New Features in AugerMap 2
Here you will find a list of many of the features that are new to AugerMap 2.
Some of these features are brand new, and some are significant enhancements
and changes to AugerMap 1.
- Multiple-Document Interface: You can now view multiple acquisitions at one
time, and edit one acquisition while acquiring another.
- Project workspace management: All acquisitions can now be accessed and managed
from one place.
- Separate SEM video (SED, ABS) and elemental acquisitions: SEM video and
element acquisitions are now separate, providing a more streamlined interface to both.
- Real-time image acquisition display: Images are now displayed during
acquisition.
- Enhanced scanning control: The scanning control dialogs now include separate
fine control sliders to make it easier to control electron gun and raster
operations, as well as a real-time fine control for emission current.
- Micron Markers: Multiple micron markers can be placed on images.
- Better Line Scan display: Options are now available to modify line scan graph
colors, fonts, etc.
- Image filtering and enhancements: You can now use sophisticated image
filtering to reduce noise, increase sharpness, degrain, detect edges, and more, without
needing to export to third-party imaging software.
- Color composites: Images can be colored and composited (layered).
- More export options: Images can now be copied with or without annotations and
micron markers.
- Gamma control: Gamma can now be controlled along with image thresholds
(brightness and contrast).
- Invert: Images can be inverted (independent of hardware).
- Enhanced TV Video interface: Slider controls allow more precise and simpler
adjustments of TV image parameters (contrast, brightness, etc.) for systems with
PC-TV control.
New Features in AugerMap 2.1
- Support for 20-327 electron gun control
- Option to acquire video images using RBD 21V VotF converter (on 79-170
controlled systems)
- Elemental Survey acquisitions (images acquired using a range of eV, rather
than specific peak and background points)
- All images (excepct composites) and line scans can be exported as ASCII text
- Line scan regions can be removed post-acquisition
- Elemental images and line scans can be topographically corrected
New Features in AugerMap 2.11
- Full Area mode support (660 systems)
- TV image bitmap capture (660 systems)
- Improved fine slider control for scanning and tv parameters
New Features in AugerMap 2.12
- Option to display crosshairs over live TV image (660 systems)
- Option to display grid over images
- Horiztonal rulers display calibrated image size
- Micron markers can be either horizontal or vertical
- Support for 20-320 electron gun control
New Features in AugerMap 2.2
- All electron gun settings are automatically updated in AugerScan (v. 3.2 or
greater)
- Improved scanning dialog interface
- Improved image registration using higher resolution SED images.
- Support for 4300 systems
- Support for 73-070 electron gun control
- Support for 80-365 electron gun and multiplier control
- TV Dialog can be displayed in large or small sizes
Changes from AugerMap 1
The following list some of the changes in operation you’ll encounter if you are upgrading from AugerMap 1.x:
Scanning Control
- There is no longer a coarse-fine selection in the scanning control dialog
boxes. The slider controls now provide fine control for most parameters.
- You can now control the emission in real-time using the fine control slider.
Note that this will only adjust the emission a small amount, so you are still
protected from accidentally making large changes
- There is no Display Rate control in the TV monitor – this is handled automatically by the software. You can still adjust the
frame rate of the hardware frame-grabber, however.
- If you have AugerScan version 3 or higher, AugerMap will automatically record
the beam voltage for you whenever it changes. You will no longer need to type
this value into your AugerScan electron gun settings.
Acquisition Changes
- SEM video images (SED, ABS) are now separate from elemental images. You can
find both acquisition types under the Acquisition menu.
- You no longer have to explicitly set your system to SED or ABS mode before
acquiring an acquisition of that type
- The time-per-step is automatically set for SED and ABS images.
- Quantization is now performed under the Processing command (the Threshold controls perform the same function).
- CMA multiplier settings are now global to all elemental images and line scans,
and are setup using the System Properties command.
- Images can be acquired at different positions and magnification, as long as
those parameters are changed using the scanning control dialog (as opposed to
using the stage mechanics).