From fe5f4287cdcaeb7afd5feb55541a5bffb6a83851 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Hofmann Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 16:56:02 +0200 Subject: documentation update --- README | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 37e3b97..440cd94 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Requirements Installation ------------ -* Unpack the tar file and run `./configure; make; make install` +Unpack the tar file and run `./configure; make; make install` Running ------- @@ -132,38 +132,6 @@ taken into account according to the approximation described by Tom Chester in: under the assumption of a temperature change of 6.5°C per 1000m and a temperature T0 at view point level of 10°C. -Stitching ---------- -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 - 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 -. -The width and height of the result images can be adjusted with the --w and -h options. -You can use the -b switch to enable bicubic interpolation, which -gives smoother results but is a bit slower. - -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. - -If you want to open a stitched image in gipfel to locate the mountains -on it, don't forget to choose Panoramic Projection! - Exif Data --------- gipfel tries to get useful information from the exif data of the @@ -195,6 +163,38 @@ Independent of the distortion profiles one can also modify the distortion parameters per image. Distortion correction is also used when stitching panorama images. +Stitching Panorama Images +------------------------- +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 + 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 directory . +Use the multiple TIFF option for blending the result with enblend +. +The width and height of the result images can be adjusted with the +-w and -h options. +You can use the -b switch to enable bicubic interpolation, which +gives smoother results but is a bit slower. + +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. + +If you want to open a stitched image in gipfel to locate the mountains +on it, don't forget to choose Panoramic Projection! + Troubleshooting --------------- * Obviously gipfel can only be as good as its input data. If there is no -- cgit v1.2.3