regarding the m700 survey scanner

[fireblade274]

Yea another question; What do the different overlays mean after you do a scan with the m700? Heatmap green, Blue, monochrome? Inverse?

[Ripper2900]

The overlays all mean the same, they're just different visuals.

The "heat" represent different concentrations of ore but I'm not sure relative to what. Also note the setting the cutoff to eg. 60% doesn't show actual concentrations of 60%, but 60%of the max. (not sure what max is), and it's really inaccurate.

Ore is located by biome, and with large variations within biomes. You really need to use the narrowband scanner and the surface scanner to get good results. Or just plain luck.

One rule of thumb that seems to hold from my experience is that sloping ground generally have more ore then nearby flat ground.

[Finox]

I don't think each overlay is meant to show anything different. They're just a different way of showing ore concentrations, kind of like how you can put the same data set into a bar graph or a pie chart, but its still the same information. They're just there so you can pick the one that stands out best against whatever body you're surveying. For instance; using a purple overlay on Eve would be a bad idea since Eve is purple and it would be almost impossible to see.

[Wallygator]

I would like to think it also provides accessibility for folks who suffer from color vision deficiency.