Create OrthoEngine Project module


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Description


The Create OrthoEngine Project module reads the source folder for PCIDSK files and creates an OrthoEngine project file for each type of image files.
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Parameters


Name Caption
Input Scenes Folder containing the files to add to the OrthoEngine project
Overwrite Results Overwrite existing results
Send Email Email notification settings
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Parameter descriptions

Input Scenes

The path and name of the folder that contains images to process.

Files must be in PCIDSK (.pix) format. The folder can be the output folder of the Data Ingest module.

Overwrite Results

Select this check box to overwrite the existing output files, if any exist. If this check box is left clear, and an output file exists in the relevant folder, the status of the job displays a message informing you of the existence and name of the output file. The message is also written to the event log of the job.

Send Email

If necessary, you can set up CATALYST Enterprise to send an email notification on job start and job completion.

With this check box selected, an email message is sent to each address specified in the Email Addresses box after the job starts and on completion.

You can specify one or more addresses, and each must be separated by a comma or a semi-colon. The email address of the user currently logged in displays by default.

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Details

General job details

Preprocessing requirements

Before running this module, the following requirements must be met to ensure the job processes successfully and produces accurate results:

Module details

The Create OrthoEngine Project module reads the input folder for images and creates OrthoEngine project files for each type of images. For example, when multispectral and panchromatic data is in the input folder, two project files, RAW_MS.prj and RAW_PAN.prj are created in the specified output folder. This file is used by other CATALYST Enterprise modules.

Job results

All valid image files are added to the .prj files. The OrthoEngine project files created by the Create OrthoEngine Project module are generated in the specified source folder.

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