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3. Install a country for offline use - manually<br>Open Marble > Top Menu > uncheck Work Offline to allow internet access<br>
53. Download Hitchwiki markers from http://hitchwiki.org/maps/ Select Download at the bottom of the window and select a country. The file is named country-XX.kml
6. Copy the file country-XX.kml file to the N900 to the MyDocs folder.
7. In Marble > Top menu > Tracking > uncheck Show Track > select the small file icon (upper right between Clear track and the save icon) > MyDocs opens by default > select country-XX.kml file. Disable Kinetic scrolling for better performance.<br>
84. Good hh spots such as petrol stations and parkings only appear at lower zoom levels. You might want to bookmark good these spots in the area you are heading beforehand. This will make quick lookups easierquicker. <br>
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Quit App manager and open Marble, Top menu > Marble Virtual Globe Menu > Map View > Select Mercator and OpenStreetMap. This map is identical to the desktop version, including hitchhikers' launch pads, also known as petrol stations and highway resting areas.
Tap on the map and move around the areas you will travel through. Zoom in and out for a more detailed map. Marble downloads and saves the area permanently on the phone. Alternatively, do a search: Menu > Go to... > press Return on the hardware keyboard.
To download a car, bicycle or pedestrian map of a route, follow the directions at the paragraph 'Downloading Map Data' at http://userbase.kde.org/Marble/Maemo/OfflineRouting
Marble adds kml files incremently, so more than one country could be loaded. To disable the kml layer, restart marble.
The dots on Hitchwiki are replaced by the letter ''''a'''' in ''''a Hitchhiking spot in [place, country]' and are placed on the same spot as the dots'''.
To do so, place the crosshair on the spot > press screen > Add bookmark > give a name. The bookmark now shows at all zoom levels.
9. ON THE ROAD<br>
- When travelling make sure Marble is set to Work Offline in the main menu! This stops Marble from automatically downloading missing tiles from an area that is opened.
