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1. 6 6 6 6 Delete Add all lt S Add selected ADS data preparation Fig 11 Search for ADS images and accompanying data files with ADS images Choose images in the Images to add table to add them to a strip x Close Specify target folder that contains ADS data prepared in the system to search for ME The automatic split to strips feature allows to load all images to one strip at once and then distribute images among strips using defined image name template or according to exterior orientation parameters optional Perform radiometric correction of the images see Section 5 6 2 7 Click the Add all or the Add selected buttons to add images to a strip The Para meters window opened is used for setting of output images parameters see details in the Section 5 5 5 3 22 10 11 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project fE Parameters i iix Correction parameters Color depth Compression Format Save separately C 8 bit C None MS TIFF Apply to image 16 bit JPEG with quality fioc 4 C MegaTIFF C Normalize histogram Auto L2w Auto Output Folder PHOTOMOD resources Techsupport ADS_Bautzen New project ads40 Images i If output resource exists Skip C Overwrite C Rename cot Fig 12 Default parameters of images transformation Setup parameters of ADS images transformation specify target folder in profile
2. lt Back Next gt Cancel Fig 50 Selection of additional projects 3 Define a list of additional projects and set of their data to be added to base project data Use the button to add and the button to remove items from list of addi tional projects Click the Next button The Step 3 of 4 Name and placement for the target project window opens 96 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project iInfomap_all Joining projects Projects Infomap_Group InfoMap Projects Infomap_Group InfoMap Newgen Projects Infomap_Group InfoMap copy Projects 3D_group Projects BLANK Projects BOOLD_Group Projects Belgium_Small_Test Projects Christo_Newcastle Projects DSS_Corners Projects Errors Projects GeoEye_Bulgaria Projects Hassel_Group Projects Infomap_Group Projects Infomap_Group InfoMap Sharonoy Projects Infomap_Group Ennsapos Projects IntergraphBW _Group iProjects Intergraph_Tol Projects Italy Projects Japan_Group Projects JoinTest Fig 51 Selection of name and placement of joined project 4 Specify name description and placement of target project in active profile resources Click the Next button The Step 4 of 4 Joining parameters window opens Join projects Fig 52 Parameters of projects joining 97 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 5 Define parameters of projects joining and click the Execute button Table 9 Parameters of projects joining Oooo O o l
3. E M 10 V R10_505 0 1085332 V R10_506 00 1045001 Survey scale 1 V R10_507 00 1084972 Unset GSD Compute by DEM DEM dem x dem 5x5 m ea V In void DEM cells use 2 J Use image points out of DEM extents To compute image GSD by DEM the image interior and exterior orientation parameters are to be specified Compute Fig 55 Defining GSD 2 You can view statistics in the window and select block images where you need to define the GSD value Table 10 Description of table data displays a list of all block strips and images that could be selected displays current GSD value in case of unavail able GSD data is displayed Interior orientation displays statistics about interior orientation para meters availability for block images avail able unavailable Exterior orientation displays statistics exterior orientation parameters availability for block images available unavailable 3 To define GSD values for selected block images perform one of the following e Specify DEM for automatic GSD calculation in the Compute by DEM section optional Set the In void DEM cells use Z checkbox and specify Z coordinate in the input field for empty DEM cells if any Set the Use image points out of DEM extents checkbox for the case when DEM does not cover images block 102 PHOTOMOD 5 24
4. V DEMs 97 3 74 GB Mosaic data 21 3 14 MB Other processing data 107 3 97 GB V Backup copies 412 194 10 MB Temporary data 8 614 00 KB V Other project 1 7 47 KB Selected 694 resources 7 95 GB Compression Fig 53 Co3gaHve HecxKatoro apxuBa TAR In the Contents table specify a set of data to be included to project backup copy During project backup creation only selected resources located in project folder are saved archived If images are placed out of project folder you can backup only raster cache reduced copies of images Define a compression level of backup copy using an appropriate slider in the Compression section the panel is active only if compressed backup is selected Click OK to backup the project 6 13 Restoring project backup You can restore a project from a backup copy see Section 6 12 using integrated tools of the system as well as third party tools any standard archiving utility for instance When using PHOTOMOD system tools a project backup copy is unpacked to selected folder of active profile resources When third party archiving utility is used select any folder out of profile resources This folder could be connected to profile resources via virtual folder 99 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project In order to restore a project from a backup copy using PHOTOMOD system tools perform the following actions 1 Click the Restore button in the Project management window se
5. 5 Setup the following parameters in the Auto search section to perform automatic search of remote sensing product Selected folder only used to search for remote sensing data in the selected folder only Selected folder and subfolders used to search for remote sensing data in the selected folder and its subfolders Show details allows to open the Adding images found window to view detailed parameters of found remote sensing products to perform pan sharpening oper ation images setting and manual choosing to add them to the Images to add table see Section 5 5 5 1 Show rasters without metadata allows to perform search of all files with im ages in selected folder including those without metadata 6 Click the Search button to perform images search according to parameters selected in the Auto search section The system performs search for remote sensing products browses for files and images and recognizes their properties from metadata see a list of Scanner images formats in Section 4 3 2 1 Once the search is completed you will get one of the following results If the system failed to recognize RS product format you will get the following warning No remote sensing imagery products is found If in the Auto search section the Show details checkbox is not set the Images to add table shows all images found and their properties from metadata image name radiometric correction applied not applied identi
6. Central projection C ADS 40 Satellite scanner imagery YisionMap 43 SLF Coordinate system p49 New Zealand Map Grid New Zealand EPSG Supersedes 27291 GD49 North Island Gr a orientation right geo referencing global coordinate system Relief elevation min m max m Placement Projects New Zealand Group Projects QuickBird Phoenix Projects QuickBird Spokane iProjects Saratov_Data x 5p Full project path Projects New Zealand Group 1 New Zealand OK Cancel Fig 6 New project window 4 Input a new project name into the Name field 5 optional In the Description field input the project brief description features re marks etc 6 Specify project type in the Type field PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project PHOTOMOD system supports the following types of projects depending on a survey Survey equipment type e Central projection used for processing of aerial or space borne images of central projection e Satellite scanner imagery used for processing of space borne scanner images e ADS 40 used for processing of data acquired by ADS 40 80 digital sensor e VisionMap A3 SLF used for processing of images acquired by VisionMap A3 camera 7 Click the Select button in the Coordinate system section see Section 4 4 to open a list of coordinate systems You can choose project coordinate system from the following sources From DB International Ru
7. Check images allows to check images for example to find images where radiometric correction is recommended Mark all images as checked allows to exclude project images validation check their presence and compliance to images files during project opening at the next working session Market to selected image allows to move marker to center of the image selec ted in the list of the Block editor window Block layout contains groups of menu items used to create block layout allows to refresh load save block layout apply w o layout or by exterior orientation modes build block layout automatically for Unmanned Aer ial Vehicle UAV projects delete results of automat ic block layout see the Aerial triangulation User Guide Automatic block splitting allows to split images block to strips automatically using images names exterior orientation paramet ers metadata and split VisionMap images block see Section 5 7 1 4 Rotate selected images allows to rotate selected images at any angle relat ively to initial or current position of block images 40 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Rotate images by block layout allows to rotate all or selected images of block con sidering block layout data see the Aerial triangula tion User Guide amp Set GSD for selected images allows to define calculate GSD value in meters for all or selected images of block see Section 8 1 Create overlap map
8. PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project image file by default To load and apply previously saved settings click the Load button To apply settings click the Apply button o x Channel E 21 68 Go 7 7 7 7 i i 1 Restore Load Save JV For all Preview Cancel Apply Fig 39 The Curves window e For brightness gamma contrast setting click the button The Brightness Contrast Gamma window opens Choose channel all channels in the Channels list and setup appropriate parameters using sliders Set the On fly checkbox for dynamic display of changes in the Radiometric correction window e For image color balance adjustment click the button The Color balance window opens Perform color balance using sliders or values input fields for each color com ponent in range from 100 to 100 The resulting brightness is not change at that Set the On fly checkbox for dynamic display of changes in the Radiometric correc tion window e For improving visual quality of initial image using different filters click the button The Filters window opens In the Filter type drop down list choose one of the following types of image processing o Blur is used for image details dithering o Gaussian blur is a type of blur filter where transfer value is not a linear function but part of Gauss function Bell curve o Sharpen allows to highlight and intensify differences between image s indiv
9. Yes Rigorous IRS P5 CAR TOSAT 1 2 5 0 0 013 5 10000 QuickBird fos724 fo roreview s 174 foo h FORMOSAT 2 8 25000 3 5 2 10000 Kompsat 2 10000 2 5 9 14 IRS P6 RE 6 6 100000 20 20 SOURCESAT 1 2 0 Rigorous Yes A U O O N A U U OJO N O Rigorous Yes SO _ Rigorous Yes DO RPC Yes SO Generic Depends ona system ADS 40 80 Airborne Digital Sensor by Leica Geosystems Switzerland is a scanner survey system installed on aircraft carrier which allows to perform simultaneous survey in different spectral bands under different angles from nadir A U O WorldView 10 5 5000 0 5 2000 ALOS Prism 2 5 25000 3 5 GeoEye 0 5 2 5000 0 3 0 6 2000 mrt 4 3 3 ADS 40 80 imagery A U Do O1 D O D Processing of ADS project in the system implies performing the following steps 1 Preprocessing of data received from on board storage device using dedicated software included to ADS set 2 Preparing of ADS data for loading to a project using PHOTOMOD system function ality You need to perform this step if preprocessing of ADS data was executed on different workstation so it is necessary to correct absolute paths to ADS data files PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project in order to create ADS project in the system You can skip this step if data prepro cessing and project creation was performed on the same machine
10. 2D window view scale of data in 2D window e navigation panel shows the whole block and used for fast move to any part of images block e manager panel service panel used to manage open layers of the project e panel to manage brightness contrast and gamma correction of 2D window data e status bar to show coordinates of marker position 41 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 1 1 20 Block scheme B eM TQAQMAQia Main Navi x 2 3 T p Marker s no E Block scheme B gt i Raster Block forming me F G B i Alaer OS zi Block editor Block editor OOD 10 x Pam 8 BS aM LT RBU KRG APRA M Fie 680 679 678 677 IZG 664 665 gt ME Strip 664 671 2 2 Image 667 selected 10 of 16 Font size fe Al 4 b n a Caa aaa AAAA m s m E 2590407 388174 m 6585158 626845 m 0 000000 m GD49 NZ Map Grid Fig 25 2D window and tools of block forming The following buttons are used to manage marker e T allows to turn on the marker mouse mode when the marker coincides with mouse cursor allows to center working area of 2D window by marker position e Ta used for work in fixed marker mode when marker is always in center of 2D window and mouse move leads to move of the whole image of 2D window ME To leave fixed marker mode click the F6 hotkey The following buttons are used to change view of 2D window EH allows
11. B eM TAQMAQis Main Navi t Marker s no E Block scheme B gt i Raster Import orientation from metadata i l m e x J Import interior orientation J Replace existing data J Import exterior orientation 7 Replace existing data crcl z 4 gt y a _ _ gt f Ma o w wo ow 6 m 6 613052 322636 m 5670606 140649 m 0 000000 m WGS 84 UTM zone 31N Fig 15 VisionMap A3 project central projection 4 4 Coordinate systems Coordinate systems databases are installed during the system installation Coordinate system should be selected on the step of project creation However you can change the coordinate system of existing project in the Project properties window see Sec tion 6 4 or during block adjustment step see the Block adjustment User Guide For coordinate system choose during project creation click the Select button of the Coordinate system section in the New project window see Section 4 2 In the list opened select coordinate system from the following sources 21 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e From DB from the list of coordinate systems database see Section 4 4 1 e From file from coordinate system files with x ref system extension located out of profile resources if any e From resource from files with x ref system extension located in active profile resources This allows for example to choose coordinate system from anothe
12. CapaToB_CHHMKH i CHCTEMbI KOOPAHHAT V Automatically check images V Auto replace only problem images IV View Fig 36 Image setting module ImageWizard The ImageWizard window contains the following main sections e The Project images section is used for control of project images setting view images properties and links to images source files The section contains toolbar project im ages table and window of selected image view The table of the Project images section contains information about project images Each table row shows the following features project image name pyramid availability radiometric processing data about linear size of the image in pixels and about size of source file path to the source file in active profile resources i e link to the source file The view window located below the table is used for displaying of project image se lected in the table Toolbar is used for work with table of project images and contains the following but tons o B BE E the button for data refresh in the Source section and standard buttons of data selection choosing in the table 69 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project o allows to load radiometric parameters from rmc file and apply them to project image selected in the table o gq allows to save radiometric parameters of project image selected in the table to rmc file o 4 allows to delete radiometric par
13. If you process a big project use the Raster Converter in distributed processing mode for pre processing of source SLF images After conversion add metadata dat files to target folder with images files Create VisionMap A3 SLF project For that in the New project window see Sec tion 4 2 choose the VisionMap A3 SLF project type specify project name coordin ate system terrain heights difference and folder to place project files in profile re SOUICES f It is strongly recommended to input terrain heights values to the Relief elevation section during creation of VisionMap A3 SLF projects type 3 Load images to the project see Section 5 5 3 MES The system allows to form strips of VisionMap images automatically using exterior orient ation parameters from metadata see Section 5 7 1 4 Choose Project gt Synchronize 25 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Create block layout using adjustment results For that in the Block layout window set the By ties option set the Adjustment results checkbox only and click the Apply button see the Aerial triangulation User Guide Block adjustment quality control is performed in the Aerial triangulation module see the Aerial triangulation User Guide Work in the Block adjustment module for projects of VisionMap A3 SLF type is not provided Proceed to stereo processing step see the Project processing User Guide Be I AQMARf2 Block layout Zs ode By
14. resources where to save transformed images and choose action for the case if the target folder already contains images files with the same names MES It is recommended to choose the Auto option in the Format section since the size of ADS images is big eG MegaTIFF format is used for converting of Level 1 images which size is more than 4 GB and or for images fragments if their size exceeds 500 MB After MegaTIFF conversion all ADS images files will have prf extension and will be placed to target folder Click OK to start operation of images load and transformation It could take notice able time due to big size of ADS images optional Adjust images if necessary in the Section 5 6 1 and edit the block see Section 5 7 after images loading is completed After block forming from ADS images you should import adjustment results and proceed to project processing see Section 4 3 3 5 4 3 3 5 Processing ADS project In order to proceed to project processing stage stereo vectorization DEM creation mosaic creation you should build mathematic models of images using data loaded to a project by the following way 1 Choose Adjustment gt Block adjustment see also the Block adjustment User Guide Click the Parameters button to open the Parameters window Choose the Images tab Choose Import adjustment in the Method section 23 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 4 Setthe Create stereopairs and Use adjustment result to
15. 113 Creating project PHOTOMOD 5 24 2 Q After radiometric correction v IV Projects Infomap_Group InfoMap_Greg_Copy Data demjqqq x dem 136 766400 Fig 63 Fast Ortho parameters 13 Click OK or click the Distributed processing button to build orthophotos Fast Ortho Orthophoto and georeference files is stored in the output folders The files names exactly match the names of project images 114
16. 16 bit images 4 Inthe Format section choose one of the following options e MS TIFF to convert images with size less than 2 GB e MegaTIFF to convert images with size more than 2 GB File of MegaTIFF format has prf extension Besides during MegaTIFF file creation a subfolder is created in target folder The subfolder has the same name as image file and contains all necessary auxiliary files to display big size image in the sys tem A It is strongly recommended to convert multichannel images with more than 3 channels to MegaTIFF format otherwise channels names will not comply with used ones and this could lead to issues during work in the Mosaic program see the Orthomosaic building User Guide 66 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e Auto by default to define output format automatically depending on size of source image IE The Auto option is recommended for scanner images 5 In the Output folder section click the _ button to define target folder of active profile resources to place converted images files there 6 Inthe If output resource exists section select one of the following actions for the case if the target folder already contains files with the same names e Skip allows to leave existing file e Overwrite allows to refresh existing file e Rename allows to save file with new name 7 Click OK to start images loading operation Once it is completed images loaded will be shown in 2D w
17. 3 Creation of ADS project in the system loading of ADS data to a project After project creation and ADS images block forming you can build mathematic models in the adjustment module see Section 4 3 3 5 and proceed to project processing step stereo vectorization DEM and mosaic creation see the Project processing User Guide 4 3 3 1 Preprocessing ADS data Working procedure with ADS data in the system implies its full processing using dedic ated software included to delivery set of ADS survey complex for example XPro GPro program by Leica Geosystems and ORIMA software developed by L Hinsken Usually ADS data preprocessing contains the following steps e initial processing transfer of images and trajectory data from on board device to workstation creating of Level 0 images e post processing of trajectory data GPS and inertial system measurements to obtain exterior orientation parameters measured in flight odf files e geometric transformations projection of Level 0 images on some plane of constant height rectification plane in so called LSR Local Space Rectangular coordinate system using exterior orientation parameters from previous step creating of Level 1 images automatic tie points measurement and block adjustment of Level 1 images with without GCP using ORIMA like software Data obtained after preprocessing is suitable for processing of ADS project in the system and include the following
18. Creating project completely Click the Compute button GSD values calculated by DEM are dis played in the table for selected images e Set GSD value manually or calculate it automatically using the calculator in the Set GSD value section For calculating GSD automatically define size of image pixel in microns manually or from project data by clicking the From project button and a survey scale After that the value in the GSD column is updated automatically Once the GSD value is updated click the Set button The defined GSD value is displayed for images selected in the table e You can cancel defined GSD value using the Unset GSD button In this case the GSD column in the table will display for selected images 4 Save defined GSD values by clicking the Apply button 8 2 Creating overlap map For visual analysis of images and strips overlap in a block the system provides a feature of overlap map creating After creating of such a map the overlap areas are created as kind of vector polygons on a new vector layer Perform the following actions to create overlap map 1 Choose Block Create overlap map The Create heat map window opens zaxi For images For strips J Paint by overlap multiplicity Limit overlap multiplicity f m cr Fig 56 Parameters of overlap map creating 2 Choose elements of a block to be used for overlap map creating For images or For strips 3 optional Set the Pa
19. During ADS project processing you can perform search for ADS images only not any scanner images in the Add pushb room images window And vice versa for Satellite scanner imagery project you can search only for satellite scanner images and then recognize their metadata Besides for ADS project in the Add pushbroom images window there is the Prepare ADS data button that duplicates the Service Prepare ADS data menu item see Section 4 3 3 2 21 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Add pushbroom images l Backup aps O AD540 E ALOS PALSAR L Camera RC 20 O DISTR DOC_XML DocBook Dss O DSS_4strips_new_IO img DOCUMENTATION O For traslation project Auto search GEOMOSAIC O GeoMosaic_GCP E workflow_en vsd Workflow_rus png E Workflow_rus vsd C selected Folder only E e e ed d e e e e 4 RECYCLE BIN J WRazuvanovalDi40540 El 18 x IMAGES selected Folder and subfolders Las Show details E MsoCache Projects Infomap a Show rasters without metadata Public E RADAR2008 Screenshort 4 b M Project images Images to add L11105CIRB164 L11105CIRB16 ADSLEVELIRGBBACKWARD 48285 L11105CIRNOO4 LI1105CIRNO0 amp ADSLEVEL1 RGB NADIR 48267 L11105RGBB164 L11105RGB6616 ADS LEVELI RGB BACKWARD 48285 Li1105RGBNO04 L11105RGBNO04 amp ADS LEVELI RGB NADIR 48267 Radiometry Details Name MIF MID
20. P6 RESOURCESAT 1 generic EROS A B Rigorous generic IKONOS RPC generic RPC generic RPC generic ASTER Rigorous generic a Rigorous generic WorldView 1 2 RPC generic Resours DK Rigorous generic KOMPSAT 2 Rigorous generic GeoEye 1 RPC generic ALOS PRISM 1B1 1B2 RPC generic Landsat 7 ETM generic ALOS AVNIR 2 generic RPC generic The rest generic Depends on a system 4 3 2 1 Formats of satellite scanner images Table 2 Formats of satellite scanner images Rigorous Resours DK TIFF 11 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project FORMOSAT 2 KOMPSAT 2 SPOT 1 5 TERRA ASTER EROS A B With RPC GeoEye 1 IKONOS KOMPSAT 2 QuickBird OrbView 3 WorldView 1 Cartosat 1 IRS P5 ALOS PRISM 1B1 level ALOS PRISM 1B2 level Pleiades Generic DLT and its modifica Landsat 7 ETM tions IRS 1C 1D PAN IRS P6 Resourcesat 1 ALOS AVNIR 2 DIMAP TIFF GeoTIFF CEOS SISA CAP DIMAP HDF RAW TIFF GeoTIFF RPC TIFF GeoTIFF RPC TIFF GeoTIFF RPC TIFF GeoTIFF RPC TIFF GeoTIFF RPC TIFF GeoTIFF RPC Orthokit CEOS CEOS GeoTIFF JPEG 2000 RPC TIFF GeoTIFF HDF Super Structured HDF Fast C Super Structured HDF Fast C CEOS 4 3 2 2 Amount of triangulation points recommendation The chapter contains details on recommended amount of GCP check and tie points required for satisfying results of satellite scanner blocks adjustment IE For satellite scanner image
21. You can connect the images later by connecting a folder with images through virtual folder to profile re sources with project open the project in the sys tem and adjust images in ImageWizard see Section 5 6 1 using Auto replace or Replace operations l e you should link project images names with names of real images files In subfolder of the project allows to create the Images subfolder in the pro ject folder to place images files there In this case you should connect a project folder to profile re sources through a virtual folder Then during project opening the system will recognize relative paths to images files and load them to a project It is not recommended to place images to project folder see Section 4 1 however in some cases it may be suitable for small projects for example for testing or debugging It is also not recommen ded to use this option if projects to be converted share common images Beside the project allows to create the lt project name gt Images folder used for project images placement near the pro ject folder If the folder with the same name is already exist the new folder lt project name gt Images 1 2 etc is created Shared im ages will be copied according to project s number at that The option is used if you are going to process other projects in 5 0 version which will use these images It is not required to connect separate virtual folder if the target folder contain ing proj
22. a Fig 38 Histogram setting In order to view image histogram and setup transfer function that defines arbitrary brightness transformation click the button The Curves window opens Graphically the transfer function is shown by the curve which color is defined by chosen channel In X axis there are values of image brightness before transformation value in the In field and in Y axis after it value in the Out field Transfer function is setup using node points small squares Between nodes the function line is a cubic spline In order to add new node place marker to a histogram point and click it by mouse Click right mouse button to delete selected node To choose a node point click its closest area To move chosen node move the marker by mouse holding the Ctrl or Alt key In case of color image you can setup the transfer function either for each channel individually or for all channels at once in the Channel field Set the Preview checkbox to view transformations in the image window In order to restore linear dependence after some changes click the button Click the button to turn on the grid control To control initial histogram display click the button to control display of final histogram click the ju button Click the Restore button to restore all initial curves to state before transformations To save settings in crv file click the Save button the system will suggest to save settings to the 19
23. coordinate system parameters as shown on the figure Use the _ button to choose data from lists lt lt During processing of satellite scanner images with RPC coefficients which consider ellipsoid parameters in PHOTOMOD project without GCP you should re calculate a height system The system contains build in parameters of geoid for such calculation EGM96 Earth Gravity Model 1996 In order to use the geoid for re calculating of height system choose Predefined geoid in the Height system section and choose EGM96 You can also specify your own parameters of geoid to re calculate heights in coordinate system of the project see Section 4 4 3 3 6 Click the Save button to complete creation of a new coordinate system or the Close button to close the window without saving changes to the database 33 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project During coordinate system creating editing you edit create a projection Lets examine creation of a new projection on example Perform the following 1 Click the _ button in the Map projection section of the Edit projected reference system window The Select map projection window opens 2 Click the New button The Edit map projection window opens Edit map projection oj x Name lu TM Description Projection type UTM 6 degree zones E hemisphere Northem Southern N mear units B Angular units gj Scale units By First axis direction North v First axis name IN Second axis
24. default is used to save radiometric correction parameters to individual rmc files In this case only geometric transformations will be applied to image And the image is displayed in the system with all correction parameters specified Apply to image to apply all parameters of radiometric correction except for histogram normalization directly to the image i e the file is saved with changes Normalize histogram is used only to apply histogram normalization automatically to correct white color level ME If a source image has more than three channels it is recommended to perform histogram normalization without radiometric correction in order to obtain output orthophoto with the same number of channels and color depth When you create orthophoto in the Mo saic program clear the Use radiometric correction from project checkbox in the Output image parameters window In order to open the Output image parameters window select Mosaic Parameters and in the Parameters window opened click the Output raster button 2 Depending on the source image you should define color depth of output image in the Color depth section 8 bit 16 bit or Auto by default for automatic selection of color depth 3 Inthe Compression section choose one of the following options None without compression JPEG with quality to compress image with specified quality LZW without quality loss You can use only LZW compression selected by default to
25. files e transformed Level 1 data tif files each of them is an image or image fragment from a set of image fragments composed according to file of image description ads That means that during Level 1 images creation the image may be split into several fragments tif files as defined by options of images transformations performed by dedicated software e exterior orientation parameters measured in flight odf files e adjusted exterior orientation parameters odf adj files e image description files ads files containing list of fragment files names which consist the whole image 16 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e exterior orientation parameters cam files containing data about optical system focal length as well as coordinates of each detector in sensor focal plane e metadata sup files for Level 1 images which contain parameters of LSR coordinate system and parameters of linking between rectification plane coordinates and Level 1 image coordinates F During preprocessing you can specify a limit of Level 1 image size and size of fragments the image consists of It is recommended that each Level 1 image is not more than 4 GB in size and consist of fragments not more than 500 MB in size each Otherwise during adding images to the project and their processing in the system the performance would considerably decrease Once the preprocessing results of ADS data are obtained do one of th
26. parameters cam files and misalignment dat file usually they are stored togeth er 5 Inthe Processing section choose what is necessary to perform e Copy found L 1 data to subfolders in the target folders is always performed e Fix absolute paths in sup files strongly recommended is used for automatic input to sup file absolute paths to the following files ads images features 18 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project odf exterior orientation parameters measured in flight odf ad adjusted exterior orientation parameters cam interior orientation parameters e Convert 16 bps images to 8 bps MS TIFF with histogram normalization gray scale only is used for images transformation that increases processing per formance but decreases the quality You can also transform the images later when loading images to a project see Section 4 3 3 4 Click OK to start data search and copying operation In order to prepare big ADS data volumes in the system you can use distributed processing mode opened by clicking the Distributed processing button Please find details of distributed pro cessing mode in the General information User Guide As a result of ADS data preparing subfolders are created in the target folder and their names are the same as images names Each of subfolders contains the following files sup odf odf adj ads as well as image file tif or set of tif files that contain
27. replaced 5 6 2 Radiometric correction Images radiometric correction means improvement of visual features of initial images Their insufficient quality may be due to the peculiar properties of the optical path of surveying devices radiant energy converter analog digital converter etc For example in case of 16 bit image that looks plain black on a screen you have to perform histogram correction Image radiometric correction includes defining of set and order of channels and auto levels setting of brightness contrast and gamma correction color balancing applying of geometric transformations IE If a source image has more than three channels it is recommended to perform histogram nor malization without radiometric correction in order to obtain output orthophoto with the same number of channels and color depth see Section 5 5 5 3 You can perform images radiometric correction on different stages of project processing for example e on stage of initial images preparation in the Raster Converter utility see the General information User Guide e on stage of images loading from files located out of profile resources including loading of satellite scanner images as well as ADS 40 80 scanner images e on stage of block forming from project images e on stage of project images setting in the ImageWizard You can perform radiometric correction of selected image in the Radiometric correction window Open the Rad
28. save correction parameters In some windows Add images ImageWizard you can click the g button to save correction parameters and click the button to load and apply parameters to selected images 5 7 Editing images block 5 1 Automatic splitting into strips The system allows to distribute automatically images loaded to a single strip into several strips considering specified template of image name exterior orientation metadata as well as allows to split VisionMap images into strips automatically In order to split images into strips using images names perform the following actions 1 Choose Block gt Split into strips gt By image names The Automatic splitting into strips by image names window opens T PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Automatic splitting into strips by image names IOl x Image name format Strip name _ Image name Regular expression R did _St d d Strip name position Tm M Position of image number in strip e Pa Each image in a separate strip Strip names From image names Serial numbers cot Fig 40 Split images into strips by names 2 Choose one of the following name formats e Strip name _ Image name is used for simple images names where you can use the or _ separator to specify strip name and image name e Regular expression allows to define a template of images complex names to recognise a strip name and image number in
29. see the chapter Explorer in the General information User Manual Virtual folders connection to network profile is performed only in the Control Panel After update of profile resources structure click the button to re fresh the list in the Placement section 10 The Full project path input field will show the project name and full path 11 Click OK to complete project creation procedure After that service folders and configuration files are created in the specified project folder aax c Bibl uw 1O x i i E 1 New Zealand Ww Cache backup 10 01 2012 13 31 31 backup Cameras Cache 10 01 2012 13 31 28 Cache Ht Data Cameras 10 01 2012 13 31 28 Cameras Ep Locks Data 10 01 2012 13 31 28 Data pe ProjOptions il Locks 10 01 2012 13 31 28 Locks i Temp ProjOptions 10 01 2012 13 31 28 ProjOptions Bee backup Temp 10 01 2012 13 31 28 Temp BlockGrid x ini BlockScheme x ini BlockSchemeOptions x ini BlockGrid x ini 2458 10 01 2012 13 31 31 BlockScheme x ini 8118 10 01 2012 13 31 31 BlockSchemeOptions x ini 957B 10 01 2012 13 31 31 CoordSystem x ref system 32 75 KB 10 01 2012 13 31 28 Globals x ini 10 01 2012 13 31 28 10 01 2012 13 31 26 i E Nz_Greece_Test_copy_GCP o Ge NZ_Int_1 i E Nz_Int_1_S50urce E NZ_Int_1_copy i GNZ Test AAT le NZ_Test_AAT_Test 4 7 gt Filter 14 resources 36 430 bytes selected 0 resources 0 bytes A CoordSystem x ref system G
30. sensing product and their properties ID width height number of channels and number of bytes per pixel It is not recommended to change image ID received from supplier using standard OS Windows tools for instance Otherwise you may face some issues during work with the image since the rest of files related to the product may be associated with initial file name e The Images panel is used to view images properties perform radiometric correction define project names and manually form a list of images to be added to a project The panel contains the following features o The Project images list is used to display images loaded to a project project names of the images o The Selected image section is used to view properties of image selected in the Product images table of the Products panel and to view the image perform ra diometric correction and adding it to the load list The ID field displays unique image name obtained from supplier The Name in project field allows to specify some name of the image in project by default it is the same as ID The button allows to clear input field of project name the button is used to copy ID to input field of project name The window below shows all properties of selected image including properties of survey satellite sensor The Radiometry button is used to view selected image and perform its radiometric correction The Add button allows to add selected image to the Images to
31. store the work environment and click OK eG By default it is offered the folder Data in the project folder in active profile resources To load a work environment do the following 100 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 1 Open a project cm Section 6 3 2 Choose the Project Load work environment The Open window opens 3 Selecta file x work with the work environment and click OK 7 Without project mode The system allows working without loading a project Without project mode allows to load processing data of some active profile project vector objects TIN DEM to view edit control accuracy import export Without project mode also includes the following features change coordinate system Service Working coordinate system pro cessing of images with georeference 3D modelling in the 3D Mod program Specifying the working coordinate system is required to display in Yandex Maps and in Google Maps for this there should exist conversion between the working coordinate system and WGS84 see Section 4 4 2 In order to work in the system without loading a project perform one of the following e In the Project management window see Section 6 click the W o project button e Choose Project gt Close if there is some opened project in the system 8 Additional features Additional features are implemented in the Block menu and allow to set ground sample distance for block images and obtain th
32. ta allows to select images in the list that contain marker position in 2D window see Section 5 3 e Group of tools for work with strips contains the following buttons o 4 used for view and edit chosen strip properties such as strip name and type regular or irregular E Using irregular strips allows to create a block scheme not linked to regular grid ME Images with overlap could be loaded to a separate strip Strip with a gap should be input as two separate strips one of which is irregular o ttn allows to rearrange selected strip images in reverse order o m used for new strip adding allows to open the New strip window to input name and specify type of new strip regular or irregular o i allows to delete chosen strips o JL used to move selected strips on one strip up see also description of the Block gt Selected strips to block start menu item in Section 5 2 o Wf used to move selected strips on one strip down see also description of the Block gt Selected strips to block end menu item in Section 5 2 e Group of tools for work with images contains the following buttons o ks used to view and edit chosen image properties allows to open the Image properties window In the Image properties window you can see name and code of chosen image and its parameters pixel size pixel format color channels cocTaB LIBETOBbIXx 3 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project KaHanoB loca
33. the Block gt Add strip menu item or the amp button in the Block editor window 53 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 3 Choose Block gt Add images from files or click the 4 button in the Block editor window The Add pushbroom images window opens Ge The system also allows to add scanner images from active profile resources Block Add images from resources To perform preliminary preparation conversion and saving of scanner images in active profile resources use the Raster Converter program see the General information User Guide Add pushbroom images e x O SalonDeProvence Filez TechSupport SatelliteData ASTER oe SatelliteData ALOS Data B ASTER Projects 5 BriceAnselmeResursDK O Cartosat EROS EROSB O EROS_Peter L Formosat GE1 GeoStereo Product B konos IRs m Auto search es er selected Folder only etya_Ul_le_ E QuickBird selected Folder and subfolders basni J Show details E spot_10m 7 Show rasters without metadata SPOT_NII_TP Stereoblock fe foe ae se a Ae Ae ef Le A scan_greg of Search E M Project images Images to add PG PR1A0000 2001051601_023_029 YNIR 1 2 3N PRD ype ict PG PR1A0000 2001051601_023_029 VNIR3B ASTER SWIR 456789 1A 2048 2100 6
34. the strip See example on figure above where you can see images names template ROO_56RS85 ROO 5S6RS86 R10 56RS05 R10 56RS06 where 85 and 86 two images of 9 th strip 5 and 6 two images of 10 th strip The template allows the following symbols combin ation o d to define any digit o w to define any digit or character o to define any symbol You should also specify position of strip name and image number in images names template e Each image in a separate strip is used to form scanner monoblock see Sec tion 5 5 5 In order to split images on strips using imported exterior orientation parameters if any perform the following actions 1 Choose Block gt Split into strips gt By exterior orientation data The Split into strips by exterior orientation window opens 78 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Split into strips by exterior orientation l 0 x Images order from GPS time image names Direction of motion between strips top to bottom bottom to top Direction of motion inside strips left to right right to left cont Fig 41 Split images into strips by exterior orientation 2 Specify splitting parameters that define aircraft moving direction between inside strips and images order by GPS time names See information about import of exterior orientation parameters in the Aerial trian gulation User Guide In order to split image
35. ties C wio layout By ext or By centers riaj tjela Initial approximation overlap feo Z w a0 4 Yo QuickTies Edit Tie points GC points Imported exterior orientation Account For DEM Projection centers and angles Projection centers only Adjustment results Image scaling gt oe o ee UP eric S le 675741 710946 m 3582197 096933 m 0 000000 m WGS 84 UTM zone 36N Fig 14 VisionMap A3 SLF project 4 3 4 2 VisionMap A3 central projection In order to perform processing of small format images in the system execute the follow ing actions 1 2 Specify folder with VisionMap A3 data Create a project of the Central projection type In the New project window see Section 4 2 choose the Central projection project type specify project name coordinate system terrain heights difference and folder to place project files in profile resources 26 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 3 Load images to the project from a folder with VisionMap A3 data including subfolders see Section 5 5 3 4 Choose Orientation gt Import orientation from metadata The Import orientation from metadata window opens 5 Set the Import interior orientation and Import preliminary exterior orientation checkboxes Click OK 6 Choose Orientation gt Direct georeferencing 7 Proceed to stereo processing step see the Project processing User Guide 1 1 28 Block schem
36. to show hide service windows in right part of 2D window navigation panel and manager panel e 4 allows to show hide navigation panel e 1 allows to show hide scroll bars The following buttons are used to manage scale of data view in working area of 2D window 42 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e allows one step of image zoom in duplicated by the hotkey e allows one step of image zoom out duplicated by the hotkey e allows to show the whole data of opened layers fit to window feature duplicated by the Alt Enter hotkeys e allows to show data in 1 1 scale when one image pixel corresponds to one screen pixel i allows to apply predefined zoom specified in the Settings window opens using the Service gt Settings menu item e field for displaying of current zoom and slider for fast zoom setting For convenient image zooming in 2D window you can also use the following hot keys e to choose 200 zoom use Alt 2 e to choose 300 zoom use Alt 3 to choose 400 zoom use Alt 4 e to allow one step of image zoom in click working area of 2D window by mouse holding Ctrl Alt hotkeys e to allow zoom in of arbitrary block fragment drag a rectangle by mouse holding Ctrl Alt hotkeys e to allow one step of image zoom out click working area of 2D window by mouse holding Ctrl Alt Shift e to allow zoom out of arbitrary block fragment drag a rectangl
37. when you need to improve detailing at that output image becomes somewhat grayish or you should increase a level if it is necessary to improve color rendering o Method allows to choose one of the following correction methods Standard or Adjusting When using adjusting method to each image pixel is assigned a color that is linear combination of color image pixel color and corrected color The method provides approximation of color to color image with smoothing of grayscale image contrast However in this case you can get some smear of output image details o Color hue allows to setup a hue of red green and blue colors For example you may need to decrease green color hue for vegetation color correction on image Each parameter influence on color correction in range where appropriate channel value prevails Integrally it brings to change of intensity of selected channel but it is not usual uniform hue change If a slider is in the middle pos ition so the selected color channel will be not corrected If the slider is shifted to the left the hue value is decreased and vice versa e Correct colors by area allows to to setup and apply spectral color correction parameters by area open the appropriate window by clicking the _ button A Color correction by area is provided only for 3 channel output RGB image 62 10 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Color correction by area results in averaging of each pixel color by cons
38. window with automatic creating of temporary pyramid in case of its absence allows to enable display of images with radiomet ric correction applied enabled by default allows to open the Radiometric correction win dow to perform radiometric correction of image selected in the list see Section 5 6 2 allows to save radiometric correction parameters of selected image to rmc file allows to save radiometric correction parameters of each selected image to its own rmc file allows to open the Autolevels window to setup a histogram trim from the right and from the left for selected images without opening the Ra diometric correction window see Section 5 6 2 F allows to apply radiometric correction parameters saved in rmc file to selected images 5 Build temporary pyramids used to open source images and provide their fast redraw in the View window or in the Radiometric correction window Temporary pyramid is build automatically when you choose file without pyramid in mode of all images displaying Files with pyramids are placed to the Pyramid subfolder created automatically in the source image folder Temporary pyramid is also build automatically after clicking the 4 button and is used to display images in the Radiometric correction window 49 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project For work in the View window use toolbar which buttons allows to change image zoom amp 4 amp 9 S turn on full screen mode D a
39. z 209 21 07 Z008 11 57 06 ini ASTER Moscow FCP 2f4 12 01 2007 15 18 07 imi ASTER Moscow oLP_ copy eft O2 12 2006 1si2zeize ini Aster new stereo DTM 235 30 09 2008 13 10 54 ini Aster new stereo DTM copy 2o3 09 10 2002 925031 ini Ea Budapest_III 223 16 01 2005 15 02 33 imi a Budapest ortho 220 05 07 2007 13 11 36 ini Budapest ortho Sstrips 220 13 04 2009 14 06 16 ini q HOTOMOD 5 projects placement Folder For the projects o datas O dataiProjects Images C Do not export f In subfolder of the project Beside the project Inthe specified Folder mee C In a common set of Folders Consert Fig 46 Projects import 89 2 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project In the PHOTOMOD 4 projects section select a project for conversion Use the Ctrl Shift keys to choose multiple projects In the PHOTOMOD 5 projects placement section define a target folder in Windows file system to save converted projects there During import corresponding subfolder with name of selected project is created in this folder for each project created If the same projects are converted to the same folder again or there are subfolders with the same names the project name and number is generated in the following way lt project name gt 1 2 etc In the Images section choose one of the locations of project images placement Table 8 Target locations for images placement L n a ee N Do not export allows to import projects without images
40. 0 1 Satellite azimuth 139 7 Sun elevation 49 38 Sun azimuth 59 58 Raster width 26928 Bands count 4 Product images S Radiometry lt S Add Width Height Bands Byte pixel m Images to add po_311159_pan_0 Name r Type width Height Bands Bytes pixel Radiometry Details dame Delete ESESSS Iycx e W 2_pansharp PHO Oa EN Fig 34 The PhPanSharpened virtual product containing single image 5 5 5 3 Parameters of images loading After choosing images to be added to a strip in the Add pushbroom images window see Section 5 5 5 the Parameters window opens and you can use it to specify para meters of images conversion and to select a folder in profile resources to place there output images files ioii orrection parameters Color depth Format Save separately C Sbit MS TIFF C Apply to image 16 bit JPEG with quality ho M Yo MegaTIFF Normalize histogram Auto LZW Auto utput Folder PHOTOMOD resources Projects2 Ikonos Groupfikonos 00 If output resource exists Skip C Overwrite C Rename OK Cancel Fig 35 Parameters of scanner images loading In order to setup images output parameters in the Parameters window perform the following actions 65 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 1 Inthe Correction parameters section choose one of the following actions Save separately by
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42. 2D window You should use this limitation when processing big blocks of images It helps to increase work performance because in this case raster cache is not created in RAM To turn off images of opened project again and to remove raster cache according to specified limitation choose Project gt Reload or click the button You can also use the eye symbol of the Rasters layer in the manager panel to manage images displaying in 2D window But in this case the raster cache is not removed o b7 allows to turn on off displaying of selected images in 2D window 5 2 Block menu You can use the Block menu for work with images block in 2D window It includes ex tended features for images block forming as well as additional functions for block scheme creation and obtaining of auxiliary data The Block menu functions are partially duplicated in the Block editor window see Section 5 1 and in the Block forming toolbar some menu items allow to manage operations with selected images in 2D window You can use the Tools additional toolbar for group selection highlighting of images block in 2D window see Section 5 3 Table 5 Brief description of the Block menu tm Add strip allows to add a new strip Delete strip allows to delete selected strips of block in 2D win dow TA Strip properties used to view and edit properties of selected strips strip s name and type regular or irregular 39 PHOTOMOD 5 2
43. 4 Creating project Make selected strips irregular allows to change regular strip to irregular Make selected strips regular allows to change irregular strip to regular T Add images from file allows to add images from files located out of active profile resources to selected strip see Section 5 5 3 i Add images from resources allows to add images located in active profile re sources to selected strip see Section 5 5 4 Add images from resource folder allows to automatically add images from specified folder of active profile resources to selected strip with or without its subfolders If Delete images allows to delete selected images from project im ages files are not physically deleted at that Delete images selectively allows to select images in accordance with specified criteria for deleting see Section 5 7 4 La Image properties used to view and edit selected image properties Move images opens a group of menu items used to images block editing allows to invert images order in a strip and to move selected image left right up down mi Image radiometric correction allows to perform radiometric correction of selected image see Section 5 6 2 EF Show images allows to show images of block in 2D window if the limitation on images display is specified on the Block scheme Raster tab in the Settings window opened by Service gt Settings GF Show selected images only allows to turn on of selected images display
44. 5_rgb_0 2001 2001 z po_7OiS_r po 7015r KONOS 2 2001 2001 po_7015_rgb_0 2001 2001 3 po_7OiS_r po_ 7O015_r IKONOS 2 2001 2001 s Radiometry Details Name Delete Fig 30 View properties preparation and choosing of scanner images to add them to loading table by the example of IKONOS images The Adding images found window contains the following sections The Products panel is used to view properties of RS products found and contains the following features o The Products table is used to view found RS products and their properties ID of product delivered by supplier product type sensor type and preprocessing level product format number of images included to the product For images without metadata found by auto search with the Show rasters without metadata checkbox set you should specify Raster as a product type 57 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project o The Pan sharpening button is used to start pan sharpening operation merging of color multispectal image with grayscale one with more high spatial resolution to obtain as a result color image with better resolution See Section 5 5 5 2 o The Product files table is used to display all files images files files with metadata of remote sensing product selected in the Products panel and their properties name path size and extension o The Product images table is used to display only images included to remote
45. 6 PG PR140000 2001051601_023_029 YNIRSN pg pr1a0000 20 pg pria0000 2 ASTER TIR 101112131414 700 700 5 10 pg pria0000 20 pg pria 000 2 ASTER YNIR123N14 4100 4200 3 3 po pria0000 20 pg priaQ000 2 ASTER VNIR3B 14 5000 5400 1 1 pg pria0000 20 pg pria0000 2 ASTER YNIR3N 14 4100 4200 1 1 Radiometry Details Name MIF MID Delete GP Add all A Add selected X close Fig 29 Automatic images search in remote sensing product You can keep the following workflow on the stage of scanner imagery blocks forming 1 Select a folder with RS product set of files 2 Perform automatic search of RS product images in selected folder e images search and recognition of their features from metadata e search for all images in specified folder including those without metadata for example in case of generic algorithm 3 optional View detailed properties of RS products found and images features Perform pan sharpening radiometric correction edit images names 54 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 6 Form a list of images to be added to a strip Define images output parameters prior to loading parameters of radiometric correction color depth compression type output format and target folder in active profile resources to place output images files there optional Setting of block images using ImageWizard 4 Choose folder that contains remote sensing product
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47. E RO CU OG acs extern ccna ai otc cea tau a at arts ands asics ae aetna un aati anata 101 S Additional features senin ca teeety a sunk a a ant aa 101 8 1 Specifying ground sample distance GSD cccccceccec ec ec eee eceeeeseeeeeeeeaeeeeaeseeeeneeeaes 101 0 2 Crealing OVellap MaD niria esses cate ee eee eae 103 8 3 Creating vector layers from block layout cece ee cec eee ee eee ee eee eeeeaeseeeeeeeeeseeeaeeeeaeeeees 104 SAL DS UNGING Pre TEJIONS aaraa a a a a a a 105 8 5 Wo rking WITT FAST iIMageS rnea a A tian a ea a 108 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 1 General Remarks The purpose of this user guide is to give detailed information about how to create a project to add images into a block to edit a images block to manage projects in system also information about types of projects and types of coordinate systems and about additional features 2 Workflow To create new project do the following 1 Creating and selecting active profile creating local profile or creating connecting network profile to place all project project group files resources and selecting the profile as active 2 Creating project creating new project specifying project type and name choosing coordinate system and a folder into active profile resources to place new project files 3 Forming images block loading project images 3 Creating and selecting active profile Prior to work in the system you should creat
48. EJ Load web map allows you to load georeference web maps raster maps and DEMs in 2D window Save raster layer allows you to save a georeference raster image of the active layer in OS Windows folder allows you to specify image boundaries and a pixel size to select a output file format TIFF MS TIFF Mega TIFF a compression type LZW JPEG and a georeference file format TFW TAB Create Fast Ortho layer allows you to view orthophotos built on the fly by DEM and block adjustment results for selected project images see Section 8 5 2 1 Create Fast Ortho images allows you to build orthophotos for selected images allows you to adjust orthophoto settings and to save the output files in the active profile resources see Section 8 5 2 2 Mosaic allows you to run the Mosaic program for orthophoto production and mosaicking see the Orthomosaic Building User Guide Geomosaic allows you to run the Geomosaic for mosaic creation from georeferenced orthorectified aerial and satellite imagery see the Geomosaic program User Guide Pan sharpening allows you to perform pan sharpening a technique that merges high resolution panchromatic data with medium resolution multispectral data to create a multispectral image with higher resolution features Batch pan sharpening allows you to perform batch pan sharpening in dis tributed processing mode Dust Correct allows you to run the Dust Correct application for
49. Ea ee ee eae eee 6647 6654 6667 6674 6684 6694 6707 6717 Z 679 678 6771 676 675 674 6734 Strip 1 1 2 Image 680 1 8 16 Font size 8 A Fig 24 The Block editor window The Block editor window contains the following elements e toolbar used to form and edit images block e alist of created strips and images loaded to the strips e status bar that shows names of strip image selected in the list and input field to change font size in the list To select highlight the image in the Block editor window click the image name in the list To highlight all images of one strip click the strip name to highlight several im ages strips use the Shift or Ctrl keys lt lt To highlight several images in 2D window use additional toolbar of group selection Tools Toolbar of the Block editor window contains the following groups of tools 36 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e Group of tools used to manage the Block editor window size contains the following buttons o EF allows to resize the window to match with a list of strips images o tl allows to hide a list of strips images and a status bar the toolbar remains for convenient work with images block in 2D window e Group of tools for images search contains the following buttons o fk used to search image using its name allows to open the Find window where you Can input image name or its part and specify search direction in the list o
50. Eye_Bulgaria a Bulga_GeoEye_DEM IProjects Hassel_Group Delete Projects Infomap_Group iu IProjects Infomap_Group Ennzapos E Projects IntergraphB _Group Backup delete gt Intergraph_New FF Intergraph_New Mike t Intergraph_New Mike konna Restore Intergraph_New konna 15 Projects IntergraphBW _Group Interaraph_New Connect J Show this window on startup 4 gt 5 J Open last loaded project on startup Import 4 x Wio project Cancel Projects IntergraphBy_Group Intergraph_New h Fig 43 Project management window The Project management window contains the following elements e List of all projects of active profile 82 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e Toolbar with the following buttons used for project list management o allows to refresh project list after some changes made to resources structure of active profile using the Explorer see Section 6 10 or after connecting a virtual folder see Section 6 9 o B allows to display all projects as hierarchic tree list shows project folders virtual folders and their subfolders o BE allows to display all projects as linear list o Be allows to display all projects opened recently in the system o 3 allows to open the Control Panel window used to manage profiles see the General information User Guide eG After performing of some changes in profiles list resources structure in the Control Panel window you need to resta
51. M Elevation lt lt Z coordinate is obtained from the most detailed DEM layer Aster 30 m SRTM 80 m 3 Select images in 2D window see the detailed information about selecting project images in Section 5 3 4 Choose Raster Create Fast Ortho layer Separate Fast Ortho layer is created for each selected image The orthophotos is showed in 2D window 8 5 2 2 Quick building orthophotos Fast Ortho The system provides quick building of output orthophotos Fast Ortho for selected project images The ability allows you to adjust settings of orthophoto building and to save output orthophoto files in OS Windows folder a orthorectified image file and a georefer ence file for each selected project image Creating Fast Ortho allows you on the one hand to quickly obtain orthophoto for any project image when no high quality require ments of output orthophoto production on the other hand to use obtained orthorectified images as input data for mosaiking in Geomosaic program f It is strongly recommended to perform the block adjustment before building the Fast Ortho Building the orthophotos Fast Ortho has the following special features e using any DEM except for the DEM from web resources 111 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project adjusting settings of orthophoto building parameters for example GSD interpolation cell size interpolation method IE Building Fast Ortho implies a minimal set of parameters Full functionality
52. OD 5 24 Creating project e Supplementary data virtual folder virtual name of a folder on server used to store some additional data for example camera data triangulation points catalogue ex terior orientation parameters external DEM s e Test virtual folder virtual name of a folder located on separate workstation and used for test examples In the Explorer window after the Example profile creation you will see the following re sources tree N PHOTOMOD Explorer i i Ee Ea BEX pila tA Profile Exam Ww bo Images E Projects l Supplementary data be Pyramid Pyramid 02 11 2011 16 52 16 Pyramid po_7015_rgb_0000000 tiF 22 93 MB 26 05 2003 7 26 00 po_7015_rgb_0000000 tif po_7015_rgb_0010000 tif 22 93MB 26 05 2003 7 26 00 po_7015_rgb_0010000 tiF Filter 3 resources 48 081 132 bytes selected 0 resources 0 bytes Fig 2 Resources tree of network profile in the Explorer window The Projects virtual folder is used for project files storing configuration files files of coordinate systems camera data project processing results etc Files of each created project are placed to individual subfolders that have certain structure When you load into a project images from files located in Windows file system i e outside from active profile resources and save them to the Images virtual folder the images files are distributed into storages automatically according to free s
53. On this step you can also convert 16 bit to 8 bit images of MS TIFF format with histogram normalization In order to prepare ADS data in the system perform the following 1 Choose Service gt Prepare ADS data The Preparation of ADS data window opens Preparation of ADS data l e xi Source data placement iFilez PhProjects DataSamples 4D540_COLOR BAUTZEN_V1 J Including subfolders Target folder Ic iads40 Ea Camera calibration data placement Filez PhProjects DataSamples 4D540_COLOR BAUTZEN_ 1 Project_3 cam 4D540_ 30095002 Processing The Following operations should be performed Copy found L1 data to subfolders in the target folder JV Fix absolute paths in sup Files J Convert 16 bps images to 8 bps MS TIFF with histogram normalization grayscale only OK Distributed processing Cancel Fig 9 Preparation of ADS data 2 Specify folder with ADS data obtained after preprocessing in the Source data placement section If ADS data folder includes subfolders with data from on board device Level 0 and Level 1 images preprocessing files you should set the In cluding subfolders checkbox 3 Inthe Target folder section choose target folder for files needed for ADS project processing in the system 4 Inthe Camera calibration data placement section specify the exact folder sub folders are not examined in this case containing files with interior orientation
54. Open the project in the system and setup images in the ImageWizard see Section 5 6 1 using auto replace or replace operations ME In any case to open project with images images should be placed in profile resources If the system recognizes relative paths to project images the images will be loaded to project immediately if not you have to link project images names with names of images files using ImageWizard see Section 5 6 1 5 Click the Convert button to import projects 6 7 Copying project In order to copy selected project to another folder of active profile resources perform the following actions 1 Open the Project management window see Section 6 2 Choose a project in the list that you are going to copy 91 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 3 Click the Copy button The Copy project window opens where in the Source project field you can see a path to chosen project in active profile resources 211 Source project Projects Infomap_Group InfoMap Newgen Name InfoMap Newgen copy Contents Type 7 Basic project data 39 3 20 MB Images 13 408 46 MB V Image cache 4 27 00 MB V DEMs 97 3 74 GB V Mosaic data 21 3 14 MB Other processing data 108 3 98 GB V Backup copies 408 194 31 MB Temporary data 8 614 00 KB Other project 0 OB Selected 677 resources 7 94 GB Placement JProjects Infomap_Group Projects Infomap_Group InfoMap S
55. Project properties window perform one of the following e Choose Project Properties to display properties of the project opened in the system e Open the Project management window Select a project in the list of all projects of active profile and click the Project properties button Project properties miel E3 Project Bulga_GeoEye_DEM Path Projects GeoEye_Bulgaria Type Pushbroom scanner imagery Description a Number of images 3 Statistics Coordinate system wes 84 UTM zone 35N 24deg East to 30deg East northern hemisphere Belarus Bulgaria Cen Select Q X Orientation right geo referencing global coordinate system 0 000 m max 0 000 m Relief elevation min Contents Type Size Basic project data 20 Images Image cache 265 75 KB 42 04 MB 4 50 MB 205 15 MB 6 DEMs 7 Mosaic data 0 Other processing data 0 OB Backup copies 9 Temporary data 0 Other project 0 s _ Fig 44 Project properties The window contains the following parameters e Project shows opened selected project name Path path to a project in active resources profile see Section 4 1 e Type type of opened project central projection satellite scanner survey ADS 40 or VisionMap A3 see Section 4 3 e Description description input during project creation e Number of images number of images loaded to a project 85 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating proje
56. SG 1104 WGS 72 UTM zone 125 114deg West to 108deg West southern hemisphere EPSG 1105 WGS 72 f UTM zone 13N 108deg West to 102deg West northern hemisphere EPSG 1106 WGS 72 UTM zone 135 108deg West to 102deg West southern hemisphere EPSG 1107 WGS 72 f UTM zone 14N 102deg West to 96deg West northern hemisphere EPSG 1108 WGS 72 f UTM zone 145 102deg West to 96deg West southern hemisphere EPSG 1109 WGS 72 f UTM zone 15N 96deg West to 90deg West northern hemisphere EPSG 1110 WGS 72 J UTM zone 155 96deg West to 90deg West southern hemisphere EPSG 1111 WGS 72 f UTM zone 16N 90deg West to 84deg West northern hemisphere EPSG 1112 WGS 72 UTM zone 165 90deg West to 84deg West southern hemisphere EPSG 1113 WGS 72 UTM zone 17N 84deq West to 78deq West northern hemisphere EPSG ba cont _ Fig 17 International reference system database To select coordinate system select it in the list of the Coordinate system database window and click OK see also Section 4 4 3 1 You can also use Reference systems database for Latvia Poland or Taiwan 4 4 2 Coordinate systems types Coordinate system database contains the following coordinate systems types e Latitude longitude geographic latitude longitude height coordinate system e Geocentric coordinate system with the origin in the mass center of the Earth At that Z axis is oriented to the North pole X axis to the intersection point of Greenwich meri
57. add table to load it then to the project o The Images to add section is used to display data selected for loading to a project The table shows all images selected for loading added manually to the Adding images found window and added automatically to the Add pushbroom images window The table displays the following images properties ID width height 58 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project number of channels number of bytes per pixel and label about radiometric correc tion availability in the R column see Section 5 6 2 The Radiometry Details Name Delete buttons are used to work with image se lected in the loading table and allow to perform radiometric correction change project name show image properties and delete selected image from loading table see detailed description of the buttons in Section 5 5 5 ocne cbopmupoBaHug cnucKa U300pa gt KeHU B pa3zgene Images to add click the Close button to go back to the Add pushbroom images window The Images to add section of the Add pushbroom images window displays all images to be loaded added both automatically and manually 5 5 9 2 Pan sharpening The system provides pan sharpening operation fusion of color and gray scale image of higher spatial resolution As the result of pan sharpening operation new multispectral image is created possessing the same high spatial resolution as the grayscale image You can perform pan sharpening in the Adding images found window
58. allows to create map of images and or strips overlap in new vector layer see Section 8 2 Create vector layer from block layout allows to create vector layers with common block outline boundaries of all images or selected image of the block see Section 8 3 Build pre regions allows to create pre regions by images stereopairs to provide joint work on a project See Section 8 4 Export block layout to KML allows to export block scheme to KML format 9 3 Work with images block in 2D window 2D window is main working window of the system On block forming step 2D window displays initial block scheme of loaded images during data collection for aerial triangu lation step the block scheme is improved using block layout on block adjustment step 2D window shows the final block scheme considering real images location in space if the block was adjusted in non free model on project processing step here you can see project processing data vector objects TIN DEM In the without project mode 2D window allows to view edit import export of processing data of any active profile project see Section 7 IE You can open several 2D windows in the system using the Window gt New 2D window block menu item 2D window contains the following elements e working area used for data of all opened layers including base ones Raster Block scheme and Marker e scroll bars used for scrolling of images block e toolbar used to manage marker
59. ameters of project image selected in the table o mif allows to start the Raster Converter utility to add new source files of images to active profile resources see the utility description in the General information User Guide e The Parameters section contains additional features for project images setting see section 5 6 1 2 e The Tasks panel is used to perform main operations of project images setting see section 5 6 1 1 e The Source section allows to select images source files to match them with project images Use the following tabs to select source files o Resources displays all active profile resources You can see resources tree containing a name of active profile in the root at the left and at the right the whole content of selected folder of a profile all subfolders and files o Projects displays all projects of the profile You can see at the left only projects list of a profile and at the right only images list of selected project When you replace image of current project by other project image in fact you are dealing with a link to image source file of another project lt lt Only images source files from active profile resources could be matched with images of current project Click the a button to add new images source files to active profile resources without closing the ImageWizard window The Raster Converter program is started see the program description in the General in
60. ated by stereopairs frames can also increase the speed of automatic points calculation and building dense DEM by reducing the number of images overlap areas see the User Manual Project processing The pre regions are vector polygons in a Pre regions vector layer To build pre regions do the following 1 Choose Block gt Build pre regions The Create pre regions window opens 105 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Create preregions IOl x Use frames of stereopairs images by Yoronoy diagram C version 4 x algorithm Remove slivers Fig 59 Pre regions parameters 2 In the Use frames of window section choose one of the following pre regions building methods e stereopairs to build pre regions by overlap areas of two stereopair s images Pre regions vector layer attributes created by stereopairs frames contain images codes and names Pre regions from stereopairs allows to save time for automatic points calculation and building dense DEM In this case only one stereopairs overlap area is considered in each pre region e images to build pre regions by nadir areas of each image Pre regions vector layer attributes created by images frames contain images code and name 3 Choose a method of pre regions building for selected images using Voronoy dia gram or algorithm from earlier PHOTOMOD 4 x system version 4 optional Define threshold size of slivers Remove slivers that allows to remove o
61. ckup in the form of compressed or uncom pressed archive located out of profile resources on any local or network disk that is helpful for project storing or further sending passing This is the main feature that distin guishes project backup operation from project copy operation see Section 6 7 that is used to create a copy of project only in active profile resources In order to create backup copy of a project as compressed uncompressed archive perform the following actions 1 Select a project in the projects list of the Project management window see Sec tion 6 2 Click the Backup button The Destination file window opens 3 Specify a file name for project backup and select a folder for backup placement in Windows file system 98 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 8 Specify one of the following backup types in the File type list TAR uncompressed archive tar or TAR GZip compressed archive tar gZ ME It is recommended to create uncompressed TAR archives for storing of projects copies Use compressed archives TAR GZip to send small projects or part or project data by e mail see also Section 6 13 Click the Save button The Backup project window opens ioi xi Destination file C Public InfoMap Natalia tar Uncompressed TAR archive will be created Contents Type Qty Size Basic project data 41 3 23 MB Images metadata 9 5 44 KB Images 16 1 72 GB V Image cache 6 34 51 MB
62. cleaning the artifacts there images of dust particles photo emulsion defects etc see the Or thomosaic Building User Guide allows you to delete raster cache from RAM EylmageWizard allows you to adjust project images seeSec tion 5 6 1 109 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project allows you to use one from three display modes of raster images in 2D window cached images only images depending from zoom images sources only allows you to rearrange block images by z order 8 5 2 Creating Fast Ortho The system provides the abilities of quick creating orthophotos Fast Ortho for any project images There are the following algorithms of creating Fast Ortho e for quick viewing orthophotos in 2D window Creating the Fast Ortho layer and showing orthophotos in 2D window for each from selected images The orthophotos is built on the fly by loaded DEM and the block adjustment results This feature is used for preliminary rough quality assessment of the material see Section 8 5 2 1 for building and saving output orthophotos Building output orthophotos for any project images adjusting settings saving output orthophotos This feature allows you to prepare input data orthorectified images for processing and mosaicking in the Geomosaic program see Section 8 5 2 2 A The Fast Ortho generation is available with the Mosaic license A To build the Fast Ortho perform the block adjustment see the Block adjust
63. create epipolar images checkboxes 5 Click the Apply to all button then click OK eG In order to analyse ADS 40 data adjustment and correctness of their loading to the system you should measure GCP and check points see the Aerial triangulation User Guide Further you will need to measure at least three GCP on block stereopairs if the project is performed in local coordinate system like Cartesian left or right ioi Points Images Report Images Adjustment parameters L11105RGBB16A Adjustment import AIRCRAFT ADS J Figaro L111 05RGBNOO4 Adjustment import AIRCRAFT ADS APL C Generic Import adjustment Stereo processing JV Create stereopairs J Use adjustment result to create epipolar images r Computing device CPU Select M Parameters T seien Faw Ppl Pply to a Group automatically Fig 13 Setting of adjustment parameters of ADS 40 images Once you created images models in ADS project proceed to project processing stage see the Project processing User Guide 4 3 4 VisionMap A3 imagery Aerial photogrammetric complex VisionMap A3 consists of digital metric aerial camera and ground based system of automatic processing Aerial camera provides wide aerial survey swath with high ground resolution Ground based system allows to perform automatic processing of photogrammetric blocks consisting of hundred thousands im age
64. ct e Coordinate system coordinate system and its parameters see Section 4 4 e Relief elevation shows minimal and maximal values of terrain height displayed on the project images if these values were specified at project creation IE Relief elevation data provides correct block scheme creation and is considered during import of external orientation parameters e Contents content of project data and its size In the Project properties window the following parameters are available Description Coordinate system Relief elevation See Section 4 6 5 Viewing project report You can use the Project state window to view state report of opened project on steps of block forming interior relative and exterior orientation In order to open the Project state window perform one of the following e Choose Project gt Project state e Click the button of the main toolbar Project state x Images 6 strips 2 tn a S Yy Interior orientation be 8 3 4 ie Vv Relative orientation Be ay ig x A Yy Exterior orientation gt Fig 45 Project state summary window The Project state window contains a list of project processing steps and toolbars to perform these steps Project state on interior relative and exterior orientation steps is marked by the following icons W completely accomplished step e partly accomplished step e not accomplished step The window contains information abo
65. ct folder e g images files using Explorer See Section 6 10 6 9 Connecting new folder The Project management window see Section 6 allows to connect new virtual folder to active local profile to place projects during their creation or copying A In order to connect a virtual folder to network profile use the Control Panel see the General information User Guide In order to connect new virtual folder perform one of the following e Click the Connect button in the Project management window The Browse for folder window opens Choose physical folder to connect it to a profile Click OK Input virtual folder name to the Connect virtual folder window Click OK e Click the amp j button The Explorer window see Section 6 10 opens that displays all active profile resources and contains tools to manage resources structure Use the button to connect a new virtual folder 6 10 Explorer window The Project management window see Section 6 allows to open the Explorer window used to view resources and change resources structure of active local profile create folders rename copy and delete resources In order to edit resources structure of network profile use the Control Panel see the General information User Guide A Please be careful during change resources structure of profile to avoid data loss Do not delete rename or move project configuration files In order to open the Explorer click the amp j bu
66. d Reference systems for Taiwan cael _ Fig 18 Window for choosing of coordinate systems database 2 Choose a database and click OK The list of coordinate systems of chosen database opens loxi Search 4 Name ooo Desain o I OO D Cartesian Left Left Cartesian reference system p Cartesian Right Local right Cartesian reference system Local Curved Left Local left Cartesian reference system which takes into account Earth curvature E Local Curved Right Local right Cartesian reference system which takes into account Earth curvature E Abidjan 1987 Cote D Ivoire Ivory Coast IGN Paris EPSG Supersedes Locodjo 1967 EPSG code 4142 Abidjan 1987 7 UTM zone 29N Cote D Ivoire Ivory Coast west of 6 deg West IGN Paris EPSG Supersedes Locodjo 65 UTM 29N EPSG code 242 E Abidjan 1987 7 UTM zone 30N Cote D Ivoire Ivory Coast east of 6 deg West IGN Paris EPSG Supersedes Locodjo 65 7 UTM 30N EPSG code 240 Ethiopia Sudan EPSG Ethiopia west of 42 degrees East Sudan west of 42 degrees East EPSG Ethiopia east of 42 degrees East Sudan east of 42 degrees East EPSG Somalia EPSG Somalia west of 48 degrees East EPSG Na b Fig 19 List of coordinate systems of chosen database There are the following features in the window allowing to view and edit chosen database e The Search input field is used for coordinate system search in the list You can search using coordinate system
67. d images of remote sensing products are not displayed automatically in the Images to add table of the Add pushbroom images window Addind images found i x M Products Project images aE ee ee ee e PO_7015_RGB_0000000 0 5 PO_7015_RGB_0010000 Selected image ID po_7015_rgb_o000000 E Name in project po_7015_rgb_0000000 fe Pan sharpening Product files Image ID po_7015_rgb_0000000 Image type IKONOS 2 Preprocessing level Standard Geometrically Corrected Format GeoTIFF po_7015_aoi dbf Filez TechSu 238 AOI DBF po_7015_aoishp Filez TechSu 236 AOI SHP Slash ari STEREO SAMPLE po_7015_aoi shx Filez TechSu 108 Eelen Acquisition date and time 03 05 2002 09 01 0 000 po_7015_comp Filez TechSu 398 Components DBF Satellite IKONOS 2 po_7015 comp Filez TechSu 372 Components SHP Satellite elevation 72 3 po_7015 comp Filez TechSu 116 Components SHX i po_7015_image Filez TechSu 940 po_7015_image Filez TechSu 916 SHP po_7015 image Filez TechSu 116 SHX Raster height 2001 po_7015_meta Filez TechSu 6039 Metadata Raster width 2001 po_7015_rqb_0 Filez TechSu 24040566 22 Image of po_7015_rgb_0 Filez TechSu 3718 RPC po_7015_rgb_0 Filez TechSu 438 Header po_7015_rgb_0 Filez TechSu 42 world File gt aeaoIee M Product images Images to add iD type width Width po_701
68. des the Raster menu to perform various operations with raster images for example adjustment and correction convertation pan sharpening fast ortho cre ation and also to run programs for orthophoto mosaicking product generation Table 11 Brief description of Raster menu Raster Converter allows you to run the Raster Converter program for preparing and converting raster images into the in ternal format files and then for placing them in active profile resources see the General information User Guide ScanCorrect allows you to run the ScanCorrect program for compensation of metric errors occurred when scanning graphical data on flatbed polygraphic scanners see the ScanCorrect program User Guide Image georeferencing allows you to perform georeferencing images by geodetic coordinates GCP points obtained from 108 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project vector raster maps or from a list of file txt see the Aerial triangulation User Guide Affine georeference correction allows you to perform affine correction of georefer enced images Useful areas searching allows you to build useful areas borders without images background see the Geomosaic program User Guide jLoad georeferenced images files allows you to load georeference images in 2D win dow from OS Windows files Load georeferenced images resource allows yoy to load georeference images in 2D win dow from the active profile resources
69. dian and equator and Y axis to the East e Local Cartesian coordinate system on the plane e Local curved coordinate system on the sphere e Projected coordinate system defined by the map projection e Topocentric horizontal coordinate system with the origin in the selected space point At that X axis lies in the plain of origin meridian Z axis lies on ellipsoid surface normal in origin and Y axis is oriented in the following way in left coordinate system it is Eastward and in right Northward The system does not allow to work with Geodetic coordinate system Ground control points coordinates specified by latitude longitude should be converted to Projected coordinate system using GeoCalculator see description in the General information User Guide 29 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 4 4 3 Coordinate systems builder In very most cases you need just pre defined coordinate systems included to the data base Nevertheless the system provides all necessary tools for editing coordinate system parameters In order to view and edit coordinate system databases perform the following 1 Choose Service Coordinate systems builder The Coordinate systems builder window opens it allows to choose coordinate systems database Reference system construction kit loj x Select database to edit Intemational Reference Systems Database Reference Systems Database for Latvia Reference systems for Polan
70. direction le ast Second axis name E Save Close Fig 23 Creating map projection of UTM type 3 Setup new projection parameters as shown on the figure above Use the _ button in the Projection type section to choose the projection type UTM 6 degree zones in the list appeared The system supports projection type Gauss Kruger for wide swath which allows to work with data exceeding the bounds of 6 degree zone 4 Click the Save button to save projection editing results or click the Close button to close the window without saving the edits in the database 4 4 3 3 Choosing and editing geoid When editing coordinate system parameters in the Edit projected reference system window you should define one of the following height systems Heights above ellipsoid Predefined geoid or User defined geoid see Section 4 4 3 2 In most cases project uses heights above ellipsoid However in some cases you can consider elevations above geoid for example when you have RPC coefficients available and GCP unavailable in the Satellite scanner survey project see Section 4 3 2 In order to consider elevations above geoid in the Height system section of the Edit projected reference system window perform one of the following e Choose Predefined geoid and input EGM96 to the input field 34 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e Choose User defined geoid and click the _ button The Edit height system window opens and allows to set
71. e Section 6 In the window opened you can choose a file with project backup tar gz compressed backup or tar uncompressed backup to be restored 2 Choose a backup and click the Open button The Restore project window opens allowing to specify a project s name and path in active profile resources ioii Source File C Public infomap tar gz Name jinfomap_new Placement HIKONOS_Moscow A iPhSTest Projects PhSTest Projects Belgium_Group 5p PhSTest Projects Belgium_Group_part2 PhSTest Projects Beluga_Group PhSTest Projects GIPROTRANS PhSTest Projects Olhon_Aero_30000 PhSTest Projects VisionMap PhSTest Projects srtm_46_04 part_UTM Full project path Ph5Test Projects infomap_new E Fig 54 Restore of project backup 3 Click OK 6 14 Saving Loading work environment Itis possible to save load project work environments to work with project in new session with project data opened in previous session Project work environment is a set of all opened layers in the Layer Manager vector data DEM and so on Loading work envir onment allows to save operator s time for starting work with project in a new session The work environment is stored in the file x work of the active profile resources To save the work environment do the following 1 Choose the Project Save work environment The Save window opens 2 Enter a file name and define file location to
72. e a profile for placing project resources such as project configuration files images files files processing projects project group A profile represents a resources tree with the following structure e Root profile virtual name Top level branches profile virtual folders virtual names of physical local or network folders disks You can specify one physical folder disk or folders disks group as a virtual folder storages group e Resources all data of a profile all subfolders and files of each virtual folder in profile Thus profile resources are placed on any servers workstations or network disks Profiles can be ocal or network to organize individual or shared work with projects re spectively For profiles creation and organizing resources structure of each profile you can use the Control Panel program For viewing and editing active profile resources use the Explorer PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project program In order to run the programs use the Start gt Programs gt PHOTOMOD or context menu opened by right click on the 3 icon in Windows system tray More details about system resources recommendations on organizing of local or network work and about creating profiles and virtual folders connecting see in the General in formation User Manual Only one selected active profile is available for work in one session of the system In order to choose the active profile close the system and perform one
73. e by mouse holding Ctrl Alt Shift hotkeys In order to work in the panning pan mode use mouse move along with pressed left mouse button and held Alt key In order to select highlight block images in 2D window make editable the Block scheme layer in manager panel and perform the following e to select one of block images click the image by mouse e to select multiple of block images perform the following actions 1 Choose Window gt Toolbars gt Tools The Tools additional toolbar opens allowing to choose group selection mode and means 43 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 2 Inthe Tools toolbar choose one of the following selection modes O normal selection selection update mode enabled by default o lj allows to add to already selected o i allows to subtract from selected o IQ allows to invert selection 3 In the Tools toolbar choose one of the following selection means the result de pends on chosen mode o L images group selection by a rectangle drawn by mouse along with held Shift key o images group selection using arbitrary polygon created by mouse clicks along with held Shift key 2D window contains the following features that allow to manage displaying of raster images the eye symbol of the Raster layer in manager panel allows to show hide images of block with saving raster cache to RAM The Block Show images menu item allows to show images of the bloc
74. e following e If ADS project would be created on the same computer where the preprocessing of the ADS data was performed proceed to creation of ADS project in the system and images loading to it e Otherwise perform preprocessing of ADS data in the system that includes copying of files needed for ADS project creation to a separate folder correction of absolute paths to ADS files and histogram normalization if necessary Sensor calibration Ground countrol and cam tie points In flight exterior onentation odf Level 0 imagery generation Level imagery generation ORIMA automatic tie points measurement Bundle adjustment Level 1 imagery metadata sup Adjusted exterior orientation calibration cam odf adj In flight extenor cnentation odf PHOTOMOD DEM creation 3D vectorization orthoimagery generation Fig 8 Flow sheet of ADS data preprocessing 4 3 3 2 Preparing ADS data in the system It is recommended to prepare ADS data in the system only if you use different worksta tions for ADS data preprocessing in dedicated software and for creation of ADS project in the system PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Preprocessing of ADS data in the system includes automatic extraction of necessary files from preprocessing data copying them to the target folder with organization of storages structure and automatic correction of absolute paths to files according to their placement
75. e following raster formats e Tag Image File Format TIFF images of TIFF and GeoTiff formats including 12 bit images with without JPEG compression with pyramid or without it that the system considers as 16 bit ones so images radiometric correction is not necessary e Windows Bitmap File BMP images of BMP format including 4 bit palette images e VectOr Raster Maps RSW images of PHOTOMOD VectOr system format 45 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project ERDAS IMAGINE IMG images of ERDAS system format NITF NITF JPEG JPEG GIF GIF PNG PNG PCIDSK PIX images with georeference in header the format is developed by PCI Geomatics company JPEG2000 JP2 5 5 2 Work scenarios Depending on source images placement the system provides two ways of images adding to the project Adding images from files located in folders of Windows file system i e out of active profile resources During images adding from files the system performs files conversion to inner MS TIFF format with saving files of converted images to specified folder of active profile resources lt lt You can use this way of files adding for moderate projects If you are going to work with big number of images located on different media and that initially occupy a big volume of disk space it is recommended to use images adding from resources with preliminary preparing images in batch processing utility Raster Converter see d
76. e following auxiliary data for project processing map of block images overlaps block scheme in vector form and block pre regions used to perform project shared work 8 1 Specifying ground sample distance GSD The Block menu includes opportunity to set ground sample distance GSD for block images The GSD parameter is used to create block layout and affect the size of block images see the Aerial triangulation User Guide You can set GSD in two ways input the GSD value manually or calculate it automatically by DEM if any A For automatic calculation of GSD data by DEM you need to have both interior orientation and exterior orientation parameters available projection centers coordinates at least gt You can also set GSD in the Image properties window that is opened using the E button in the Block editor window However this feature allows to set GSD value only manually and separately for each image selected in the table of the Block editor window In order to define GSD for block images perform the following actions 1 Choose Block gt Set GSD The Ground sample distance GSD window opens 101 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Ground sample distance GSD oj x E E KE ol om e Re Set GSD value Name 65D ext or GSDmodfied esp om Set EM 9 is ROG S87 0 1073837 a Calculator R09_586 0 1066734 M R09_585 MOSS Sh t Image pixel size um pO From project
77. e orthomosaic as a result product you should form images block using only nadir images Nadir images are especially preferable if it is necessary to build panchromatic mosaic e form stereopairs from two off nadir images in each strip 14 and 28 that allows to reach maximal value of survey basis to height rate and provides maximal DEM accuracy but could bring poor result during automatic tie points measurement if it is necessary for quality control of mathematical models creation after adjustment import for instance 20 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e create universal project by forming each triplet in the following way add off nadir images 14 and 28 to one strip and nadir image to another one It is recommen ded to use strips with off nadir images for DEM creation and strips with nadir images for orthomosaic creation considering DEM built by off nadir images In order to load images to ADS images project perform the following actions 1 Define a set of images block in ADS project according to way of block forming listed above Choose Block gt Add strip or click the button in the Block editor window to create a strip see Section 5 4 Choose Block gt Add images from files or click the s button in the Block editor window The Add pushbroom images window opens Operation of ADS images adding is the same as operation of satellite scanner im ages adding see details in Section 5 5 5
78. eWizard e Block editing You can use the following features of the system to perform above mentioned operations e 2D window main working window used to show images block e the Block menu item used to work with images block in 2D window Some of its functions are duplicated in additional Block forming toolbar 35 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e modal dialog box Block editor used to work with list of images loaded to strips e additional Tools toolbar is used for choosing highlighting images in 2D window see description in the chapter Section 5 3 After block forming and project images setup you can proceed to aerial triangulation and block adjustment steps see the Aerial triangulation and Block adjustment User Guides 5 1 Block editor The Block editor is modal dialog box used to form a block of project images The window shows a list of created strips and images loaded to project and contains tools for images block editing Some of the tools are duplicated by items of the Block menu and buttons of the Block forming toolbar The Block editor window is synchronized with 2D window so all changes in the images list of the Block editor choosing adding deleting moving of strips and images are shown in the block scheme in 2D window and vice versa In order to open the Block editor window choose Window gt Block editor or click the button inji Poa A BeBe mse LT BAUNA eR Oo BI Oe amp foe Re
79. ect folder and images folder is connected to resources In the specified folder allows to create the lt project name gt Images folder in specified folder on local network disk to place images files there Use this option if the folder with project has no space enough for all images 90 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project ee L N In a common set of folders or you are going to use the data structure similar as much as possible to PHOTOMOD 4 x versions that is projects in one big folder all images in another Connect a folder with images through virtual folder to profile resources with project open the project in the system and adjust images in ImageWizard see Section 5 6 1 using Auto replace or Replace operations allows to place images to multiple defined folders automatically Images files are distributed to these folders uniformly during conversion free space is reduced equally Subfolders in this case are not created You should use this option when convert projects using common images or and in case if all images have volume that exceeds one media volume Create folders for images place ment on any local network disk and create shared folders list using the following buttons e allows to add the folder to list e allows to delete the folder from list e x allows to delete all folders from list Connect each shared folder to a profile A Do not connect shared folders as stor ages
80. ects missing in the base project is added to it e Properties of joined target project are taken from selected base project e Cameras used in additional projects are added to base project cameras 94 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e Images are copied to joined project if they are located in the project folders otherwise only relative paths to images are copied Those images could be connected later to joined project using replace and auto replace operations in ImageWizard see Sec tion 5 6 1 Images from additional projects that are absent in base project are always added to new strips of target project In case of some inconsistency in strips order you may use block editing features to adjust a block scheme see Section 5 e Images GCP check points are joined by names matching e Tie points are not joined just added to triangulation points of a target project i e are recognized as new points with new names e Only data of preliminary exterior orientation is copied to a target project so after projects joining you should perform block adjustment see the Block adjustment User Guide e Projects processing data vector resources DEMs TIN mosaics data are copied to a target project In case of names coincidence the resources will obtain new unique names automatically e Other data located in user project folders is also added to target project To join several projects of active profile perform the following act
81. ects there i e to create new virtual folder in the profile resources see Section 6 9 o Import 4 x allows to import of projects from previous system version PHOTO MOD 4 x see Section 6 6 e The search field that allows to search a project in the list by its name or name part e Additional parameters o Show this window on startup enabled by default allows to open the Project properties window automatically on the system startup otherwise the system will be started without project o Open last loaded project on startup allows to open last loaded project on startup Buttons used to manage the window o Open allows to close the Project properties window and to load a project selec ted in the list o W o project allows to close the Project properties window to start work in the system without project see Section 7 o Cancel used to close the Project properties window Click the Cancel button after the system start to complete work in current session to close the system 6 3 Opening project In order to open project of active profile perform the following actions 1 Open the Project management window 2 Choose a project in projects list 3 Click the Open button 84 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 6 4 Viewing project properties To view edit project parameters specified during project creation see Section 4 2 use the Project properties window To open the
82. ellite scanner imagery project A Detailed description about block forming of scanner images acquired by ADS 40 80 digital sensor installed on aircraft see in Section 4 3 3 4 Please note that operation and interface of ADS images adding is the same as operation of satellite images adding ME Conversion of Pleiades scanner images delivered in JPEG 2000 format from JPEG 2000 to MS TIFF format takes quite noticeable time Satellite scanner images are delivered from data supplier in a set of remote sensing product that consists of images files and metadata files containing images processing data Depending on a sensor model the remote sensing product RS product may also include interior orientation parameters linear and angular exterior orientation parameters in case of rigorous model In order to add satellite images to a project perform the following actions 1 Define a project block type monoblock or stereoblock Monoblock is a block where images are not form valid stereopairs i e RS product is not a stereo product A single space image is also considered as monoblock In case of monoblock forming the images are loaded as usual with dividing into strips Stereoblock images block formed using stereopairs During stereoblock forming each stereopair is loaded to individual strip 2 Choose create a strip see Section 5 4 The first strip is created automatically after project creation For next strips adding use
83. ence systems database and click OK The Interna tional reference systems database list opens 3 Choose WGS 72 UTM zone 8N in the list using the Search input field and buttons of search direction 4 Click the Edit button The Edit projected reference system window opens 31 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Edit projected reference system Oj x Name WGS 727 UTM zone 8N Abbreviation FO Description 38deg West to 132deg West northern hemisphere EPSG Datum C world Geodetic System 1972 A Elipsoid 5 Wase 0 E Prime meridian Greenwich E Map projection JUTMzoneS N ey Linear units mete ie First plane axis name E Second plane axis name IN Height axis name H M Height System Heights above ellipsoid Predefined geoid z C User defined geoid Bi Save Close Fig 20 Window for coordinate system editing Creating project 5 Choose Ellipsoid and click the button The Select ellipsoid window opens 6 Choose WGS 84 ellipsoid using search feature and click OK In the same way you can change all other coordinate system parameters such as datum map projection ellipsoid parameters etc see details about parameters in Sec tion 4 4 3 2 4 4 3 2 Creating coordinate system This chapter contains an example of coordinate system creation Assume that you need to create a coordinate system in Transverse Mercator map projection for the area of 8th zone origin meridian 136 degrees of the north hemisp
84. eometric transformations and undo redo buttons Image radiometric correction includes the following features To change order of channels of the image click the 8 button The Channels window opens Here you can setup the channels order or in case of the only channel set the Grayscale single channel checkbox 74 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project In order to edit transformation parameters for channels set the Channels transform ations checkbox and click the 3 button The Channels transformations window opens You can setup transformation parameters for channels For setting a histogram correction of white color level click the I button The Auto levels window opens This operation allows stretching histogram of the source image for the entire brightness range Select desired image channel in the Channels drop down list The Trim left and Trim right fields specify the percentage of corresponding left or right histogram edges which will not be considered during the operation Set the Use background color checkbox if you do not want to apply histogram stretching operation to image background Define the background color in corresponding field and specify background color tolerance in case of not uniform color of background in the Tolerance field ioi xi Channels Trim left Yo Trim right f 0 x Yo J Cut background Background color fo 4 Tolerance fo A Standart deviation 3 0 v Auto cont
85. ern hemisphere Djibouti Egypt Erit Select X Orientation right geo referencing global coordinate system Relief elevation min m max m Placement Techsupport ADS_Bautzen QA Techsupport 4alen_Group id Techsupport Bangladesh_SRTM Techsupport Chekhoy_Group Techsupport ChristoNewCastle_Group Techsupport France_Group Techsupport GeoEye_Group Techsupport GeoMosaic_Sample_Roman Full project path Techsupport ADS_Bautzen New project ads40 mo Fig 10 New ADS 40 project 4 3 3 4 Loading ADS images lt lt You can load unlimited number of images to ADS project Since ADS sensor is able to make survey in different spectral bands both pan and multispectral and at different along track off nadir angles for example 28 0 14 prior to images adding to a project you should define which of them are most suitable for specific tasks Besides when choosing off nadir images 14 or 28 it is recom mended to consider operators opinions about comfort of work in stereo mode Depending on tasks to be solved the system provides the following ways of images block forming e add images to each strip in order to form stereopairs using nadir image and one of off nadir images it is preferable to use off nadir images taken along flight 28 since in this case you obtain more basis to height rate that results in DEM accuracy decreasing e if you need to creat
86. es and loading images to selected strip of a block In order to add images from files perform the following actions 1 Choose select a strip to add images to the Block editor window or to 2D window 2 Choose Block gt Add images from files or click the 4 button in the Block editor window The Add images window opens The Add images window allows to perform the following transformations of source images of acceptable raster formats convert source images files including 8 16 bit to files of internal format MS TIFF for images with size less than 4GB MegaTIFF for images with size more than 4 GB for example for satellite scanner images or images of ADS 40 project apply JPEG compression of specified level or LZW compression without quality loss to 16 bit images perform radiometric correction to improve visual properties of images see Sec tion 5 6 2 save images georeference if georeference files are available for source images 47 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project laix Folders gt Files selected 6 19 view KOMNbOTEp In Folder c Public NewZealand_Ortho IE C Public NewZealand_Ortho 669 tif McK 3 5 Ar s g OKANbHbI AMcK C1 38 B 36 A Si A 2 ads40 Name oo Modified 4 arcgis 50671 KB a n Microsoft 11 05 2012 11 54 ArcGIS dist 71869KB alin Microsoft 05 04 2011 16 13 D 71869KB a n Microsof
87. escription of resources system and Raster Converter program in the General information User Guide e Adding images from active profile resources During adding of initial images located in profile resources they are not converted to interior MS TIFF format That is why we strongly recommend to perform preliminary conversion of source images to MS TIFF using Raster Converter utility Rasters gt Raster Converter and mount them to active profile resources via virtual folder Otherwise source images of acceptable raster formats are loaded to the system directly as is with pyramids creation in separate files of Pyramid folder This allows to save disk space however results in noticeable performance decreasing During preliminary preparation of source images in the Raster Converter or during adding of source images from Windows file system you can perform the following oper ations pyramids building radiometric processing conversion to MS TIFF MegaTIFF 46 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project saving of georeference define level type of compression prefixes suffixes for forming of output file names and choose target folder to place files of converted images there 5 5 3 Adding images from files During adding of source images located out of profile resources system the following operations are performed by the system conversion files of internal format saving converted files to specified folder of active profile resourc
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89. fier sensor type width height number of spectral channels and number of byte pixel If in the Auto search section the Show details checkbox is set the Adding images found window opens and you can view detailed parameters of remote sensing products perform pan sharpening setup images and choose images 55 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project manually to add them to the Images to add table see description in Sec tion 5 5 5 1 7 Form images list in the Images to add table to add them to a strip You can use automatic splitting into strips feature by images names or by exterior orientation that allows to load all images to a single strip The Project images section displays a list of images already loaded to a project their project names The Images to add table contains the following features used to work with images e Click the Radiometry button to open the Radiometric correction window used to perform radiometric correction of selected image If the radiometric correction is already performed the R column of the table displays symbol for selected image otherwise symbol see Section 5 6 2 MES If a source image has more than three channels it is recommended to perform histogram normalization without radiometric correction in order to obtain output orthophoto with the same number of channels and color depth see Section 5 5 5 3 Click the Details button to open the Image details window to view features of selected i
90. file resources perform the follow ing actions 1 Choose create a strip in the Block editor window or in 2D window to add images there 2 Choose Block gt Add images from resources or click the LJ button in the Block editor window The Open window opens that shows all active profile resources Zooe 11x ee ee i New_zealand 670 tif 162 30 MB 17 09 2009 12 33 E New_zZealand 4C5 671 tif 169 97 MB 17 0 4 New _zealand_Roma 673 tif 166 34 MB 17 0 E New _Zealand_Test_Sheets 674 tif 166 09 MB 4 New _Zealand_Work 675 tif 179 92 MB 17 0 NZ Greg 676 tif Project_Data 677 tif Oblaka_test_bulgaria 678 tif ResursDK_Group 679 tif 9 33 RGBI_Group 680 tif 63 07 MB E Rostov_SPOT E Satellite_Group OO i EH Satellite_Novokuznetsk Filter Resource name Techsupport New_Zealand_Group NewZealand_Images 680 tif e5 m _ Techsupport New_Zealand_Group NewZealand_Images 16 resources 2 866 830 683 bytes selected 16 resources 2 866 830 683 b 7 Fig 28 Choosing images from active profile resources 3 Choose images files using one of the following ways e To display images files of interior MS TIFF format and usual TIFF format choose the TIFF images option in the list located in the right lower corner of the window Select images files and click the Open button e To display images files of acceptable image f
91. formation User Guide Save images files in active profile re sources and close the Raster Converter Then click the button to refresh profile resources list in the Source section The view window is used to view the image selected 5 6 1 1 Basic operations You can perform operations with images in the ImageWizard using the following buttons of the Tasks panel 70 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e Radiometric correction allows to open the Radiometric correction window to perform radiometric processing of project image selected in the table i e images from source file see Section 5 6 2 The image is displayed in the system with all specified parameters of radiometric correction but the source file itself is not changed only geometric transformations are applied rotation flip That is why you can save load or delete radiometric correction parameters using the following buttons o allows to load parameters of radiometric correction from the rmc file and apply them to project images selected in the table o fg allows to save parameters of radiometric correction of image selected in the table to rmc file o 4 allows to delete parameters of radiometric correction of image selected in the table e Create pyramids allows to build external pyramids for project images selected in the table i e images from source files The pyramids are saved to subfolder of folder with initial images in ac
92. ge data from several projects of active profile see Section 6 11 X Project state allows to open the Project state window that dis plays processing status of the following project 81 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project stages block forming interior relative and exterior orientation SeeSection 6 5 Convert 4 x projects allows to open the Convert PHOTOMOD 4 projects to PHOTOMOD 5 format window to import projects of older versions seeSection 6 6 Load work environment allows to load during a project opening a project work environment a set of all layers loaded to the system saved previously to x work file Save work environment allows to save a project work environment to x work file i e to memorize a set of all layers loaded before save operation 6 2 Project management window The Project management window shows the list of all projects of active profile and contains basic functions for project management Perform one of the following actions to open the Project management window e choose the Project gt Open Manage e click the f button of the main toolbar lolx A b HE k wm oe penei Project properties iProjects BOOLD _Group ajects Belgium_Small_ E Belgium_Small_Compr Belgium_Small_Uncompr cipa Belgium_TOLIC_TEST konnafShar iProjects Christo_Newcastle Fe Projects DSS_Corners Copy oject s Errors ojects Geo
93. haronoy Projects Infomap_Group Ennsapos Projects IntergraphBw _Group Projects Intergraph_Tol Projects Italy Projects Japan_Group Projects JoinTest Projects MalBlock_Group Projects NIITP_Group Projects New Zealand Group 5p Full project path Projects Infomap_Group InfoMap Newgen copy 7 Do not check images in the project copy m Fig 47 Copying of project 4 Inputa name for a project copy into the Name input field 5 Define a set of data to be copied in the Contents table 6 In the Placement section choose a folder to place a project copy to active profile resources see Section 4 1 The Full project path field displays a path to a new project copy in active profile resources 7 optional Set the Do not check images in the projects copy checkbox to exclude check of presence of all project images according to their relative paths and their parameters that could take a long time 8 Click OK to create a copy of project 6 8 Deleting project In order to delete selected project perform the following actions 1 Open the Project management window see Section 6 92 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 2 Choose a project in the list that you are going to delete 3 Click the Delete button 4 Confirm the project deleting At that the project folder will be completely removed with all files and service folders from profile resources You can delete project files located out of proje
94. here on the ellipsoid WGS 84 ts Perform the following actions to create a new coordinate system 32 Choose Service gt Coordinate systems builder The Coordinate systems builder window opens Choose International reference systems database and click OK The Interna tional reference systems database list opens Click the New button The Select reference system type window opens PHOTOMOD 5 24 Select reference system type O x seach 4 4 Reference system based on map projection Topocentric horizontal reference system Fig 21 Choose of coordinate system type J Name Description S A D Geocentric Geocentric equatorial reference system fi Latitude longitude Geographic latitude longitude height reference system M Local cartesian Local cartesian reference system Local curved Local cartesian reference system which takes into account Earth curvature al Creating project 4 Choose type of coordinate system Projected and click OK The Edit projected reference system window opens 210 x Name Abbreviation Description Datum O P E Elipsi CO O Prime meridian Greenwich ml Map projection P Ey Linear units mete al First plane axis name FE OE Second plane axis name FO Height axis name HO Height System Heights above ellipsoid Predefined geoid C User defined geoid B Save Close Fig 22 Parameters of new coordinate system 5 Enter a new
95. hey are excluded from images block of the project raster files are not deleted physically at that For removing raster files from profile re sources you should use the Explorer utility see description in the General inform ation User Guide r used to perform radiometric correction of selected image see Section 5 6 2 O O 1 gt Si E4 allows to move selected images left right up down O allows to rotate selected images at any angle relatively to initial or current location of images in the block see also the Block gt Rotate images by block layout menu item in Section 5 2 e Group of tools for auxiliary operations contains the following buttons o HE allows to open the Block layout window to build block scheme in 2D window considering initial and obtained data overlap size manual matching data trian 38 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project gulation points measurements exterior orientation parameters etc see the Aer ial triangulation User Guide o ky allows to open the ImageWizard utility to setup images o allows to show block images in 2D window if they were not displayed during project loading due to limitation specified in the system s setting window You can use the Load rasters if number of images is less than option on the Block scheme Raster tab in the Settings window also opened by the Service gt Settings menu to specify limitation of images display in
96. hoose images for pansharpening 60 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 2 3 4 gt Choose gray scale image in the High resolution image table Choose corresponding color image in the Multispectral image table Click OK The Pan sharpening window opens Pan sharpening Oj x Parameters Output channels C RGB All C RGB Gray an sharpening method Principal components HSY C Brovey J Interpolate color image Spectral color correction Sac _ Correct colors by area tn J Cut off source images background color Background c fo 4 Grayscale Colors Trim left 0 1 A Trim left 0 1 4 Yo Trim right jo 1 s o Trim right 0 1 s o J Adjust color diapasons Color depth Auto ind 4reas without color raster Fil background color x Color area outside color raster o s A pix Searching For tie points Fig 33 Parameters of output image In the Output channels section specify number of channels for output image RGB by default All all channels as in source color image RGB Gray four channels In the Pan sharpening method section choose one of the following pan sharpening methods Brovey HSV Principal components The HSV and Principal components methods give similar results on images where there is no clear dominance or absence of some color The Brovey method is close to first two methods on images of average brightness but works different o
97. ia 102deg East to 108deg East EPSG 16 AGD66 AMG zone 49 Australia 108deq East to 114deq East EPSG xl s Fig 16 Window for coordinate system database choosing The system provides all necessary tools for editing coordinate system database You can use for this the Coordinate systems builder that allows to edit coordinate sys tems to create new ones to perform import and export of coordinate systems 4 4 1 Coordinate systems databases 4 4 1 1 International coordinate systems database International reference systems database is a list of coordinate systems supported by GeoTIFF format used to store georeferenced images standard of EPSG European Petroleum Survey Group In addition to EPSG database the list contains Cartesian on the plane and Local the Earth is approximated by sphere coordinate systems Cartesian coordinate system is used for relatively small blocks of large scale survey 28 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Coordinate systems database international j ja x Find jwgs x 375 Mercator WGS 64 1099 WGS 72 UTM zone 10N 130deg West to 120deg West northern hemisphere EPSG 1100 WGS 72 UTM zone 105 130deg West to 120deg West southern hemisphere EPSG 1101 WGS 72 f UTM zone 11N 120deg West to 114deg West northern hemisphere EPSG 1102 WGS 72 f UTM zone 115 120deg West to 114deg West southern hemisphere EPSG 1103 WGS 72 f UTM zone 12N 114deg West to 108deg West northern hemisphere EP
98. idering color of adjacent pixels using weighting coefficients It is recommended to enable correction by area when you need to get image with objects of more homogeneous color and if you have images with poor tying when there is noticeable shift of objects on between color grayscale images In this case color correction by area may provide improving of objects outlines sharpness on images f It is recommended to apply color correction by area with utmost care since improving image quality in some images parts it could become worse in other image parts concur rently For setting spectral color correction parameters by area click the _ button The Correct colors by area window opens and you can use it to specify the following parameters o Aperture size allows to define size of area around pixel to be changed size of rectangle in pixels of color image Color properties of these adjacent pixels are used for color correction of central pixel to be changed Maximal size of aperture 9 pixels o RGB threshold allows to neglect during averaging operation the adjacent pixels for which value of each channel differs from channels value in pixel to be changed more that the threshold specified The RGB threshold could have values in range from 0 to 255 When a maximal value is chosen 255 all adja cent pixels will be used for averaging operation For big threshold values color correction may result in appearing of halo around objects and wor
99. idual details image sharpness o Sharpen edges is used to setup image sharpness but performs filtering only when brightness differences between details are exceeding some threshold Suits very well for identifying and highlighting of objects borders which are homogeneous insight agricultural fields for instance at that inner part of objects remains un changed o Median non linear filter intended mainly for impulse noises filtration single pixels with unnatural brightness 76 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project o Sobel non linear differential filter which is the first derivative of the initial raster Used to acquire contour borders of image in raster form e You can perform geometric transformations of image by clicking the EP button The Rotate flip window opens you can use it for selection of rotation angles at 90 180 2 0 degrees or horizontal vertical reflection You can also cancel the last operation or all geometric transformations applied to image using appropriate buttons For undo redo operations of image setup in the Radiometric correction window use the following buttons e 7 allows to cancel all operations e allows to undo recent operation e a allows to redo recent operation The system allows to save radiometric correction parameters to rmc files in order to apply these parameters to other images For example after closing the Radiometric correction window the system suggests to
100. indow 8 optional Setup project images using ImageWizard After block forming you can proceed to aerial triangulation step see the Aerial triangu lation User Guide If metadata with exterior orientation parameters is available create block layout in the by exterior mode measure recommended amount of triangulation points and proceed to adjustment step see the Block adjustment User Guide 5 6 Images correction and adjustment 9 6 1 ImageWizard ImageWizard utility is intended for project images setting Since each source image in profile resources may be used by several projects so only the links to these source images and their features are stored in each project For ex ample raster size and color interior and exterior orientation parameters etc Therefore main ImageWizard function is managing of the links to the source files i e matching project images with raster files as well as control of correctness of this matching Moreover ImageWizard allows to build pyramids and perform images radiometric correction It is strongly recommended to follow instructions of the current chapter since in some cases incorrect setting of project images in the IlmageWizard could result in undesirable consequences impossibility of further project processing project data loss Even though the project operational state could be restored quite easily in the system it is highly recommended to avoid any oper ation with pr
101. int by overlap multiplicity checkbox to color overlap areas depending on overlap multiplicity i e on number of images strips that fall into the overlap When the option is disabled overlap areas are not colored 4 optional Set the Limit overlap multiplicity checkbox and input number of im ages strips in overlap area and when the value will be exceeded the fill color will be not changed 103 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Click OK to create overlap map A new vector layer containing overlap map is cre ated In order to obtain information about number of images that fall to chosen overlap area al locate a part of overlap map and choose the Window gt Objects attributes You can export overlap map using the Vectors Export menu item to choose export format 1 1 4 Block scheme B eM SQQMR Qi Main Navi t s no E Vectors s gt o H Block scheme B gt Raster 4 s o o orn oooO e y lnno 4970520 834925 m 6443513 908270 m 0 000000 m CK 42 30Ha 6 Fig 57 Overlap map 8 3 Creating vector layers from block layout The system allows to obtain auxiliary data from block scheme outlines of all selected block images or common boundary of block group of selected images as vector objects on new vector layers This data from block scheme is used for example to define boundaries during TIN or DEM building Perform the following actions to obtain vector data from block scheme 1
102. iometric correction window using the following GUI elements e in windows and toolbars the button or the Radiometry button e the Block gt Image radiometric correction menu item During opening of the Radiometric correction window the temporary pyramid is created automatically if it had not been created before in order to speed up of selected image visualization The pyramid files are saved to the Pyramid subfolder of source images folder So it is recom mended to provide sufficient disk space for pyramids creation in advance 73 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project During opening of the Radiometric correction window with 16 bit image the system suggests to perform auto levels histogram setting Click Yes and setup auto levels see description below or the image will look black on a screen eG If the number of bits per channel is more than 8 bit the operation of histogram stretching is ap plied to the entire brightness range for each channel independently Radiometric correction 675 14848 x 15360 x 3 x 8 AAMA EEr eK lB x wD MD m Haro 630675 m _ Fig 37 The Radiometric correction window The title bar of the Radiometric correction window displays image name its size width height and number of bits per pixel The toolbar of the Radiometric correction window contains standard buttons used to image zoom management buttons for radiometric correction including buttons for g
103. ion implies full photogrammetric processing including interior relative and exterior orientation In case of a single image or monoblock you can perform interior orientation and direct geopositioning see the Aerial triangulation and Block adjustment User Guides 4 3 2 Satellite scanner imagery In order to process space scanner images you should choose the Satellite scanner imagery project type see Section 4 2 Satellite scanner images are delivered consisting in remote sensing product that is a set of images files and files of accompanying data for example metadata with interi or exterior orientation parameters Data content of remote sensing product depends on a sensor model Depending on type of space survey the following kinds of images blocks are forming during images loading to the system e Monoblock is a block where images do not form valid stereopairs i e imagery product is not a stereo product Single space image also belongs to monoblock type During monoblock forming images are loaded to separate strips as usual e Stereoblock is images block formed by stereopairs During stereoblock forming each stereopair is loaded to a separate strip MES How to load satellite images to a project see in Section 5 5 5 Depending on data content of remote sensing product sensor model the system sup ports the following algorithms of images processing e Rigorous algorithm allows to process remote sensi
104. ions 1 Click the ty button of the Project management window see Section 6 The Step 1 of 4 Base project window opens ioii Step 1 of 4 Base project InfoMap copy x Selected project Projects Infomap_Group InfoMap Items to copy Type Size Basic project data 65 597 81 KB P Images 0 0B Image cache 14 390 88 MB V DEMs 352 16 56 GB Mosaic data 15 1 15 MB Other processing data 350 9 44 GB Backup copies 624 97 58 MB Temporary data 20 495 23 KB Other project 12 1 76 MB Next gt Cancel Fig 49 Selection of base project used to be joined with other projects 95 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 2 Select a base project and in the Items to copy table define a set of data that will be copied from the base to target project Click the Next button The Step 2 of 4 Additional projects window opens 2101 Step 2 of 4 Additional projects InfoMap InfoMap copy InfoMap Free Model InfoMap Mercator Enn3sapos InfoMap Mercator Enn3apos Konna InfoMap Mike InfoMan Newgen Selected projects Projects Infomap_Group InfoMap Newgen Projects Infomap_Group InfoMap copy Items to copy Type Basic project data 102 3 80 MB V DEMs 97 3 74 GB Other processing data 108 3 98 GB V Backup copies 428 194 37 MB Temporary data 14 638 48 KB Other project 0 0B
105. is provided in the Mosaic program building separate orthophoto for each of selected project image a orthophoto file name is the same as the project image name choosing orthophoto files format and comression type choosing georeference files format a georeference file name is the same as the project image name black background support of disributed processing mode one task for one image To build Fast Ortho do the following 1 Perform block adjustment with geodetic coordinates see the Block adjustment User Guide Select project images in 2D window see the information about selecting project images in Section 5 3 G It is no should select all project images in 2D window because it can be done on the step 4 Choose the Raster gt Create Fast Ortho images The Build Fast Ortho window opens In the Project images window section set the All or Selected project images for building orthoptoto In the drop down list below determinate of radiometric correction execution and choose one of the following Before radiometric correction After radiometric correction or Without radiometric correction with normalized hystogram optional In the DTM window section do of the folowing set Use DEM checkbox select a DEM file from the active profile resources for obtaining Z coordinates values enter the elevation value for using outside the DEM In the Parameters window section adjust of the following settings e O
106. k in B 2D window if they are not displayed after project load according to limitation defined in the system common settings window In order to define a limitation of block images display in 2D window use the Load rasters if number of images is less than option located on the Block scheme Raster tab in the Settings window the Service gt Settings menu item You can set a limitation on images displaying for bulky blocks of images At that raster cache is not created in RAM that allows to increase work performance To disable the images once more and remove raster cache according to defined limitation choose the Project gt Reload or click the button The Block Show selected images only menu item allows to turn on off displaying of selected images in 2D window In order to save a content of working area of 2D window all opened layers along with background no matter what part of it is visible in 2D window at the moment to TIFF format use the Service Save scene menu item In order to export of the Block scheme layer containing strips and images boundaries to KML format use the Block Export block layout to KML menu item 44 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 5 4 Adding strips After project creation the system automatically opens the New strip window used to create the first strip of the block Define a strip name In you need to create block scheme not linked to regular grid set the Irregular strip checkbox Otherwise
107. lobals x ini Images x ini Images x ini Fig 7 Service folders and files of a new project In order to view or edit some parameters of created project you can use the Project properties window that is opened by choosing the Project gt Properties menu item see Section 6 4 Once the project is created you can proceed to forming of images block of the project i e to load and setup project images see Section 5 4 3 Project types PHOTOMOD system supports the following project types e Central projection is used to process aerial and space borne images of central pro jection acquired by photographic camera e Satellite scanner imagery is used used to process space scanner images acquired by different sensors such as GeoEye 1 IKONOS QuickBird SPOT ASTER IRS FORMOSAT CARTOSAT Resours DK WorldView 1 2 e ADS 40 is used used to process images acquired by scanner survey system ADS 40 80 installed on aircraft PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e VisionMap A3 SLF is used used to process aerial images acquired by VisionMap A3 photogrammetric complex 4 3 1 Central projection imagery In order to process images acquired by photographic camera you should choose the Central projection project type during project creation see Section 4 2 Once the project of central projection type is created you can load images and form images block see Section 5 Processing of images block of central project
108. lock layout button to analyse images selection using block layout Images selected in the list are highlighted in the block layout 5 Click the Delete checked button to delete images selected in the list 6 Click the Close button to close the Selective delete images window 6 Managing projects This chapter contains description of project management operations such as creation deletion copying backup restore joining import of projects from earlier versions of the system and so on Project management functions are implemented in the Project menu and in the Project management window 6 1 Project menu Table 7 Brief description of the Project menu items allows to open the New project window to create a project see Section 4 2 p Open Manage allows to open the Project properties window used to project management see Section 6 Reload allows to reloads a project to update it after changes appeared during mutual work Synchronize allows to re calculate a project data after editing of some parameters e g re calculates interior orient ation after changing camera parameters Close allows to close current project and to start without project mode see Section 7 Properties allows to open the window used to view and edit some parameters of opened project see Sec tion 6 4 allows to open a list of projects opened recently in the system ty Join projects allows to open the Join projects window used to mer
109. mage to save them to text file or to export of scheme vector boundary of image to MIF MID format Click the Name button to open the Change name of the image in project window that allows to change project name of selected image by default the image name is the same as the file name Click the MIF MID button to export scheme vector boundary of images selected in the table to MIF MID format that allows to estimate images coverage of territory of interest for instance e Click the Delete button to remove selected images from the table 8 Click the Add all Add selected button to add all selected images of the table to strip The Parameters window to define output parameters of images see Sec tion 5 5 5 3 In order to select multiple images in the Images to add table use the Shift and Ctrl keys to select all images use Ctrl A hotkeys 9 After setting of output parameters in the Parameters window click OK Selected images are saved to active profile resources loaded to a strip and displayed in block scheme in 2D window 56 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 5 5 5 1 Viewing properties and adding images When you perform automatic search of remote sensing products in the Add pushbroom images window with the Show details checkbox set the Adding images found window opens Here you can view detailed parameters of recognized remote sensing products choose prepare and add found images manually to load them to a project So foun
110. map p Sun azimuth 59 58 po_311159_component shp WFILEZ TECH 372 Components SHP Cloud coverage 0 po_311159_component shx WFILEZ TECH 116 Components SHX Raster height 7917 po_311159_image dbf WFILEZ TECH 1170 DBF Raster width 6732 po_311159_image prj WFILEZ TECH 143 Map projection Bands count 4 po_311159_image shp WFILEZ TECH 692 SHP po_311159_image shx WFILEZ TECH 116 SHX po_311159_metadata txt WFILEZ TECH 7250 Metadata po_311159_pan_O0000000 hdr WFILEZ TECH 460 Header po_311159_pan_O000000 trw WFILEZ TECH 58 World File Radiometry po_311159_pan_O0000000 tif WFILEZ TECH 1705514288 1 Image po_311159_pan_OOO0000_rpc txt FILEZ TECH 3770 RPC Images to add po_311159 rgb_OO00000_ovr jaw WFILEZ TECH 99 Overview world File po_311159_rgb_O000000_ovr jpq WFILEZ TECH 185113 Overview Name R ID Type Width Height Bands Bytes pixel gt Delete Fig 31 Example of Geo Eye images pair color image 4 BGRN channels 2 km resolution and gray scale image 1 channel 0 5 km resolution For pan sharpening operation perform the following 1 Click the Pan sharpening button The Pan sharpening window opens ioi x High resolution image E A Ec 31668 i po 311159 pan 0010000 26960 31668 i 2 Multispectral image Ds width Height Bands _Byte pixel po_311159_bgrn_0000000 6732 7917 POLALlISo Pam 00000 640 7817 A 3 cect Fig 32 C
111. ment User Guide 8 5 2 1 Quick viewing orthophotos Fast Ortho The orthorectification on the fly allows you to quick view a orthophoto in 2D window for any selected project image This ability is used to evaluate preliminary data quality The orthorectification on the fly has the following special features e creating a separate Fast Ortho layer for each selected project image e loading and using DEM including web DEM e building of fictitious grid with a cell size 32x32 m e obtaining of cenroids coordinates in the grid cells by DEM and block adjustment data e applying the bilinear interpolation for calculating of coordinates into the grid cells e no radiometric correction 110 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e no creating output files To view orthophotos Fast Ortho do the following 1 Perform the block adjustment with geodetic coordinates see the Block adjustment User Guide 2 Load a DEM and activate the DEM layer To load a DEM choose one of the following menu items e DEM gt Load for loading DEM from files stored in the active profile resources e DEM gt Open from file for loading DEM from files stored in OS Windows folders e DEM gt Import for importing and loading DEM from files of other supported form ates see the description of import formates in the Project processing User Guide e Raster Load web map for loading web DEM for example from the Aster DEM the Global SRT
112. n darkened or too bright images see the GeoMosaic User Guide optional Choose one of the following ways of color correction during pan sharpening operation A Color correction is not provided for 4 channel output RGB Gray image e Interpolate color image by default allows to apply color bilinear interpolation within one pixel of source color image 61 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e Spectral color correction allows to setup and apply spectral color correction parameters to eliminate source colors distortion caused by pan sharpening op eration A Spectral color correction is provided only for 3 channel output RGB image Spectral color correction means approximation of each pixel color to color of ap propriate pixel of source color image without noticeable coarsening of output image For setting parameters of image correction by spectrum click the _ button The Parameters window opens and you can use it to specify the following parameters o Automatic correction by default used for automatic analysis of spectral properties of source image and use them o Level allows to define automatic correction level The leftmost slider position means no automatic correction by spectrum The leftmost slider position leads to maximal possible correction which allows to obtain most coarse details on output image but colors will be maximally close to colors of source color image It is recommended to decrease a level
113. name or its part and use 4b 4 buttons to specify the search direction in the list 30 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e The Details button allows to show details of chosen coordinate system instead of the list click the List button to re open the list e The New button allows to create new coordinate system in chosen database see Section 4 4 3 2 e The Edit button allows to edit parameters of chosen coordinate system see section 4 4 3 1 e The Remove button allows to delete chosen coordinate system from the database e The Export button allows to save chosen coordinate system to XML format to file with x ref system extension out of active profile resources e The Import button allows to import coordinate system from x ref system file to the database e The Close button allows to close the window 4 4 3 1 Editing coordinate system This chapter contains an example of coordinate system editing A Parameters of coordinate systems included to the delivery are correct and sufficient Please be careful during editing of existing coordinate system since the system does not allow to restore initial parameters of coordinate systems Assume that you need to change the ellipsoid in UTM coordinate system from NAD 83 to WGS 84 Perform the following actions to edit coordinate system parameters 1 Choose Service gt Coordinate systems builder The Coordinate systems builder window opens 2 Choose International refer
114. nce files Internal GeoTIFF ArcInfo World File or MapInfo Tab 8 Inthe Output files placement section define the following parameters of output files In the Output folder section use the _ button to define target folder in active profile resources where to save output images files e In the When output file exists section you should define one of the following actions if files with the same names exist in the target folder o Skip not overwrite existing file with the same name o Overwrite overwrite existing file 9 Click the Convert button to convert initial images save them to files in specified folder of active profile resources and load images to chosen strip 5 5 4 Adding images from resources During adding images from active profile resources they are loaded in their initial format i e conversion to the system interior format is not performed That is why prior to adding it is strongly recommended to prepare source images in the Raster Converter program save them to target folder and connect this folder to active profile resources as virtual see the General information User Guide Otherwise the source images of acceptable 51 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project raster formats are loaded to the system directly with creation of pyramids in separate files in the Pyramid folder that could result in noticeable slowdown of the system work In order to select and add images located in active pro
115. nd print out the image amp show hide scroll bars in the View window use the CtrI F8 hotkeys 6 optional Perform images radiometric correction to remove radiometric noise coupled with peculiar properties of used survey devices To perform radiometric correction select the image in the List section and click the ri button The Radiometric correction window opens see Section 5 6 2 7 In the Output format section define the following output parameters to convert images from list e In the File format section specify output files format interior MS TIFF format e If you are going to perform radiometric correction choose the following actions in the Correction parameters section o Save separately recommended to save parameters of radiometric correction of images into separate rmc files In this case just geometric transformations rotation flip are applied to rasters directly At that the image is displayed in the system with all defined parameters of radiometric correction o Apply to image to apply radiometric correction to the image directly without possibility to cancel radiometric transformations applied e In the Color depth section choose color depth for output images o Auto by default to define color depth of output image automatically lf color depth of source image is less or equal 8 bit then color depth of output image with the Auto option selected will be 8 bit otherwise 16 bit o 8 bit to convert
116. ng products that include metadata files with interior and exterior orientation parameters Rigorous algorithm of images processing provides accuracy that is about image resolution by RMS on check points It allows to use minimal number of ground control points and to obtain more accurate results during calculation of exterior orientation parameters 10 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e Generic uses parallel perspective model or DLT Direct Linear Transformation al gorithm allows to process any space images including IRS LandSat etc However it requires more GCP per stereopair 10 GCP is recommended 6 at least as com pared with rigorous algorithm e RPC algorithm allows to process remote sensing products that include metadata RPC files for example IKONOS QuickBird OrbView 3 With RPC coefficients available you can use fewer amount of GCP to obtain satisfying results of photogram metric processing About recommended amount of triangulation points used for satisfying accuracy of adjustment of space images block see in the chapter Section 4 3 2 2 How to adjust space images blocks depending on processing algorithm see in the Block adjustment User Guide Adjustment accuracies of scanner blocks see in the chapter Section 4 3 2 3 Table 1 Processing type of space scanner images Processing algorithm Stereo processing SPOT 1 5 Rigorous generic IRS 1C 1D generic IRS P5 CARTOSAT 1 RPC generic IRS
117. o len No common images Select this option if projects do not contain identical names of images In case of names coincidence and enabled option images will be added to new strips under new names composed as follows im age name N where N is a number of image copy Regard images with identical names as common The option allows to join images if their names are the same Merge tie points Enabled option allows to add tie points of additional projects to tie points of base project and they will get new names automatically if the option is dis abled tie points are taken only from base project Merge ground control and check points You should use the option to join or add GCP check points If the option No common images is enabled points are not joined but added in case of identical names they will be added with the same names If the option Regard images with identical names as common is enabled points are joined by names Merge exterior orientation data Enabled option allows to add exterior orientation parameters of additional projects to exterior orienta tion parameters of base project Skip checking of images The option allows to avoid check for images exist ence according to their relative paths and paramet ers If you are sure that all project images are available we recommend to enable this option to save time during joining operation 6 12 Creating project backup The system provides creation of project ba
118. of the following actions e choose the active profile in the Profile list in context menu opened by right click on the 3 icon in Windows system tray e choose the active profile by double click the profile name in the Profile list of the Control Panel Current active profile is marked in the list by red checkmark Once the active profile is selected you can run the system All active profile resources are available for work until another active profile is selected Let s examine an example of network profile creation lolx Profile Resources Help M Profiles l Resource tree See cf a S ob Profile Free Virtual Folder Free ADS_Anekcana 4 49 TB Images BDGI 2 24 TB 1 Projectz1 PhSData2 1 46 TB FigZnaet 1 24 TB 2 Projectz2 PhSData 2 24 TB VisionMap 2 24 TB Projects TechSupportUaAy 1 46 TB Filez PhsS 579 24 GB Domodedovo 1 20 TB Supplementary data IkonosCFO 9 75 TB Filez Outside 579 24 GB 5 Test Finland 2011 8 80 TB iRazuvanovaDIIMAGES 16bit 430 40 GB n s mes ty _ Fig 1 Creating resources structure of network profile Example virtual name of profile which consists of the following virtual folders e Images virtual folder virtual name of storages group physical folders on different servers for automatic images placement e Projects virtual folder virtual name of a folder located on server disk used to store project files PHOTOM
119. oject images if you are uncertain about the result In case of some hesitation please contact Racurs Technical Support Service 67 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project The ImageWizard suggests the following capabilities e view images properties and features e create delete exterior pyramid of images not for MS TIFF format e images radiometric correction e edit links to images source files o replace links to source files to match them to project images o replace project images with virtual rasters of certain size with pattern fill You can use virtual rasters for example in case of absence of source raster images Use of virtual rasters provides absolutely correct work with project when not dealing with images directly for example for view import export of vector data TIN or DEM o remove links to source files to disable project images For the ImageWizard start choose the Raster gt ImageWizard or click the IR button in the Block editor window The ImageWizard window opens and shows a name of opened project in its header 68 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project New Zealand Newgen 2 ImageWizard l g x Project images Tasks Source S EE HE Ee HE e i Le 2 Resources Projects n Name oa A Properties Radiometric Profile Meridian Name Size Time 664 y x 14592 x 15104 x 24 173 09 correction j IKONOS_Moscow 664 tab 417B 16 02 2012 19 14 21 665 v
120. on highlighting of files in the list 8 Bz 44E and the button used to refresh lists in the Folders and Files sections in case of some changes in Windows file structure during work in the Add images window 4 Specify a set of images files in the List section to convert and add to selected strip Use the button to add selected files from the Files section to the List section The List section allows to form a list of files located in different local network folders as well as on different media Click the down arrow button on the right of the button to open menu used to add to the List all images files only from current folder or all images files from current folder including subfolders 48 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Table 6 The List section toolbar a a 7B HE E Standard buttons of files selection highlighting that allow to select all files of the list cancel or invert files selection w allows to enable display only source images of acceptable raster formats enabled by default allows to add to the list images files selected in the Files section allows to remove selected images files from the list they are not removed physically at that allows to remove all images files from the list they are not removed physically at that allows to enable display of selected images with created pyramid in the View window enabled by default allows to enable display of all images in the View
121. optional Select block images ia you are going to build outlines for particular part of a block Choose Block gt Create vector layer from block layout The Create vector layer from block layout window opens Click one of the following buttons 104 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project All images The system creates and displays two vector layers Block outline with common block boundary and Block scheme with outline of each block image e Selected images The system creates and displays two vector layers Block outline with common boundary of selected block images and Block scheme with outline of each block image selected MES You can export vector outlines obtained from block scheme using the Vectors gt Export menu item to choose export format MES For projects of Satellite scanner imagery type the Block scheme layer contains attributes of objects that helps to extract scanner images data from metadata 1 1 4 Block scheme Dlm e d 3 A Bo K M Pi coher Pegi Se gt da Man Navi a t SH Block outline Vec BE Block scheme ve gt OF H Block scheme B gt Raster nig Sas 5 Vi 3 lA Rog eF A L J Tuan 4 gt i eer i 4970520 834925 m 6443513 908270 m 0 000000 m CK 42 30Ha 6 Fig 58 Outlines from block scheme 8 4 Building pre regions The system provides the ability to build pre regions by images stereopairs frames for joint vectorization Pre regions cre
122. ormats except for MS TIFF and TIFF formats choose the All resources option in the list located in the right lower corner of the window Select images files and click the Open button During images loading you will get a query whether to build a pyramid for speed up images refresh on a screen Files of such images will be saved to the Pyramid subfolder in source images folder 4 The images are added to selected strip If you are loading 16 bit images for which it is strongly recommended to perform radiometric correction you will get a query whether to start IlmageWizard utility to 52 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project perform radiometric correction Click the Yes button to perform radiometric correc tion or perform it later after loading images to a project see Section 5 6 2 For fast adding of all images of suitable raster formats from defined folder of active profile resources to chosen strip perform the following actions 1 Choose Block Add images from resource folder The Select folder window opens that shows only active profile folders without displaying folders content 2 Choose a folder containing images files 3 optional Set the Including subfolders checkbox to search for files with images in subfolders of chosen folder 4 Click OK to perform automatic images search and add them to selected strip 5 5 5 Adding scanner images This chapter contains a description of satellite scanner images loading to the Sat
123. ows file system During profile creation you should specify the Projects virtual folder for the Level 1 physical folder in the Control Panel ioi x Profile Resources Service Help Profiles Resource tree o X N SSBR ct a el virtual Folder Profile tz GlobalDEM Projects ta IkonosCFO 9 75 TB CiiLevel1 226 13 MB tz Kronstadt 1 46 TB Eg Larisa ADS oy Local tz Lyon 2 20 TB tz Meridian 6 51 TB Fig 4 Profile creation and virtual folder connection Then for project files placement to the system you can use only two folders the Pro jects virtual folder matched with physical folder Level 1 and the Level 2 subfolder The Level 3 and Level 2 images folders are not intended for project files placement since the Level 3 folder has 3rd nesting level and the Level 2 images folder contains images files PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Placement Projects Projects Level 2 Fig 5 Folders used for project files placement SA 4 2 Creating new project In order to create a new project you should perform the following actions 1 Choose active profile see Section 3 2 Run the system 3 Open the New project window using one of the following ways e Choose Project gt Open Manage In the opened Project management window click the Create button e Choose Project gt New Jx Name fi New Zealand Description Type
124. pace amount on disks allocated for storages Storages structure is not shown in the Images folder in the Explorer window at that but just a content of the content subfolder of each storage IE In order to avoid data loss it is strongly not recommended to edit virtual folder for storages group 4 Creating project 4 1 Placing project files in resources system During project creation there are the following limitations on project files placement in profile resources system 1 You can place project files to folders of two top nesting levels i e folders with specified virtual names and their nested files So project folders are located on the top in the profile resources system 2 You cannot place project files to folders of two upper nested levels which contain images files PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project A You can place images files to individual nested folder in the project folder after the project creation using the Explorer for instance however it is not recommended since it could lead to unwanted consequences during project deletion for example when all project images will be deleted with no chance to restore Lets examine the following example Windows file structure contains the Level 1 folder that contains the Level 2 images folder with images tif files and the Level 2 folder with the Level 3 subfolder Level 1 Level 2 L Level 3 Level 2 images tif Fig 3 Folders structure in Wind
125. place all allows to automatically replace links to images source files for all project images selected in the table using matching of project images names shown in the table and names of source files in folder of active profile resources selected in the Source section see also description of the Match by contents and Auto replace only problem images additional parameters in Section 5 6 1 2 If in the Source section the Resources tab is active for each project image the system searches in selected folder for source file which name is the same as the project image name If the Projects tab is active the system compares images names of current project with images names of selected project and in case of names matching the source image file of selected project is used the file name could not match at that e Disconnect selected allows to remove links to source files selected in the table You may need to disconnect images for sending them by mail or pass on media for instance Use auto replace operation to re link source images A You should be sure about necessity of disconnect operation since images disconnecting may result in errors during project processing steps e Use virtual allows to match project images selected in the table and virtual images of corresponding size that have pattern fill Virtual images are formed dynamically in RAM and do not occupy any disk space You can use virtual images in case of ab sence of
126. r leave slivers in pre regions depending on their size The min slider position al lows to include all slivers to pre regions and the max position to exclude all slivers 5 Click OK to build pre regions New vector layer containing pre regions will be cre ated 106 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 1 1 4 Block scheme Bema I AQMAQh 4 gt lt lt y pr y eae o a a ow 6 m e 4970028 834925 m 6445121 908270 m 0 000000 m Fig 60 Pre regions created by Voronoy diagram when the Remove slivers slider was placed to middle position 1 1 20 Cxema 6noka Eelma RA R ho 2 0 a PasmeTKa BEKTO S gt O H cxema noka C OOsse region_image_name text 680 4 gt _ rf __ _ gt _ gt _ __ a ow ow 6 m 0 2588459 388174 m 6584330 626845 m 0 000000 m GD49 NZ Map Grid Fig 61 Pre regions created from image frames 107 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 1 1 20 Cxema 6noka Bemis s AQMAQh2o OchosHoi Hasuratop t Pasmetka BEKTO Cxema noka i PacTp xj 0 D B ag a ee ee region_image_code_2 integer 18 region_image_name text 680 region_image_name_2 text 679 p 4 gt e 0 CU a __ 7 ow E 2589687 388174 m 6579858 626845 m 0 000000 m GD49 NZ Map Grid Fig 62 Pre regions created from stereopairs frames 8 5 Working with raster images 8 5 1 Raster menu The system provi
127. r project of active profile After selecting coordinate systems database the Coordinate systems database inter national window with coordinate systems list included to the selected database appears For the quick search of needed system you can input coordinate system name or its part into the Find field Coordinate systems database international Oj F3 Find l x 1 Cartesian Left Left Cartesian reference system 2 Cartesian Right Local right Cartesian reference system 3 Local Curved Left Local left Cartesian reference system which takes into account Earth curvature 4 Local Curved Right Local right Cartesian reference system which takes into account Earth curvature 5 Abidjan 1987 UTM zone 29N Cote D Ivoire Ivory Coast west of 6 deg West IGN Paris EPSG Supersedes Locodjo 65 U 6 Abidjan 1987 UTM zone 30N Cote D Ivoire Ivory Coast east of 6 deg West IGN Paris EPSG Supersedes Locodjo 65 U 7 Abidjan 1987 Cote D Ivoire Ivory Coast IGN Paris EPSG Supersedes Locodjo 1967 EPSG code 4142 8 Adindan UTM zone 37N Ethiopia west of 42 degrees East Sudan west of 42 degrees East EPSG 9 Adindan UTM zone 38N Ethiopia east of 42 degrees East Sudan east of 42 degrees East EPSG 10 Adindan Ethiopia Sudan EPSG 11 Afgooye UTM zone 38N Somalia west of 48 degrees East EPSG 12 Afgooye UTM zone 39N Somalia east of 48 degrees East EPSG 13 Afgooye Somalia EPSG 14 Agadez Niger EPSG 15 4GD66 AMG zone 48 Austral
128. rpening operation after specifying of all conversion parameters and just prior to load images to the project see Section 5 5 5 3 so it would take noticeable time Choose image in the Project images table to view its properties in the Selected image section to add it to the Images to add table Complete forming of images table to be added to the project and click the Close button to go back to the Add pushbroom images window Choose images to be loaded to a strip in the Add pushbroom images window see Section 5 5 5 1 setup parameters of images transformations in the Parameters window and load images see Section 5 5 5 3 In our example after pan sharpening completion you will get 3 channel RGB image with 0 5 m resolution After loading it will be saved in specified target folder of profile resources 64 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Addind images found Ioj x M Project images po_311159 GeoEye 1 Geo po_311159 GeoEye 1 Geo po_311159PhPans GeoEye 1 Geo PhPanSharpened GeoTIFF Selected image ID po_31 1159_pan_0000000 PhPanSharpened B Name in project po_31 1159_pan_0000000 PhPanSharpened D Image ID po_311159_pan_0000000 PhPanSharpened Image type GeoEye 1 Geo Preprocessing level Standard Geometrically Corrected Format GeoTIFF Remarks Hobart Stereo 11 bit Pan MSI Geo TIFF Bits per sample 16 Acquisition date and time 05 02 2009 00 01 0 000 Satellite GeoEye 1 Satellite elevation 7
129. rt all opened modules of the system o allows to open the Explorer window used to change active profile resources structure see Section 6 10 eG After changing the resources structure of active profile in the Explorer window you should refresh projects list using the button o fy allows to open the Join projects window used to merge data of several pro jects see Section 6 11 o 1 3 allows to open the Rename project window used to rename a project selected in the list e Comments section shows project description input by user during the project creation in the New project window or during project properties editing in the Project properties window e You can use the following buttons for projects management o Project properties allows to open the window used to view and edit parameters of project selected in the list See Section 6 4 o Create allows to create new project and to setup its parameters and features see Section 4 3 3 3 o Copy allows to create a copy of project selected in the list see Section 6 7 o Delete allows to delete project selected in the list i e to remove a project folder with its content from profile resources see Section 6 8 83 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project o Backup allows to create project backup see Section 6 12 o Restore allows to restore a project from backup see Section 6 13 o Connect allows to connect new folder to place proj
130. s and millions tie points Ground based processing system provides full production cycle from images upload to photogrammetric production output The processing includes the following operations e copying of images and accompanying information to the ground based system e flight results preprocessing and validation 24 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project aerial triangulation without GCP check of aerial triangulation results and optional exterior orientation using GCP with additional adjustment optional DEM calculation orthomosaic creation and quality control of work import of large format images KCC or SLF suitable for stereo vectorization in the system Depending on the type of initial images the system provides two ways of VisionMap A3 project processing In case of initial large format images SLF Super Large Frame you should create a project of the VisionMap A3 SLF type see Section 4 3 4 1 In case of small format images you should create a project of the Central projection type see section 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 1 VisionMap A3 SLF In order to perform stereo processing of large format SLF images in the system perform the following actions 1 Specify VisionMap A3 data folder The sufficient initial data for processing in the system are pairs of files of the same name each includes image tif file and metadata dat file that contain interior and exterior orientation parameters for corresponding image lt lt
131. s on strips using metadata if any choose Block Split into strips By metadata In order to split VisionMap images on strips using exterior orientation parameters taken from metadata choose Block gt Split into strips gt VisionMap see Section 4 3 4 5 7 2 Operations with strips For block forming and editing the system provides the following operations with strips e add strip e delete selected strip e change of strip properties name and type regular irregular e move selected strips up down to block beginning end e invert order of strips e automatic split loaded images into strips by images names or by exterior orientation parameters All operations are implemented in the Block menu and partly in the Block editor window and the Block forming toolbar 5 7 3 Operations with images For block forming and editing the system provides the following operations with block images 19 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e add images from files from resources of a profile e delete selected images e change images properties project name ground sample distance e invert images order in selected strip e move selected images to the left right in a strip or or to upper lower strip e apply radiometric correction to selected image e rotation of selected images in relation to initial or current position e rotation of block images by block layout data see the Aerial triangulation User Guide e images se
132. s you can use only GCP with X Y Z coordinates ME Recommended amount of check points listed in the table below is not fixed and in most cases is defined by customers requirements to a certain project However you should remember that check points availability helps to estimate adjustment accuracy more fairly PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Table 3 Recommended number of triangulation points Processing algorithm Points type Monoblock Stereoblock strips with stereopairs Number of GCP per im Number of GCP per ste Number of GCP age QuickBird 1 4 OrbView 3 1 4 WorldView 1 1 4 GeoEye 1 1 4 IKONOS 1 4 ruple overlap areas if Rigorous Number of GCP age Resours DK 6 FORMOSAT 2 4 6 EROS A B 4 6 KOMPSAT 2 4 6 SPOT 1 4 4 6 SPOT 5 4 TERRA ASTER 4 6 Number of check points 3 5 points Number of tie points 3 4 points in double 3 4 points in quadruple RPC Number of GCP per im Number of GCP per ste reopair KOMPSAT 2 4 6 SPOT 1 4 4 6 SPOT 5 4 TERRA ASTER 4 6 you can reduce GCP number by using tie points measured in triple or quadruple overlap not less than 5 per block overlap area or some overlap area points in triple or quad reopair GeoEye 1 1 4 IKONOS 1 4 KOMPSAT 2 4 5 Cartosat 1 IRS P5 4 5 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Processing algorithm Points type Monoblock Stereoblock strips
133. see Sec tion 5 5 5 1 using the Pan sharpening button that becomes available when the system detects images suitable for such operation in remote sensing product 59 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Addind images found M Products Project images _ SS Product type Product Format ages GeoEye 1 Geo GeoTIFF po 311159 GeoEye 1 Geo GeoTIFF gt Selected image M Product files Image ID po_311159_bgrn_0000000 Image type GeoEye 1 Geo Type Preprocessing level Standard Geometrically Corrected po_311159_aoi dbf WFILEZ TECH 639 AOI DBF Format GeoTIFF Tes abi Remarks Hobart Stereo 11 bit Pan MSI Geo TIFF po_311159_aoi prj WFILEZ TECH 143 AOI map projection Ber ose catia M Product images Width Height Bands _Byte piel po_311159_bgrn_o000000 6732 7917 po_311159_pan_0000000 26928 31666 r p Radiometry Details Name Creating project 18 x ID po_311159_bgrn_o000000 B gt alec cla Es Name in project Jpo_311159_bgrn_oo00000 D po_311159_aoi shp WFILEZ TECH 236 AOI SHP uk T art po_311159_aoi shx WFILEZ TECH 108 AOI SHX A ume 05 02 2009 00 01 0 000 po_311159_bgrn_0000000 tif FILEZITECH 426378980 40 Image Satellite elevation 70 1 po_311159_bgrn_0000000_rpc txt FILEZ TECH 3770 RPC Satellite azimuth 139 7 po_311159_component dbf WFILEZ TECH 780 Components DBF Sun elevation 49 38 po_311159_component prj WFILEZ TECH 143 Components
134. sen color of the whole image Use background color Ha ucxogHbIx uz00paxKeHnax allows to disable his togram stretching to background color of source images which color is defined in the Background color field In the Trim left and Trim right fields define a size of histogram parts of grayscale and color image in percent that are not considered for histogram stretching oper ation In the Color depth list choose color depth of output image 8 bit 16 bit Auto by default In the Areas without color raster section choose one of the following types of solid colors for areas that are not covered by color raster e Fill background color allows to fill the areas by background color of source im ages e 3anonHATb YepHo OenbiM allows to use black and white image as underlying color for such areas 63 11 12 13 14 15 16 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Specify a value of the Color area outside color raster parameter in pixels to perform color extrapolation on image boundaries optional Set the Searching for tie points checkbox to use tie points for pan sharpening operation These ties should be measured to increase accuracy of source images tying in case when there is noticeable shift between objects on color and gray scale images Click OK In the Products section of the Adding images found window the PhPanSharpened virtual product including one image is displayed You should perform pan sha
135. source images for instance This provides absolutely correct work with a project when the image information is not used for example in this case the system supports view import export of vector objects TIN and DEM 5 6 1 2 Additional parameters settings The Parameters section of the ImageWizard window contains the following additional features to setup project images e Match by contents enabled by default during executing of auto replace operations in addition to automatic names matching the system checks content of images source files This helps to reduce chance of errors during replacing links to source files in project images table e Automatically check images enabled by default allows to start initial images check and refresh properties in the table of project images after performing of any operation see Section 5 6 1 1 Otherwise table data is not updated after operations performing This allows to save time for images check however does not allow to control executing of any operation until the option is enabled 72 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e Auto replace only problem images enabled by default during executing of auto replace operations for search replace links to images allows to perform preliminary check of project images and in case of problem images the system will search images source files only for them If the option is disabled the images which are matched with project images are fully
136. ssian used for coordinate system choosing from international or Russian database IE You can create your own coordinate system using Coordinate systems builder e From file used to load a coordinate system from the x ref system file if any placed outside from active profile resources e From resource used to load a coordinate system from the x ref system file located in active profile resources from another project of active profile for instance 8 Set the Relief elevation checkbox and specify approximate difference of terrain heights on project images in the min and max input fields MES In case of no terrain elevation data or its inaccuracy at the project creation time you can specify them later in the Project properties window see Section 6 4 Terrain elevation data is used to refine block layout and is considered during import of exterior orientation parameters and for ground sample distance GSD calculation 9 In the Placement list choose a folder of active profile resources to place project files there You can use only folders of two upper levels to place project files into the Placement list virtual folders and their subfolders which do not contain images files see Section 4 1 Click the I button to edit structure of profile resources In the opened Explorer window you can create new folders of the second level and connect new PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project virtual folders to local profile
137. t 05 04 2011 16 13 aii and Settings 567 tif 71869KB arin Microsoft 05 04 2011 16 14 hale 668 t 71869KB alin Microsoft 05 04 2011 16 14 tie 669 tif 71725KB atin Microsoft 05 04 2011 16 14 MSOCache 71869KB arin Microsoft 05 04 2011 16 14 v m j n PHOTOMODSL VAR B E zly X s a e a vlie Program Files mList selected 0 4 on GeoMosaic_GCP ri doers rel siti gt NewZealand_Ortho C Public NewZealand_Ortho 665 ti JH nz C Public NewZealand_Ortho 666 tif Pyramid C Public NewZealand_Ortho 667 tif O Pyramid opurnnan L Pyramid BHewHHe AaHHbIe ana P w gt 1 12 W 4120 H 4121 0 000000 0 000000 File Format Correction parameters olor depth ompression MegaTIFF eoreference None MS TIFF Save separately Auto ji one Internal GeoTIFF C 8bit JPEG with quality oo Al Yo C Always on C TIFF iei C zw ArcInfo World File p pply to mage 16 bit C Always off eo MapInfo TAB E Dutput files placement Output folder When output file exists PHOTOMOD resources Skip Techsupport New_Zealand_Group NewZealand_Images Px C Overwrite Convert Close Fig 27 Adding images from files located out of profile resources 3 Inthe Folders and Files sections browse for source images files to add them to chosen strip The Files section toolbar contains standard buttons of selecti
138. the image fragments according to description in ads file Once the ADS data is prepared you can proceed to ADS project creation and images loading to strips 4 3 3 3 Creating ADS project You should perform the following actions to create new ADS project 1 2 Open the New project window see Section 4 2 Input new project name to the Name input field Choose ADS 40 in the Type section Define coordinate system of the project in the Coordinate system section You can use local coordinate system like Cartesian left or right if at least three GCP are measured on stereopairs Otherwise you should perform project processing in coordinate system like Projected UTM etc or Topocentric horizontal see Section 4 4 You should follow the conditions of project creation in local coordinate system since exterior orientation parameters of ADS sensor are delivered in the LSR coordinate system Measuring GCP on stereopairs provides matching of those coordinates In the Placement section specify a folder for the project placement in the profile resources Click OK for project creation Proceed to images loading to the project see Section 4 3 3 4 19 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project New project ol x Name New project ads40 Description Type Central projection ADS 40 Satellite scanner imagery YisionMap 43 SLF Coordinate system was 84 UTM zone 37N 36deg East to 42deg East north
139. the system creates strip of regular type Click OK Frame of a new strip appears in 2D window and a new record with the strip name appears in the list of Block editor Use the Block gt Add strip menu item or the amp button in the Block editor window to add next strip Strip properties lol x Name Stip 3 Irregular strip coro _ Fig 26 New strip properties During strip creation you can load images to the project using one of the following ways e load all images of the project into the same strip and then perform automatic splitting images into strips using images names or exterior orientation parameters if such data is available and automatic splitting of VisionMap images e estimate number of strips define their names number of images in each strip then add strips one by one and load images there 5 5 Adding images 5 5 1 Images formats The system provides work with images of commonly used raster formats However for effective work in the system it is strongly recommended to use images of interior MS TIFF format or MegaTIFF for images with more than 4 GB size MS TIFF is raster format TIFF with pyramid that is a set of resampled copies of image that allows fast images redraw on a screen The system contains some features used for conversion of images of different raster formats to files of MS TIFF format For conversion to MS TIFF format or direct load to the system you can use initial images with th
140. tion in active profile resources and ground sample distance GSD in meters if it was defined previously Image name and GSD value are available for editing By default image code is the same as image name When image name changes the name of raster file does not change just its project name is changed Image code is unique identifier that does not change when project name of image is changed or when the raster file corresponding to this name is replaced see Section 5 6 1 It is recommended to specify GSD value in case of multiple scale survey or if the terrain heights differ ence is too big You can also use GSD to control measurement accuracy of triplet points For that you should specify the triplet residuals threshold in meters in the Relative orientation report settings window see the Aerial triangulation User Guide A You can also use the Block Set GSD menu item to define GSD value for all or selected images see Section 8 1 T used to add images from files located out of active profile resources to selected strip see Section 5 5 3 O During load images from files see Section 5 5 3 the images are saved to specified folder of active profile resources i e all images loaded to project are placed to profile resources o J used to add images from files located in active profile resources to selected strip see Section 5 5 4 I used to delete selected images O During images deleting t
141. tive profile re sources e Delete pyramids allows to delete pyramids for project images selected in the table i e images from source files e Replace image allows to match the image selected in project images list with an other image source file selected in the Source section i e the tool allows to change a link to source file in the table At that if in the Source section the Resources tab is selected the image is replaced by source file from active profile resources If the Projects tab is active the image is replaced by the source image of some project of the active profile i e it is used the image file which is linked to image of another project After the replace operation you can see in the table the path to specified source file and its size The image re place operation is used for example if source file names are changed e Autoreplace selected allows to automatically replace links to images source files for project images selected in the table using matching of project images names shown in the table and names of source files in folder of active profile resources se lected in the Source section see also description of the Match by contents and Auto replace only problem images additional parameters in Section 5 6 1 2 Autoreplace is used for example to connect initial images to a project in case if the images were disabled or relocated by Windows tools 71 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e Autore
142. to 8 bit images o 16 bit to convert to 16 bit images e In the Compression section choose compression type of output files o None to cancel compression o JPEG with quality to apply JPEG compression with specified compression level By default compression level is 80 that allows to reduce images size B 5 pa3 In most case it does not lead to accuracy decreasing during adjustment but allows to save disk space This type of compression is applied to output images of MS TIFF format only 50 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project o LZW to apply LZW compression without quality loss recommended for 16 bit images e In the MegaTIFF section define format to convert voluminous images o Auto by default for automatic identification of output format depending on source image size MegaTIFF only if the size is more than 2 GB otherwise MS TIFF format o Always on to convert source images to MegaTIFF regardless of their size o Always off to convert source images to MS TIFF regardless of their size f In case of conversion of source image which size exceeds 4 GB correct display of output image in the system is not guaranteed eG MegaTIFF format is a set of following files prf and files of MS TIFF format images placed to folder which has a name of source file and is created after conversion in spe cified target folder e Inthe Georeference section specify source files format with georeference None in case of no georefere
143. tton in the Project management window See detailed description in the General information User Guide 93 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 0 x Ex c Bilal eu wz El GeoEye_Bulgaria o E 3 Geotye DEN backup 15 10 2010 20 33 29 backup H Hassel_Group Cache 15 10 2010 20 33 13 Cache B Ideal Cameras 15 10 2010 20 33 12 Cameras El Infomap_Group Data 15 10 2010 20 33 29 Data _ E IntergraphBW_Group Features 15 10 2010 20 33 29 Features _ Intergraph_Tol Images 15 10 2010 20 33 12 Images E Italy Locks 15 10 2010 20 33 12 Locks H Japan_Group ProjOptions 26 05 2011 0 15 08 ProjOptions E JoinTest Temp 15 10 2010 20 33 29 Temp El MalBlock_Group BlockCT x ini 37 64KB 22 12 2009 14 42 25 BlockCT x ini B Meridian BlockGrid x ini 584B 22 12 2009 14 39 24 BlockGrid x ini E Meridian ACS BlockScheme x ini 6 91 KB 22 12 2009 14 47 02 BlockScheme x ini i B Meridiant BlockSchemeOptions x ini 986B 22 12 2009 14 47 02 BlockSchemeOptions x ini El Meridian4 ACS BundlePoints x ini 180 67 KB 22 12 2009 14 39 24 BundlePoints x ini natalia CoordSystem x ref system 33 08KB 22 12 2009 14 39 24 CoordSystem x ref system New Zealand Group I ExtOr x ini 93B 22 12 2009 14 39 24 ExtOr x ini _ G NITTP_Group I Images x ini 2 58KB 17 04 2010 10 39 19 QuickBird frat imi 142D 99 19 9000 14 49 90 E QuickBird Phoenix i QuickBird Spokane gt Filter Projects GeoEye_Bulgaria Bulga_GeoEye_DEM 19 reso
144. tup disabling replace by virtual images or change their links to raster re sources All operations with images are implemented in the Block menu and partly in the Block editor window and the Block forming toolbar 5 7 4 Deleting images selectively The system allows to delete images selectively using specified selection criteria In order to delete images selectively perform the following actions 1 Choose Block gt Delete images selectively The Selective delete images window opens Selective delete images Ioj x Search criteria Omega absolute value gt fis o A o Projection center Z lt o o AR 7 Phi absolute value gt a fis o 4 Projection center Z gt o o e m 7 Pitch absolute value gt fis o A V No GPS time M Roll absolute value 15 0 A No interior orientation No projection center No measured triangulation points No EO angles Find images matching criteria Search results View in block layout Delete checked Fig 42 Setting of images selection criteria for deleting 80 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project 2 Choose criteria of images selection for deleting in the Search criteria section Click the Find images matching criteria button Images found are shown in the Search results list 3 optional To refine images selection use checkboxes near images names in the Search results list 4 optional Click the View in b
145. ul import you need to have installed PHOTOMOD 4 x system on workstation with connected projects storages You can import a project in batch mode that allows to convert multiple projects all at once Projects import is independent process that is not interfere working in the system 87 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project During conversion of 4 x projects it is not suggested to save converted projects and images to active profile resources You should specify in advance physical folder to save converted projects and connect it in Control Panel through a virtual folder to the profile before or after the conversion Images also should be located in the active profile resources Connection of separate virtual folder for images depends on images location options chosen in converter window during project import In order to import of project from PHOTOMOD 4 x perform the following 1 Perform one of the following to open the Convert PHOTOMOD 4 projects to PHOTOMOD 5 0 format window e Choose Project gt Convert 4 x projects e Click the Import 4 x button in the Project management window see Section 6 e Execute Start gt PHOTOMOD 5 gt PHOTOMOD 4 x Projects Converter 88 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project fe Convert PHOTOMOD 4 projects to PHOTOMOD 5 format ae f HOTOMOD 4 projects Description Sie Time Type 40540 test 16 14 copy 220 20 06 2007 DS5 335 inl Argentina BARRICK eof 0S 02 Z00F 12 05 54 imi a Oster stereo
146. up custom geoid Lets examine an example of setting parameters of custom geoid at the presence of file with a table of geoid elevations above ellipsoid In the Edit height system window perform the following actions 1 2 Specify data in the Name Abbreviation and Description input fields Choose the Vertical data file option in the Data source section Specify the grd file containing a table of geoid elevations above ellipsoid in the File name input field using the _ button The Data grid section shows extents of the geoid part for which there are elevations in the table the Cell size section shows cell size of this data grid optional Click the _ button in the Calculator section to re calculate the elev ations table to another coordinate system Click the View button in the Data source section The View height system data window opens you can use it for results preview In the Create data section choose one of the following options Table to create elevations table or the Offset to define vertical offset constant elevation between geoid and ellipsoid Click the Save button to save results of heights editing or click the Close button to close the window without changes saving 5 Adding images in a project On images block forming stage you can load images to strips and setup project images You can use the following operations to perform block forming e Adding strips e Adding images e Imag
147. urces 269 468 bytes selected 0 resources 0 bytes A Fig 48 The Explorer window 6 11 Joining projects In some cases you need to share work with a project among several operators that re quires creating separate projects for each strip of a block in order to their independent orientation processing For further joining of obtained project data into integrated project you should use joining projects operation The system supports joining of several pro jects For successful joining the projects should meet the following requirements e Contain ground control points and exterior orientation parameters in the same coordin ate system In case of coordinate systems discrepancy you should re calculate them using the tool in the GCP list and Exterior orientation parameters windows see the Aerial triangulation User Guide e All projects to be joined should be located in active profile resources lt lt Use the Control Panel to connect projects to active profile resources via virtual folders See the General information User Guide You can also prepare in advance new virtual folder in the Control Panel that will be used as a target folder for new joined project The main idea of projects joining is as follows e Define a base project and then to add data from additional projects to the base one The base project is privileged i e its data is copied to target project first of all and then data from other proj
148. ut number of images strips in the block and the following buttons used for block forming 86 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e to add new strip to add the image from files located out from active profile resources to selected strip see Section 5 5 3 e to add the image from active profile resources to selected strip see Sec tion 5 5 4 You can use the following buttons to perform interior orientation step see the Aerial triangulation User Guide e ffm to define camera parameters e E to perform manual measuring of fiducial marks e 5 to perform interior orientation in semi automatic mode to perform interior orientation in automatic mode ES to open interior orientation report You can use the following buttons to perform relative orientation step see the Aerial triangulation User Guide e HE to build block layout e 54 to view input and edit ground control points coordinates e 1 to measure tie points in automatic mode e x to view input and edit all triangulation points GCP check and tie 4 to view relative orientation report You can use the H button to open the Block adjustment module and to perform exterior orientation step see the Block adjustment User Guide 6 6 Importing projects from PHOTOMOD 4 x The system allows to perform import of projects from earlier versions of PHOTOMOD 4 x A For projects successf
149. utput GSD ground sample distance m 112 10 11 12 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project e Interpolation cell size the width and height of the cells which stores the elev ation value of each cell centroid calculated by the DEM and the block adjustment data IE It is recommended that the cell size was equal to a power of two e Exact black background e Save metadata for sattelite imagery storing metadata in output files x feat In the Interpolation window section choose one of the following interpolation methods to calculate XYZ coordinates into the cells Nearest neighbor Bilinear Bicubic interpolation In the Optimize window section specify one of the following building priority Speed due to the loss of quality or Quality due to the loss of speed In the Placement window section choose a folder of OS Windows for saving output files orthophoto files and georeference files In the Format window section choose one of the following formats for output ortho photo files TIFF MS TIFF MegaTIFF for images larger 2 GB JPEG PNG In the Compression window section choose one of the following types of compres sion None without compression JPEG with setting compression coefficient in percent LZW without loss of quality recommended for 16 bit images In the Georeference window section choose one of the following formats for geor eference files ArcInfo World File MapInfo TAB Internal GeoTIFF
150. with stereopairs KOMPSAT 2 4 5 ALOS PRISM 1 4 Cartosat 1 IRS P5 4 you can reduce GCP 5 number by using tie points measured in ALOS PRISM 1 4 quadruple overlap area E J EE Number of check points 3 5 points not less than 5 per block Number of tie points 3 4 points in double 3 4 in quadruple overlap overlap area area Generic Number of GCP Number of GCP per im Number of GCP per ste age reopair Landsat 7 ETM Landsat 7 ETM IRS 1C 1D PAN IRS 1C 1D PAN IRS P6 Resourcesat 1 IRS P6 Resourcesat 1 ALOS AVNIR 2 7 10 ALOS AVNIR 2 7 10 minimum for adjustment minimum for adjustment Number of check points 5 7 points 5 7 points Number of tie points could be not measured could be not measured 4 3 2 3 Accuracy of satellite scanner blocks adjustment Table 4 Accuracy of satellite scanner blocks adjustment Survey sys Resolution Scale of or RMS Exy Ez RMS Exy tem bw color m tho ph ot o with GCP m without GCP algorithms cessing DO differ ent orbits SO same orbit SPOT4 10 20 50000 10 15 Rigorous Yes DO SPOT5 2 5 10 25 0 0 013 5 50 Rigorous Yes DO and 10000 SO IRS 1C 1D 6 20 100000 20 20 enero Yes 00 PHOTOMOD 5 24 Creating project Survey sys Resolution Scale of or RMS Exy Ez RMS Exy tem bw color m tho p h oto with GCP m without GCP algorithms cessing DO differ ent orbits SO same orbit RPC Yes SO Generic Yes DO

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