SmartMap measures the spatial distribution of elements - but there is much more to it than just this.

In SmartMap an X-ray spectrum is collected at each point on the map and the resulting data acts as a virtual sample.  This  means that little prior knowledge of the sample is required because all possible elements are measured when a SmartMap is collected.

SmartMaps can be viewed or processed during or after acquisition in a number of ways, including as elemental distribution maps and linescans, Cameo+ images, quantitative line profiles, phase distribution maps and used to reconstruct X-ray spectra.