[Marble-devel] Some "high-level" Marble specifications

[Torsten Rahn]

Hi Evert,
 
The Marble library comes with a set of different free map themes. This 
includes a satellite map theme which only has a resolution of 500m / pixel.
 
Additionally you can download the MapQuest Open Aerial which features a 
much higher resolution (which is best in the US).
 
In addition to that you can also add your own map data to Marble. See e.g.
 
https://techbase.kde.org/Marble/OSMSlippyMaps
<https://techbase.kde.org/Marble/OSMSlippyMaps>
 
for more information on that.
 
Technically it should be possible to integrate any tiled map data into 
Marble by following the approach in the tutorial above.
 
Best Regards,
Torsten
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Betreff: [Marble-devel] Some "high-level" Marble specifications
Datum: 2016-04-19T13:19:16+0200
Von: "Evert Trollip" <evert.trollip at stonethree.com>
An: "marble-devel at kde.org" <marble-devel at kde.org>
 
 
 
Hi all Marble Devs,

I am new to Marble and using it in Qt. I have been doing some research into 
different GIS interface APIs. A client would then like an abstract API 
layer with which to interface with the selected GIS interface API and 
display it in a "proof-of-concept" GUI. I hope that I am allowed to post 
this kind of question here, and I hope someone will be able to assist. 
Otherwise, I will try to do some research on the website, but I am not sure 
if I will find everything I need there. So, I would like to know if I can 
ask someone to share the following information with me regarding Marble:

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World coverage:

Resolution:

Age of mapping data:

Obtaining satellite images:

Availability of Altitude and DEM:

Downloading Satellite images:

Static image API for downloading imagery?

Cost?

Licensing and Copyright conditions?

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I will be looking on the website and will Google some more information in 
the meantime, but need to understand the specs before I can use Marble to 
develop.

Kind regards, 
Evert
 
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Evert Trollip
Software Engineer
M.Eng (Electrical and Electronic)
 
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