Mapping — import and search an orthomosaic
An orthomosaic is a stitched, georeferenced aerial map — the output of a mapping flight run through a photogrammetry tool. Eagle Eyes Mirada imports one, shows it on the map at its real-world location, and runs the AI detector across the whole thing in a single sweep.
workflow-ortho-importImporting a GeoTIFF orthomosaic and seeing it land on the map1. Import the map
Section titled “1. Import the map”Open Add Data (+) → Import Map Data, choose Load from file, and pick a
GeoTIFF (.tif or .tiff). The orthomosaic comes in as its own channel
(type Orthomosaic) and is laid onto the map as an overlay at its real-world
bounds — the map zooms to it.
2. View it
Section titled “2. View it”Open the channel to see the full mosaic, with a north arrow and a readout of its pixel dimensions and its north-west corner coordinates. Pan and zoom to inspect detail, just like any other image.
3. Search the whole map
Section titled “3. Search the whole map”To search the entire area at once, open the Detect… menu on the orthomosaic channel and start a run. Mirada splits the mosaic into overlapping tiles and runs the detector on each — the same colour/motion anomaly detector used on images and video, applied across the full-resolution map.
workflow-ortho-scanAn ortho scan sweeping tile by tile, then detections placed on the mapA white sweep frame moves tile by tile across the mosaic as it scans, so you can follow its progress; empty tiles are skipped. Because the map is georeferenced, every detection lands at real-world coordinates when the scan finishes.
From there, detections behave like any other find — bookmark the ones worth keeping (see Running the detector) and share them straight to a map with Connecting to CalTopo.