Searching places using Marble
Marble comes with a small database of more than 12,000 cities ( from http://www.worldgazetteer.com ) and a few mountains and volcanoes. You can find a location by entering its name into the search line on the top of the toolbox. If you're unsure about the spelling (Marble always uses the native name in latin letters) you can choose the location browser below the search line as well: A double click on the respective entry will instantly display the matching place on the map.
Once you found your city on the map you can click on its label or its symbol using the mouse button. A popup menu will appear which allows you to retrieve more information about the city. This popup menu can also be used to find out the coordinates for any point on the globe as the coordinates always get displayed at the bottom of the popup menu. After clicking the name of the location on the popup menu a data sheet dialog will appear, like this:
On the first tab of the dialog some very basic data is provided, like the name, coordinates and flag of the country the place belongs to. In addition, population numbers for cities get shown, as well as the elevation for mountains. If your computer is connected to the Internet and if you're online Marble will try to connect to the popular Internet encyclopedia “Wikipedia”. If a matching Wikipedia article is available Marble will display it on the second tab of the dialog.
