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Installation Guide - MDA Geospatial Services
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<strong>EarthView</strong>®<br />
Remote Sensing Software<br />
<strong>EarthView</strong> ® <strong>OpenEV</strong><br />
Release Notes and Installation 4.1<br />
About This Guide<br />
This guide is intended to introduce users to MDA’s free RADARSAT-2 viewer, <strong>EarthView</strong> ® <strong>OpenEV</strong><br />
v4.1.<br />
Introduction<br />
<strong>EarthView</strong> <strong>OpenEV</strong> is a free application for viewing and analysing raster and vector geospatial data,<br />
developed with an emphasis on making synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery display flexible and<br />
intuitive. It was designed to rapidly display very large images, and can manage multiple layers of<br />
vector data and single- or multi-channel raster data. <strong>OpenEV</strong> is used as a basis for the viewing<br />
capabilities of the <strong>EarthView</strong> Remote Sensing Software Suite.<br />
Installation Instructions<br />
1) Download the <strong>OpenEV</strong> zip file (<strong>EarthView</strong><strong>OpenEV</strong>_Version_4_1.zip) from: ftp.mda.ca<br />
2) Copy <strong>EarthView</strong><strong>OpenEV</strong>_Version_4_1.zip to your desired installation directory.<br />
3) Extract the zip file.<br />
4) Double click on <strong>EarthView</strong><strong>OpenEV</strong>.bat to launch <strong>OpenEV</strong>.<br />
Supported Platforms<br />
<strong>EarthView</strong>® <strong>OpenEV</strong> will run on windows platforms with operating systems Windows XP or Windows<br />
Vista.<br />
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<strong>EarthView</strong>®<br />
Remote Sensing Software<br />
Key Features<br />
• Comprehensive file format support through the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library.<br />
• Ability to crop imagery and to export to many different file formats.<br />
• Support for loading, editing, creating, and saving vector layers.<br />
• Powerful display capabilities:<br />
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Continuous zooming and panning through simple key sequences<br />
Display in georeferenced or sensor coordinates, where applicable<br />
Linked views<br />
2D or 3D display modes for raster data<br />
Variety of image enhancement options (contrast, linear stretch, equalization, and others)<br />
Flexible complex data display: magnitude, phase, magnitude-phase, real component, or<br />
imaginary component viewing modes available<br />
• Access to image data for analysis in a Python scripting environment via the Interactive Python shell.<br />
Launching the Software<br />
Launch <strong>EarthView</strong> ® <strong>OpenEV</strong> by double-clicking on <strong>EarthView</strong><strong>OpenEV</strong>.bat. To access the help files<br />
select the Help →Help menu option. This guide includes a Getting Started section which will get you<br />
up and running in no time.<br />
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