[gdal-dev] VRT KernelFilteredSource and NoDataValue

[Belaid MOA]

As always, thank you very ... very much Even. Just to make sure I understood your reply correctly,
I do the following to set the source_0 and the nodatavalue (passed as argument) 
after creating the XML for the VRTKernelFilteredSource and set it in the papszMetadata array. 
The poBand is the RasterBand I get from the VRT dataset.

      poBand->SetNoDataValue(noDataValue); 
      poBand->SetMetadata( papszMetadata, "vrt_sources" );

Is this right place to set the NoDataValue of the VRTRasterBand?

For the normalization effect (normalized=1), does it mean that:
1- The no data value pixels are ignored AND
2- The coefficients of valid pixels only are adjusted so that their sum  is equal to 1? 
If this is the case, then it is exactly the behavior I want! 

With best regards.
~Belaid.

> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:12:04 +0200
> From: even.rouault at mines-paris.org
> To: belaid_moa at hotmail.com
> CC: gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [gdal-dev] VRT KernelFilteredSource and NoDataValue
> 
> Selon Belaid MOA <belaid_moa at hotmail.com>:
> 
> Belaid,
> 
> First, the VRTKernelFilteredSource will only recognize the nodata value if you
> set it on the VRTRasterBand (it will not fetch it directly from the
> <SourceFilename>)
> 
> When a nodata value is set and found in one of the values in a NxN square, the
> value will be ignored. The effect of this depends whether normalized="1" is set
> on <Kernel> or not. If normalized=1, the sum of the coefficients is not
> incremented for that nodata value, so the normalization will operate only on
> valid pixel values. If normalized=0, the nodata value is just ignored
> 
> As far as what happens in the borders is concerned, the code says that : "Fill
> in missing areas.  Note that we replicate the edge valid values out.  We don't
> using "mirroring" which might be more suitable for some times of filters.  We
> also don't mark these pixels as "nodata" though perhaps we should."
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Even
> 
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >     I am using VRT KernelFilteredSource to implement an average filter as
> > done in the VRT tutorial. However, I am still unclear on how it handles the
> > NoDataValue pixels. Are they too averaged or does it leave them as they are?
> > If they are masked,  does do an adjustment for the kernel coefficients to
> > compensate for their absence? Another related question, is how does it handle
> > the pixels on the borders and the kernel coefficients for those pixels?
> >
> >    Thank you very very much in advance for any help on these issues.
> >
> >    With best regards.
> > ~Belaid.
> >
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