| Re: bitplanes [message #6958] |
Mon, 09 September 1996 00:00 |
Robert Moss
Messages: 74
Registered: February 1996
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James Albert wrote:
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> Hi.
> I'm new here. I have to evaluate IDL to see if some of the features
> incorperated in one of our WINDOWS apps can be done with IDL under UNIX.
> Specifically, with the current app, you can load in a satellite data image
> and, using a 'transparent' bitmap, draw a coastline over top of the image
> which you can then slide around, using the mouse, to render correction fo
> satellite pitch, roll, time etc.
> The image is drawn pixel by pixel, and the coastline is drawn with
> polygons, using lat/lons translated into the images data pixel
> coordinated, then retranslated into window coordinates.
> Can anyone tell me if it can be done, and if so, using what
> functions/parameters/keywords?
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> Thanks in advance
> James
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> --
> James Albert
> james@satlantic.com
Yes, all this can be done in IDL, but it is not totally trivial.
Sounds to me like you should check out ENVI, which is a multi-spectral
remote sensing piece of software from Research Systems that is written
in the IDL language. It has built-in capability to do what your looking
for, as well as much more.
--
Robert M. Moss, Ph.D. - mossrm@texaco.com - FAX (713)954-6911
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