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Map View (Center Stage)

The central area is the Map View, where your data is visualized.

Functionality

The Map View is the primary interactive canvas for visualizing spatial data.

  • Visualization: Renders multi-layered spatial data, including histology images, gene expression plots, and factor maps.
  • Navigation: Supports deep zooming and panning to explore tissues from macroscopic structure to subcellular details.
  • Interaction: Provides tools for rotation, flipping, and defining regions of interest (ROIs) directly on the tissue.

Interface

Layer Drawer

1. Navigation Controls

From top to bottom:

  • Zoom In: Click the + button or use the mouse wheel to zoom in.
  • Zoom Out: Click the - button or use the mouse wheel to zoom out.
  • North Arrow: Reorients the map to true north.
  • Rotate 90 Clockwise: Rotates the map 90 degrees clockwise.
  • Horizontally Flip: Flips the map horizontally.
  • Reset: Resets the map to its initial state.

2. ROI Tool

From top to bottom:

  • ROI Polygon Tool: Click to activate ROI drawing mode. Click on the map to define the vertices of a polygon region of interest.
  • ROI Delete: Deletes the currently selected ROI.

3. Overview Map Controller

Toggles the visibility of the mini-map in the bottom-right corner.

4. Scale Bar

Located in the corner, indicating the physical scale of the current view (e.g., 500 µm, 50 µm).