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GalenTX

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« on: August 05, 2005, 10:36:20 PM »
Two feature requests, both driven by my recent trip to Guatemala.

1.  Provide a way to choose LandSat imagery (or just use the currently displayed imagery) when generating a PhotoFusion HTML page.  There is neither aerial nor topographic data available for Guatemala, so LandSat is the only way to display anything.  The scenery at Lake Atitlan (14.7N, 91.2W) is stunning, and the combination of photographs with the PhotoFusion layout would be a great presentation.  Currently, i just get "No map available for this location and tileset" in the HTML page.

2.  Provide a brightness control for the textures used in the 3D image--the LandSat data is awfully dark to begin with and just gets darker in 3D.
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« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2005, 06:43:49 PM »
Hi,

Agreed to both!  I've made a few photofusion pages with landsat images but I did it by hacking the source code to force landsat.  It needs to be available as a feature.  

The 3d brightness problem has been mentioned before and it's high on the list.

Thanks for the feedback.
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« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2005, 08:47:44 PM »
I figured out a crude hack--save the screen image while viewing Landsat tiles, then immediately perform the HTML generation, and finally replace aerial.jpg with the saved image.  The registration seemed to be identical, or at least adequate for the purposes of the imagemap.

I may use my hack to publish a preliminary travelogue this week, but I look forward to an integrated capability.  Great tool, thanks for all your work!
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« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2005, 06:06:59 AM »
We bought topofusion a few months back and I was surprised to find the landsat displays in the view, but will not output with the generated HTML.  Argh!

Krein,
Would you mind posting your hack to share the ability with the board? I could really help many areas oversees such as tokyo and singapore only have the land sat available and with a huge amount of images the screen capture method, we are also using, is really making me rethink my decision to map things this way.
Just let me know if more begging and groveling is necessary....
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« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2005, 06:09:33 AM »
Sorry, I wasnt logged in when I just posted the above comment.
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« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2005, 08:39:33 AM »
The hack is long gone from the code.  But it's easier to just do as GalenTX suggested.  Export your own "aerial.jpg" and just copy it in.

That's all the code is doing anyway -- just switching from topo/aerial and exporting a jpeg.  Everything (the photos) should line up.

Future versions will have a selector for tilesets, though.  But it might be a while before we add this feature.

Thanks.
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« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2005, 10:33:12 AM »
Shoot!  Not this weekend then.  '<img'>

Seriously, I'm glad there is a workaround.  It can be a bit tedious when there are lots of pages you want to generate, but it's still workable.

-Galen
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