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.help wregister Dec98 images.immatch
.ih
NAME
wregister -- register a list of images to a reference image using WCS
information
.ih
USAGE
wregister input reference output
.ih
PARAMETERS
.ls input
The list of input images containing the input wcs.
.le
.ls reference
The list of reference images containing the reference wcs. The number of
reference images must be one or equal to the number of input images.
.le
.ls output
The list of output registered images. The number of output images must
be equal to the number of input images.
.le
.ls xmin = INDEF, xmax = INDEF, ymin = INDEF, ymax = INDEF
The minimum and maximum logical x and logical y coordinates used to, generate
the grid of reference image control points, define the region of validity of
the spatial transformation, and define the extent of the output image.
Xmin, xmax, ymin, and
ymax are assigned defaults of 1, the number of columns in the reference
image, 1, and the number of lines in the reference image, respectively.
.le
.ls nx = 10, ny = 10
The number of points in x and y used to generate the coordinate grid.
.le
.ls wcs = "world"
The world coordinate system of the coordinates. The options are:
.ls physical
Physical coordinates are pixel coordinates which are invariant with
respect to linear transformations of the physical image data. For example,
if the reference
image is a rotated section of a larger input image, the physical
coordinates of an object in the reference image are equal to the physical
coordinates of the same object in the input image, although the logical
pixel coordinates are different.
.le
.ls world
World coordinates are image coordinates which are invariant with
respect to linear transformations of the physical image data and which
are in world units, normally decimal degrees for sky projection coordinate
systems and angstroms for spectral coordinate systems. Obviously if the
wcs is correct the ra and dec or wavelength and position of an object
should remain the same not matter how the image
is linearly transformed. The default world coordinate
system is either 1) the value of the environment variable "defwcs" if
set in the user's IRAF environment (normally it is undefined) and present
in the image header, 2) the value of the "system"
attribute in the image header keyword WAT0_001 if present in the
image header or, 3) the "physical" coordinate system.
Care must be taken that the wcs of the input and
reference images are compatible, e.g. it makes no sense to
match the coordinates of a 2D sky projection and a 2D spectral wcs.
.le
.le
.ls transpose = no
Force a transpose of the reference image world coordinates before evaluating
the world to logical coordinate transformation for the input image ? This
option is useful if there is not enough information in the reference and
input image headers to tell whether or not the images are transposed with
respect to each other.
.le
.ls xformat = "%10.3f", yformat = "%10.3f"
The format of the output logical x and y reference and input pixel
coordinates in columns 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 respectively. By default the
coordinates are output right justified in a field of ten spaces with
3 digits following the decimal point.
.le
.ls wxformat = "", wyformat = ""
The format of the output world x and y reference and input image coordinates
in columns 5 and 6 respectively. The internal default formats will give
reasonable output formats and precision for both sky projection coordinates
and other, e.g. spectral, coordinates.
.le
.ls fitgeometry = "general"
The fitting geometry to be used. The options are the following.
.ls shift
X and y shifts only are fit.
.le
.ls xyscale
X and y shifts and x and y magnification factors are fit. Axis flips are
allowed for.
.le
.ls rotate
X and y shifts and a rotation angle are fit. Axis flips are allowed for.
.le
.ls rscale
X and y shifts, a magnification factor assumed to be the same in x and y, and a
rotation angle are fit. Axis flips are allowed for.
.le
.ls rxyscale
X and y shifts, x and y magnifications factors, and a rotation angle are fit.
Axis flips are allowed for.
.le
.ls general
A polynomial of arbitrary order in x and y is fit. A linear term and a
distortion term are computed separately. The linear term includes an x and y
shift, an x and y scale factor, a rotation and a skew. Axis flips are also
allowed for in the linear portion of the fit. The distortion term consists
of a polynomial fit to the residuals of the linear term. By default the
distortion terms is set to zero.
.le
For all the fitting geometries except "general" no distortion term is fit,
i.e. the x and y polynomial orders are assumed to be 2 and the cross term
switches are set to "none", regardless of the values of the \fIxxorder\fR,
\fIxyorder\fR, \fIxxterms\fR, \fIyxorder\fR, \fIyyorder\fR and \fIyxterms\fR
parameters set by the user.
.le
.ls function = "polynomial"
The type of analytic coordinate surfaces to be fit. The options are the
following:
.ls legendre
Legendre polynomials in x and y.
.le
.ls chebyshev
Chebyshev polynomials in x and y.
.le
.ls polynomial
Power series polynomials in x and y.
.le
.le
.ls xxorder = 2, xyorder = 2, yxorder = 2, yyorder = 2
The order of the polynomials in x and y for the x and y fits respectively.
The default order and cross term settings define the linear term in x
and y, where the 6 coefficients can be interpreted in terms of an x and y shift,
an x and y scale change, and rotations of the x and y axes. The "shift",
"xyscale", "rotation", "rscale", and "rxyscale", fitting geometries
assume that the polynomial order parameters are 2 regardless of the values
set by the user. If any of the order parameters are higher than 2 and
\fIfitgeometry\fR is "general", then a distortion surface is fit to the
residuals from the linear portion of the fit.
.le
.ls xxterms = "half", yxterms = "half"
The options are:
.ls none
The individual polynomial terms contain powers of x or powers of y but not
powers of both.
.le
.ls half
The individual polynomial terms contain powers of x and powers of y, whose
maximum combined power is MAX (xxorder - 1, xyorder - 1) for the x fit and
MAX (yxorder - 1, yyorder - 1) for the y fit.
.le
.ls full
The individual polynomial terms contain powers of x and powers of y, whose
maximum combined power is MAX (xxorder - 1 + xyorder - 1) for the x fit and
MAX (yxorder - 1 + yyorder - 1) for the y fit.
.le
The "shift", "xyscale", "rotation", "rscale", and "rxyscale" fitting
geometries, assume that the cross term switches are set to "none"regardless
of the values set by the user. If either of the cross terms parameters is
set to "half" or "full" and \fIfitgeometry\fR is "general" then a distortion
surface is fit to the residuals from the linear portion of the fit.
.le
.ls reject = INDEF
The rejection limit in units of sigma. The default is no rejection.
.le
.ls calctype = "real"
The precision of coordinate transformation calculations. The options are "real"
and "double".
.le
.ls geometry = "geometric"
The type of geometric transformation. The options are:
.ls linear
Perform only the linear part of the geometric transformation.
.le
.ls geometric
Compute both the linear and distortion portions of the geometric correction.
.le
.le
.ls xsample = 1.0, ysample = 1.0
The coordinate surface subsampling factor. The coordinate surfaces are
evaluated at every xsample-th pixel in x and every ysample-th pixel in y.
Transformed coordinates at intermediate pixel values are determined by
bilinear interpolation in the coordinate surfaces. If the coordinate
surface is of high order setting these numbers to some reasonably high
value is recommended.
.le
.ls interpolant = "linear"
The interpolant used for rebinning the image. The choices are the following.
.ls nearest
Nearest neighbor.
.le
.ls linear
Bilinear interpolation in x and y.
.le
.ls poly3
Third order polynomial in x and y.
.le
.ls poly5
Fifth order polynomial in x and y.
.le
.ls spline3
Bicubic spline.
.le
.ls sinc
2D sinc interpolation. Users can specify the sinc interpolant width by
appending a width value to the interpolant string, e.g. sinc51 specifies
a 51 by 51 pixel wide sinc interpolant. The sinc width will be rounded up to
the nearest odd number. The default sinc width is 31 by 31.
.le
.ls lsinc
Look-up table sinc interpolation. Users can specify the look-up table sinc
interpolant width by appending a width value to the interpolant string, e.g.
lsinc51 specifies a 51 by 51 pixel wide look-up table sinc interpolant. The user
supplied sinc width will be rounded up to the nearest odd number. The default
sinc width is 31 by 31 pixels. Users can specify the resolution of the lookup
table sinc by appending the look-up table size in square brackets to the
interpolant string, e.g. lsinc51[20] specifies a 20 by 20 element sinc
look-up table interpolant with a pixel resolution of 0.05 pixels in x and y.
The default look-up table size and resolution are 20 by 20 and 0.05 pixels
in x and y respectively.
.le
.ls drizzle
2D drizzle resampling. Users can specify the drizzle pixel fraction in x and y
by appending a value between 0.0 and 1.0 in square brackets to the
interpolant string, e.g. drizzle[0.5]. The default value is 1.0.
The value 0.0 is increased internally to 0.001. Drizzle resampling
with a pixel fraction of 1.0 in x and y is equivalent to fractional pixel
rotated block summing (fluxconserve = yes) or averaging (flux_conserve = no) if
xmag and ymag are > 1.0.
.le
.le
.ls boundary = "nearest"
The choices are:
.ls nearest
Use the value of the nearest boundary pixel.
.le
.ls constant
Use a user supplied constant value.
.le
.ls reflect
Generate a value by reflecting about the boundary of the image.
.le
.ls wrap
Generate a value by wrapping around to the opposite side of the image.
.le
.le
.ls constant = 0.0
The value of the constant for boundary extension.
.le
.ls fluxconserve = yes
Preserve the total image flux? If flux conservation is turned on, the output
pixel values are multiplied by the Jacobian of the coordinate transformation.
.le
.ls nxblock = 512, nyblock = 512
If the size of the output image is less than nxblock by nyblock then the
entire image is computed in one iteration. Otherwise the output image is
computed in blocks of nxblock by nyblock pixels.
.le
.ls wcsinherit = yes
Inherit the wcs of the reference image ?
.le
.ls verbose = yes
Print messages about the progress of the task?
.le
.ls interactive = no
Run the task interactively ?
In interactive mode the user may interact with the fitting process, e.g.
change the order of the fit, delete points, replot the data etc.
.le
.ls graphics = "stdgraph"
The graphics device.
.le
.ls gcommands = ""
The graphics cursor.
.le
.ih
DESCRIPTION
WREGISTER computes the spatial transformation function required to register
the input image \fIinput\fR to the reference image \fIreference\fR,
and writes the registered input image to the output image \fIoutput\fR.
The input and reference images must be one- or two-dimensional and
have the same dimensionality. WREGISTER assumes that the world
coordinate systems in the input and reference
image headers are accurate and that the two systems are compatible, e.g. both
images have the same epoch sky projection world coordinate systems, or both are
spectra whose coordinates are in the same units.
WREGISTER computes the required spatial transformation by matching the logical
x and y pixel coordinates of a grid of points
in the input image with the logical x and y pixels coordinates
of the same grid of points in the reference image,
using world coordinate information stored in the two image headers.
The coordinate grid consists of \fInx * ny\fR points evenly distributed
over the logical pixel space of interest in the reference image defined by the
\fIxmin\fR, \fIxmax\fR, \fIymin\fR, \fIymax\fR parameters.
The logical x and y pixel reference image coordinates are transformed to the
reference image world coordinate system defined by \fIwcs\fR, using the wcs
information in the reference image header.
The reference image world coordinates are then transformed to logical x and
y pixel coordinates in the input image, using world coordinate system
information stored in the input image header.
The computed reference and input logical coordinates and the
world coordinates are written to a temporary coordinates file which is
deleted on task termination.
The x and y coordinates are written using
the \fIxformat\fR and \fIyformat\fR and the \fIwxformat\fR and \fIwxformat\fR
parameters respectively. If these formats are undefined and, in the
case of the world coordinates a format attribute cannot be
read from either the reference or the input images, the coordinates are
output in %g format with \fImin_sigdigits\fR digits of precision.
If the reference and input images are 1D then all the output logical and
world y coordinates are set to 1.
WREGISTER computes a spatial transformation of the following form.
.nf
xin = f (xref, yref)
yin = g (xref, yref)
.fi
The functions f and g are either a power series polynomial or a Legendre or
Chebyshev polynomial surface of order
\fIxxorder\fR and \fIxyorder\fR in x and \fIyxorder\fR and \fIyyorder\fR in y.
Several polynomial cross terms options are available. Options "none",
"half", and "full" are illustrated below for a quadratic polynomial in
x and y.
.nf
xxterms = "none", xyterms = "none"
xxorder = 3, xyorder = 3, yxorder = 3, yyorder = 3
xin = a11 + a21 * xref + a12 * yref +
a31 * xref ** 2 + a13 * yref ** 2
yin = a11' + a21' * xref + a12' * yref +
a31' * xref ** 2 + a13' * yref ** 2
xxterms = "half", xyterms = "half"
xxorder = 3, xyorder = 3, yxorder = 3, yyorder = 3
xin = a11 + a21 * xref + a12 * yref +
a31 * xref ** 2 + a22 * xref * yref + a13 * yref ** 2
yin = a11' + a21' * xref + a12' * yref +
a31' * xref ** 2 + a22' * xref * yref + a13' * yref ** 2
xxterms = "full", xyterms = "full"
xxorder = 3, xyorder = 3, yxorder = 3, yyorder = 3
xin = a11 + a21 * xref + a31 * xref ** 2 +
a12 * yref + a22 * xref * yref + a32 * xref ** 2 * yref +
a13 * yref ** 2 + a23 * xref * yref ** 2 +
a33 * xref ** 2 * yref ** 2
yin = a11' + a21' * xref + a31' * xref ** 2 +
a12' * yref + a22' * xref * yref + a32' * xref ** 2 * yref +
a13' * yref ** 2 + a23' * xref * yref ** 2 +
a33' * xref ** 2 * yref ** 2
.fi
If the \fBfitgeometry\fR parameter is anything other than "general", the order
parameters assume the value 2 and the cross terms switches assume the value
"none", regardless of the values set by the user. The computation can be done in
either real or double precision by setting the \fIcalctype\fR parameter.
Automatic pixel rejection may be enabled by setting the \fIreject\fR
parameter to some number > 0.0.
The transformation computed by the "general" fitting geometry is arbitrary
and does not correspond to a physically meaningful model. However the computed
coefficients for the linear term can be given a simple geometrical geometric
interpretation for all the fitting geometries as shown below.
.nf
fitting geometry = general (linear term)
xin = a + b * xref + c * yref
yin = d + e * xref + f * yref
fitting geometry = shift
xin = a + xref
yin = d + yref
fitting geometry = xyscale
xin = a + b * xref
yin = d + f * yref
fitting geometry = rotate
xin = a + b * xref + c * yref
yin = d + e * xref + f * yref
b * f - c * e = +/-1
b = f, c = -e or b = -f, c = e
fitting geometry = rscale
xin = a + b * xref + c * yref
yin = d + e * xref + f * yref
b * f - c * e = +/- const
b = f, c = -e or b = -f, c = e
fitting geometry = rxyscale
xin = a + b * xref + c * yref
yin = d + e * xref + f * yref
b * f - c * e = +/- const
.fi
The coefficients can be interpreted as follows. Xref0, yref0, xin0, yin0
are the origins in the reference and input frames respectively. Orientation
and skew are the orientation of the x and y axes and their deviation from
perpendicularity respectively. Xmag and ymag are the scaling factors in x and
y and are assumed to be positive.
.nf
general (linear term)
xrotation = rotation - skew / 2
yrotation = rotation + skew / 2
b = xmag * cos (xrotation)
c = ymag * sin (yrotation)
e = -xmag * sin (xrotation)
f = ymag * cos (yrotation)
a = xin0 - b * xref0 - c * yref0 = xshift
d = yin0 - e * xref0 - f * yref0 = yshift
shift
xrotation = 0.0, yrotation = 0.0
xmag = ymag = 1.0
b = 1.0
c = 0.0
e = 0.0
f = 1.0
a = xin0 - xref0 = xshift
d = yin0 - yref0 = yshift
xyscale
xrotation 0.0 / 180.0 yrotation = 0.0
b = + /- xmag
c = 0.0
e = 0.0
f = ymag
a = xin0 - b * xref0 = xshift
d = yin0 - f * yref0 = yshift
rscale
xrotation = rotation + 0 / 180, yrotation = rotation
mag = xmag = ymag
const = mag * mag
b = mag * cos (xrotation)
c = mag * sin (yrotation)
e = -mag * sin (xrotation)
f = mag * cos (yrotation)
a = xin0 - b * xref0 - c * yref0 = xshift
d = yin0 - e * xref0 - f * yref0 = yshift
rxyscale
xrotation = rotation + 0 / 180, yrotation = rotation
const = xmag * ymag
b = xmag * cos (xrotation)
c = ymag * sin (yrotation)
e = -xmag * sin (xrotation)
f = ymag * cos (yrotation)
a = xin0 - b * xref0 - c * yref0 = xshift
d = yin0 - e * xref0 - f * yref0 = yshift
.fi
\fIXmin\fR, \fIxmax\fR, \fIymin\fR and \fIymax\fR define the region of
validity of the transformation as well as the limits of the grid
in the reference coordinate system.
Each computed transformation is written to a temporary output text database
file which is deleted on task termination. If more that one record of the same
name is written to the database file, the last record written is the
valid record.
WREGISTER will terminate with an error if the reference and input images
are not both either 1D or 2D.
If the world coordinate system information cannot be read from either
the reference or input image header, the requested transformations
from the world <-> logical coordinate systems cannot be compiled for either
or both images, or the world coordinate systems of the reference and input
images are fundamentally incompatible in some way, the output logical
reference and input image coordinates are both set to a grid of points
spanning the logical pixel space of the input, not the reference image.
This grid of points defines an identity transformation which results in
an output image equal to the input image.
WREGISTER computes the output image by evaluating the fitted coordinate
surfaces and interpolating in the input image at position of the transformed
coordinates. The scale of the output image is the same as the scale of the
reference image. The extent and size of the output image are determined
by the \fIxmin\fR, \fIxmax\fR, \fIymin\fR, and \fIymax\fR parameters
as shown below
.nf
xmin <= x <= xmax
ymin <= x <= ymax
ncols = xmax - xmin + 1
nlines = xmax - xmin + 1
.fi
WREGISTER samples the coordinate surfaces at every \fIxsample\fR and
fIysample\fR pixels in x and y.
The transformed coordinates at intermediate pixel values are
determined by bilinear interpolation in the coordinate surface. If
\fIxsample\fR and \fIysample\fR = 1, the coordinate
surface is evaluated at every pixel. Use of \fIxsample\fR and \fIysample\fR
are strongly recommended for large images and high order coordinate
surfaces in order to reduce the time required to compute the output image.
The output image gray levels are determined by interpolating in the input
image at the positions of the transformed output pixels using the
interpolant specified by the \fIinterpolant\fR parameter. If the
\fIfluxconserve\fR switch is set the output pixel values are multiplied by
the Jacobian of the transformation, which preserves the flux of the entire
image. Out-of-bounds pixels are evaluated using the \fIboundary\fR and
\fIconstant\fR parameters.
The output image is computed in \fInxblock\fR by \fInyblock\fR pixel sections.
If possible users should set these number to values larger than the dimensions
of the output image to minimize the number of disk reads and writes required
to compute the output image. If this is not feasible and the image rotation is
small users should set nxblock to be greater than the number of columns in
the output image, and nyblock to be as large as machine memory will permit.
If \fIwcsinherit\fR is "yes" then the world coordinate system of the
reference image will be copied to the output image.
Otherwise if the environment variable \fInomwcs\fR is "no" the
world coordinate
system of the input image is modified in the output image to reflect the
effects of the \fIlinear\fR portion of the registration operation.
Support does not yet exist in the IRAF world coordinate system interface
for the higher order distortion corrections that WREGISTER is capable
of performing.
If \fIverbose\fR is "yes" then messages about the progress of the task
as well as warning messages indicating potential problems
are written to the standard output.
WREGISTER may be run interactively by setting the \fIinteractive\fR
parameter to "yes".
In interactive mode the user has the option of viewing the fitted
spatial transformation, changing the
fit parameters, deleting and undeleting points, and replotting
the data until a satisfactory
fit has been achieved.
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CURSOR COMMANDS
In interactive mode the following cursor commands are currently available.
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Interactive Keystroke Commands
? Print options
f Fit the data and graph with the current graph type (g, x, r, y, s)
g Graph the data and the current fit
x,r Graph the x fit residuals versus x and y respectively
y,s Graph the y fit residuals versus x and y respectively
d,u Delete or undelete the data point nearest the cursor
o Overplot the next graph
c Toggle the constant x, y plotting option
t Plot a line of constant x, y through the nearest data point
l Print xshift, yshift, xmag, ymag, xrotate, yrotate
q Exit the interactive curve fitting
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The parameters listed below can be changed interactively with simple colon
commands. Typing the parameter name alone will list the current value.
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Colon Parameter Editing Commands
:show List parameters
:fitgeometry Fitting geometry (shift,xyscale,rotate,
rscale,rxyscale,general)
:function [value] Fitting function (chebyshev,legendre,
polynomial)
:xxorder :xyorder [value] X fitting function xorder, yorder
:yxorder :yyorder [value] Y fitting function xorder, yorder
:xxterms :yxterms [nh/f] X, Y fit cross terms fit
:reject [value] Rejection threshold
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FORMATS
A format specification has the form "%w.dCn", where w is the field
width, d is the number of decimal places or the number of digits of
precision, C is the format code, and n is radix character for
format code "r" only. The w and d fields are optional. The format
codes C are as follows:
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b boolean (YES or NO)
c single character (c or '\c' or '\0nnn')
d decimal integer
e exponential format (D specifies the precision)
f fixed format (D specifies the number of decimal places)
g general format (D specifies the precision)
h hms format (hh:mm:ss.ss, D = no. decimal places)
m minutes, seconds (or hours, minutes) (mm:ss.ss)
o octal integer
rN convert integer in any radix N
s string (D field specifies max chars to print)
t advance To column given as field W
u unsigned decimal integer
w output the number of spaces given by field W
x hexadecimal integer
z complex format (r,r) (D = precision)
Conventions for w (field width) specification:
W = n right justify in field of N characters, blank fill
-n left justify in field of N characters, blank fill
0n zero fill at left (only if right justified)
absent, 0 use as much space as needed (D field sets precision)
Escape sequences (e.g. "\n" for newline):
\b backspace (not implemented)
\f formfeed
\n newline (crlf)
\r carriage return
\t tab
\" string delimiter character
\' character constant delimiter character
\\ backslash character
\nnn octal value of character
Examples
%s format a string using as much space as required
%-10s left justify a string in a field of 10 characters
%-10.10s left justify and truncate a string in a field of 10 characters
%10s right justify a string in a field of 10 characters
%10.10s right justify and truncate a string in a field of 10 characters
%7.3f print a real number right justified in floating point format
%-7.3f same as above but left justified
%15.7e print a real number right justified in exponential format
%-15.7e same as above but left justified
%12.5g print a real number right justified in general format
%-12.5g same as above but left justified
%h format as nn:nn:nn.n
%15h right justify nn:nn:nn.n in field of 15 characters
%-15h left justify nn:nn:nn.n in a field of 15 characters
%12.2h right justify nn:nn:nn.nn
%-12.2h left justify nn:nn:nn.nn
%H / by 15 and format as nn:nn:nn.n
%15H / by 15 and right justify nn:nn:nn.n in field of 15 characters
%-15H / by 15 and left justify nn:nn:nn.n in field of 15 characters
%12.2H / by 15 and right justify nn:nn:nn.nn
%-12.2H / by 15 and left justify nn:nn:nn.nn
\n insert a newline
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REFERENCES
Additional information on IRAF world coordinate systems including
more detailed descriptions of the "logical", "physical", and "world"
coordinate systems can be
found in the help pages for the WCSEDIT and WCRESET tasks.
Detailed documentation for the IRAF world coordinate system
interface MWCS can be found in the file "iraf$sys/mwcs/MWCS.hlp".
This file can be formatted and printed with the command "help
iraf$sys/mwcs/MWCS.hlp fi+ | lprint". Information on the spectral
coordinates systems and their suitability for use with WCSXYMATCH
can be obtained by typing "help specwcs | lprint".
Details of the FITS header
world coordinate system interface can be found in the document
"World Coordinate Systems Representations Within the FITS Format"
by Hanisch and Wells, available from our anonymous ftp archive.
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EXAMPLES
1. Register a radio image to an X-ray image of the same field using
a 100 point coordinate grid and a simple linear transformation. Both
images have accurate sky projection world coordinate systems. Print the
output world coordinates in the coords file in hh:mm:ss.ss and dd:mm:ss.s
format. Display the input and output image and blink them.
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cl> wregister radio xray radio.tran wxformat=%12.2H \
wyformat=%12.1h
cl> display radio 1 fi+
cl> display radio.tran 2 fi+
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2. Repeat the previous command but begin with a higher order fit
and run the task in interactive mode in order to examine the fit
residuals.
.nf
cl> wregister radio xray radio.tran wxformat=%12.2H \
wyformat=%12.1h xxo=4 xyo=4 xxt=half yxo=4 yyo=4 \
yxt=half inter+
... a plot of the fit appears
... type x and r to examine the residuals of the x
surface fit versus x and y
... type y and s to examine the residuals of the y
surface fit versus x and y
... delete 2 deviant points with the d key and
recompute the fit with the f key
... type q to quit, save the fit, and compute the registered
image
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3. Mosaic a set of 9 images covering a ~ 1 degree field into a single image
centered at 12:32:53.1 +43:13:03. Set the output image scale to 0.5
arc-seconds / pixel which is close the detector scale of 0.51 arc-seconds
per pixel. Set the orientation to be north up and east to the left.
The 9 images all have accurate world coordinate information in their headers.
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# Create a dummy reference image big enough to cover 1 square degree
cl> mkpattern refimage ncols=7200 nlines=7200 ...
# Give the dummy reference image the desired coordinate system
cl> ccsetwcs refimage "" xref=3600.5 yref=3600.5 xmag=-0.5 \
ymag=0.5 lngref=12:32:53.1 latref=43:13:03 ...
# Register the images using constant boundary extension and
# set uservalue to some reasonable value outside the good data
# range. Note that it may be possible to improve performance by
#increasing nxblock and nyblock.
cl> wregister @inlist refimage @outlist boundary=constant \
constant=<uservalue> nxblock=7200 nyblock=1024 ...
# Combine the images using imcombine
cl> imcombine @outlist mosaic lthreshold=<uservalue> ...
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TIME REQUIREMENTS
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BUGS
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SEE ALSO
imalign,xregister,tprecess,wcsxymatch,geomap,gregister,geotran,wcscopy
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