16.58. sfm_view

The sfm_view program displays the positions and orientations of a set of orbital Pinhole camera models (Section 20.1) relative to the ground.

This program is a modified version of umve, by Simon Fuhrmann. It is still in development and not all features of umve are available yet.

The cameras are represented as pyramids (the pyramid tip is the camera center and the base is the sensor plane), and the ground as shown as a plane. The ground plane is meant to be only a suggestion, and is not at the correct distance or scale from the cameras. It is determined as the plane perpendicular to the vector from the planet center to the mean of camera centers. The planet curvature is not modeled.

The actual field of view (focal length) and optical center of the cameras are not reflected in the plots.

Zooming and scene rotation are done with the computer mouse.

Fig. 16.19 Illustration of sfm_view showing nadir-pointing cameras. The entries in the left tab are in the same order as the cameras specified on the command line. Clicking on an entry highlights that camera’s view direction. Synthetic cameras can be created with sat_sim (Section 16.55).

16.58.1. Example

sfm_view images/*.tif images/*.tsai

16.58.2. Command-line options

--width <integer (default: 1400)>

Window width in pixels. Specify as --width=1400.

--height <integer (default: 1200)>

Window height in pixels. Specify as --height=1200.