M.App X is a cloud-based defense solution that aims to bring user-friendly GIS functionality to a light browser application. It has all of the tools needed to create imagery-based information products and reports and deploy them in an enterprise platform.
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Common feedback from select user testing included:
"The UI does not look modern"
"The top bar is confusing and navigation is difficult"
"The workflow is very different from the other Hexagon Geospatial GIS tools"
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Initial Startup Screen
On this screen, the user is shown where to select a map/image to immediately get them started in the application.
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Shoebox Panel
An image is loaded into M.App X after being selected from the Shoebox in the right-side toolbar. The user is given the option to display either as an image or as a map, complete with geospatial data.
For users wanting to create notated reports, it would be more efficient to simply display a file as an image. Whereas someone using M.App X for dynamic mission planning would want to display the file as a map with elevation and other GIS data.
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Top Navigation Bar
The top navigation groups buttons together based on functionality. This creates a hierarchy and clear workflow.
The first group has drop down menus for general file options, the second is a slider that changes navigation modes, and the third has different viewing modes for showing multiple files at once for time-lapse and other types of comparisons.
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Adjustments Panel
Users can make real-time color and brightness adjustments to the image.
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Annotations Panel
This menu displays options for drawing vector shapes and creating notation on the image or map file.
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