py_offNadir_Res

Name: offNadir_resolution_v1-0.py

Compatibility: Python 3.5

Description:

This program calculates the pixel resolution and instanteous field of view for a camera from an input file provided by the user. The file nees to be a comma-delimited text file (*.CSV) with a header row:

                Name,focal,sensor_x,sensor_y,pixel_x,pixel_y,flyH,angle
                P3,3.61,6.24,4.71,6000,4000,100,10

where...

• Name is camera name
• focal is the focal length of camera (mm)
• sensor_x is the sensor's long dimension (mm)
• sensor_y is the sensor's short dimension (mm)
• pixel_x is the number of pixels along the long dimension
• pixel_y is the number of pixels along the short dimension
• flyH is the flying height/altitude of the camera
• angle is the off-nadir angle of the camera (0 = nadir, 90 = horizontal)

*the software will only work for low-oblique images (i.e. no horizon visable) and will spit out a error if the off-nadir angle puts the top part of the verical field of view over the horizon.

To Run:

• Run the software from a Python shell or editor
  • A file chooser will pop-up (it may try to hide)
• Choose your CSV file
• The program will run and create a formated text file with the output in the same location as the input file. The name will be the same with the suffix '_resolution'