Use exploitation tools

Imagery may contain information that can be exploited to help accomplish an image-based task. The exploitation tools contain features to highlight areas of interest through markup, labeling, and measurement.

Mark Up tools

The mark up tools allow you to create simple graphics on top of your imagery using text and shape elements to call attention to areas of interest.

Create mark up

To create mark up, complete the following steps:

1. Click the overflow menu in the upper right corner of the imagery exploitation canvas.
2. In the Exploitation Tools list, click Mark Up.
3. Choose a geometry.
   • Point—Click on the map to drop a point.
   • Line—Click on the map to draw a line segment. Double-click to complete the line.
   • Rectangle—Click and drag on the map to draw a rectangle.
   • Polygon —Click on the map to draw at least three segments. Double-click to complete the polygon.
   • Text label —Type text in the input box and click on the map to drop a label.

   Note:

   You can create mark up in the Map Focus and Image Focus panels.

4. Prior to drawing your mark up, in the Styling Properties, you can customize your mark up by:
   • Outline
   • Fill
   • Outline Width
   • Transparency
   • Font Color (Text label only)
   • Font Size (Text label only)

To edit or delete an existing mark up, ensure the Mark Up Tool is opened and click directly on the corresponding mark up graphic on the image. To delete all mark up, click the Clear drawn graphics button. All graphics will be deleted.

Measurements

Measuring ground features in imagery, called image mensuration, is an important function in many image interpretation or feature compilation applications. The measurement tools allow you to measure horizontal and vertical distances, areas, and feature locations on an image in map and image space. The measurement tool options available will depend on the metadata and capabilities set on the imagery service layer. You can draw a line to measure length, a polygon to measure area, or click an individual feature to get measurement information.

To calculate measurements in the map focus and image focus views, complete the following steps:

1. Click the overflow menu in the upper right corner of the imagery exploitation canvas.
2. In the Exploitation Tools list, click Measurements
3. Choose the measurements type.

   Note:

   The available measurement types will be based on information from the image metadata and capabilities on the image service.

4. From the drop down list, choose the Units you want your results to be displayed.
5. Click on the image to create your measurement.

   The Measurement Results List will automatically populate based on the units selected and the underlying sensor model and information from the image service.

6. Optionally, you can toggle the visibility of the measurement on and off, copy your results to your clipboard, or clear the measurement from the Results list.
7. To clear multiple measurements at once, click Clear All to remove all measurement results and corresponding graphics on the image.