Frequently Asked Questions

This is a collection of questions (and answers) to problems that arise with using TopoStats software for processing Atomic Force Microscopy images.

If you have questions that are not answered here please consider starting a new discussion in the TopoStats Discussion section of the GitHub repository. Developers will endeavour to help you resolve your problem and it may get added to this page.

General Questions

My files image files are on a mounted Google Drive, can I process them there?

Maybe! We have had mixed success with processing images that are located on Google Drive and mounted on your local computer. If you find you are encountering errors such as FileExistsError (see #201) then please copy your files to a local drive on your computer for processing and then copy the results back to the network drive.

Common Errors

Common errors that are encountered along with explanations are listed below.