GeoMapApp Quick Help

How To:

Find out what data is available

Import your own data:         Excel files, text tables

shapefiles

gridfiles (.grd)

Use Custom Data Viewers

Make a profile

Make a 3D image

View a GeoMapApp image in Google Earth

New in 2008: Pan tool ; double-click to center map; GMT3 and GMT4 grids supported; Smith & Sandwell global topography v9.1, global gravity v16 available via View menu.

NOTE: Help pages are in the process of being updated to GeoMapApp v1.6.6 (03/08)

GeoMapApp Guide to Menus and Tools

  GeoMapApp                                            GeoMapApp South

 

Menu Functions

Click the links for detailed Help:

Tool Bar Buttons

Click the links for detailed Help:

arrow cursor used for selection and location

Pan - move the map to your area of interest

Save Options
Navigation - zoom in, zoom out; how to scroll. Play tutorial movie (requires Flash)
Profile - create a relief profile across your grid. Play tutorial movie (requires Flash)
Digitizer - select and save points from the map view. Play tutorial movie (requires Flash)
Layers - import shapefiles and .grd files; view Alvin photos, bathymetry, magnetics, age and sediment thickness grids; view data for Ridge 2000 and MARGINS study sites; much more

show/hide grid lines (GeoMapApp South only)
Focus - sharpen image (usually done automatically)
Mask function - highlight areas with high resolution topography (~100 m node spacing). Play movie
Grid Tool - loads default grid, opens grid options window for new grid, coloring, 3D, more. Play movie