Production Software Advances David Loescher Industry Manager Software

Production Software Advances David Loescher Industry Manager, Software

Customer requirements § DMCs being used for larger and larger projects § Reduce project time – Speed up tasks that are processor intensive § Distributed Processing § Reduce costs – Automate tasks where possible – Improve QA/QC processes, less rework § Provide project management tools – Reporting § Project status § % completion § Graphical and tabular Page 2

Solution roadmap Application PPS Triangulation DTM Extract DTM QA/QC DTM Edit Rectify Mosaic Ortho QA/QC A B C New tools Page 3

Image. Station Products… Project Management Image. Station Photogrammetric Manager Image. Station Model Setup Orientation & Image. Station Digital Mensuration Triangulation Image. Station Automatic Triangulation Image. Station Satellite Triangulation Stereo 3 D Feature Capture Image. Station Stereo Display Image. Station Feature Collection-Micro. Station Image. Station Stereo for Geo. Media DTM Collection & Edit Orthophoto Production Image. Station DTM Collection Image. Station Automatic Elevations Image. Station Base Rectifier Image. Station Ortho. Pro Image. Station Pixel. Que Page 4

Image. Station v 5. 1 highlights…. 1 § Image. Station XE – Integrated interface & photogrammetric “dashboard” § Ortho. Pro – New seam editing tool – Improved support of 16 bit and 4 band products – Butt matched orthos, retile or re-project existing project – Apply LUT during rectify and mosaic § Nvidia graphics cards, improved support for FX 4500 § Orientation products, will now install on 64 bit OS § ISFC/ISDC, Micro. Station V 8 level alphanumeric name support § ISFC/ISDC External design file for level definition Page 5

Image. Station XE § Graphical interface for photogrammetry projects – Graphical display and manipulation of projects § Select sources and launch applications, ease of use § Display data, see your project graphically § Orientation products completely integrated – Advanced printing and plotting via Geo. Media – Publish projects to internet or intranet with Geo. Media Webmap Publisher – Can be used as a free viewer for photogrammetric projects. – Built using Geo. Media Objects Page 6

Other benefits from ISXE § Photogrammetry project Data Server – View, query, print photogrammetry products in Geo. Media – Publish on the web using Geo. Media Webmap – Join photogrammetry projects to other data sources/databases § Production tracking – Export to KML § Visualise in Google Earth Page 7

Ortho. Pro § Included functions: – Project definition – Rectification – Seamlines § Manual § Automatic § Editing – Mosaicing – Dodging – True Orthophoto – Auto-Ortho Production § Geo. Media based Page 8

Ortho. Pro Enhancements § Improved seams editing – Red/Blue Image display tool for drawing seams – User can see where the overlapping images match and edit lines to pass through these areas – Enhanced performance for modifying seams – Up to 20% productivity gain for seam editing – Reduces rework due to poor seam placement Page 9

Ortho. Pro Enhancements continued § Improved support of 16 bit and 4 band products – Dodge – Improved tone balance § Butt matched orthos, retile or re-project existing project § Apply LUT during rectify and mosaic Page 10

Image. Station Pixel. Que § Provides a solution to QA/QC images, orthophotos, or mosaics § Product will be released in May 07 – Revue orthos, find problem areas and marks for later rework, queued edit – Image touchup tools – Image histogram enhancement tools § 4 band, 8 or 12 bit images § An extension “add-on” for either Geo. Media or Geo. Media Pro § Fast, preserves geotiff headers and overviews § Demo on Thursday Page 11

Image. Station Pixel. Que Commands § § § Inspect Image Place Problem Marker Review Problem Areas § § § Local Warp Pixel Clone Raster Splice Raster Fill Raster Undo § Histogram tools Page 12

Pixel. Que, Select Image Page 13

Pixel. Que, Mark Problem Areas Page 14

Pixel. Que, Review and Fix Problems Page 15

Image. Station Pixel. Que § Pixel Clone – User selects source § Brush shape § Size § Feathering § Opacity – Copies to target Page 16

Image. Station Pixel. Que § Raster Fill – Fill user selected area. § Raster Splice – Copy and paste user selected area – From one image to another § Local Warp – an interactive tool to correct small local distortions in orthophotos, such as tops of buildings incorrectly positioned due to perspective distortion or bridges that are sheared due to not being modeled in the DTM used to create the orthophoto. Page 17

Pixel. Que, Image Enhancements § Histogram: – Collect – Display § Enhance Contrast By: – Linear Percent – Linear Clip – Equalize – Gamma § Match Images § LUT: – Load, Create, Apply, Reset, Save Page 18

Thank you Noch Fragen ? David Loescher Industry Manager, Software SG & I - Earth Imaging Solution Center P +44 1794 367199 M +44 7977 256799 david. loescher@intergraph. com www. intergraph. de Page 19