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v 11
December 2010
Preface
This document provides important information about LPS 2011.
Preface
Preface
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System Requirements
Computer/Processor
Memory (RAM)
Disk Space
Operating Systems
Software
System Requirements
Graphics Displays
Peripherals
System Requirements
ArcGIS Interoperability
or
1. Systems with less than 4GB of RAM will page memory to the hard disk and have significantly lower performance. Page
files (swap files) should be at least 1.5 x the amount of RAM. See your operating system requirements.
2. Disk I/O is usually the slow point in geospatial data processing. Fast hard disks improve productivity. Reading data from
one disk, writing temp data to a 2nd disk, and writing data to a 3rd disk improves performance. Disk arrays improve productivity, but some RAID options slow performance. Network disk drives are subject to network limitations.
3. Microsoft Windows XP x32 limits output file sizes. The maximum output file size depends upon system configuration and
rarely exceeds 70GB. All other supported OS versions do not experience this limitation.
4. LPS 3D stereo viewing and peripheral requirements limits its operating system options.
5. Microsoft Windows provides a generic OpenGL driver for all supported graphics cards. However, an OpenGL optimized
graphics card and driver are recommended for these applications.
6. Stereo-enabled graphics cards are needed to view 3D stereo. Because all cards do not work in all computers, verify the
card you select is compatible with your computer. When using Planar Stereo displays, please ensure your system can support
using two graphics cards in the system simultaneously.
7. Support for the 120 Hz LCD Monitors with NVIDIA GeoForce 3D Vision Kit requires 191.00 3D Vision USB Driver. Only FX
Quadro 4600 supports the GeForce 3D vision kit.
8. HP-RTL drivers are recommended. Microsoft Windows x64 print servers require 64-bit print drivers.
9. Stealth S-Mouse (S2-S type) and Mouse-Trak are the supported hand controllers in Stereo Analyst for ERDAS IMAGINE.
Topomouse is not supported in Stereo Analyst for ERDAS IMAGINE.
10. 3D Connextion Space Explorer Mouse is supported in LPS 2011.
11. Geodatabase support was designed using ArcGIS Engine 10.x.x.x.x.
System Requirements
Whats New?
LPS 2011
LPS is a collection of seamlessly integrated software applications
providing accurate and production-oriented photogrammetric tools for a
broad range of geospatial imaging applications. The keys to LPSs
productivity are automated algorithms, fast processing and a tight focus
on workflow through the unique workflow toolbar. LPSs state-of-the art
photogrammetric and image processing algorithms for automatic point
measurement, triangulation, automatic terrain extraction and sub pixel
point positioning help improve accuracy while simultaneously
increasing productivity. Add-on modules provide additional productionoriented tools that help maximize data throughput.
LPS Core
Ortho clipping with
polygons
[more efficient processing]
Whats New?
Distributed ortho
generation
[reduce production time]
By combining the batch capability of LPS with Condor (third party freely
downloadable software) LPS harnesses the power of several
networked computers for high throughput ortho generation. On
machines with multi core CPUs, ortho processing can be run on the
multiple cores to speed up the process.
Whats New?
Better handling of no
data & zero values in
DTM for ortho generation
No data values that are set in DTM are now used as the only no data
value during ortho generation process. Zero is considered as a valid
data unless specifically set as no-data value in the DTM.
[streamlined workflow]
ODF files associated with ADS40 Images are loaded on demand when
the images are accessed and will be unloaded if the images are not
accessed for a certain period.
AUSGEOID98 vertical
DATUM support
[Flexibility]
Whats New?
[improved workflow]
Initial orientation values are now used to compute image footprints and
overlaps and can be used to perform various operations in SPMT
including point measurement and prediction.
Rasterization
improvement in TPT
The size and number of raster DTMs, and the processing speed has
been significantly improved.
[increase productivity]
[enhanced performance]
Contour generation in
TPT
LPS eATE
[improved workflow]
[enhanced performance]
Whats New?
Reduced redundant
processing in overlap
areas
Radiometric processing
introduced
Bing maps
For the XML-based reporting method, Bing Maps is added an option for
rendering project area base map.
ORIMA
Automatic sub-block
creation for APM
A new option to start CAP-A automatically once the last APM thread
completes is implemented
A complete new
workflow for IMU
supported projects
Whats New?
[Speed improvement]
During project creation, if ORIMA finds that the orientation status of the
block file is Fixed it imports the values and stores them into the GPS
and IMU data files.
[ease of use]
[increased productivity]
[improved workflow]
GPS Profile assignment of flight strips has been improved and made to
be a single step procedure.
[ease of use]
Simplified group ID
assignment to IMU
observations
[ease of use]
[flexibility]
[reduced
Since in LPS Image IDs are always in lower case, ORIMA now converts
the Image IDs of GPS/IMU data to lower case to match the image IDs
of LPS.
preprocessing]
A new algorithm to compute the adjusted orientation data odf for ADS
is more than five times faster than the existing algorithm.
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Whats New?
Customer Resolutions
LPS
LPS - General
OrthoProcess
Photo Imp/Exp
SPM
Updated SPM to load ortho images and eliminated the need for
horizontal reference information. [LPS-4389]
Terrain Editor
Customer Resolutions
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Known Issues
LPS
APM
ATE
BlockTriangulation
LPS - General
If you load an old blockfile and the initial exterior orientation appears
red in the cellarray, select Edit -> Frame Editor.. -> OK. This will
recompute all images and correctly reflect the EO status. [LPS-258]
LPS no longer supports polynomial order 2 and higher in the RPC
refinement because the higher order polynomials do not produce
better results. [LPS-704]
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Known Issues
OrthoProcess
Sensor Models
Terrain Editor
With any mixed sensor block file, the epipolar correction in TE uses
the mean elevation from the image calibration. The images
calibrated with global DEM usually do not have the correct mean
elevation, which could lead to wrong epipolar geometry. To correct
the problem, re-calibrate the images with a DEM or a constant value
that has a mean elevation truly representing the image area. [LPS3531]
If you are importing breaklines to a DTM with highly densified points,
some breaklines may not be imported. A message warns you of the
number of breaklines not imported.
Known Issues
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