OSSIM

About

OSSIM (Open Source Software Image Map) OSSIM is a high performance software system for remote sensing, image processing , geographical information systems and photogrammetry. It is an open source software project maintained at www.ossim.org and has been under active development since 1996. The lead developers for the project have years of experience in commercial and government remote sensing systems and applications. OSSIM has been funded by several US government agencies in the intelligence and defense community and the technology is currently deployed in research and operational sites. The name OSSIM is a contrived acronym (Open Source Software Image Map) that is pronounced "awesome" -- the acronym was established by our first government customer.

Running

Tests written for

Ossim 1.8.6, arramagong 3.0rc4 + fixes

Test Description last updated

9 July 2010

Imagelinker

* Start Imagelinker from its icon from the directory "Spatial Tools" on the desktop

* Select the project file, using File -> Open Project -> /home/user/data/ossim/ossim_data/landsatrgb.prj

* Go to the menu bar -> window -> tile

* Select an image window -> select the pan icon -> click on the image -> press the button "propagate"

* Verify you see a 3 gray satellite images.

OssimPlanet

* Start OssimPlanet from its icon from the directory "Desktop-GIS" on the desktop

* Select File -> Open Image -> /home/user/data/raster/band1.tiff

* Go to menu -> Open kml -> /home/user/ossim/ossim_data/*.kml

* Go on the legend tree -> Image Layers -> open the trees -> bouble click on the band1 image

you should see the scene zoom to the location

* Navigate the scene.

* To test the command line simply run :

ossim-image-info --version

ossim-image-info /usr/local/share/ossim/ossim_data/band1.tif

Note: to turn off the daylight auto-shading, un-check Preferences -> Environment -> Enable Ephemeris