From 1f4f1f0b441e4ac75943566405843cbfc1c7d1b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Hofmann Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 21:23:57 +0200 Subject: add stitching section to README --- README | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index e622d3b..36b1779 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -133,6 +133,34 @@ the Option->Show Hidden menu entry. Hidden objects and hidden GPS way points are displayed in blue. +Stitching +========= + +If you have multiple images from the same viewpoint gipfel can stitch them +together to form a panorama image. +For stitching the input images must all have been correctly oriented +with gipfel and saved (see "Loading and Saving Images"). +You can then call gipfel -s ... +to see the result in a window. Alternatively you can call +gipfel -s -j ... +to save the result as a JPEG image to or +gipfel -s -t ... +to save the result as multiple TIFF images to . +Use the multiple TIFF option for blending the result with enblend +(http://enblend.sourceforge.net/). +The width and height of the result images can be adjusted with the +-w and -h options. + +The nice thing about stitching is that gipfel uses the same code that +it already had for positioning mountains on the pictures. +gipfel simply scans all directions needed for the panorama and determines +where these directions would end up on the various pictures. It can then +record the corresponding color values from the input images. + +In contrast to other stitching programs, the input images don't need to +overlap. + + Troubleshooting =============== -- cgit v1.2.3 From 145d775aa43d49e5f9de30f51bd88c0f0f46183c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Hofmann Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 21:26:37 +0200 Subject: update README and usage --- README | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 36b1779..4301cb9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ record the corresponding color values from the input images. In contrast to other stitching programs, the input images don't need to overlap. +If you want to open a stitched image in gipfel to locate the mountains +on it, don't forget to choose Panoramic Projection! + Troubleshooting =============== -- cgit v1.2.3 From 52b88af472225960fe8a8de49970398d89838744 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Hofmann Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 22:06:57 +0200 Subject: adjust wording in README --- README | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 4301cb9..bad622f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ are displayed in blue. Stitching ========= -If you have multiple images from the same viewpoint gipfel can stitch them -together to form a panorama image. -For stitching the input images must all have been correctly oriented +If you have multiple images from the same viewpoint referenced with gipfel +you can stitch them together to form a panorama image. +For stitching the input images must all have been correctly referenced with gipfel and saved (see "Loading and Saving Images"). You can then call gipfel -s ... to see the result in a window. Alternatively you can call -- cgit v1.2.3 From 6d0859555b6d1ee85e112cbf34a26218aec022a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Hofmann Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 22:11:34 +0200 Subject: README update --- README | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index bad622f..ff96a64 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ picture manually. Requirements ============ -- gipfel works on UNIX-like system (e.g. Linux, *BSD and probably others). -- You need fltk-1.1.x from www.fltk.org. -- You need the ccmath library (http://freshmeat.net/projects/ccmath/). +- fltk-1.1.x (http://www.fltk.org) +- libtiff (http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/) +- libjpeg (http://www.ijg.org/) +- ccmath library (http://freshmeat.net/projects/ccmath/) +- gipfel works on UNIX-like system (e.g. Linux, *BSD and probably others) Installation @@ -211,4 +213,3 @@ results of gipfel. Johannes Hofmann (Johannes.Hofmann@gmx.de) -Nov 14, 2005 -- cgit v1.2.3