production software advances david loescher industry manager, software
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Production Software Advances
David Loescher Industry Manager, Software
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Customer requirementsCustomer 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
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Solution roadmapSolution roadmap
PPS
Triangulation
DTM Extract
DTM Edit
Rectify
Mosaic
Application
DTM QA/QC
Ortho QA/QC
A B C
New tools
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ImageStation Products…ImageStation Products…
Orientation &
Triangulation
ImageStation Model Setup
ImageStation Digital Mensuration
ImageStation Automatic Triangulation
ImageStation Satellite Triangulation
Project Management ImageStation Photogrammetric Manager
DTM Collection &
EditImageStation DTM Collection
ImageStation Automatic Elevations
Stereo 3D
Feature Capture
ImageStation Stereo Display
ImageStation Feature Collection-MicroStation
ImageStation Stereo for GeoMedia
Orthophoto
Production
ImageStation Base Rectifier
ImageStation OrthoPro
ImageStation PixelQue
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ImageStation v5.1 highlights….1ImageStation v5.1 highlights….1
ImageStation XE– Integrated interface & photogrammetric “dashboard”
OrthoPro– New seam editing tool
– Improved support of 16bit 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 FX4500
Orientation products, will now install on 64bit OS
ISFC/ISDC, MicroStation V8 level alphanumeric name support
ISFC/ISDC External design file for level definition
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ImageStation XEImageStation 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 GeoMedia
– Publish projects to internet or intranet with GeoMedia Webmap Publisher
– Can be used as a free viewer for photogrammetric projects.
– Built using GeoMedia Objects
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Other benefits from ISXEOther benefits from ISXE
Photogrammetry project Data Server
– View, query, print photogrammetry products in GeoMedia
– Publish on the web using GeoMedia Webmap
– Join photogrammetry projects to other data sources/databases
Production tracking
– Export to KML
Visualise in Google Earth
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OrthoProOrthoPro
Included functions:
– Project definition
– Rectification
– Seamlines
Manual
Automatic
Editing
– Mosaicing
– Dodging
– True Orthophoto
– Auto-Ortho Production
GeoMedia based
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OrthoPro EnhancementsOrthoPro 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
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OrthoPro Enhancements continuedOrthoPro Enhancements continued
Improved support of 16bit and 4 band products– Dodge
– Improved tone balance
Butt matched orthos, retile or re-project existing project
Apply LUT during rectify and mosaic
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ImageStation PixelQue ImageStation PixelQue
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 12bit images
An extension “add-on” for either GeoMedia or GeoMedia Pro
Fast, preserves geotiff headers and overviews
Demo on Thursday
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ImageStation PixelQue CommandsImageStation PixelQue Commands
Inspect Image Place Problem Marker Review Problem Areas
Local Warp Pixel Clone Raster Splice Raster Fill Raster Undo
Histogram tools
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PixelQue, Select ImagePixelQue, Select Image
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PixelQue, Mark Problem AreasPixelQue, Mark Problem Areas
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PixelQue, Review and Fix ProblemsPixelQue, Review and Fix Problems
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ImageStation PixelQueImageStation PixelQue
Pixel Clone
–User selects source
Brush shape
Size
Feathering
Opacity
–Copies to target
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ImageStation PixelQue ImageStation PixelQue
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.
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PixelQue, Image EnhancementsPixelQue, Image Enhancements
Histogram:
–Collect
–Display
Enhance Contrast By:
–Linear Percent
–Linear Clip
–Equalize
–Gamma
Match Images
LUT:
–Load, Create, Apply, Reset, Save
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Thank youThank you
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David LoescherIndustry Manager, SoftwareSG & I - Earth Imaging Solution Center
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