The AOI Data section of the result panel is the bridge between the scene you rendered and the site data you brought — your Area, its terrain, its Zones, and (via the workflow steps) its geochemistry and geophysics. Like Metadata, it reflects the first active chip — the insight currently on top of the Globe.
What’s in the section #
- Area — which Area this run used, and its size in km².
- Area Coverage — how much of the Area the scene actually covers.
- DEM source — the elevation model in use for this Area (a preset like SRTM or Copernicus, or your own upload).
- Globe layers — chips for any geophysical layers currently displayed.
- Hillshadow mask — a toggle that masks terrain shadows using the scene’s sun azimuth and zenith (shown next to it) together with the elevation model. Available on single scenes; see Zones, Geochemical & Geophysical Data.
- Show area on map / Display labels — toggles for the Area outline and its labels on the Globe.
- Create zone — draw a new Zone directly over the result (when you own the Area).
- Focus area — re-center the Globe on the Area.
If you drew an unsaved area, this section also offers a Save area step (name it and save) so it becomes a proper Area.
📷 Screenshot pending — the AOI Data section with the Hillshadow mask toggle and Create zone.
Seeing your own data over the imagery #
Two more controls sit on the Area step of the workflow (not in this section, but part of the same picture):
- Toggle area points (database icon) — overlays your geochemical sample points on the Globe, right over the imagery.
- Toggle geophysical layers (layers icon) — opens the geophysical layers panel, where each layer (DEM/elevation, magnetometry, gravity, and terrain products like slope, aspect and hillshade) has its own Visualize button and legend.
Together these let you read the satellite result against your ground truth without leaving the workflow — see Zones, Geochemical & Geophysical Data for the full detail.