OTB-v.1.6.0 - Changes since version 1.4.0 (2007/10/25)
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*BasicFilters:
- Added StreamingVectorStatisticsImageFilter to compute
the second order stastics on a large vector image.
- Added the MatrixTransposeMatrixImageFilter to compute
the product of the matrix of vector pixels from image 1
in rowwith the the matrix of vector pixels from image 2
columns for large vector image.
- Added the otb::VectorImageTo3DScalarImageFilter which transforms
a vector image into a 3D scalar image where each band is represented
in a layer of the 3rd dimension.
- Added the otb::ImageListToVectorImageFilter and
otb::VectorImageToImageListFilter to convert a vector image
from/to an image list.
- Added the otb::ImageListToImageListApplyFilter which applies a given
scalar image filter to a list of images
- Added the otb::PerBandImageFilter, which applies a given scalar filter
to each band of a VectorImage. This is not the optimal way for most
processings but it allows the use of almost every scalar filter on
vector images.
- Added the otb::StreamingResampleImageFilter, which is a streaming capable
version of the itk::ResampleImageFilter.
*ChangeDetection:
- Added the otb::KullbackLeiblerDistanceImageFilter to compute the
Kullback-Leibler distance between two images.
- Added the otb::KullbackLeiblerProfileImageFilter to perform a
multi-scale change detection using the Kullback-Leibler distance.
*Common:
- Added an otb::Polygon, which represents a closed polyline on which
intersection or point interiority can be tested.
*IO:
- Added an otb::DEMHandler to fetch the elevation value in SRTMor DTED
directories.
- Added an otb::DEMToImageGenerator to generate an elevation map.
- Added a new tiling streaming mode.
- Added the otb::ImageGeometryHandler, which allows to handle seamlessly
the image geometry information.
- Fixed a bug in the otb::MSTARImageIO.
*Learning:
- Added methods to access the alpha values, the number of support vectors,
the support vectors themselves, the distance to the hyperplanes.
- Added the otb::SEMClassifier, implementing the Stochastic Expectation
Maximization algorithm to perform an estimation of a mixture model.
*MultiScale:
- Various name changes and bugfixes in the morphological pyramid
segmentation classes.
*Radiometry:
- The 6S Transfer Radiative Code compiles within OTB.
- Added the Radiometry directory, containing everything that has to do
with image radiometry.
- Added the NDVI and ARVI (3 input bands) vegetation index filters.
*Projections:
- Added the Projections directory, containing everything that has to do
with image projections.
- Added an otb::DEMHandler to fetch the elevation value in SRTM/DTED
directories.
- Added an otb::DEMToImageGenerator to generate an elevation map.
- Added an otb::OrthoRectificationFilter to perform orthorectification of
geo-referenced images.
- Added the forward and inverse sensor model projection.
- Added several map projection transforms (Eckert4, LambertConformalConic,
TransMercator, Mollweid, Sinusoidal, UTM)
*Fusion:
- Added the Fusion directory, containing everything that has to do
with image fusion.
- Added the otb::BayesianFusionImageFilter, a pan-sharpening filter which
algoritm has been kindly contributed by Julien Radoux.
*Documentation:
- Added various documented examples in the SoftwareGuide for the new classes.
- Added a Tutorial section in the SoftwareGuide.
*Utilities:
- Added the 6S library which will soon play a role in the radiometry module.
- Updated the internal version of ITK to 3.4.0.
*Platforms:
- Fixed the random segfault of otbInteractiveChangeDetectionAppli under Visual 8.0.
*Applications:
- Added the otbImageViewerManager application which allows to open multiple images,
configure viewers and link displays.
- Added the otbRoadExtraction which demonstrates the road extraction algorithm
implemented in the FeatureExtraction module.
- Added the otbOrthoRectifAppli application which allows to ortho rectify images in
command line using the brand new Projections module of the Orfeo ToolBox. Old rigid
orthoo rectification application has been moved to otbPseudoOrthoRectif.
- Added an option in CMakeLists.txt to use VTK or not (enable or disable the
following application).
- Added the Pireo registration application (VTK needed).
OTB-v.1.4.1 - Changes since version 1.4.0
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*Platforms:
- Minor corrections of main ./CMakeLists.txt to support users applications using OTB
install directory when using internal ITK.
OTB-v.1.4.0 - Changes since version 1.2.1
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*IO:
- Added the LineSpatialObject class.
- Added the ArcSpatialObject class.
- Added a DXF file reader to read spatial objects from DXF files.
*Common:
- Added a PolylineParametricPathWithValue class, to store a scalar value along with
a polyline.
- DrawPathFilter and DrawPathListFilter can now use the internal scalar values of the path
(if present) as a value to draw the path.
- Improved performances of the DrawPathFilter and DrawPathListFilter.
- Added the base class otbBinaryFunctorNeighborhoodVectorImageFilter (see ChangeDetection)
*BasicFilters:
- Added the ImportGeoInformationImageFilter providing a workaround for metadata handling
in pipeline execution.
- Added a VectorRescaleIntensityImageFilter, which rescales a vector image on a per-band basis,
clamping a user-defined percent of the pixels lowest and highest values.
- Added a filter to compute spectral angle distance image with respect to a reference pixel.
*FeatureExtraction:
- Added a set of image and path filters to perform road extraction.
- Added a composite filter to perform road extraction.
* ChangeDetection:
- Added the Kullback-Leibler distance change detector with optimized algorithm.
- Added a Kullback-Leibler multi-scale change profile image filter with optimized algorithm.
*DisparityMap:
- Added the DisparityMapEstimationMethod, performing local disparity estimation with respect
to a given transform using the ITK registration framework.
- Added several methods for deformation field estimation from the estimated disparity map
(represented as a pointset with associated point data).
*Documentation:
- Corrected several warning and French comments in doxygen.
*Utilities:
- Split of the OSSIM lib to support compilation on the mingw platform.
- DXFlib integration.
- InsightJournal code integration : ScatteredDataPointSetImageFilter.
*Platforms:
- Corrected runtime errors of the interactive change detection application under cygwin.
- Workaround for ImageViewer on very specific mandrake version.
OTB-v.1.2.1 - Changes since version 1.2.0
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*IO:
- Improved support of geographic meta data handling in pipeline execution.
*BasicFilters:
- Added a cast filter otb::ImageToVectorImageCastFilter to convert
otb::Image (templated with scalar pixel types) to mono-channel otb::VectorImage.
*FeatureExtraction:
- Added a contour extraction filter otb::ImageToEdgePathFilter.
*Visualization:
- Viewer accepts now otb::Image (templated with scalar pixel types)
as well as otb::VectorImage.
- Added FlRun() method to the Viewer, which execute Show() method from
the Viewer followed by the Fl::run() method from FLTK.
*Platforms:
- Minor correction of otb::ObjectList and otb::List in order to support
visual 7.0 compiler.
*Experimental:
- Support for python binding compilation including itk binding
templated with OTB images, OTB IO and OTB Image viewer.
- OSSIM has been integrated in the OTB Utilities directory to
prepare its future use in new geometric features.
OTB-v.1.2.0 - Changes since version 1.0.2
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*Platforms:
- OTB can now been compiled on several new platforms :
- SunOS 5.8 (32bits and 64bits).
- Improved robustness of
- the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 (7.1), .NET 2005 (8.0)
- the Cygwin and MinGW installation.
*Common:
- Various bug fixes and warning corrections.
- Added support for ObjectList (ie SmartPointers) and thus
support for ImageList.
- Added base classes for image to image list filters, image
list to image filters, image list to image list filters.
- Precision for internal calculus has been tuned to double in
every filter.
*Multiscale:
- Added filters for multiscale analysis and synthesis based on
the morphological pyramid algorithm.
- Added automated region-growing multiscale segmentation
algorithm based on the morphological pyramid analysis.
*Spatial Reasoning:
- Added support for graph representation of RCC8 spatial
reasoning relationships.
- Added filters for atomic RCC8 computation based on two
segmented regions.
- Added filter for multiscale segmentation to RCC8 graph
calculation with optimisations.
*IO:
- Added full support (reading and writing) of the HFA image
format (ERDAS img files).
- Bug fixes on metada writing (now works for tif and HFA
formats, limited support envi header file formats due to
Gdal limitations).
- Bug fixes on memory management in the Reader.
- Bug fixes related to the IO framework on MS Windows platforms.
*Learning:
- Added filters for learning, classification and activation
map of data sets using Kohonen's self organizing maps.
*Visualization:
- Re-factoring of the base classes for visualization.
- Re-factoring of the viewer object (and viewer apps). The
viewer can now be used to visualised large remote-sensing
images (Quickbird, Spot5) with limited memory footprint.
*Applications:
- Minor changes needed for the portability of OTB-Applications.
- Added a viewer application in OTB-Applications.
- Added a interactive change detection application in OTB-Applications.
OTB-v.1.0.2 - Changes since version 1.0.1
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- OTB can now been compiled on several new platforms :
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 (8.0).
- Cygwin.
- MinGW on Windows platform.
- LUM and BSQ formats have been added.
Note : On MS Windows platforms, if you have any problem related
to using the OTB's internal version of ITK, you could try to use
an external version of ITK (use ITK 2.6 or later) by setting
OTB_USE_EXTERNAL_ITK to ON and ITK_DIR to the directory where
your ITK built resides.
OTB-v.1.0.1 - Changes since version 1.0.0
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- Building the visualization functionnalities is now an option
(OTB_USE_VISU variable within CMake). This allows you to build OTB
without Fltk and Open GL.
- Improved robustness of the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 (7.1) installation.
- Minor changes needed for the portability of OTB-Applications.
- Bugfixes related to the IO framework on MS Windows platforms.