Panorama tool

icon panoramaTool The panorama tool offers various options for controlling the panorama view.

Clicking on the corresponding icon in the toolbar starts the tool and opens the associated settings window.

The panorama tool can only be used if a panorama map has been selected as the main map. If another map type is currently active, the tool will be temporarily disabled.

Visibility

The visibility action bar is used to control the display of overlapping elements in the panorama image.

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icon showMapLayers

Toggle additional layers
This option turns the overlay of additional map layers in the panorama image on or off. If enabled, additional supported layers activated in the content tree. The active layers are projected into the panorama image. By default, additional map layers are disabled in the panorama view.

icon panoCursor

Toggle depth cursor
This option turns the depth cursor in the panorama view on or off. This special cursor consists of several concentric circles that are displayed around the mouse pointer. The circles are deformed by the surface information of the depth image to emphasize the spatial orientation and shape of surfaces. By default, the depth cursor is enabled in the panorama view.

Depending on the sensors used during data acquisition, not every 360° panorama also contains the information of a depth image. If no depth image is available for the current view, the special cursor in the panorama view is automatically deactivated.

icon mapMarkerPath

Toggle footprints
This option turns the display of the nearest locations (footprints) of other panoramas on or off. These are used for navigation. Hovering the mouse over a possible navigation point emphasizes it in color. Clicking on it will take you to the corresponding position and load the associated 360° panorama. By default, the display of the panorama footprints is activated in the panorama view.

Image enhancement

The image enhancement section provides functions that optimize the visual quality of the panorama image. Clicking on the icon return resets the settings you have made

Options include:

Option Description

HDR (= High dynamic range)

Determines whether high dynamic range (HDR) rendering is applied. HDR rendering is a process in which image content is displayed with an extended brightness and color range in order to reproduce both very bright and very dark areas in a detailed and realistic manner. HDR is enabled by default.

Brightness

Applies a uniform adjustment to the light intensity of an image, with 0% corresponding to an unchanged setting.

Contrast

Adjusts the contrast of an image, with 0% corresponding to an unchanged setting.

Gamma

Adjusts the gamma value of an image, with 0% corresponding to the default setting of a gamma value of 2.2. This option is only available when HDR is enabled.

Exposure

Simulates an adjustment to the amount of light in an image, with 0% corresponding to an unchanged setting. This option is only available when HDR is enabled.
Changes made in the image enhancement section only affect the display of panoramic images in the current browser session. The original image data remains unchanged.

Complementary images

The complementary images section displays additional image layers derived from measurement data from a parallel LiDAR scan during mobile mapping.

Depending on the sensors used, not every 360° panorama contains complementary images. If no depth or intensity image is available for the current view, the corresponding option is automatically disabled.
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Show depth

Toggle depth image
Overlays the color image with a depth image that represents the distance of each pixel from the sensor. It is used to visualize spatial information and supports advanced functions of the panorama map, such as measuring and digitizing in the panorama image.

Show intensity

Toggle intensity image
Overlays the color image with an intensity image that reflects the intensity of the laser signal reflected from a surface. The intensity image facilitates the interpretation of the environment.

The opacity of the overlaying image can be adjusted using the slider. A value of 1 corresponds to full opacity, while a value of 0 corresponds to complete transparency.

Due to parallel recording by different sensors, the color image and the associated depth or intensity images may differ slightly in their position. For precise results, especially when measuring or digitizing features, it is recommended to overlay the intensity image during execution of the task.

Image metadata

The image metadata section lists the metadata for each image. This includes the name, position, acquisition angles, and timestamp of the image. In addition, the offset between the camera position and terrain is specified (relative height of the camera), the tile size of an image tile of the data set, and whether image layers of intensity and depth are available in addition to the color image are specified.