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author | Georg Zotti <Georg.Zotti@univie.ac.at> | 2022-03-20 10:20:02 +0100 |
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committer | Georg Zotti <Georg.Zotti@univie.ac.at> | 2022-03-20 10:20:13 +0100 |
commit | f031ba7cf4e52337eab32cd79a18e0a38fac3713 (patch) | |
tree | 0889187280070a5785e1f35f6bd0e9eaae56d614 | |
parent | 83a78a9d33751679b29ef82dcc118c826f30565b (diff) |
SUG: Moved image to other possible location.
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diff --git a/guide/ch_interface.tex b/guide/ch_interface.tex index 0ce58f3c67..b8b1948209 100644 --- a/guide/ch_interface.tex +++ b/guide/ch_interface.tex @@ -777,6 +777,28 @@ See section \ref{sec:configini:landscape}. \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} @@ -784,7 +806,7 @@ See section \ref{sec:configini:landscape}. \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} diff --git a/guide/ch_skycultures.tex b/guide/ch_skycultures.tex index b90d0a6122..b72e368a69 100644 --- a/guide/ch_skycultures.tex +++ b/guide/ch_skycultures.tex @@ -7,18 +7,9 @@ \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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