Re: Contour overlay - control orientation? [message #84135 is a reply to message #84133] |
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DAVIDE LENA
Messages: 22 Registered: September 2011
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On Friday, April 26, 2013 12:04:37 PM UTC-4, David Fanning wrote:
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>> I wander if it possible to make a contour plot, than change the orientation and overlay it on another image.
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>> In other words: I have two images of the same object at different wavelengths. One of the two has no WCS, but I know the relative orientation. Instead of going through the process rotating one of the images it would be nice to change just the contours orientation. Is it possible?
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> I suppose it depends on what you mean by "I have the contours". If you
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> mean you know the points that make up a contour line (ie, you obtained
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> the contour by means of ISOCONTOUR or the PATH** keywords to the CONTOUR
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I make the contours with cgContour.
...are you suggesting to apply a rotation to the points of the contour lines?
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> to decide upon which point they should be "rotated" about. :-)
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> If this is not what you mean, I think it would be easier to rotate the
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> Cheers,
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> David
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> David Fanning, Ph.D.
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> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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