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Navigating Within the Data View

You can navigate within the data view using the main tool bar buttons in a number of ways.  Use  Zoom (click and drag),  Magnify, or  Actual to zoom in.  Try zooming in on the Eastern Mediterranean Sea:

CDAT window showing sea surface temperature data in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Use  Pan (click and drag) or  Recenter to shift the data view.  Try panning the data view to the northwest:CDAT window showing sea surface temperature data near Greece and Turkey

Use  Shrink,  Fit, or  Reset to zoom back out.  Try fitting the data to the full width of the data view:

CDAT window showing sea surface temperature data in the Red Sea

Bonus exercises:

  • Try using Full Screen Mode accessed from the View menu, and use the controls to zoom and pan around the data view.
  • Try changing the data view size either by dragging on the CDAT window edges, or you can use the Window size options in the View menu.  This helps keep the view size the same to more easily export and compare images.
  • Watch a YouTube video Links to an external site. on basic CDAT components and navigating around in the data view.