Create a project

As mentioned earlier, TreeLD organizes data analysis into projects. Each project is associated with a single input file. Within each project, the analysis program can be run multiple times with different sets of parameters. Within a project, each run of the treebuilding algorithm is saved as a tree set.

To create a new project, click on File$\rightarrow$Create project and fill out all the information in the pop up window. This prompts a query for the path to the input datafile which must be formated according to section 5. After the dataset is loaded into memory, the marker map that is provided in the input file will be displayed in the Map Window. It is not possible to have more than one project open at a time.

To continue the analysis of an old project, click on File$\rightarrow$Open project. After loading a project into memory, all tree sets that have been generated for this project will be displayed in the File Window. Clicking on one of these tree sets will load it into the computer memory. It will then appear in the Tree Display.