CDCARTOSAT

Description

Reads CARTOSAT imagery from a TIFF-format CD when satellite orthorectification is required. CDCARTOSAT automatically creates a PCIDSK (.pix) file, reads all of the requested imagery channels from CD, creates an RPC segment, and saves the satellite-path information in a segment. The output file from CDCARTOSAT is used as input with CATALYST Professional OrthoEngine.

Parameters

Name	Type	Length	Value range
TIFF File Name *	String	1 -
Output: Output file name *	Raster port	1 -
OutputOrbit: Output satellite orbital ephemeris layer *	ORB port	1 - 1
Create Linked File	String	0 - 1	YES, NO Default: NO
CD Input Layer(s) List	Integer	0 - 1	1 Default: 1
File Description	String	0 - 1
Report	String	0 - 192	See parameter description

* Required parameter

Parameter descriptions

TIFF File Name

The path and file name of the input TIFF file.

Output: Output file name

The name of the PCIDSK file to which the processed data will be written. This file will be created automatically and must not already exist.

OutputOrbit: Output satellite orbital ephemeris layer

The name of the output file that will contain the output layer of the satellite orbital ephemeris.

Create Linked File

If this parameter is set to YES, the Output port is created in such a way that the image channel is linked to the original input file (TIFF File Name). This option can only be used if you want one band (channel) to be connected.

CD Input Layer(s) List

The channel to read from the CD. The CARTOSAT data product contains only one channel.

A corresponding channel is created in the output PCIDSK (.pix) file.

File Description

A line of text to describe the file. Typically, the text identifies the location of the data and the reference number of the CD.

If no value is specified for this parameter, the File Header fields in the generated output PCIDSK image database hold the following information:

• FH5 receives the tape ID, satellite sensor, and satellite track
• FH7.1 receives the acquisition date and scene center (longitude and latitude, in decimal degrees)
• FH7.2 is empty

This parameter is optional.

Report

Specifies where to direct the generated report.

Available options are:

• LOG: generates a report on the terminal (default)
• <modulename.RPT>: appends a report to the module's RPT file
• DISK: generates a report on file "IMPRPT.LST"

Details

CDCARTOSAT reads CARTOSAT TIFF file format data when satellite orthorectification is required. The corresponding metadata file (.txt) should also exist in the same directory. CDCARTOSAT automatically creates a PCIDSK file, reads the requested imagery channel from CD, creates an RPC segment and saves the satellite path information in a segment. Output from CDCARTOSAT is used with OrthoEngine.

CDCARTOSAT extracts from the CD the geographic coordinates of the scene center and the four corner points. The values are stored in the output orbit segment. These points can be used as ground control point (GCP) input for an approximate correction, which is useful when GCPs are unavailable for an area. Note, however, that using geographic coordinates may not produce very accurate results.

If the parameter LINKFILE (Create Linked File) is set to NO, the output file is automatically created with the dimensions required to hold all of the requested data. You should ensure that sufficient disk space is available before running CDCARTOSAT. If LINKFILE is set to YES, the image channel is not created; instead, it is linked to the image channel of FILI, and only one band can be linked.

Acknowledgements

PCI Geomatics wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Dr. Thierry Toutin for this software.

References

Toutin, Th. "Analyse mathématique des possibilités cartographiques du système SPOT". Thèse de Docteur-Ingénieur en Sciences Géodésiques, ENSG, Paris, France, 1985. pp1 -163.

Toutin, Th. and Carbonneau Y. "La multi-stéréoscopie pour les corrections d'images SPOT-HRV", Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 15, No. 2 (September 1989) p110. (Also available in English from the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing.)

M. Krishnaswamy, S. Kalyanaraman, "Indian Remote Sensing Satellite CartoSat-1: Technical features and data products" URL: http://www.gisdevelopment.net/technology/rs/techrs023.htm