diff --git a/Applications/DisparityMap/otbStereoFramework.cxx b/Applications/DisparityMap/otbStereoFramework.cxx
index 5c05f048d1bfa30114bc23eb956c5c0a2e79cddf..bc5b51dfc30a0d21de5897fec7fb9602fc8dfd38 100644
--- a/Applications/DisparityMap/otbStereoFramework.cxx
+++ b/Applications/DisparityMap/otbStereoFramework.cxx
@@ -315,15 +315,15 @@ private:
void DoInit()
{
SetName("StereoFramework");
- SetDescription("Compute the ground elevation based on a stereo pair");
+ SetDescription("Compute the ground elevation based on a one or multiple stereo pair(s)");
SetDocName("Stereo Framework");
SetDocLongDescription("Compute the ground elevation with a stereo block matching algorithm "
- "between one are several stereo pair in sensor geometry. The output is projected in "
- "desired geographic or cartographic projection (UTM by default). The pipeline is made of the following steps:\n"
+ "between one or mulitple stereo pair in sensor geometry. The output is projected in "
+ "desired geographic or cartographic map projection (UTM by default). The pipeline is made of the following steps:\n"
"for each sensor pair :\n"
- "\t- compute the epipolar deformation grids from the stereo pair\n"
- "\t- resample the stereo pair into epipolar images using BCO interpolation\n"
+ "\t- compute the epipolar deformation grids from the stereo pair (direct and inverse)\n"
+ "\t- resample the stereo pair into epipolar geometry using BCO interpolation\n"
"\t- create masks for each epipolar image : remove black borders and resample"
" input masks\n"
"\t- compute horizontal disparities with a block matching algorithm\n"
@@ -343,13 +343,12 @@ private:
AddParameter(ParameterType_Group, "input", "Input parameters");
SetParameterDescription("input","This group of parameters allows to parametrize input data.");
-
AddParameter(ParameterType_InputImageList, "input.il", "Input images list");
- SetParameterDescription("input.il", "The list of images. First image is used as left sensor image. Other images are used to complete stereo couple.");
+ SetParameterDescription("input.il", "The list of images.");
AddParameter(ParameterType_String, "input.co", "Couples list");
- SetParameterDescription("input.co","list of index of couples. couples must be separated by a comma. (index start at 0). for example : 0 1,1 2. note that images are handled by pairs."
- " if left empty couples are created from input index (in this case image list must be even).");
+ SetParameterDescription("input.co","List of index of couples im image list. Couples must be separated by a comma. (index start at 0). for example : 0 1,1 2 will process a first couple composed of the first and the second image in image list, then the first and the third image\n. note that images are handled by pairs."
+ " if left empty couples are created from input index i.e. a first couple will be composed of the first and second image, a second couple with third and fourth image etc. (in this case image list must be even).");
MandatoryOff("input.co");
SetParameterString("input.co","");
DisableParameter("input.co");
@@ -371,23 +370,23 @@ private:
SetParameterString("map","wgs");
AddParameter(ParameterType_Float, "output.res","Output resolution");
- SetParameterDescription("output.res","Spatial sampling distance of the output elevation (in m)");
+ SetParameterDescription("output.res","Spatial sampling distance of the output elevation : the cell size (in m)");
SetDefaultParameterFloat("output.res",1.);
AddParameter(ParameterType_Float, "output.nodata","NoData value");
- SetParameterDescription("output.nodata","DSM empty cells are filled with tihs value (optional -32768 by default)");
+ SetParameterDescription("output.nodata","DSM empty cells are filled with this value (optional -32768 by default)");
SetDefaultParameterFloat("output.nodata",-32768);
MandatoryOff("output.nodata");
// UserDefined values
AddParameter(ParameterType_Choice, "output.fusionmethod", "Method to fuse measures in each DSM cell");
SetParameterDescription("output.fusionmethod","This parameter allows to choose the method used to fuse elevation measurements in each output DSM cell");
- AddChoice("output.fusionmethod.max", "Value is the maximum elevation measured in the cell.");
- AddChoice("output.fusionmethod.min", "Value is the minimum elevation measured in the cell.");
- AddChoice("output.fusionmethod.mean", "Value is the mean elevation measured in the cell.");
- AddChoice("output.fusionmethod.acc", "Value is the number of measures in the cell (for debugging purposes).");
+ AddChoice("output.fusionmethod.max", "The cell is filled with the maximum measured elevation values");
+ AddChoice("output.fusionmethod.min", "The cell is filled with the minimum measured elevation values");
+ AddChoice("output.fusionmethod.mean","The cell is filled with the mean of measured elevation values");
+ AddChoice("output.fusionmethod.acc", "accumulator mode. The cell is filled with the the number of values (for debugging purposes).");
- AddParameter(ParameterType_OutputImage,"output.out","Output image");
+ AddParameter(ParameterType_OutputImage,"output.out","Output DSM");
SetParameterDescription("output.out","Output elevation image");
// UserDefined values
@@ -397,30 +396,30 @@ private:
AddChoice("output.mode.user", "User Defined");
SetParameterDescription("output.mode.user","This mode allows you to fully modify default values.");
// Upper left point coordinates
- AddParameter(ParameterType_Float, "output.mode.user.ulx", "Upper Left X");
+ AddParameter(ParameterType_Float, "output.mode.user.ulx", "Upper Left X ");
SetParameterDescription("output.mode.user.ulx","Cartographic X coordinate of upper-left corner (meters for cartographic projections, degrees for geographic ones)");
- AddParameter(ParameterType_Float, "output.mode.user.uly", "Upper Left Y");
+ AddParameter(ParameterType_Float, "output.mode.user.uly", "Upper Left Y ");
SetParameterDescription("output.mode.user.uly","Cartographic Y coordinate of the upper-left corner (meters for cartographic projections, degrees for geographic ones)");
// Size of the output image
- AddParameter(ParameterType_Int, "output.mode.user.sizex", "Size X");
+ AddParameter(ParameterType_Int, "output.mode.user.sizex", "Size X ");
SetParameterDescription("output.mode.user.sizex","Size of projected image along X (in pixels)");
- AddParameter(ParameterType_Int, "output.mode.user.sizey", "Size Y");
+ AddParameter(ParameterType_Int, "output.mode.user.sizey", "Size Y ");
SetParameterDescription("output.mode.user.sizey","Size of projected image along Y (in pixels)");
// Spacing of the output image
- AddParameter(ParameterType_Float, "output.mode.user.spacingx", "Pixel Size X");
+ AddParameter(ParameterType_Float, "output.mode.user.spacingx", "Pixel Size X ");
SetParameterDescription("output.mode.user.spacingx","Size of each pixel along X axis (meters for cartographic projections, degrees for geographic ones)");
- AddParameter(ParameterType_Float, "output.mode.user.spacingy", "Pixel Size Y");
+ AddParameter(ParameterType_Float, "output.mode.user.spacingy", "Pixel Size Y ");
SetParameterDescription("output.mode.user.spacingy","Size of each pixel along Y axis (meters for cartographic projections, degrees for geographic ones)");
// Add the output paramters in a group
AddParameter(ParameterType_Group, "stereorect", "Stereorectification Grid parameters");
- SetParameterDescription("stereorect","This group of parameters allows to choose direct and inverse grid subsampling. These parameters are very useful to tune time and memory consumption .");
+ SetParameterDescription("stereorect","This group of parameters allows to choose direct and inverse grid subsampling. These parameters are very useful to tune time and memory consumption.");
AddParameter(ParameterType_Int,"stereorect.fwdgridstep","Step of the deformation grid (in pixels)");
SetParameterDescription("stereorect.fwdgridstep","Stereo-rectification deformation grid only varies slowly. Therefore, it is recommended to use a coarser grid (higher step value) in case of large images");
@@ -434,13 +433,13 @@ private:
MandatoryOff("stereorect.invgridssrate");
AddParameter(ParameterType_Group,"bm","Block matching parameters");
- SetParameterDescription("bm","This group of parameters allow to tune the block-matching behaviour");
+ SetParameterDescription("bm","This group of parameters allow to tune the block-matching behavior");
AddParameter(ParameterType_Choice, "bm.metric", "Block-matching metric");
//SetDefaultParameterInt("bm.metric",3);
AddChoice("bm.metric.ssdmean","Sum of Squared Distances divided by mean of block");
- SetParameterDescription("bm.metric.ssdmean","derived version of Sum of squared distances between pixels value in the metric window (SSD divided by mean over window)");
+ SetParameterDescription("bm.metric.ssdmean","derived version of Sum of Squared Distances between pixels value in the metric window (SSD divided by mean over window)");
AddChoice("bm.metric.ssd","Sum of Squared Distances");
SetParameterDescription("bm.metric.ssd","Sum of squared distances between pixels value in the metric window");
@@ -489,7 +488,7 @@ private:
AddParameter(ParameterType_Float,"postproc.metrict","Correlation metric threshold");
- SetParameterDescription("postproc.metrict","Use block matching metric output to discard pixels with low correlation value (disabled by default)");
+ SetParameterDescription("postproc.metrict","Use block matching metric output to discard pixels with low correlation value (disabled by default, float value)");
MandatoryOff("postproc.metrict");
SetDefaultParameterFloat("postproc.metrict",0.6);
DisableParameter("postproc.metrict");