User Manual Overview

Welcome to the CartoScope User Manual. This guide is designed to help you navigate and utilize the features of the CartoScope platform effectively.

The manual is organized into the following main sections:

Load Data

Learn how to access and load data into CartoScope.

• Available Public Data: Explore the curated datasets in our catalog.
• External / Your Own Data: Learn how to load data from external URLs or your local machine.

Main Workspace

Understand the core interface where you will spend most of your time exploring data.

• Top Bar: Manage global settings and navigation.
• Layer Drawer: Control the visualization of different data layers.
• Central Map View: Interact with the high-resolution spatial data.
• Gene Drawer: Search and visualize gene expression patterns.
• Factor Drawer: Explore inferred spatial factors.
• ROI Drawer: Create and manage Regions of Interest.
• Inspector Drawer: Get detailed information about specific spots.

Sharing

Discover how to save your work and share it with others.

• Export Map View: Capture high-quality images of your current view.
• Share via Link: Generate links to share your specific view state.
• Bookmark Workspace: Save your entire workspace configuration.

In addition, you can also export data from Gene, Factor, or ROI drawers.