OSSIM Command Line Applications

The following command line applications are distributed with OSSIM.

Core Programs

• ossim-band-merge Used to merge multiple image files into a single n-band dataset.
• ossim-chipper Used to render elevation data (e.g. shaded relief).
• ossim-icp Used to convert an image from one format to another.
• ossim-igen Used to execute image chains specified in a spec file.
• ossim-info Used to display metadata for imagery, maps, terrain, and vector data.
• ossim-orthoigen Used to orthorectify, mosaic, and convert raster data between different formats. It provides a number of operations including subsetting, resampling, histogram matching, and reprojection of data.
• ossim-rpf Various utilities for managing RPF data.
• ossim-cli OSSIM Command Line Interface is an application that provides access to various utilities such as hill-shading, automatic tie-point generation, shoreline detection, and many others.

Utilities to Create Support Files

The following tools are used to create OSSIM support files:

• ossim-applanix2ogeom Used to create a geom file for Applanix Images.
• ossim-cmm Used to determine the min/max pixel values of an image.
• ossim-create-cg Used to create an ossim coarse grid.
• ossim-create-histo Used to compute a histogram for an image.
• ossim-ecg2ocg Used to convert an enhanced coarse grid to an ossim coarse grid.
• ossim-extract-vertices Used to compute the valid vertices (corners) of an image.
• ossim-img2md Used to create meta data files.
• ossim-img2rr Used to create reduced resolution data sets for an image.
• ossim-preproc Used to create reduced resolution data sets, histograms, and so on. Application does directory walking and is threaded at a file level.
• ossim-tfw2ogeom Used to create a geom file from a TIFF World File.

Test

• ossim-batch-test Command line test application.

Misc Utilities

• ossim-bilsplitter Splits a Band Interleaved by Line (BIL) file into multiple output files.
• ossim-btoa Binary to ASCII conversion.
• ossim-chgkwval Changes the keyword value within a spec file or keyword list.
• ossim-correl
• ossim-extract-vertices Used to compute the valid vertices (corners) of an image.
• ossim-modopt
• ossim-mosaic
• ossim-pixelflip Converts pixel values. Used for fixing null values.
• ossim-prune Displays if image is null or not.
• ossim-rejout
• ossim-senint
• ossim-swapbytes
• ossim-computeSrtmStats
• ossim-dump-ocg
• ossim-viewshed
• ossim-hlz

Legacy Shapefile Utilities

• vec2ras Vector to raster conversion
• vector2kwl Converts a shapefile to a keyword list
• shpcutter Shapefile cutter
• shpbuilder Creates a shapefile from an EMET or OSSIM spec file.
• shpdump Lists a metadata for shapefile

Legacy TIFF Utilities

• img2md
• thumbnail

Legacy RPF Utilties

• adrg_header_dump Lists metadata for an Arc Digitized Raster Graphic (ADRG) file.
• toc_dump Lists metadata for a TOC file.
• cibcadrg_ovr
• cibcadrg_split

Legacy Utilities

• ccfinfo Lists metadata for a Chip Chunk Format (CCF) file.
• deminfo
• dtedinfo
• dtedlist
• imagebounds
• ossim-osgeom2ogeom
• rpc2ogeom Used to create a geom file from RPCs
• space_imaging