Freeware Toolkit for analyzing orbital images from Earth, Moon, and
planets
Requires MS Windows OS (XP or Vista) and .NET 3.5 environment (free
update from Microsoft, will load automatically if not already installed).
New versions of this software will automatically install once available.
Originally created for analyses of orbital images of MER Marsrover landingspots,
this software will allow you to analyse orbital images of any planet or
moon, making strata and variations in surface texture visible which are
'hidden' in normal images. If topological information (MOLA etc) is available,the
software can also show the landscape in 3D.
To load images you need to create an instrument first. Basically this
instrument can be anything, however if one instrument produces data in
various wavelength (for instance CRISM) or in color, you need to create
an instrument for each wavelength or color used (so you might have for
instance a 'Red', "Green", and "Blue" version of the
same instrument, you can combine these observations later again).
After you have created an instrument you can add an unlimited number
of observations to it, which will be automatically selected and combined
to give a map of the required terrain.
Observations can be added in three different ways:
+ You can add a complete image in one time to an instrument
+ You can add an 'empty' observation first, and then later add parts
of this image separately, this is for instance usefull when you import
IASViewer screendumps into a HiRISE image.
+ You can add a surface image (for instance a MER pancam image), where
after the software will convert this to an orbital (polair) view.
When adding observations it is important that all these images are 'map
projected' and center latitude and longitude as well as scale of the image
are exactly known, otherwise you will get weird results when images are
combined.
After creating instruments and observations, you can create filters,
which basically define what you're image will look like.
There are many options with filters:
+ You can define per instrument what data to produce (raw data / variance
/ variation / average value / max value / min value / etc).
+ You can add as many instruments as you like, and then set how this
data will be 'integrated' (Average value / max. value / min value / etc);
+ By setting integration method to "Automatic Terrain", the
software will create a terrain-map using different colors to define different
terrain characteristics.
+ By setting integration method to "Full Color" the software
will use the first three lines of your filter elements to define Red,
Green, and Blue values and produce a color image from this.
Finally there is an option to get "Spectra" of any position
via the 'Terrain' menu, by clicking on the right pane the software will
show you a list of all measured values from all instruments for this position.
+ Notes can be added to the chart
+ Craters can be added and shown
+ a route with unlimited number of waypoints can be shown.
Presently we are still continously adding new options to this software,
please contact us if you have
any comments or suggestions!
Please note this software is provided for FREE, it is provided
without any guarantees and neither NavTools Software nor Geert Sassen
can be held liable for any damage arising through the use, or the inability
to use, this software. You should not run this software on any PC or network
which is vital to your business or work or which can cause you financial
loss in case of a software crash.
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