Input landmark
(lithos Main Menu Option I. Input landmark)
Description
This Main Menu option loads (inputs) a maplet into memory.
Suboptions
When you choose Option I. Input landmark from the Main Menu, you will see the following set of prompts and output:
You can also enter "r" or "RECENT" to load the previously loaded landmark.
Main Menu: Q 0123O IUCRSG NVAMBX DEPL FZH? i
>i
Input 6-character landmark name.[Q]
EE0001
-0.48481 0.53724 -0.55314 0.60718
gc slope.pgm
Check for more images? y[n]
n
Include a single image? y[n]
n
Current landmark = EE0001
SCALE = 0.000100 QSZ = 49
Lat/Lon/Rad = -6.800 264.090 0.266
Region = EE
gc LMRK_DISPLAY0.pgm
gc LMRK_DISPLAY1.pgm
check display
Main Menu: Q 0123O IUCRSG NVAMBX DEPL FZH?Check for more images? y[n] - Usually respond 'n'. Most times when you load a landmark you will not be adding new images. If you do need to add images, see below the line break.
add cross reference and link?? to location below.
Include a single image? y[n] - Usually respond 'n' (the default). Most times you will want to load all images that have been added to the landmark.
If you select 'y', you must input a picture name. This author has never used the "y" option.
* lithos.f says: If the user does not check for more images, the program asks whether selected images should be added by name. If this option is chosen the user enters the picture name and then either specifies the pixel/line location of the maplet center in the image or the program will estimate it. If the user has entered an image in this way, he will be asked whether he wants to enter another one.
If you enter 'y' for "Check for more images? y[n]" you will see these prompts and outputs:
Check for more images? y[n] y Enter fractional width (0=center). .5 Reject invisibles? y[n] n PICTLIST.TXT P3T11L2H0205 580.20 189.39 ... P3T11L2H0214 219.62 692.50 Current landmark = EE0001 SCALE = 0.000100 QSZ = 49 Lat/Lon/Rad = -6.800 264.090 0.266 Region = EE gc LMRK_DISPLAY0.pgm gc LMRK_DISPLAY1.pgm check display Main Menu: Q 0123O IUCRSG NVAMBX DEPL FZH?
Enter fractional width (0=center). - Typically, use 0.5. This asks for the fraction of the image that can be seen in the landmark.
Reject invisibles? y[n] - Typically, enter 'n' (default). This prompt asks whether you want to include images where portions of the landmark will be blocked by some object in the front. For example, if most of the loaded landmark is of a crater, but immediately south of the crater is a large boulder, then all images taken from the south will have a boulder in the way and this boulder will be obscuring the crater. Enter 'n' to include as many images as possible; the images that would have been excluded are usually dealt with once they will no longer align properly.
- The program then searches one of four files files to identify images to add:
PICTLIST.TXT - the list of all images
PICTLISTR.TXT - a restricted PICTLIST created by the user
PICTLISTX.TXT - an extended pictlist containing additional data to speed up processing
PICTLISTRX.TXT - the extended version of PICTLISTR.
- The program searches in the order 4,2,3,1 and uses the first file found.
Typical Example
The following sample shows the inputs for a typical use of Option I. Input landmark in which you load a maplet without adding images.
i (Landmark) n n
If you want to add images to the landmark, your inputs will look like this:
i (Landmark) y 0.5 n
Additional Reference
Include a single image? y[n]
- If you select 'y', you must input a picture name.
* [From LITHOS.f] - If the user does not check for more images, the program asks whether selected images should be added by name. If this option is chosen the user enters the picture name and then either specifies the pixel/line location of the maplet center in the image or the program will estimate it. If the user has entered an image in this way, he will be asked whether he wants to enter another one.
(Compiled by JRW)