Module Cubic Spline Approximation
This module approximates irregular scalar 2D data in specified points using C1-continuous bivariate cubic spline.
Minimal Number of Points:                minimal number of points locally involved                in spline calculation (normally = 3)
Maximal Number of Points:npmax:          maximal number of points locally involved                in spline calculation (required > 10,                recommended 20 < npmax < 60)
Tolerance:                relative tolerance multiple in fitting                spline coefficients: the higher this                value, the higher degree of the locally                fitted spline (recommended 80 < k < 200)
Points per square:                average number of points per square                (increase if the point distribution is strongly non-uniform                to get larger cells)
Author:         Pavel Sakov,                CSIRO Marine Research
Purpose:        2D data approximation with bivariate C1 cubic spline.                A set of library functions + standalone utility.
Description:    See J. Haber, F. Zeilfelder, O.Davydov and H.-P. Seidel,                Smooth approximation and rendering of large scattered data                sets, in 'Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2001'                (Th.Ertl, K.Joy and A.Varshney, Eds.), pp.341-347, 571,                IEEE Computer Society, 2001.
www.uni-giessen.de/www-Numerische-Mathematik/davydov/VIS2001.ps.gz
www.math.uni-mannheim.de/~lsmath4/paper/VIS2001.pdf.gz
- Author: O. Conrad (c) 2008
 
- Specification: grid
 
- Menu: Grid|Gridding|Spline Interpolation
 
Parameters
|   | Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints | 
| Input | Points | Shapes (input) | SHAPES | - | - | 
 | Target System (*) | Grid (optional input) | TARGET_TEMPLATE | use this grid's system for output grids | - | 
| Output | Target Grid | Grid (output) | TARGET_OUT_GRID | - | - | 
| Options | Attribute | Table field | FIELD | - | - | 
 | Target Grid System | Choice | TARGET_DEFINITION | - | Available Choices: [0] user defined [1] grid or grid system Default: 0 | 
 | Left | Floating point | TARGET_USER_XMIN | - | Default: 0.000000 | 
 | Right | Floating point | TARGET_USER_XMAX | - | Default: 100.000000 | 
 | Bottom | Floating point | TARGET_USER_YMIN | - | Default: 0.000000 | 
 | Top | Floating point | TARGET_USER_YMAX | - | Default: 100.000000 | 
 | Cellsize | Floating point | TARGET_USER_SIZE | - | Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 1.000000 | 
 | Fit | Choice | TARGET_USER_FITS | - | Available Choices: [0] nodes [1] cells Default: 0 | 
 | Minimal Number of Points | Integer | NPMIN | - | Minimum: 0 Default: 3 | 
 | Maximal Number of Points | Integer | NPMAX | - | Minimum: 11 Maximum: 59 Default: 20 | 
 | Points per Square | Floating point | NPPC | - | Minimum: 1.000000 Default: 5.000000 | 
 | Tolerance | Integer | K | Spline sensitivity, reduce to get smoother results, recommended: 80 < Tolerance < 200 | Minimum: 0 Default: 140 | 
| (*) optional | 
Command-line
Usage: saga_cmd grid_spline 6 [-SHAPES <str>] [-FIELD <str>] [-TARGET_DEFINITION <str>] [-TARGET_USER_XMIN <str>] [-TARGET_USER_XMAX <str>] [-TARGET_USER_YMIN <str>] [-TARGET_USER_YMAX <str>] [-TARGET_USER_SIZE <str>] [-TARGET_USER_FITS <str>] [-TARGET_TEMPLATE <str>] [-TARGET_OUT_GRID <str>] [-NPMIN <num>] [-NPMAX <num>] [-NPPC <str>] [-K <num>]
  -SHAPES:<str>           	Points
	Shapes (input)
  -FIELD:<str>            	Attribute
	Table field
  -TARGET_DEFINITION:<str>	Target Grid System
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] user defined
	[1] grid or grid system
	Default: 0
  -TARGET_USER_XMIN:<str> 	Left
	Floating point
	Default: 0.000000
  -TARGET_USER_XMAX:<str> 	Right
	Floating point
	Default: 100.000000
  -TARGET_USER_YMIN:<str> 	Bottom
	Floating point
	Default: 0.000000
  -TARGET_USER_YMAX:<str> 	Top
	Floating point
	Default: 100.000000
  -TARGET_USER_SIZE:<str> 	Cellsize
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 1.000000
  -TARGET_USER_FITS:<str> 	Fit
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] nodes
	[1] cells
	Default: 0
  -TARGET_TEMPLATE:<str>  	Target System
	Grid (optional input)
  -TARGET_OUT_GRID:<str>  	Target Grid
	Grid (output)
  -NPMIN:<num>            	Minimal Number of Points
	Integer
	Minimum: 0
	Default: 3
  -NPMAX:<num>            	Maximal Number of Points
	Integer
	Minimum: 11
	Maximum: 59
	Default: 20
  -NPPC:<str>             	Points per Square
	Floating point
	Minimum: 1.000000
	Default: 5.000000
  -K:<num>                	Tolerance
	Integer
	Minimum: 0
	Default: 140