Marine Geoscience Data System

GeoMapApp

GeoMapApp© Tutorial Movies

View the multimedia movies listed below to learn how to perform common tasks with GeoMapApp. You must have Flash installed on your computer for these tutorials to play correctly. Click on a link below to view.

Tool Bar Functions

Tutorial

Description
Zoom and Pan How to zoom in/out and pan
Mask Function Highlights areas of higher-resolution topography
Profile Tool Generate a profile across any type of grid
Grid Tool: Basics Draw contours, change colours, sun illumination, vertical exaggeration
Grid Tool: 3-D View View topography in three dimensions, rotate, tilt and save the image
Digitizer Function Digitize a custom depth profile
Contributed Grids View many types of contributed regional grids

Import Data

Tutorial

Description
Import Grid Import GMT NetCDF-formatted grids (.grd files)
Import Shapefile Import shapefiles from your computer or from a URL
Import Data Table Import Excel spreadsheets and ASCII (text) tables
Symbols, Graphs Scale and colour symbols, plot data columns

Custom Data Viewers

Tutorial

Description
Multibeam Tracks View multibeam bathymetry tracklines, download swath data files
Web Feature Services Use WFS to view stations/samples from various databases
Dive Photos View dive photos and dive tracks from Alvin and Jason operations