Documentation

The ArcheoBase user guide, step by step, with its videos.

Overview of the Photo Entity

 

Visualization

All photos from an intervention can be viewed under the Photos tab in the main menu bar. The icons facilitate viewing photos as a gallery or table.

A new photo form can be created using the Add button.

 

 

 

Additionally, each type of form also has a tab offering an overview of the photos associated with the current form.

 

A: Add an existing photo to the form

The button associates an existing photo within the program with the current form. The user can choose one of the existing photos (already listed under the Photo tab in the main menu) to associate with the form.

B: Add a photo

A new Photo form can be directly created from the form it will be associated with using the icon  . 

 

Photo Form

By default, each photo uploaded or created within ArcheoBase has its own form. This allows them to be displayed as a table and benefit from functionalities related to Dynamic Forms.

 

A: Layers

The Layers tab allows you to show or hide layers on a photo. You can activate all layers simultaneously or hide some of them. More details on the functions of layers can be found on the Comment and draw on a photo page. 

 

B: Zoom

The zoom icon  allows the user to zoom in or out on a photo in a form. 

C: Draw on a photo

The icon opens the drawing window. The procedure is described in more detail on the page Comment and Draw on a Photo.

 

D: Annotations

The icon allows the user to select specific points on a photo and add a comment. The process is described in the section Comment and draw on a photo.

 

E: Download the original

The photo displayed in the interface is a lighter copy of the original to allow smooth usage in the program. The Download original link allows you to get the photo in the quality it was uploaded in. The original photo is available only if the option Keep original was selected during the photo upload.

 

F: Dropdown menu

The dropdown menu  displays several options:

A popup appears and displays the geographic coordinates related to the photo.

Facilitates the replication of data in fields by copying them from the previous form to the current one.

Replicates Associated with relationships from an existing form to the current form.

 

G: Edit dynamic fields

The icon indicates that the fields below are Dynamic Fields. They are fully configurable by the user if they have the Form Management right.

 

H: Base fields

The Base fields of the photo form are:

 

 

 

The Photo No. is incremented automatically.

  • It can be modified manually if needed.
  • It can also follow a more specific format if necessary. Contact the support team in such a case.

The dropdown menu Associated with lists the existing associations.

The Base fields of a photo form cannot be modified by the user.

 

I: Dynamic fields

The Dynamic Fields represent the majority of the information in a form. As indicated above, the icon allows them to be edited if the user has the Form Management right.