Interface at a Glance

The Interface at a Glance

This section describes the GEDI interface as seen from the main screen. For detailed descriptions of the functionality of any particular interface element, either select the element from the table of contents on the left, or click on the links below.

The main parts of the interface consist of the menu bar at the top, the tool bar at the top, the panels on the left, and the image editing window on the right.

Menu Bar

The top menu bar includes options that can be configured to assist you in ground truthing. The File menu is used for opening and saving an entire image directory. Most of the options in the Edit menu can be accomplished faster by using the tool bar or by using the key combinations listed next to the options. The View menu can be used to configure how you view images, and the Window menu allows you to configure the interface itself. If you ever find yourself using any of the options in the menu bar very often, you should try to learn the key combinations for that option.

Tool Bar

The tool bar allows quicker access to some of the more frequently used menu bar options. Note that the thumbnail view toggle button and drop down menu can only be accessed from the tool bar.

Left Panel

The left panel displays detailed information about the contents of the image editing window that is located to its right.

Going from the top, the name of the currently selected image is displayed.

Next are the navigation options for multipage tiffs, which are disabled for other types of images.

From the list of files in the current image directory, any image and/or its associated xml can be selected and displayed in the editing window. Also, the xml files can be viewed or edited in the default external program by right clicking on the file name and selecting the corresponding option.

The zone type list displays information about each zone type. It can be used to change the color of any zone type, and toggle the visibility of that zone type. This list is also used for selecting the type of a new zone to draw by clicking on the name of the zone type. Multiple zones of a type can be drawn in succession by double-clicking on the name of the zone type.

Finally, the page and zone attribute and value tables display information about the currently selected zone and page, and can be used to edit some values for the selected page or zone.