IMCORR - Feature Tracking
- Author: Magnus Bremer (c) 2012
- Menu: Grid | Analysis
Description
The tool performs an image correlation based on two raster data sets. Additionally, two DTMs can be given and used to optain 3D displacement vectors.
This is a SAGA implementation of the standalone IMCORR software provided by the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado / US.
References
- Fahnestock, M. A., Scambos, T. A., and Bindschadler, R. A. (1992): Semi-automated ice velocity determination from satellite imagery. Eos, 73, 493.
- Fey, C., Rutzinger, M., Wichmann, V., Prager, C., Bremer, M., and Zangerl, C. (2015): Deriving 3D displacement vectors from multi-temporal airborne laser scanning data for landslide activity analyses. GIScience & Remote Sensing, 52(4), 437-461. DOI 10.1080/15481603.2015.1045278.
- Scambos, T. A., Dutkiewicz, M. J., Wilson, J. C., and Bindschadler, R. A. (1992): Application of image cross-correlation to the measurement of glacier velocity using satellite image data. Remote Sensing Environ., 42(3), 177-186.
Parameters
|  | Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints | 
|---|
| Input | Grid 1 | grid, input | GRID_1 | The first grid to correlate | - | 
| Grid 2 | grid, input | GRID_2 | The second grid to correlate | - | 
| DTM 1 | grid, input, optional | DTM_1 | The first DTM used to assign height information to grid 1 | - | 
| DTM 2 | grid, input, optional | DTM_2 | The second DTM used to assign height information to grid 2 | - | 
| Output | Correlated Points | shapes, output | CORRPOINTS | Correlated points with displacement and correlation information | - | 
| Displacement Vector | shapes, output | CORRLINES | Displacement vectors between correlated points | - | 
| Options | Grid System | grid system | PARAMETERS_GRID_SYSTEM | - | - | 
| Search Chip Size (Cells) | choice | SEARCH_CHIPSIZE | Chip size of search chip, used to find correlating reference chip | Available Choices:
[0] 16x16
[1] 32x32
[2] 64x64
[3] 128x128
[4] 256x256
Default: 2 | 
| Reference Chip Size (Cells) | choice | REF_CHIPSIZE | Chip size of reference chip to be found in search chip | Available Choices:
[0] 16x16
[1] 32x32
[2] 64x64
[3] 128x128
Default: 1 | 
| Grid Spacing (Map Units) | floating point number | GRID_SPACING | Grid spacing used for the construction of correlated points [map units] | Minimum: 0.100000
Maximum: 256.000000
Default: 10.000000 | 
Command Line
Usage: saga_cmd grid_analysis 19 [-GRID_1 ] [-GRID_2 ] [-DTM_1 ] [-DTM_2 ] [-CORRPOINTS ] [-CORRLINES ] [-SEARCH_CHIPSIZE ] [-REF_CHIPSIZE ] [-GRID_SPACING ]
  -GRID_1:         	Grid 1
	grid, input
  -GRID_2:         	Grid 2
	grid, input
  -DTM_1:          	DTM 1
	grid, input, optional
  -DTM_2:          	DTM 2
	grid, input, optional
  -CORRPOINTS:     	Correlated Points
	shapes, output
  -CORRLINES:      	Displacement Vector
	shapes, output
  -SEARCH_CHIPSIZE:	Search Chip Size (Cells)
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] 16x16
	[1] 32x32
	[2] 64x64
	[3] 128x128
	[4] 256x256
	Default: 2
  -REF_CHIPSIZE:   	Reference Chip Size (Cells)
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] 16x16
	[1] 32x32
	[2] 64x64
	[3] 128x128
	Default: 1
  -GRID_SPACING:	Grid Spacing (Map Units)
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.100000
	Maximum: 256.000000
	Default: 10.000000