Table of Contents

  Overview
  Colormaps
  Toolbar Layout
  Statistical Window
  Range Selection
  Target Selection
  File Types

 

Toolbar Layout

The main toolbar for the data reader is discussed below:

 
File Properties Info:
 

Information includes: Array dimensions, min and max real values, number of NaN's, number of positive infinites, and number of negative infinites.

   
Adjustments:
 

Colormap selection:

Allows user to select the colormap used to display the data. Above image is rendered in the "Gray" colormap. Image below is same scene rendered in the "HotCold" colormap.
 

Lo Bound:

The setting of the minimum bound of the colormap. Any value in the data that is less than this will be rendered by the out-of-bounds lo color.
 

Hi Bound:

The setting of the maximum bound of the colormap. Any value in the data that is greater than this will be rendered by the out-of-bounds hi color.
 

Apply Exponent:

Applies a floating point exponent to the data and re-renders. This is useful when data is clustered in upper or lower regions of the distribution.
 

Apply Changes:

Apply any changes made to in the Adjustments window.
 

Use Scaled Colormap:

Clears any bounds set by user and scales colormap to span the real part of the data.
 

Reset Data Array:

Reloads original data to remove any exponents applied to data or any resampling done.
     
Colormap Info:
 

Colormap Style:

Shows the progression of colors in the current colormap.
 

OOB Lo:

Shows the color(s) that data that is out of bounds low will be rendered with.
 

OOB Hi:

Shows the color(s) that data that is out of bounds hi will be rendered with.
 

NaN Color:

Shows the color that NaNs will be rendered with.
 

Pos. Inf. Color:

Shows the color that positive infinity will be rendered with.
 

Neg. Inf. Color:

Shows the color that negative infinity will be rendered with.
  Median Color: Show the color that is at the absolute middle of the colormap. Also when a single value search is used, this is the color that matching values are returned as.
  Show Colormap Window: Displays the colormap editing window.
     
View Window:
 

Stretch:

Scales the data to the current size of the window.
 

Actual Sz:

Displays the data in its actual size per pixel.
 

Zoom Factor:

User can set a zoom factor in the textbox from (1-1000%)
     
Resample:
 

New Height:

The number of vertical pixels in the resampled image.
 

New Width:

The number of horizontal pixels in the resampled image.
  Resample: Initiates the resampling process.
     
Histogram:
 

Histogram:

The picture window shows a low resolution sample of the input data's histogram.
 

Show Stat Window:

Pressing this button will show the statistics window. (This is discussed in detail below)

 

Statistical Window

The statistical window is intended to allow the user to see a histogram of the current data set and some other basic statistical data. The histogram of the GoldenGate.jpg file is shown below. The color of the histogram coincides with the coloring of the data in the image window. This correspondence can be used to associate a given histogram spike with a region of data in the image. Notice the pale green spike in the histogram relates to the water in the image.

Histogram of GoldenGate.jpg displayed in matching colormap

The layout of the statistical window is shown below:

 
Data Statistics:
  Max: Maximum real value in the data
  Min: Minimum real value in the data
  # +Inf: Number of positive infinities in the data
  # -Inf: Number of negative infinities in the data
  # NaNs: Number of NaNs in the data
  Statistical Distribution: The statistical distribution selector is not yet implemented. This is intended to allow user to switch between different types of statistical distributions and see associated parameters. Currently only Gaussian is supported.
  Avg: Average value of the real data
  Std Dev: Standard deviation of the real data
     
Options:
  Background Color: The background color toolbar is not yet implemented. This is intended to all the user to select the background color of the histogram to maximize readability for a given colormap. Currently the background color that is used is the NaN color from the selected colormap.
  # Bins: Number of discreet bins to split the histogram data into.
  Lo Bound: Low bound of the data that is to be histogrammed. Any data below this threshold will be excluded from the histogram.
  Hi Bound: High bound of the data that is to be histogrammed. Any data above this threshold will be excluded from the histogram.
     
Modify Data :
 

The data equation function is not yet implemented. The intent of this is to be able to run a series of basic math operations on the data and display the results. The matrix operations are all implemented in the general matrix library, but the equation parser has not been written.

   
Update Statistics:
 

Apply changes, reset data to original format, and close statistics window operations.