GeoMapApp© Help
Quick Help
How To:
- Find out what data is available
- Import your own data:
- Use Custom Data Viewers
- Make a profile
- Make a 3D image
- Export gridded data as a Fledermaus SD file
- View a GeoMapApp image in Google Earth
New in 2008: North Polar map projection, 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
Guide to Menus and Tools
Choose:
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| GeoMapApp Mercator projection |
GeoMapApp South South Polar stereographic |
GeoMapApp North North Polar stereogaphic |
Menu Functions
| File | Available Data | Tools | View | Places | Help |
Tool Bar Buttons
Click the links for detailed Help:
Arrow cursor - used for selection and locationPan - 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).
Grid Tool - loads default grid, opens grid options window for new grid, coloring, 3D, more.