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+.help contour Aug91 plot
+.ih
+NAME
+contour -- draw a contour plot of an image
+.ih
+USAGE
+contour image
+.ih
+PARAMETERS
+.ls image
+Two dimensional image or image section to be contoured.
+.le
+.ls floor = INDEF
+Minimum value to be contoured.  If \fBfloor = INDEF\fR, the data minimum is
+used for the floor.
+.le
+.ls ceiling = INDEF
+Maximum value to be contoured.  If \fBceiling = INDEF\fR, the data maximum
+is used for the ceiling.
+.le
+.ls zero = 0
+Greyscale value of the zero contour, i.e., the value of a zero point shift
+to be applied to the image data before plotting.  Does not affect the values
+of the floor and ceiling parameters.
+.le
+.ls ncontours = 0
+Number of contours to be drawn.  If 0, the contour interval may be specified,
+otherwise 20-30 nicely spaced contours are drawn.  A maximum of 40 contours
+can be drawn.
+.le
+.ls interval = 0
+Contour interval.  If 0, a contour interval is chosen which places 20 to 30
+contours spanning the intensity range of the image.
+.le
+.ls nhi = -1
+If -1, highs and lows are not marked.  If 0, highs and lows are marked
+on the plot.  If 1, the intensity of each pixel is marked on the plot.
+.le
+.ls dashpat = 528
+Dash pattern for negative contours.
+.le
+.ls device = "stdgraph"
+Output device (\fBstdgraph\fR, \fBstdplot\fR, or the name of a physical
+device).
+.le
+.ls xres = 64, yres = 64
+The input image is block averaged or subsampled to this resolution.
+.le
+.ls preserve = yes
+If \fBpreserve\fR = yes, the aspect ratio of the image is preserved when 
+achieving the resolution specified by \fBxres\fR and \fByres\fR.
+.le
+.ls subsample = no
+The resolution specified by \fBxres\fR, \fByres\fR is achieved by block 
+averaging unless \fBsubsample = yes\fR.
+.le
+.ls perimeter = yes
+A \fIcrtpict\fR perimeter is drawn around the contour plot with labeled
+tickmarks.
+.le
+.ls label= yes
+By default, the value of each major contour is embedded in the contour
+line.  This can be disabled by setting \fBlabel=no\fR.
+.le
+.ls vx1 = 0.0, vx2 = 0.0, vy1 = 0.0, vy2 = 0.0
+The device viewport, in normalized device coordinates (from 0.0 to 1.0
+inclusive).  If not specified by the user,
+\fBcontour\fR automatically centers the plot on the device viewport.
+.le
+.ls fill = no
+Fill the output viewport regardless of the device aspect ratio?
+.le
+.ls title = "imtitle"
+A title to be centered above the plot.  The user can specify a title string;
+the default string is the image title.
+.le
+.ls append = no
+Append to an existing plot?
+.le
+.ih
+DESCRIPTION
+Contours are traced, smoothed with splines under tension, and optionally printed
+with embedded intensity labels.  Positive contours are printed as solid
+lines and negative contours as dashed lines.  The plot is generated
+by the NCAR \fBconrec\fR utility, using \fBdashsmth\fR to smooth the
+contours and draw dashed lines.  
+
+To speed up the contouring, the resolution of the image to be plotted can
+be decreased to \fBxres\fR by \fByres\fR.
+When \fBpreserve\fR = yes, \fBcontour\fR 
+automatically reduces the image in both directions by the same factor, which
+is the larger of [ncolumns / xres or nlines / yres]. If the
+aspect ratio is not being preserved, the x and y dimensions are independently
+reduced to the specified resolution.
+No reduction is done if \fBxres\fR and \fByres\fR = 0, if the input image is 
+an image section, or if the image is smaller than \fBxres\fR by \fByres\fR.
+
+If the device viewport (plotting area) is not set by the user,
+\fIcontour\fR automatically
+sets a viewport centered on the output device.  The default value of
+\fBfill=no\fR means the viewport will be adjusted so that equal
+numbers of image pixels in x and y will occupy equal lengths when plotted.
+That is, when \fBfill = no\fR, a unity aspect ratio is enforced, and square 
+images are represented as square plots regardless of the device aspect ratio.
+On devices with non square full device viewports (e.g., the vt640), a 
+square image will appear extended when \fBfill\fR = yes.  To completely
+fill the device viewport with contour lines, disable perimeter drawing
+and enable fill, and nothing but the contour map will be drawn.
+
+Contour plots may be overlaid on a displayed image by setting the output
+\fBdevice\fR to "imd" for image display and the contouring parameters
+\fBfill\fR and \fBperimeter\fR to "yes" and "no" respectively. By default
+green contours will be drawn on the image display. Other choices for
+\fBdevice\fR are "imdr", "imb", "imdy", "imdw" and "imdg" for red, blue,
+yellow, white and green output contours respectively.
+
+.ih
+EXAMPLES
+1. Draw a contour plot of a 512 square image on the graphics terminal.
+With the default values for \fBxres\fR and \fByres\fR, the image
+would automatically be block averaged by a factor of 8 in x and y.
+
+    cl> contour crab.5009
+
+2. The plot could be output to the plotter as a background job:
+
+    cl> contour crab.5009 device=stdplot &
+
+3. Place a ceiling at an intensity value of 500 to cut out a noise spike.
+The plot has been moved to the lower left corner of the display.
+
+    cl> cont crab.5009 ceil=500 vx1=.1 vx2=.6 vy1=.1 vy2=.6
+
+4. Overlay a contour plot of an image on the same image displayed on the
+display device. Note that the CONTOUR parameters \fBfill\fR and \fBperimeter\fR
+must be on and off respectively, the \fBfill\fR parameter should be specified
+for the DISPLAY task to ensure the image fills the frame buffer in the 
+same way.
+
+.nf
+    cl> display m51 1 fill+
+    cl> cont m51 fill+ per- device=imd
+.fi
+.ih
+TIME REQUIREMENTS
+The time required for \fIcontour\fR depends on the number of contours
+being drawn - that is, the size and smoothness of the intensity array.
+A 512 square image of "average" smoothness, with x and y resolution equal to
+64, requires about 22 cpu seconds with block averaging.  Using subsampling
+rather than block averaging, \fIcontour\fR takes 16 seconds.  A noisy
+picture will be plotted more quickly if block averaged rather than
+subsampled.
+.ih
+BUGS
+If block averaging is used the precision with which a contour is drawn
+will be no better than the blocking factor.  For example, if a contour
+map drawn with a block averaging factor of 8 is overlaid on an image of
+a starfield, contours drawn around stars in the field may not appear to
+be centered.  If this is a problem the solution is to increase the plotting
+resolution using the \fIxres\fR and \fIyres\fR parameters.
+
+It should be possible to have list input as well as image section input.
+.ih
+SEE ALSO
+surface, display, imdkern, imexamine
+.endhelp