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User Guide

From your first account to a downloadable research report.

Quick Start

  1. Create an account using a unique username and email.
  2. Click the confirmation link in your email within 10 minutes. Your account activates and the application opens.
  3. Upload supported imagery and companion files, or describe a supported retrieval request.
  4. Describe your analysis objective, location, dates, and material targets. Review settings and start the analysis.
  5. Review warnings and evidence, then download your HTML report and available outputs. Keep your own copies.
Application

1. Account and access

Returning users can log in with username or email. Passwords must be 6–256 characters and include uppercase, lowercase, and a number. Use a strong, unique password. Verification links are single-use. If needed, check spam and request another link by repeating signup after at least 60 seconds. Use password reset if you forget your password; do not share passwords or verification links.

2. Upload or retrieve data

Browser uploads: up to 300 MB per file. File type and estimated uncompressed memory checks also apply. A small compressed raster can still be too large to process safely.

Upload the actual dataset. Paths such as C:\Users\...\scene.tif belong to your PC and cannot be read by the VPS. ENVI imagery usually requires its matching header and binary file; retain companion metadata and wavelength units. Wavelength metadata is essential for meaningful spectral-library comparison.

For online retrieval, describe the location or bounds, dates, desired sensor, and analysis goal. Availability depends on providers, credentials, cloud cover, and dataset suitability. For large datasets, arrange an approved transfer route with the operator; public users do not automatically receive SFTP access.

3. Run the analysis

Choose the relevant inputs, review parameters, then select Run GeoAI Analysis. Record the run ID. Do not start duplicate jobs while a run is active. Example request: “Using the uploaded reflectance cube and wavelength metadata, evaluate spectral evidence for kaolinite and alunite and report limitations.”

4. Interpret the outputs

Read processing warnings, measurement units, valid band coverage, masks, reference identifiers, and thresholds before interpreting maps. Similarity scores and detection hotspots are evidence, not proof of a mineral's presence or abundance. Compare with suitable independent observations. See research limitations.

5. Download and retain results

Use the report download control and any download controls offered for that run. Download datasets you wish to keep where a download is available; not every retrieved asset is necessarily exposed through the current UI. Keep HTML reports with any supporting assets required to display them. The service is not a long-term data archive.

System status and current limitations