"I tried using it ... and failed." I naturally wonder *how*
you (it, more likely) failed--the specific details of what
you actually observed.
I was generating the test points with a simple algorithm. I
finally discovered that the fitting algorithm fails if the
points are (close to being) colinear.
I can imagine, though, that if you
had the time to understand and describe what happened with
precision, it'd be easier fixing it than talking about it.
I'll append the code that I successfully used.
Will the new (x,y)-s be interior to the convex hull formed by
the tabulated ones, or might they be outside?
It's good practice to make them interior (have ground control
points around the perimeter of the region of interest) but it
isn't always the case. The solution should be general enough
to work for outside points but it's understood that the error
for them is likely to be high.
How
soon does this thing need to go live?
It's something I meant to do during my Remote Sensing class
last semester and then someone asked about it in another news
group recently. It's not urgent. I just wanted to solve it.
(I have some aerial photos that I georeferenced using ERDAS
Imagine but I want to use my own code so that I can do more
with them.)
I'm happy with the C code, but I'd still prefer a Python
solution.
--kyler
==============================================================
#include <stdio.h>
struct Control_Points
{
int count;
double *e1;
double *n1;
double *e2;
double *n2;
int *status;
};
/* STRUCTURE FOR USE INTERNALLY WITH THESE FUNCTIONS. THESE FUNCTIONS EXPECT
SQUARE MATRICES SO ONLY ONE VARIABLE IS GIVEN (N) FOR THE MATRIX SIZE */
struct MATRIX
{
int n; /* SIZE OF THIS MATRIX (N x N) */
double *v;
};
/* CALCULATE OFFSET INTO ARRAY BASED ON R/C */
#define M(row,col) m->v[(((row)-1)*(m->n))+(col)-1]
#define MSUCCESS 1 /* SUCCESS */
#define MNPTERR 0 /* NOT ENOUGH POINTS */
#define MUNSOLVABLE -1 /* NOT SOLVABLE */
#define MMEMERR -2 /* NOT ENOUGH MEMORY */
#define MPARMERR -3 /* PARAMETER ERROR */
#define MINTERR -4 /* INTERNAL ERROR */
#define MAXORDER 3
#define CPLFree free
#define CPLCalloc calloc
/* CALCULATE OFFSET INTO ARRAY BASED ON R/C */
#define M(row,col) m->v[(((row)-1)*(m->n))+(col)-1]
#define MSUCCESS 1 /* SUCCESS */
#define MNPTERR 0 /* NOT ENOUGH POINTS */
#define MUNSOLVABLE -1 /* NOT SOLVABLE */
#define MMEMERR -2 /* NOT ENOUGH MEMORY */
#define MPARMERR -3 /* PARAMETER ERROR */
#define MINTERR -4 /* INTERNAL ERROR */
/***************************************************************************/
/*
FUNCTION PROTOTYPES FOR STATIC (INTERNAL) FUNCTIONS
*/
/***************************************************************************/
static int calccoef(struct Control_Points *,double *,double *,int);
static int calcls(struct Control_Points *,struct MATRIX *,
double *,double *,double *,double *);
static int exactdet(struct Control_Points *,struct MATRIX *,
double *,double *,double *,double *);
static int solvemat(struct MATRIX *,double *,double *,double *,double *);
static double term(int,double,double);
/***************************************************************************/
/*
TRANSFORM A SINGLE COORDINATE PAIR.
*/
/***************************************************************************/
static int
CRS_georef (
double e1, /* EASTINGS TO BE TRANSFORMED */
double n1, /* NORTHINGS TO BE TRANSFORMED */
double *e, /* EASTINGS TO BE TRANSFORMED */
double *n, /* NORTHINGS TO BE TRANSFORMED */
double E[], /* EASTING COEFFICIENTS */
double N[], /* NORTHING COEFFICIENTS */
int order /* ORDER OF TRANSFORMATION TO BE PERFORMED, MUST MATCH THE
ORDER USED TO CALCULATE THE COEFFICIENTS */
)
{
double e3, e2n, en2, n3, e2, en, n2;
switch(order)
{
case 1:
*e = E[0] + E[1] * e1 + E[2] * n1;
*n = N[0] + N[1] * e1 + N[2] * n1;
break;
case 2:
e2 = e1 * e1;
n2 = n1 * n1;
en = e1 * n1;
*e = E[0] + E[1] * e1 + E[2] * n1 +
E[3] * e2 + E[4] * en + E[5] * n2;
*n = N[0] + N[1] * e1 + N[2] * n1 +
N[3] * e2 + N[4] * en + N[5] * n2;
break;
case 3:
e2 = e1 * e1;
en = e1 * n1;
n2 = n1 * n1;
e3 = e1 * e2;
e2n = e2 * n1;
en2 = e1 * n2;
n3 = n1 * n2;
*e = E[0] +
E[1] * e1 + E[2] * n1 +
E[3] * e2 + E[4] * en + E[5] * n2 +
E[6] * e3 + E[7] * e2n + E[8] * en2 + E[9] * n3;
*n = N[0] +
N[1] * e1 + N[2] * n1 +
N[3] * e2 + N[4] * en + N[5] * n2 +
N[6] * e3 + N[7] * e2n + N[8] * en2 + N[9] * n3;
break;
default:
return(MPARMERR);
break;
}
return(MSUCCESS);
}
/***************************************************************************/
/*
COMPUTE THE GEOREFFERENCING COEFFICIENTS BASED ON A SET OF CONTROL POINTS
*/
/***************************************************************************/
static int
CRS_compute_georef_equations (struct Control_Points *cp,
double E12[], double N12[],
double E21[], double N21[],
int order)
{
double *tempptr;
int status;
if(order < 1 || order > MAXORDER)
return(MPARMERR);
/* CALCULATE THE FORWARD TRANSFORMATION COEFFICIENTS */
status = calccoef(cp,E12,N12,order);
if(status != MSUCCESS)
return(status);
/* SWITCH THE 1 AND 2 EASTING AND NORTHING ARRAYS */
tempptr = cp->e1;
cp->e1 = cp->e2;
cp->e2 = tempptr;
tempptr = cp->n1;
cp->n1 = cp->n2;
cp->n2 = tempptr;
/* CALCULATE THE BACKWARD TRANSFORMATION COEFFICIENTS */
status = calccoef(cp,E21,N21,order);
/* SWITCH THE 1 AND 2 EASTING AND NORTHING ARRAYS BACK */
tempptr = cp->e1;
cp->e1 = cp->e2;
cp->e2 = tempptr;
tempptr = cp->n1;
cp->n1 = cp->n2;
cp->n2 = tempptr;
return(status);
}
/***************************************************************************/
/*
COMPUTE THE GEOREFFERENCING COEFFICIENTS BASED ON A SET OF CONTROL POINTS
*/
/***************************************************************************/
static int
calccoef (struct Control_Points *cp, double E[], double N[], int order)
{
struct MATRIX m;
double *a;
double *b;
int numactive; /* NUMBER OF ACTIVE CONTROL POINTS */
int status, i;
/* CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF VALID CONTROL POINTS */
for(i = numactive = 0 ; i < cp->count ; i++)
{
if(cp->status
> 0)
numactive++;
}
/* CALCULATE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF CONTROL POINTS NEEDED TO DETERMINE
A TRANSFORMATION OF THIS ORDER */
m.n = ((order + 1) * (order + 2)) / 2;
if(numactive < m.n)
return(MNPTERR);
/* INITIALIZE MATRIX */
m.v = (double *)CPLCalloc(m.n*m.n,sizeof(double));
if(m.v == NULL)
{
return(MMEMERR);
}
a = (double *)CPLCalloc(m.n,sizeof(double));
if(a == NULL)
{
CPLFree((char *)m.v);
return(MMEMERR);
}
b = (double *)CPLCalloc(m.n,sizeof(double));
if(b == NULL)
{
CPLFree((char *)m.v);
CPLFree((char *)a);
return(MMEMERR);
}
if(numactive == m.n)
status = exactdet(cp,&m,a,b,E,N);
else
status = calcls(cp,&m,a,b,E,N);
/*
CPLFree((char *)m.v);
CPLFree((char *)a);
CPLFree((char *)b);
*/
return(status);
}
/***************************************************************************/
/*
CALCULATE THE TRANSFORMATION COEFFICIENTS WITH EXACTLY THE MINIMUM
NUMBER OF CONTROL POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS TRANSFORMATION.
*/
/***************************************************************************/
static int exactdet (
struct Control_Points *cp,
struct MATRIX *m,
double a[],
double b[],
double E[], /* EASTING COEFFICIENTS */
double N[] /* NORTHING COEFFICIENTS */
) {
int pntnow, currow, j;
currow = 1;
for(pntnow = 0 ; pntnow < cp->count ; pntnow++) {
if(cp->status[pntnow] > 0) {
/* POPULATE MATRIX M */
for(j = 1 ; j <= m->n ; j++) {
M(currow,j) = term(j,cp->e1[pntnow],cp->n1[pntnow]);
}
/* POPULATE MATRIX A AND B */
a[currow-1] = cp->e2[pntnow];
b[currow-1] = cp->n2[pntnow];
currow++;
}
}
if(currow - 1 != m->n) {
return(MINTERR);
}
return(solvemat(m,a,b,E,N));
}
/***************************************************************************/
/*
CALCULATE THE TRANSFORMATION COEFFICIENTS WITH MORE THAN THE MINIMUM
NUMBER OF CONTROL POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS TRANSFORMATION. THIS
ROUTINE USES THE LEAST SQUARES METHOD TO COMPUTE THE COEFFICIENTS.
*/
/***************************************************************************/
static int calcls (
struct Control_Points *cp,
struct MATRIX *m,
double a[],
double b[],
double E[], /* EASTING COEFFICIENTS */
double N[] /* NORTHING COEFFICIENTS */
)
{
int i, j, n, numactive = 0;
/* INITIALIZE THE UPPER HALF OF THE MATRIX AND THE TWO COLUMN VECTORS */
for(i = 1 ; i <= m->n ; i++)
{
for(j = i ; j <= m->n ; j++)
M(i,j) = 0.0;
a[i-1] = b[i-1] = 0.0;
}
/* SUM THE UPPER HALF OF THE MATRIX AND THE COLUMN VECTORS ACCORDING TO
THE LEAST SQUARES METHOD OF SOLVING OVER DETERMINED SYSTEMS */
for(n = 0 ; n < cp->count ; n++)
{
if(cp->status[n] > 0)
{
numactive++;
for(i = 1 ; i <= m->n ; i++)
{
for(j = i ; j <= m->n ; j++)
M(i,j) += term(i,cp->e1[n],cp->n1[n]) * term(j,cp->e1[n],cp->n1[n]);
a[i-1] += cp->e2[n] * term(i,cp->e1[n],cp->n1[n]);
b[i-1] += cp->n2[n] * term(i,cp->e1[n],cp->n1[n]);
}
}
}
if(numactive <= m->n)
return(MINTERR);
/* TRANSPOSE VALUES IN UPPER HALF OF M TO OTHER HALF */
for(i = 2 ; i <= m->n ; i++)
{
for(j = 1 ; j < i ; j++)
M(i,j) = M(j,i);
}
return(solvemat(m,a,b,E,N));
}
/***************************************************************************/
/*
CALCULATE THE X/Y TERM BASED ON THE TERM NUMBER
ORDER\TERM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 e0n0 e1n0 e0n1
2 e0n0 e1n0 e0n1 e2n0 e1n1 e0n2
3 e0n0 e1n0 e0n1 e2n0 e1n1 e0n2 e3n0 e2n1 e1n2 e0n3
*/
/***************************************************************************/
static double term (int term, double e, double n)
{
switch(term)
{
case 1: return((double)1.0);
case 2: return((double)e);
case 3: return((double)n);
case 4: return((double)(e*e));
case 5: return((double)(e*n));
case 6: return((double)(n*n));
case 7: return((double)(e*e*e));
case 8: return((double)(e*e*n));
case 9: return((double)(e*n*n));
case 10: return((double)(n*n*n));
}
return((double)0.0);
}
/***************************************************************************/
/*
SOLVE FOR THE 'E' AND 'N' COEFFICIENTS BY USING A SOMEWHAT MODIFIED
GAUSSIAN ELIMINATION METHOD.
| M11 M12 ... M1n | | E0 | | a0 |
| M21 M22 ... M2n | | E1 | = | a1 |
| . . . . | | . | | . |
| Mn1 Mn2 ... Mnn | | En-1 | | an-1 |
and
| M11 M12 ... M1n | | N0 | | b0 |
| M21 M22 ... M2n | | N1 | = | b1 |
| . . . . | | . | | . |
| Mn1 Mn2 ... Mnn | | Nn-1 | | bn-1 |
*/
/***************************************************************************/
static int solvemat (struct MATRIX *m,
double a[], double b[], double E[], double N[])
{
int i, j, i2, j2, imark;
double factor, temp;
double pivot; /* ACTUAL VALUE OF THE LARGEST PIVOT CANDIDATE */
for(i = 1 ; i <= m->n ; i++)
{
j = i;
/* find row with largest magnitude value for pivot value */
pivot = M(i,j);
imark = i;
for(i2 = i + 1 ; i2 <= m->n ; i2++)
{
temp = fabs(M(i2,j));
if(temp > fabs(pivot))
{
pivot = M(i2,j);
imark = i2;
}
}
/* if the pivot is very small then the points are nearly co-linear */
/* co-linear points result in an undefined matrix, and nearly */
/* co-linear points results in a solution with rounding error */
if(pivot == 0.0) {
return(MUNSOLVABLE);
}
/* if row with highest pivot is not the current row, switch them */
if(imark != i)
{
for(j2 = 1 ; j2 <= m->n ; j2++)
{
temp = M(imark,j2);
M(imark,j2) = M(i,j2);
M(i,j2) = temp;
}
temp = a[imark-1];
a[imark-1] = a[i-1];
a[i-1] = temp;
temp = b[imark-1];
b[imark-1] = b[i-1];
b[i-1] = temp;
}
/* compute zeros above and below the pivot, and compute
values for the rest of the row as well */
for(i2 = 1 ; i2 <= m->n ; i2++)
{
if(i2 != i)
{
factor = M(i2,j) / pivot;
for(j2 = j ; j2 <= m->n ; j2++)
M(i2,j2) -= factor * M(i,j2);
a[i2-1] -= factor * a[i-1];
b[i2-1] -= factor * b[i-1];
}
}
}
/* SINCE ALL OTHER VALUES IN THE MATRIX ARE ZERO NOW, CALCULATE THE
COEFFICIENTS BY DIVIDING THE COLUMN VECTORS BY THE DIAGONAL VALUES. */
for(i = 1 ; i <= m->n ; i++)
{
E[i-1] = a[i-1] / M(i,i);
N[i-1] = b[i-1] / M(i,i);
}
return(MSUCCESS);
}
main() {
int i;
double E12[30], N12[30], E21[30], N21[30];
int order = 1;
int ret;
double x, y, X, Y;
struct Control_Points CPs;
CPs.count = 10;
CPs.e1 = (double *)malloc(sizeof(double) * CPs.count);
CPs.n1 = (double *)malloc(sizeof(double) * CPs.count);
CPs.e2 = (double *)malloc(sizeof(double) * CPs.count);
CPs.n2 = (double *)malloc(sizeof(double) * CPs.count);
CPs.status = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int) * CPs.count);
i = 0;
/* Set some GCPs. */
CPs.e1 = 0; CPs.n1 = 0; CPs.e2 = 0; CPs.n2 = 0; CPs.status = 1; i++;
CPs.e1 = 10; CPs.n1 = 30; CPs.e2 = 100; CPs.n2 = 200; CPs.status = 1; i++;
CPs.e1 = 15; CPs.n1 = 35; CPs.e2 = 150; CPs.n2 = 220; CPs.status = 1; i++;
for(i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
E12 = N12 = E21 = N21 = 0;
}
CRS_compute_georef_equations(
&CPs,
E12, N12,
E21, N21,
order
);
for(i = 0; i < CPs.count; i++) {
x = i * 100;
y = i * 200;
CRS_georef(x, y, &X, &Y, E21, N21, order);
printf("(%lf, %lf) -> (%lf, %lf)\n", x, y, X, Y);
CRS_georef(X, Y, &x, &y, E12, N12, order);
printf("(%lf, %lf) -> (%lf, %lf)\n", X, Y, x, y);
}
}