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Pleiades DEM Extraction and DSM To DTM Conversion
Pleiades DEM Extraction and DSM To DTM Conversion
2. Open OrthoEngine
a. Click File > New
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4. Input the appropriate Output projection and GCP projection information for your
project
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e. Select a file name and location for your output .pix file
f. Select Yes when asked if you want to create overviews now
g. Repeat step 5b to 5f to add all images to the project
6. To view the output image select the image from the Open Image window and click
Quick Open. Close both windows and move on to step 7.
b. In the Open Image panel, click on the first image so it turns blue and click on Quick
Open
c. In the Open Image panel, click on the second image so it turns blue and click on
Quick Open
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d. Adjust the two viewers so that they both can be seen beside each other along with
the GCP Collection panel
e. In the GCP collection window select Manual entry as the Ground control source
f. Input a DEM for the data or use demworld.pix found in the etc directory C:\PCI
Geomatics\Geomatica 2013\etc
g. Check mark Compute model
h. Collect GCPs for the image
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8. In the OrthoEngine toolbar select DEM From Stereo as the Processing step
a. Click Create Epipolar Image
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9. In the OrthoEngine toolbar select DEM From Stereo as the Processing step
a. Click Extract DEM automatically
b. Check the epipolar pair by checking the Select box associated with that record
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Note: DEM creation will take a long time as these images have a high resolution.
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DSM to DTM
1. Select Focus on the Geomatica Application Bar
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3. In the DSM2DEM Module Control Panel select the extracted DSM generated from the
earlier part of this tutorial
a. Select an output file name and location for the DTM
b. Click the Input Params 1 tab
c. Set the Background elevation value to -150
d. Set Horizontal tile size to 200
e. Click Run
Tile Size
The tile size determines the size of the kernel that will be used to search for local minimum.
Generally, a dimension is used that is large enough to remove most buildings and surface
features. However, some manual editing is usually required to refine the final product.
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