Surveyor Reference Manual

This document is intended to serve as an in-depth reference to the Surveyor terrain visualizer. It does not contain introductory material for new users. If you are new to Surveyor, you should start with the document Getting Started with Surveyor.

Overview

The Surveyor Main Window
The Exploration Window
The Animation Window
The Postcards Window

The Surveyor Main Window

Whenever you launch Surveyor, you are presented with a main window entitled ``Surveyor.'' This window will show you the name of the surface you are exploring (defined in your world file or using the New Surface... menu), as well as some menus and buttons.

File Menu

The File menu is used to access the different file related functions:

New Surface...
Load
Save
Save As...
Quit

Buttons

Explore brings up the Exploration window.
Animate brings up the Animation window.
Postcards brings up the Postcards window.

New Surface

The "New Surface..." menu item is used to define a surface which you want to explore. You must define the attributes of the surface and specify both elevation and image data before you can explore.

When you select the "New Surface..." menu item, you are first prompted for a name for your surface. This name is for your convenience only, and serves as a reminder in your main surveyor window of the data set on which your are working. For example, if you were going to work with a Thematic Mapper image of the Los Angeles area, you could type in "Los Angeles TM."

You are then presented with the "Edit Surface" window.

The Edit Surface Window

You are presented with the "Edit Surface" window pictured below whenever you add a surface or edit an existing surface or world.