Click on the thumbnail of an item and the assessment page appears.

For an image item you can to mark out areas of interest and add annotations. This has many uses such as identifying specific individuals by name or annotating car registration plates.


adding an annotation in the metadata entry page


adding an annotation to a zoomed in image

Any number of annotations can be made to a single image and they are imported into the database providing additional search data. A new annotation will be rejected if it overlaps with an existing one.

You move your mouse over the image and press the left-hand button down whilst moving the mouse to create a square region on the image. On lifting the button a square region will appear as a doted square and a popup appears for you to add a suitable annotation.

When imported into the database these annotations can be used to search for the item.

To delete an existing annotation move over the region with you mouse, right click and select delete.