[GRASS-dev] i.ortho.photo/lib/ref_points.c and making a REF_POINTS file

[Yann]

Thanks Markus,

now I can see the missing link.

Ciao,

Yann


On 09/05/2017 08:45, Markus Metz wrote:
> Hi Yann,
>
> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 10:12 PM, Yann <dr.yann.chemin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Looking for some lore from i.ortho.photo days in GRASS 6 and before...
>>
>> Within i.image.2target, i.ortho.transform requires a REF_POINTS (image E,
> image N, photo X, photo Y) file as part of its RMS error computation,
> before using a CONTROL_POINTS (photo X, photo Y, photo Z, control X,
> control Y, control Z) file made by i.image.2target interactive GCP creation
> module.
>> the i.photo.2image module, to my understanding is from (photo X, photo Y)
> to (image X, image Y), i.e. we keep in the non-map units, we only find the
> proper coordinates of the camera within the camera absolute dimensions
> (i.e. mm or other). So I do not believe it is related to generating a
> REF_POINTS file.
>
> the i.photo.2image module does generate a REF_POINTS file. This is needed
> to translate from sensor (mm) to image (xy, pixels) and back. The sensor is
> e.g. the CCD in a DSLR, e.g. for Canon EOS-1Ds the sensor would be 35.8 mm
> × 23.8 mm.
>
> HTH,
>
> Markus M
>