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CookBook: Move apps sections up one level

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......@@ -34,12 +34,6 @@ The OTB Applications are now rich of more than 90 tools, which are
listed in the applications reference documentation, presented in
chapter [chap:apprefdoc], page.
Running the applications
------------------------
Common framework
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All standard applications share the same implementation and expose
automatically generated interfaces.
Thus, the command-line interface is prefixed by ``otbcli_``, while the Qt interface is prefixed by
......@@ -48,7 +42,7 @@ command-line interface of the Convert application, while
``otbgui_Convert`` will launch its GUI.
Using the command-line launcher
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-------------------------------
The command-line application launcher allows to load an application
plugin, to set its parameters, and execute it using the command line.
......@@ -143,7 +137,7 @@ might include one or several ``.`` character), prefixed by a ``-``.
Command-line examples are provided in chapter [chap:apprefdoc], page .
Using the GUI launcher
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
----------------------
The graphical interface for the applications provides a useful
interactive user interface to set the parameters, choose files, and
......@@ -189,7 +183,7 @@ The interface of the application is shown here as an example.
.. figure:: Art/QtImages/rescale_documentation.png
Using the Python interface
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--------------------------
The applications can also be accessed from Python, through a module
named ``otbApplication``. However, there are technical requirements to use it.
......@@ -269,7 +263,7 @@ application, changing the algorithm at each iteration.
Using OTB from QGIS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-------------------
The processing toolbox
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
......@@ -296,11 +290,8 @@ existing one, you will need to replace the otbcli, otbgui and library
files in QGIS installation directly.
Advanced applications capabilities
----------------------------------
Load/Save OTB-Applications parameters from/to file
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--------------------------------------------------
Since OTB 3.20, OTB applications parameters can be export/import to/from
an XML file using inxml/outxml parameters. Those parameters are
......@@ -346,7 +337,7 @@ It will retrieve the application name and related parameters from the
input XML file and launch in this case the BandMath applications.
In-memory connection between applications
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-----------------------------------------
Applications are often use as parts of larger processing
chains. Chaining applications currently requires to write/read back
......@@ -409,7 +400,7 @@ writer to write intermediate data. In this case, execution should
still be correct, but some intermediate data will be read or written.
Parallel execution with MPI
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
---------------------------
Provided that Orfeo ToolBox has been built with MPI and SPTW modules
activated, it is possible to use MPI for massive parallel computation
......@@ -470,7 +461,7 @@ available for command-line calls to OTB applications, and only for
images output parameters.
Extended filename for reader and writer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Purpose
^^^^^^^
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