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24 changes: 23 additions & 1 deletion guide/ch_interface.tex
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Expand Up @@ -777,14 +777,36 @@ \subsection{The Landscape Tab}
\subsection{The Starlore Tab}
\label{sec:gui:view:starlore}


\begin{figure}[th]\centering
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{stellarium-skycultures-map.jpg}
\caption{World map showing Stellarium's built-in set of
skycultures. To avoid overcrowding, smaller European skycultures
which are mostly derivatives of the ``Western'' skyculture are not
shown. (Image: S. M. Hoffmann)}
\label{fig:skycultures}
\end{figure}

\noindent If you want to explore humankind's cultural history, you could also
switch to the viewpoint of other ancient or contemporary
people. Constellations are defined as patterns in the sky serving to
set calendar marks and to navigate while travelling on Earth. Which
patterns are seen depends on the natural environment and the cultural
habits of the people, i.e., the Inuit in the arctic area might have
seen an Elk where the Chinese have seen a huge spoon or dipper. There
cannot be any astrological influence from these patterns as they had
been seen differently and, thus, are a product of human's
imagination. So, pointing out these cultural differences might have an
educational function, too.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering\includegraphics[width=0.75\textwidth]{view_dialog_starlore_tab.png}
\caption{View Settings Window: Starlore Tab}
\label{fig:gui:view:starlore}
\end{figure}

The Starlore tab of the View window (Fig.~\ref{fig:gui:view:starlore})
controls what culture's constellations and bright star names will be
controls which culture's constellations and bright star names will be
used in the main display. Some cultures have constellation art (e.g.,
Western and Inuit), and the rest do not. Configurable options include
\begin{description}
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11 changes: 1 addition & 10 deletions guide/ch_skycultures.tex
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Expand Up @@ -7,18 +7,9 @@ \chapter{Adding Sky Cultures}
\label{ch:SkyCultures}
\chapterauthor*{Georg Zotti, with additions by Alexander Wolf}

\begin{figure}[th]\centering
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{stellarium-skycultures-map.jpg}
\caption{World map showing Stellarium's built-in set of
skycultures. To avoid overcrowding, smaller European skycultures
which are mostly derivatives of the ``Western'' skyculture are not
shown. (Image: S. M. Hoffmann)}
\label{fig:skycultures}
\end{figure}


\noindent Stellarium comes with a nice set of skycultures from all
over the world (Fig.~\ref{fig:skycultures}). For ethnographers or
over the world (see section~\ref{sec:gui:view:starlore}). For ethnographers or
historians of science it may be a worthwhile consideration to
illustrate the sky culture of the people they are studying. It is not
very hard to do so, but depending on your data, may require some
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