Seed Generation
- Author: O.Conrad (c) 2010
- Menu: Imagery | Segmentation
Description
The tool allows one to create seed points from a stack of input features. Such seed points can be used, for example, as input in the 'Seeded Region Growing' tool.
Parameters
|  | Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints | 
|---|
| Input | Features | grid list, input | FEATURES | - | - | 
| Output | Variance | grid, output | VARIANCE | - | - | 
| Seeds Grid | grid, output, optional | SEED_GRID | - | - | 
| Seed Points | shapes, output, optional | SEED_POINTS | - | - | 
| Options | Grid System | grid system | PARAMETERS_GRID_SYSTEM | - | - | 
| Seed Type | choice | SEED_TYPE | - | Available Choices:
[0] minima of variance
[1] maxima of variance
Default: 0 | 
| Method | choice | METHOD | - | Available Choices:
[0] band width smoothing
[1] band width search
Default: 0 | 
| Bandwidth (Cells) | floating point number | BAND_WIDTH | - | Minimum: 1.000000
Default: 10.000000 | 
| Normalize Features | boolean | NORMALIZE | Standardize the input features, i.e. rescale the input data (features) such that the mean equals 0 and the standard deviation equals 1. This is helpful when the input features have different scales, units or outliers. | Default: 0 | 
| Weighting Function | choice | DW_WEIGHTING | - | Available Choices:
[0] no distance weighting
[1] inverse distance to a power
[2] exponential
[3] gaussian
Default: 3 | 
| Power | floating point number | DW_IDW_POWER | - | Minimum: 0.000000
Default: 2.000000 | 
| Bandwidth | floating point number | DW_BANDWIDTH | Bandwidth for exponential and Gaussian weighting | Minimum: 0.000000
Default: 5.000000 | 
Command Line
Usage: saga_cmd imagery_segmentation 2 [-FEATURES ] [-VARIANCE ] [-SEED_GRID ] [-SEED_POINTS ] [-SEED_TYPE ] [-METHOD ] [-BAND_WIDTH ] [-NORMALIZE ] [-DW_WEIGHTING ] [-DW_IDW_POWER ] [-DW_BANDWIDTH ]
  -FEATURES:       	Features
	grid list, input
  -VARIANCE:       	Variance
	grid, output
  -SEED_GRID:      	Seeds Grid
	grid, output, optional
  -SEED_POINTS:    	Seed Points
	shapes, output, optional
  -SEED_TYPE:      	Seed Type
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] minima of variance
	[1] maxima of variance
	Default: 0
  -METHOD:         	Method
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] band width smoothing
	[1] band width search
	Default: 0
  -BAND_WIDTH:  	Bandwidth (Cells)
	floating point number
	Minimum: 1.000000
	Default: 10.000000
  -NORMALIZE:      	Normalize Features
	boolean
	Default: 0
  -DW_WEIGHTING:   	Weighting Function
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] no distance weighting
	[1] inverse distance to a power
	[2] exponential
	[3] gaussian
	Default: 3
  -DW_IDW_POWER:	Power
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 2.000000
  -DW_BANDWIDTH:	Bandwidth
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 5.000000