Hi Cameron, thank's for the review. All your comments make sense. I'll test the svn access and update the documentation next week.
Thank's again. Manuel 2011/1/21 Cameron Shorter <[email protected]> > Manuel, > Thank you for your OTB docs. > Here is a review of the Overview docs. Can you please see if my comments > make sense, and update text if appropriate. > > There are a couple of minor grammar comments I'll address again after you > have a look at this first round of comments. > > > Image Processing¶ > > ORFEO Toolbox library (OTB) is a high performance library for image > processing targeted on remote sensing. > *Cameron: I suggest a minor rewording: > ORFEO Toolbox library (OTB) is a high performance [geographic image > processing] library targeted on targeting remote sensing.* > > *Cameron: Could you please include 1 to 3 sentences describing what Image > Processing is and maybe a sentence describing what remote sensing is. What > are the sort of things that Image Processing is all about? The reader is > likely to know very little about geospatial, and won't know what the unique > issues are regargd They may be a manager, they may be a general programmer > without a geospatial background. "Geospatial Image Processing is the act of > ... It is typically used to ... "* > > OTB has been funded the French Space Agency (CNES) in the frame of the > Methodological Part of the ORFEO Accompaniement Program > > *Cameron: Again, I suggest generalising the description above. It is good > to mention the French Space Agency, but is probably too detailed to mention > specific programs as 98% of new users won't be interested in it. > * > > to prepare, accompany and promote the use and the exploitation of the > images derived from Pleiades (PHR) and Cosmo-Skymed (CSK) systems. > > *Cameron: You might want to describe the types of images collected, and > use as an example to illustrate your description above. > > *It has been actively developed since 2006. > * > Cameron: Can add more words about the stability of OTB. Maybe say that it > has been "deployed in production since ...". Maybe mention the breath of > high profile users of OTB? > * > > OTB is distributed as an open source library of image processing > algorithms. OTB is based on the medical image processing library ITK and > offers particular functionalities for remote sensing image processing in > general and for high spatial resolution images in particular. > Core Features > > - image access: optimized read/write access for most of remote sensing > image formats, meta-data access, visualization; > - orthorectification and Map Projection > - calibration functionnalities > - *Cameron: Say either "calibration" or "calibration functions"* > - image fusion > - filtering: blurring, denoising, enhancement; > - feature extraction: interest points, alignments, lines; > - object detection > - image segmentation: region growing, watershed, level sets; > - classification: K-means, SVM, Markov random fields; > - object-based image analysis > - geospatial analysis > - SAR data analysis > - change detection. > > Details¶ > > *Website:* http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/ > > *Licence:* CeCILL > > *Cameron: As CeCILL is not directly OSI approved, I suggested adding > "(CeCILL is compatible with GPL and enhanced to address French law)"* > > *Software Version:* 3.8.0 > > *Supported Platforms:* Linux, Mac, Windows > > *API Interfaces:* C++ > > *Commercial Support:* http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile > Quickstart¶ > > - Quickstart documentation > > *Cameron: I've only quickly skimmed the Quickstart and haven't had time > to do a proper review. However my first stand-out comment is that the > Quickstart should not be describing the C++ interface as part of the OTB > library. (In general, our users will not be programmers.) Instead just > include the Monteverdi description (probably expanded) * > > -- > Cameron Shorter > Geospatial Director > Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 > Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 > > Think Globally, Fix Locally > Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open > Sourcehttp://www.lisasoft.com > > -- Manuel
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