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Marble is a virtual globe and world atlas — your swiss army knife for maps. Find your way and explore the world! More details about the Marble project are available at https://marble.kde.org/.

Task Description

Compile the development (not the stable) version of Marble as described in https://marble.kde.org/sources.php. Start bin/marble or bin/marble-qt, open the "Route" and the "Location" panels. Plan a route somewhere, and in the Location panel set "Position Tracking" to "Current Route". You now have a GPS simulation where the position is reported along the planned route. Note how the reported positions seem a bit unrealistic because the speed changes a lot (it seems to jump around). Improve this as described in T1221. Please implement the simpler approach 1) first; the implementation of 2) will become its own task.

Contact

Got a question, a problem or just want to talk? Please get in touch with us!

The #marble IRC channel is the easiest way to contact us. Webchat here.

• Dennis Nienhüser uses the nick name Earthwings. He is online in the evenings CET (central european time).
• Torsten Rahn uses the nick name tackat.
• Sanjiban Bairagya ues the nick name fewcha.

All mentors are subscribed to the marble-devel mailing list. You can also reach us individually:

• Dennis Nienhüser at nienhueser@kde.org.
• Torsten Rahn at tackat@kde.org.