:Author: OSGeo Live
:Author: Massimo Di Stefano
:Author: Pirmin Kalberer
:Version: osgeo-live4.0
:License: Creative Commons

.. _ossim-quickstart:
 
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  :scale: 80 %
  :alt: project logo
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Ossim Quickstart 
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Open Source Software Image Map (OOSIM) is a high performance engine for remote sensing,
image processing, geographical information system and photogrammetry.

This Quick Start describes how to:

  * View raster images with imagelinker
  * Run ossimPlanet

Imagelinker
===========

* Start Imagelinker from its icon from the directory "Spatial Tools" on the desktop 
* Select the project file, using :menuselection:`File --> Open Project --> /home/user/ossim/landsatrgb.prj`
* Go to the :menuselection:`menu bar --> window --> tile`
* Select an :menuselection:`image window --> select the pan icon --> click on the image --> press the button "propagate"`
* Verify you see a 3 gray satelite images. 

  .. image:: images/screenshots/800x600/ossim_imagelinker2.jpg
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For the full tutorial see this `blog article`_.

.. _`blog article`: http://www.geofemengineering.it/GeofemEngineering/Blog/Voci/2010/3/15_OSGEO_-_Live_-_DVD_-_%22running_imagelinker%22.html


OssimPlanet
===========

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

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

* Go to :menuselection:`menu --> Open kml --> /home/user/data/raster/*.kml`

* Go on the :menuselection:`legend tree --> Image Layers --> open the trees --> double-click on the band1 image`,
you should see the scene zoom to the image's location 

* Navigate the scene.


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


What Next?
==========

* Ossim Tutorials

  Follow the tutorials_ to learn more about Ossim.

.. _tutorials: http://download.osgeo.org/ossim/tutorials/pdfs/

* Documentation on DVD

  See also the included documentation_ on this DVD.

.. _documentation: file:///usr/local/share/ossim/