].