EyeFind User Guide
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1. m minimum screen resolution 1024 x 768 Firefox version 2 or higher or IE version 8 or higher EyeFind User Guide v 1 2 3 5 eve dow BlackBridge Delivering the World EF tyefind 83 eyefind develintern nder debug html c BJ Googie 5 Most Visited _ News _ Internet Search _ Reference OHS Login _ Google PD Trac PD_Archive Discovery Product Managemen GMail EF EyeFind PPS Monitoring Tool RapidEye Central Appli HRworks SystemOperation 10458 please check 2 EyeFind Session Query Resitset Layer Heb About Imprint Basic Parameters I Seasonal search Start Date End Date 2013 04 30 2013 05 30 Cloud Cover Black fit 20 20 Level 3A Products 5 Level 1B Products Area of Interest Poltical Boundaries RapidEye IDs Draw on map Coordinates Political Boundanes Select Country Select Region _ Advanced Parameter Map sete 20 3 Mapt i HOB Search iocation in Geonames 95 644 60 903 Scale t 1114 A Firefox automatically sends some data to Mozilla so that we can improve your experience Choose What I Share x Figure 1 Overview of the EyeFind application web page EyeFind Session I Query Resultset Layer Help _About imprint Basic Parameters Seasonal search Start Date End Date 2013 04 30 3 2013 05 30 a Cloud Cover Black fill 20 20 Level 3A Products Level 1B Products Area of Interest Political Boundaries2. 11 ies MPN Ne UON e E R EE 11 De AVE MAE E E E E E E E EE E EEA EA AAEE 11 3 3 Additional Map Information ccccccccssssccccceessececceeseeccesaeeeceesaeseeeeesuaseeeceseeuseeeeseeeseeeesaeaeceesueaseeessagaeeeessaees 11 4 RESULTS ANALYSIS seesseesscosscssscossoossossssossssesssesssesososscossssssoossossssossosesssesosesssosssesssossosssossssessosesssessseso 12 4 1 Result Set FunctionS essesesesssssesosserssssesesosnensssssesosoeresrsssesosoerenssssososrersessesososrenrossenosoeresrossesosoenenressesoerensossene 12 AD aM AS SU FU CLG VS eie EOE 12 rls Rm 0072 4 al doa e gt 0 a cee cee re one ene meron E net ee ent ane meee ee ere ne eee re one ee tere re ere 14 5 SESSION UTILITIES orn otros errereen EEEE EEEE EEEE EE EEE sms enews deeumnuemonsmumsinemmmerncnsmoastneemene 15 Sa Restren e e E E E E E 15 eee Query IBO A FUNCTION eega E EE E AEE EAEE 15 o Ne a e E E eee oT 15 A HOS A e SE a TE rg ee ee eee Erg eer ee eee ee 15 55 Share SCSS1 ONS vescescincacaccdnccuvastarsvelssdvdonesdaaneduiectedeuvasterdunleddedeusisddaiedalendudausadbeseualeddedenweddauwdnlentedausesheseuneidedeawsdiasvananers 15 BO JESEOME SESSIOMS lt skcacucacmccasennmictouaicecacecesdaeracwatucadn E EAO 16 SF Di SSSI Sarre ca ae aate sc sateen cette ees ass EE A 16 Tables Table t Basic Search Parameters ncsissictaacenecsawutneinnns eeucid saotaciatmacsnesinwnlbnelamie eiud SaeUaciatmacanuesawalbeslaioie EAEN aa 7 Table 2 AOI Coordinate S
3. per session NAME DESCRIPTION Name The name of saved session If the same name is entered several times a version number will be added to the name of the session Created The date and time at which the session has been created Actions Icons to restore and delete the session URL URL of the session Table 10 Saved Session Information 5 5 SHARE SESSIONS To share the results of a query with another person send the URL of the desired session once a session has been saved The new user can then open the URL in a browser and the results of the search will be loaded EyeFind User Guide v 1 2 3 15 As Ts BlackBridge Delivering the World 5 6 RESTORE SESSIONS If the URL of a pre existing session is known it can be pasted into a browser to restore it Additionally by selecting the Session tab and locating the desired session in the Saved Sessions table clicking on the first icon in the Ac tions column will restore the session 5 7 DELETE SESSIONS To delete a session locate the right session in the table Saved Sessions and click the second icon in the Actions column of the corresponding session EyeFind User Guide v 1 2 3 16
4. selected as the best are displayed on the map and appear in the table with the box checked All other results for a given tile are displayed in the table unchecked These results will not be displayed on the map unless the user manually selects them For tiles with more than one image selected the image displayed on the map will correspond to the first checked image To display images on the map that are further down the image list then upper most image must be deselected 4 1 RESULT SET FUNCTIONS Table 7 describes the button functions located in the Resultset table FUNCTION DESCRIPTION or Each dataset can be switched on and off as desired by selecting or de selecting the checkbox Update map in the first column of the table After making this selection the Update map button at the top of the table must be clicked before the new results are displayed on the map T This button opens a separate window which displays a quicklook of the image at a higher resolution along with additional information metadata about the image see Image Metadata section for more details F By clicking this button the map will zoom to the extent of the associated image By clicking on this button the extent of the associated image will be highlighted on the map Only the extent of the last selected image is shown on the map To remove the highlighted feature choose the Layer tab and deselect the layer Highlighted Feature Table 7 Resul
5. 2 3 14 As Ts BlackBridge Delivering the World S SESSION UTILITIES This section provides details on how to restore the last session save query results and share them with other peo ple as well as how to restore and delete sessions The described functionality can be found under the Session tab 5 1 RESTORE LAST SESSION If the web browser is closed without saving the session this button allows the user to restore the last search 5 2 QUERY 1B TO 3A FUNCTION This button turns a query of image take tiles Level 3A Ortho product to image takes 1B Basic product query and vice versa The original AOI will be preserved Note Subsequent query conversions after the first conversion may not return the results of the initial query exactly 5 3 SAVE SESSIONS This functionality allows query settings and the result set to be saved at any point in time Type in a name for a session to be saved in the Session Name box this will be the name under which the session is stored and under which you can retrieve it later Next select the Save button to save the session on the server A URL should ap pear in the Saved Session portion of the tab 5 4 LIST OF SAVED SESSIONS At the bottom of the Session tab a list of all saved sessions is located All sessions older than 30 days will automat ically be removed from the server and will not show up any more in this table The table displays the following data
6. L and lower right LR corners Each coordinate is defined in the range of 180 and 180 for the longitude and 90 to 90 for the lati tude Table 2 lists several options for defining an AOI using coordinates EyeFind User Guide v 1 2 3 8 AG dow BlackBridge Delivering the World OPTION DESCRIPTION Decimal Box The upper left and lower right corner of the bounding box must be provided in decimal de grees DD MM SS Box The upper left and lower right corner of the bounding box must be provided in sexagesimal degrees e g in degree minutes and seconds Decimal Point A coordinate pair in decimal degrees to define the center of the bounding box and a distance Distance from this point which defines the approximate distance of the center point to the boundary of the bounding box must be provided DD MM SS Point A coordinate pair in sexagesimal degrees to define the center of the bounding box and a dis Distance tance from this point which defines the approximate distance of the center point to the boundary of the bounding box must be provided Table 2 AOI Coordinate Selection Options 2 2 6 AOI Size Calculation The area of the AOI is calculated using the Geography datatype in Postgis If multiple polygons are detected in the AOI these polygons are merged Projection used is EPSG code 4326 Geographic WGS84 2 3 ADVANCED PARAMETER SETTINGS 2 3 1 Range Settings The advance parameter settings allow the user to furthe
7. N Z 5 dow BlackBridge Delivering the World EyeFind User Guide For Version 1 2 3 June 2013 As Ts BlackBridge Delivering the World Contents 1 INTRODUCTHMON ceace E A T E 5 11 ESTING ANIMOU esenee E NE TEE E 5 1 2 Known Limitations sescenserssrisereni nornerne RE REONE Ra 5 13 Getme Starred WIth EVR ING nesete a i a ea e eieaa 5 2 SEARCHING THE RAPIDEYE ARCHIVE ccccccecccccceccccccsccccccsccccccscccccceccceccsceccccccscccccccccccccscccsccecccecceccceecs 7 2k BCP O aE A E ERO 7 2 2 Defining an Area of Interest AOI ssiscsdssssindnassstesdiwanaddeancasealaatdonsaamadlestuaaaundanaatabadenaanaddeactaeadedacsadanmasswadaabooveamnasies 7 2 2 1 Political Boundaries ccccccsceccecaccecaccecsccecsccececcecscausecausecatancataecseonceceeecausecausecataecetsecetcececaseecassecatsecarsecs 7 2da FRAP VEIDE o REAA EA 8 TRS 418 072 0 E E E E ES 8 PAP R MOG AW OY E E AEE AE O T E E A O A A T A EE E A 8 Den LO E a E AA E A OSS 8 220 A0 Se Calcula O eane E E A A a 9 2 3 Advanced Parameter SettingS cccccccsssscccsssccccssecccsenseccseeecesaesecessseeeseneeessauseessaecesseuseesauuseeseaecessaaseessaeseesaes 9 Lod Ranee ENE a EE OE EE E E EEA E AERES 9 To B e 9 Taa ET E E E E E EE 10 24 AdE SANCHO DUIONS serrr r T T E E EE E E T EA 10 3 MAP AND RESULT HANDLING cceccccccsccccccccsccccccscccccceccccccsccccccccsccccccscccccceccceccecsccccccsccccccscsccccececeecs
8. RapidEye IDs File Upload Draw on map Coordinates Political Boundaries Select Country x Select Region Ls Advanced Parameter Advanced Search Options Clear Query Figure 2 EyeFind Tab panel EyeFind User Guide v 1 2 3 6 As Ts BlackBridge Delivering the World 2 SEARCHING THE RAPIDEYE ARCHIVE To begin a search of the RapidEye archive using EyeFind the search criteria must first be set This can be done under the Query tab which is visible upon opening the application Figure 2 There the following parameters can be defined Basic Parameters Defining an Area of Interest AOI Advanced parameters settings Advanced Search Options Each of these parameter groups is described in more detail in the following sections 2 1 BASIC PARAMETERS The Basic parameters needed for a search are described in the follow table NAME DESCRIPTION Start Date The start date of your time of interest a ee Ronde coun odie Lee ee eee eee Sa a OTRO ET PPT CORTE SECRET SRD a eee ee scrap sec coerce taos ere all ecninees Iie acee ewe IG _ product search only Seasonal If this box is checked EyeFind will initiate the search for the given time window for every year starting from the start date year till the end date year For example Start date 2011 01 01 and End date 2013 02 01 will search for items from 2011 01 01 to 2011 02 01 2012 01 01 to 2012 02 01 and 2013 01 01 to 2013 02 A
9. button to select the desired file from the local computer The selected file must meet one of the following specifications Option 1 The file is a zip archive The zip archive contains at least the shp and shx file of a shapefile The zip archive may contain a prj file which will be used to define the projection If no prj file is provided geographic coordinates in WGS84 will be applied EPSG code 4326 The shapefile must contain shapes of type POLYGON or MULTIPOLYGON The shapefile may contain one or many shapes Option 2 The file isa KML or KMZ file The file must contain shapes of type POLYGON or MULTIPOLYGON The file may contain one or many shapes 2 2 4 Draw on Map This option allows the user to draw a polygon AOI on the map The default setting for this option is set to navigate allowing the user to navigate to the correct location before starting to draw the AOI polygon Once draw is select ed the options Box Circle and Polygon options become active allowing the user to draw boxes circles and free hand polygons on the map One or more polygons can be drawn If a polygon is lost misplaced or incorrectly drawn it can be deleted by se lecting the Delete last drawn polygon button To delete all drawn features at once use the Delete all polygons button 2 2 5 Coordinates This option allows the user the possibility to set the AOI with a box defined by the upper left U
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11. graphic Experts Group KML Keyhole Markup Language file KMZ Keyhole Markup Language files Zipped NIR Near Infra red PNG Portable Network Graphic image format TIFF Tagged Image File Format UTC Coordinated Universal Time UTM Universal Transverse Mercator WGS84 World Geodetic System 1984 EyeFind User Guide v 1 2 3 As Ts BlackBridge Delivering the World As Ts BlackBridge Delivering the World 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 EYEFIND AN INTRODUCTION The purpose of this document is to provide the user with an insight on how to work with the EyeFind application After reading this document the user should know How to search for imagery in RapidEye EyeFind application How to navigate through the base map How to get additional information about the results of a search How to save and restore search or query sessions In case of questions or if any problems are encountered please send an email to eyefind blackbridge com 1 2 KNOWN LIMITATIONS The following is a list of known limitations We are currently working on solutions for these problems in future releases of EyeFind Queries for level 1B data you may produce additional datasets in the results which are outside the defined area of interest 1 3 GETTING STARTED WITH EYEFIND The application can be found at http eyefind blackbridge com The following are system requirements for using the application enabled JavaScript enabled cookies
12. me contact information By checking this box at the top of the results table all result sets including those which are not shown in the current table page will be selected or deselected Table 8 Dataset Functions EyeFind User Guide v 1 2 3 13 As Ts BlackBridge Delivering the World 4 3 IMAGE METADATA Table 9 lists the metadata fields that are displayed for each image along with the quicklook NAME DESCRIPTION Catalog ID Unique catalog number identifying the image ET ee aie ecco nte ad eae eee ae ns ne E a Gop cece cn Gane eos a E r e E a oT A OT ee ad ties don Perron an Ee reer cf ne x e a a E ee FET rs ci oferta I Eas nnn only E eee TPN a ee RT TET TAI ee ieee ee i E a a a cine D a T n E E E ll ore oeccae td mie data only eT ee ere cece ro ore TSU AT EEO EITC Set corresponding image take They may appear as pixels with a value of 0 or as noData depending on the viewing software Effective cloud coverage Cloud coverage percentage for the image not including black fill ere ay ne ae eee FERC TR EES RTT Te PERT FN oe with being East and being West perry ere ee eee Teale gic iseees pace decrements the scan line direction at image center in the range of 0 0 to 360 0 art ee P aie Gin pees nce i aN MIE INE eer eee nee eT sneered ee oer ede eee Steal ee er are era eee ee ee nk Meet ens a E onesie ane D cece Table 9 Image Metadata Field EyeFind User Guide v 1
13. r constrain the search criteria by setting a defined range for each of the parameters listed in Table 3 If the minimum or maximum value is not given the lowest or highest possible value will be taken for these parameters PARAMETER NAME DESCRIPTION Spacecraft View Angle Spacecraft view angle is the across track off nadir viewing angle of the satellite sensor in degrees with being East and being West Sun Elevation The angle of the sun in degrees to the plane of the image at the image center Sun Azimuth The sun azimuth at the center of the image in degrees Sun Azimuth Angle Angle in clockwise positive degrees from true north at the image center to the scan line direction at image center in the range of 0 0 to 360 0 Missing Lines Band 1 2 3 4 5 Percentage of missing data per band Table 3 Advanced Parameter Settings 2 3 2 Bands The Bands section allows the user to define which color bands are desired for the image search with the default set to all available bands All images which have at least those selected bands will be taken into account meaning some of the resulting images might have more bands than those requested EyeFind User Guide v 1 2 3 9 ev dow BlackBridge Delivering the World 2 3 3 Spacecraft The Spacecraft section allows the user to define which spacecraft shall be taken into account for the search If a spacecraft is checked images which were taken by this spacecraft will be incl
14. rea of Interest The geographic extent of the search query There are several ways to define an Area of Interest see below for details Product Type Option are Level 3A tiled ortho product or Level 1B full image take basic product Table 1 Basic Search Parameters 2 2 DEFINING AN AREA OF INTEREST AOI There are several different ways to define an Area of Interest AOI for a search query Depending on the selection of the mode the input parameters change 2 2 1 Political Boundaries The option Political Boundaries allows the user to define the AOI by countries and their subordinate administra tive regions such as states or provinces By using the pull down list the user can select or type the name of the country desired to use for a search query The administrative regions are reduced to the selected country once selected The administrative region is an optional field EyeFind User Guide v 1 2 3 7 As Ts BlackBridge Delivering the World 2 2 2 RapidEye IDs Selecting RapidEye IDs allows the user to define the AOI by a list of either RapidEye tile IDs or catalog IDs Both lists require the user to separate each selection by a comma and a space example 1262009 1460721 1657404 If Catalog IDs are defined the Start and End date fields are no longer required 2 2 3 File upload This option allows for the possibility to define the AOI by uploading a preexisting shapefile or KML KMZ file Use the Browse
15. s or non contiguous in the shapefile AOI Shapefile A shapefile containing the extents of the AOI used in the search KML A kml file containing the extent of all selected images each as one feature in the kml file Quicklooks A zip archive containing all quicklooks of the selected images Image format An image which shows the content of the current map with all currently enabled layers and with the same extent as used in the map Available formats are jpeg png or geotiff Image width Width of the produced images in pixels The default is the width of the map which is displayed in the web browser Image height Height of the produced images in pixels The default is the height of the map which is displayed in the web browser E Mail Email address to use for notification when the desired information is ready for download as a zip file If an email address is not entered the user will receive a zip file for download directly One or more options can be selected for download The download delivers a zip archive which contains all files for the selected options The user can then select the following buttons Submit Sends the request for the desired information Clear Clears all entries in the input fields Close Closes the download window This function allows the user to send a request for quote to the RapidEye Support team By clicking this button a window opens which allowing the user to enter so
16. t Set Functions The functionality of the map and table works interchangeably with the functions of the Resultset Additionally by simply clicking an image on the map the application will automatically scroll the table to the desired image 4 2 DATASET FUNCTIONS At the top of the Resultset tab there are several buttons which allow operations to be performed on the entire EyeFind User Guide v 1 2 3 12 A D hs BlackBridge Delivering the World search dataset Table 8 describes the actions of each button FUNCTION DESCRIPTION Update map G oom to selected Download Select Deselect all items This button allows the user to redraw the map taking into account all images which are currently selected in the table The extent of the map will not be changed by this function and this is only required to redraw the map after a manual change has been made to the image selection This button allows the user to redraw the map to the extents of all images which are currently selected This function allows for the queried catalog metadata to be downloaded for further analy sis Only metadata for checked images will be included in the download process The fol lowing download options exist Catalog IDs A file containing the catalog IDs of the selected images separated with a comma and a space csv Result Shapefile A shapefile containing the extent of all selected images as a single shape contiguou
17. ton Left click on the map and hold the mouse button down drag the cursor to the desired location and release Table 5 Map Navigation Options 3 2 LAYER MANAGEMENT The displayed map layers can be managed under the tab Layer on the left side of the application window Here the user can Switch on and off layers by checking or unchecking the applicable boxes with the changes being applied immediately to the map Change the drawing order of the layers by dragging the layers with the mouse to the desired position 3 3 ADDITIONAL MAP INFORMATION The following additional information is displayed on the map The coordinates on the lower right corner of the map show the coordinates of the mouse pointer in decimal degrees The scale in kilometer and miles is indicated in the lower left corner Please note that they will be approximate values since the map is shown in geographic coordinates EyeFind User Guide v 1 2 3 11 ev dow BlackBridge Delivering the World 4 RESULTS ANALYSIS Upon the successful completion of a query the Resultset tab automatically opens to display results in a table The Resultset table displays the following information NAME DESCRIPTION Image A thumbnail of the image Catalog ID The catalog ID of the dataset Table 6 Fields of the Resultset Table The search functionality looks for the best images that meet the specified parameters Those images which have been automatically
18. uded in the result list 2 4 ADVANCE SEARCH OPTIONS The advanced search options are described in Table 4 OPTION DESCRIPTION Lock AOI The AOI of the previous search will be used in the current search and will remain until this checkbox is unchecked Suppress quicklook layer If this option is selected the number of maximum results will be raised from 20 000 to 50 000 Limit number of results per tile This option allows the user to define the maximum number of results returned per tile In selecting this option not all possible results for a tile will be shown but only the best ones up to the number selected Table 4 Advanced Search Options EyeFind User Guide v 1 2 3 10 ev dow BlackBridge Delivering the World 3 MAP AND RESULT HANDLING 3 1 MAP NAVIGATION Table 5 lists the available methods to zoom or pan around the map ACTION BEHAVIOR Mouse wheel The mouse wheel can be used to zoom in and out The position of the mouse pointer defines the point where the zoom will be centered Shift Drag a box By pressing the shift button a box can be drawn with the mouse which defines the new extent of the map If the box does not fit into the map window the extent of the map will automatically be adapted to be entirely contained in the map window Slider bar The slider bar in the top left corner of the map allows the user to zoom in and out of the map Zooming will occur around the center of the map Pressed mouse but
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