Use Canvas views

There are multiple views you can use to work with your imagery and video in the ArcGIS Excalibur Canvas. The metadata of the imagery and video determines the available views.

Map Panel

After finding suitable imagery and connecting to the canvas view, the imagery appears in the Map Panel by default. The Map Panel allows you to spatially view imagery on top of a default basemap, where the imagery is automatically orthorectified and is aligned with the map.

The following are the default behaviors of the Map Panel:

The Map Panel is zoomed to the extent of the service if it's connected using a web service or connected through the Analysis Layers page. It's zoomed to the extent of the queued image or images if it's connected from Search and Discover.
The image metadata table is collapsed by default, but when expanded, it displays up to the first 500 records of your imagery if applicable.
You can zoom in and out on the map using the zoom-in and zoom-out buttons.
Return to the extent of the imagery if you are viewing imagery in the canvas or return to the saved extent of the project using the Default Map View button below the zoom buttons.
Search for a specific address or location using the Find address or place widget.
Holding down a right-click will allow you to alter the orientation. You can reset the orientation using the Reset map orientation button.
You can change the basemap using Basemaps located in the map panel toolbar.
View an overview map using the Overview Map button located in the Map Panel header.
To view a legend, click Map Legend in the Map panel toolbar.

Work with the image metadata table

The image metadata table allows you to see information about your imagery and interact with each image. The table is only available for query-enabled image collection layers. Based on the imagery format and type, the table contains metadata about each record in the table. You can also use the table to select images, set a specific image as the focused image, or create an Excalibur project:

Selecting images – You can select an image by clicking the check box in the row, which results in the corresponding footprint being highlighted in cyan on the map. When an image is selected, you can optionally set that image as the focus image in the Focus Panel by clicking Set as Focus Image .
Show selected imagery - The Show Selected option in the image metadata table allows you to view only the images of your selected records in the map panel.
View metadata fields - By default, the Image Metadata Table displays a select few metadata fields. To view more or fewer fields, click Show or hide columns on the table button to show or hide columns on the table.
Sketch an area of interest - The Sketch Area of Interest option allows you to interactively draw an area on the map panel to select a subset of images. After defining an area of interest, the map panel and Image Metadata Table updates to reflect those images intersecting your area of interest.

Split view

You can also view imagery in split view, which allows you to use the Map Panel and Focus Panel at the same time. This is helpful because you can view the imagery aligned to a map (in the Map Panel) and view the same imagery as it was captured in its native perspective (in the Focus Panel).

Switch to split view

To view the imagery in split view, complete the following steps:

With the Image Metadata Table expanded, select an image.

The selected image footprint is highlighted in cyan.
Click the Set as Focus Image button in the Image Metadata Table.

This button is only enabled when an image is selected in the Image Metadata Table. This option is not visible when connected to an Oriented Imagery layer.

A split view of the selected image appears in both the Map Panel and the Focus Panel. If the selected image is within the current extent, it remains at the current map extent. If the selected image is outside of the current extent, it zooms to the extent of the image. All imagery, other than the selected image, is turned off in the Map Panel, allowing you to focus on the selected image.

Note:

You can only view one image at a time in the Focus Panel.

You can use the Sync Extents button in either the Map Panel or the Focus Panel. Using the Sync Extents button in the Focus Panel syncs the extent of the Map Panel to the current extent of the Focus Panel for better orientation. Using the Sync Extents button in the Map Panel syncs the extent of the Focus Panel to the current extent of the Map Panel for better orientation. If the extent of the Map Panel is outside the extent of the image that is set as the focus image in the Focus Panel, an error occurs if the Sync Extents button is clicked.
Click the Close button on the Focus Panel to close the split view.

The Map Panel extent remains centered on the previously focused image, and all other imagery in the image metadata table is automatically turned back on.

Focus Panel with imagery

When you're using split view, you can expand the view of the focused image to a maximized state, allowing you more room to work with the focused image in its native perspective.

Expand the Focus Panel

To maximize the state of the focus view, complete the following steps:

Click the Expand Focus Panel button in the corner of the Focus Panel.

Once the panel is expanded, you can continue to work with the focused image.
Optionally, click the Reset to Split View button on the Focus Panel to switch back to split view.
Click the Close button to close the current view.

View metadata

You can view an image's metadata at any time by expanding the Image layer metadata button.

Click the document button in the Focus Panel header to view the corresponding metadata of the focused image.

Note:

The metadata tray can be viewed in three sizes by clicking the expand button at the bottom of the tray. Clicking this button cycles through the three sizes. The middle size is the default.
Optionally, click the copy button in the metadata tray to copy the image metadata to the clipboard.
Click the Close button to close the current view.

Use the Rotate View tool

The Rotate View tool allows you to rotate an image in the Focus Panel.

To rotate an image, complete the following steps:

Click Rotate View in the Focus Panel.

The Rotate View default value is .
Click and drag the outer ring to rotate the image.

The name of the tool changes to Custom.
Click Custom to reset the tool to Top Up.
Click Collapse to collapse the tool.

The image remains in its last rotated position.

Use the Go-to Coordinate Tool

The Go-to Coordinate tool allows you to input coordinates using one coordinate system and output to different coordinate systems using multiple notation formats. You can input a coordinate to quickly pan-to and center on the corresponding location on the map or capture any coordinate location by clicking directly in the map view.

You can change the coordinate format using the drop-down menu (default is XY), copy the coordinate, or clear it. Entering a new coordinate removes the previous location pin. An error message appears if the coordinate is invalid or outside the Image Focus extent.

The Capture Coordinate tool allows you to click directly in the map panel to populate the coordinate field. The selected location is pinned and centered in the same way as manually entered coordinates.

Use the Flash location tool

The Flash location tool is available in Split View and helps you visually match locations between the map panel and focus panel. When activated, clicking a location in either panel briefly flashes and centers that same geographic location in both panels, making it easier to confirm alignment between views.

Focus Panel with oriented imagery

When connected to an oriented imagery layer as the analysis layer, the oriented imagery widget is visible in the Focus Panel. This widget provides tools used to identify locations in the Map Panel and an imagery viewer for exploring available oriented images that depict the area of interest. Panning and zooming the image dynamically illustrates the camera's field of view on the map. For more information about the oriented imagery widget, see Work with the oriented imagery viewer.

Work with video views

You can use ArcGIS Excalibur to view and analyze video layers in the canvas. By default, the video is displayed in split view, which allows you to play a video while having geospatial context of what is being viewed if the video layer contains this information.For more information on working with video in ArcGIS Excalibur, see here to learn about analyzing video.