MAP Re-Use

To support the goal of making our research products available for reuse we need to provide documentation and examples to ensure that the SPARC maps we publish to the SPARC Portal (and related software) are accessible to end biomedical users. This includes the flatmaps, organ scaffolds, and scaffold maps, as well as the software required for non-expert users to be able to access these maps and the underlying computational artifacts from which they are derived. A high-level overview of the SPARC data curation and mapping efforts is provided in The SPARC DRC: Building a resource for the autonomic nervous system community.

Creating and displaying your own Flatmaps

Detailed instructions on creating and displaying your own flatmaps are available in theAnatomical Flatmap Resources.

Reuse an organ scaffolds map

Learn how to reuse an existing organ scaffold

Publishing Generic Organ Scaffold as a SPARC Dataset

Publishing Scaffold Maps as a SPARC Dataset

Map data onto an organ scaffold

When the Scaffold Creator is combined with the Geometry Fitter, Data Embedder, and an importer the generic organ scaffolds can be extended to display mapped data. A complete description on how to map data onto an organ scaffold can be found on the SPARC Portal. A complete description on how to map data onto an organ scaffold can be found on the SPARC Portal.

Scaffold Mapping Tools to Map:

• Image Data
• Physiological Data
• Image Data from a Flatmap preparation