Help for PIXGRAD
PURPOSE
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PIXGRAD calculates the magnitude (slope) and direction (azimuth)
of the gradient at each pixel within an image. The image of slope
values is saved in the first output dataset, and the azimuth image
is sent to the second output.
The gradients are computed by examining the four adjacent pixels
(left, right, above, below) to the point being evaluated. From these
pairs of points, a line-direction and a sample-direction gradient is
computed. The composite slope and azimuth are computed by a
trigonometric summation of these two gradients.
Prior to rescaling, the slope is computed as degrees from horizontal,
while the azimuth is degrees East of North. The default rescaling
maps the slope values to 0 DN for horizontal and 255 DN for vertical.
The default azimuth rescaling places North at 0 DN, East at 64 DN,
South at 128 DN, and West at 192 DN.
EXECUTION
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Execution is initiated by:
pixgrad INP (OUT1,OUT2) PARAMETERS
LIMITATIONS
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Input image must be no more than 10,000 samples wide.
PARAMETERS:
INP
Input filename.
OUT
Output filenames.
(1) dip image
(2) azimuth image
SIZE
Vicar size field.
NORTH
Direction of North in
degrees clockwise from up.
ADIP
Scale factor for slope.
BDIP
Offset factor for slope.
AAZ
Scale factor for azimuth.
BAZ
Offset factor for azimuth.
LSCALE
Line scale in
meters per line.
SSCALE
Sample scale in
meters per sample.
AALT
Altitude scale in meters
per DN of input.
See Examples:
Cognizant Programmer: