Contains the public interface of OPALS. More...

Namespaces
	ErrorCode
	error codes that identify an Exception

	Exceptions
	The namespace containing all exception types that may be thrown from within namespace opals.

	GridFeature
	Enumerator defining different grid feature types (used, eg., by opalsGrid)

	opts
	Contains the public interface of OPALS option types.

Classes
class	AbsValueOrQuantile
	AbsValueOrQuantile provides a container to either store an absolute value or a realtive quantile, percentage value. More...

class	AngleType
	AngleType provides defining angular values in different units (deg, rad, grad and percentage) More...

class	Array
	A template class holding a C - array of constant size. More...

class	AttributeBandDescription
	AttributeBandDescription provides generic information about a single attribute (used by DataSetStats). More...

class	AttributeDescription
	AttributeDescription provides generic information about a single attribute (used by DataSetStats). More...

class	BoolReference
	Mimics std::vector<bool>::reference. More...

class	Calculator
	A typed version of DM::ICalculator. See Calculator. More...

struct	CalculatorHandle

class	CalculatorWithPythonSupport
	A Calculator that alternatively supports Python formulas. See Calculator. More...

class	CalibrationEntry
	A CalibrationEntry object stores statistics and results of one calibration constant estimation. More...

class	CalibrationRegion
	CalibrationRegion stores calibration results of a single region based on a single ODM file. More...

class	CalibrationStats

class	ColumnNameAlias
	Class for defining column name aliases. More...

class	ConvolutionKernel
	Class describing different kernels for convolution filtering. More...

class	CustomOptionType
	Base class for all custom parameter types. More...

class	DataSetStats
	DataSetStats provides generic information about a data file (use in opalsInfo). More...

class	DistributionDescription
	Description of a variety of different statistical distribution. More...

class	Filter
	A typed version of DM::IFilter. See Filters. More...

struct	FilterHandle

class	FilterWithPlaceHolders
	A Filter with additional support for place holders. See Filters. More...

class	GridLimit
	Class describing xy-limits for grid datasets. More...

class	HistoStats
	HistoStats provides a histogram and additional statistical measures. More...

class	IAddInfo
	Inserts or updates ODM attributes by combining existing attributes and/or grid models. More...

class	IAlgebra
	Provides a generic raster algebra calculator featuring mathematical, statistical and conditional operators. More...

class	IBounds
	Derives and stores the 2D boundary polygon of a region covered by the point data of an ODM or the valid pixels of a raster. More...

class	ICell
	Calculates statistical features of user defined attributes and stores them as raster models or rasterized point clouds. More...

class	IContouring
	Derives the contour of foreground objects of a raster model and exports the results as a polygon shape file. More...

class	IControlObject
	Interface for retrieving status and progress information from a module run. More...

class	IConvolution
	Performs convolutional filtering operations on a raster image. More...

class	IDBH
	Estimate the Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) based on 3D point cloud data (ODM). More...

class	IDiff
	Calculates a difference grid model based on either two grids or a one grid and a horizontal reference plane. More...

class	IDirectGeoref
	Transforms points from scanner coordinates into geo-referenced coordinates by applying the sensor model (flight trajectory, mounting parameters). More...

class	IDSM
	Calculates a land cover dependent DSM raster model based on the approach of Hollaus et. al. (2010). More...

class	IDTM
	Calculates a high quality Digital Terrain Model in hybrid grid structure (i.e. regular grid + structure lines). More...

class	IEchoRatio
	Derives and stores the echo ratio (ER) attribute for points of an OPALS data manager. More...

class	IEdgeDetect
	Provides different raster based edge detection algorithms (e.g. Canny). More...

class	IExport
	Exports vector data stored in an OPALS data manager (ODM) in various data formats. More...

class	IFillGaps
	Detects gaps (i.e. void pixels) in raster models and provides several interpolation methods to close them. More...

class	IFullwave
	Performs decomposition of the full waveform signal and provides 3D coordinates (scanner system) and additional attributes for each return. More...

class	IGeorefApprox
	Improves the geo-referencing of an ALS flight block based on pairwise affine strip transformations (cf. Module LSM). More...

class	IGrid
	Derives a 2.5D digital elevation models (DEM) in regular grid structure using simple interpolation techniques. More...

class	IGridFeature
	Derives feature models (slope, curvature, roughness, etc.) from grid models based on the local grid neighbourhood defined by a kernel. More...

class	IHisto
	Derives histograms and descriptive statistics (min, max, mean, r.m.s, etc.) for ODM or grid/raster data sets and stores the results graphically (SVG) and numerically (XML). More...

class	IICP
	Performs orientation (co-registration) of multiple point cloud datasets using the Iterative Closest Point algorithm. More...

class	IImport
	Loads vector and raster data into an ODM for subsequent use in modules dealing with point cloud and line related data. More...

class	IInfo
	Extracts and reports information of an ODM, vector or raster file. More...

class	IIsolines
	Derives contour lines (isolines) from grid models and stores them as a vector dataset. More...

class	ILineModeler
	Models 3D structure lines based on a point cloud (ODM) and 2D line approximations. More...

class	ILineTopology
	Provides different line merging and topology correction tools for cleaning line networks derived via automatic edge detection. More...

class	ILSM
	Estimates an affine 3D transformation to align overlapping ALS strip DEMs using Least Squares Matching. More...

class	IModuleBase
	Abstract base class of all opals modules. More...

class	IMorph
	Applies morphological operations (opening, closing, erosion, dilation) on raster datasets. More...

class	IndexDescription
	IndexDescription provides generic information about a spatial index (used by DataSetStats). More...

class	INormals
	Estimates local surface normal vectors for each point of a specific point cloud (ODM). More...

class	IOpenness
	Provides a raster map of local viewsheds (i.e. openness) based on a DTM grid model. More...

class	IOverlap
	Analyses a set of strip boundaries and determines all overlapping strip pairs. More...

class	IPointStats
	Derives and stores statistical parameters describing the local distribution of a point attribute for each point of an ODM. More...

class	IQuery
	Interpolates height or attribute values for arbitrary 2D geometries based on either point clouds (not yet implemented) or grids. More...

class	IRadioCal
	Performs radiometric calibration of ALS data and calculates physical quantities (backscatter cross section/coefficient, reflectance) for each return. More...

class	IRasterize
	Performs vector-to-raster conversion for all types of simple feature geometries (points, lines, polygons). More...

class	IRobFilter
	Classification points into terrain and off-terrain using robust interpolation. More...

class	ISection
	Extracts sections of user defined width/length along a specified reference axis from a point cloud (ODM). More...

class	ISegment
	Segment interface. More...

class	ISegmentation
	Provides methods for point cloud segmentation based on local homogeneity using either a generic region growing approach or an adapted region growing for plane extraction. More...

class	ISegmentManager
	Segment manager interface. More...

class	IShade
	Derives shaded relief raster maps (geo-coded hill shading) of DEM grids. More...

class	ISimplify
	Analyses a regular or hybrid grid model and generates an approximating TIN surface based on a coarse-to-fine approach. More...

class	ISnellius
	Performs range and refraction corrections of raw laser bathymetry measurements according to Snell's law. More...

class	IStatFilter
	Performs statistical filtering of raster datasets with a sliding kernel of arbitrary shape and size. More...

class	IStripAdjust
	Improves the geo-referencing of ALS data and aerial images in a rigorous way combining strip adjustment and aerial triangulation. More...

class	ITerrainFilter
	Classifies a 3D point cloud (ODM) into terrain and off-terrain points. More...

class	ITerrainMask
	Identifies open terrain parts of a DSM input raster using the volume based approach by Piltz et al. (2016). More...

class	ITIN
	Creates a TIN surface from ODM vector data based on a 2D constrained Delaunay triangulation. More...

class	ITranslate
	Performs format conversion for vector data files with additional read support of GDAL rasters. More...

class	IVectorize
	Performs raster-to-vector conversion and exports polyline geometries. More...

class	IView
	Provides an interactive 3d viewer for points (including arbitrary attributes) and lines. More...

class	IZColor
	Derives color coded visualizations of grid models and stores them as geo-coded raster images. More...

class	IZonalFit
	Fits geometry models to a set of data points for multiple regions-of-interest. More...

class	List
	A template class representing an STL-conforming (doubly linked) std::list<T> More...

class	Matrix
	A template class for storing a two-dimensional array of constant size. More...

struct	ModuleDeleter
	A functor that may be used for memory management of modules allocated on the heap usage: e.g. std::shared_ptr<IGrid> grid( opals::IGrid::New(), opals::ModuleDeleter() );. More...

class	MountingPars

class	MultiGridLimit
	Class describing xy-limits for grid datasets supporting multiple input datasets. More...

class	NoDataType
	Class for storing a type independent a nodata value (nodata value can be deactivated as well) More...

class	ObjectBase
	base class for objects which are controlled using the SharedPtr class. the virutal Delete function is used to delete the object in same heap where it was created More...

class	OdmOrRasterFile
	File path of an ODM or raster dataset. See OPALS Datamanager and Supported grid/raster formats. More...

class	OverlapDef
	Class implementing the potential specification of overlap areas as relative and/or absolute measures. More...

struct	Parameter
	Parameter stores a single parameter for file I/O in parameter files. More...

class	ParamList
	Contains several parameters in their string representation. More...

class	Path
	A file/directory path. More...

class	RasterBand
	File path of a raster dataset with optional specification of a zero-based band index or band name (default: 0. More...

class	RasterFile
	File path of a raster dataset. See Supported grid/raster formats. More...

class	ScalePal
	Class describing different scaling methods for palette entries. More...

class	SharedPtr
	smart pointer class for opals objects More...

class	StatFeature

class	StemEntry
	A stem entry object represents the results of a single model fit. More...

class	StemModel

class	String
	A dynamic character string whose interface conforms to STL's std::string. More...

class	TrafPars3dAffine

class	Vector
	Mimics std::vector<T> More...

class	VectorOrRasterFile
	File path of a vector or raster dataset. See Supported vector formats, OPALS Datamanager, and Supported grid/raster formats. More...

class	ZColorLegend
	Class describing the legend parameter More...

class	ZColorScalePal
	Class describing different scaling methods for palette entries. More...

Enumerations
enum	ApplyTrafo { first, second, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

enum	BeamInfo { BeamVector, BeamVectorSCS, Range, ScanAngle, PanAngle, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

enum	BoundaryType { convexHull, minimumRectangle, alphaShape, Count }
	BoundaryType enumerates different types of outlines of a point cloud. More...

enum	CalcMode { perimeter, area, both, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

enum	DataSetType { odm, vector, grid, tin, Count }
	Possible data set types as used in DataSetStats (see opalsInfo) More...

enum	DBHModel { auto_, cylinder, cone, Count }
	Specifying DBH geometry fitting model. More...

enum	DivisionMode { irregular, hierarchical, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

enum	EchoRatioMode { basic, slopeAdaptive, Count }
	Enumerator defining different types of EchoRatio computation (used by opalsEchoRatio) More...

enum	EdgeDetector { Canny, Count }
	Enumerator for edge detection algorithm used in Module EdgeDetect. More...

enum	EdgeHandling { trend, mirror, propagate, nodata, Count }
	Enumerator defining different strategies for handling the image border pixels. More...

enum	FillMethod { feature, plane, adaptive, triangulation, kriging, Count }
	Enumerator defining different raster fill methods. More...

enum	FullwaveAlgorithm { gaussian, asdf, enhancedGaussian, Count }
	Enumerator defining different pulse extraction methods. More...

enum	GapInfo { BoundaryMask, BoundaryValues, MBR, VoidMask, Count }
	Write additional gap information to files. More...

enum	GeomModel { mean, robustMean, plane, robustPlane, quadric, robustQuadric, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

enum	GridInterpolator { snap, nearestNeighbour, naturalNeighbours, delaunayTriangulation, movingAverage, movingPlanes, robMovingPlanes, movingParaboloid, thinPlateSpline, kriging, Count }
	Enumerator defining different grid interpolation methods (used by opalsGrid) More...

enum	GridResolution { native, halfKernel, kernelSize, Count }
	Enumerator for specifying the (output) grid resolution depending on the size of the processing kernel. More...

enum	HeaderFeature { all, overviewZ, overviewPcount, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

enum	Hemisphere { north, south, Count }
	Hemispheres of the Earth or another planet. More...

enum	HistoMode { automatic, real, integer, Count }
	HistoMode enumerates different modes of histogram computations. More...

enum	IndexType { tile, quadtree, kdtree, rtree, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

enum	KernelShape { square, circle, diamond, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

enum	LogLevel { none, error, warning, info, verbose, debug, Count }
	Enumerator defining different importance levels of log records. More...

enum	LSMProcMode { local, continuous, global, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

enum	LSMTrafoType { zShift, shifts, rigid, mounting, helmert, full, Count }
	Type of transformation used for LSM computation. More...

enum	MergePolygonMode { safe, fast, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

enum	MorphOperation { erode, dilate, open, close, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

enum	NavigationFrame { ned, enu, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

enum	NoDataHandling { fill, leave, avoid, Count }
	Enumerator for defining the behaviour in case of nodata pixels in the image kernel. More...

enum	NormalsAlgorithm { simplePlane, robustPlane, fmcd, Count }
	Enumerator defining different normals estimation methods. More...

enum	NormalsDirection { upwards, downwards, toOrigin, fromOrigin, toScanner, fromScanner, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

enum	NormalsMetaInfo { minimum, medium, maximum, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

enum	OpennessFeature { positive, negative, Count }
	Enumerator for what? More...

enum	RasterDataType { uint8 = 1, uint16, int16, uint32, int32, float32, float64, cint16, cint32, cfloat32, cfloat64, Count }
	The data type of each pixel of a raster. More...

enum	RasterType { point, area, Count }
	Enumerator defining different data selection modes. More...

enum	ResamplingMethod { weightedAverage, simpleAverage, nearestNeighbour, bilinear, bicubic, never, Count }
	Enumerator defining different resampling methods. More...

enum	RobustInterpolator { plane, paraboloid, adapting, Count }
	robust surface interpolation methods More...

enum	ScannerOrientation { frd, fdl, flu, fur, bdr, bld, bul, bru, lfd, ldb, lbu, luf, rdf, rbd, rub, rfu, ufl, ulb, ubr, urf, dlf, dbl, drb, dfr, Count }
	Approximate directions of the scanner axes w.r.t. the platform, restricted to right-handed systems: front/back/left/right/up/down. More...

enum	SearchMode { d2, d3, d2_5, Count }
	Dimensionality selector. More...

enum	SegmentationMethod { condClustering, planeExtraction, Count }
	Enumerator defining different segmentation methods. More...

enum	SegmentSort { native, ascendingPSize, descendingPSize, Count }
	Enumerator for sorting segments. More...

enum	SelectionMode { nearest, quadrant, octant, Count }
	Enumerator defining different grid interpolation methods (used by opalsGrid) More...

enum	ShadingMethod { tanaka, lambert, peucker, Count }
	Enumerator defining different shading methods. More...

enum	StripAdjustStage { importData, preprocess, adjust, postprocess, exportData, exportStrips, Count }
	Defines the workflow phases of module StripAdjust. More...

enum	TerrainFilterMethod { robustInterpolation, Count }
	Enumerator for terrain filtering methods. More...

enum	TopologyProcessingMethod { merge, longest, clean, Count }
	Enumerator defining different modes in opalsLineTopology. More...

enum	TrajectoryCorrectionModel { bias, linear, spline, Count }
	Correction models for flight trajectories. More...

enum	UsageLevel { basic, mid, pro, Count }
	Frequency of use / needed level of user experience of an option. More...

enum	ValueSource { unknown, internalDefault, configFile, estimated, paramMapping, interFace, pickle, run, Count }
	Origin of an option value. More...

enum	VectorizationMode { toPolyline, toPolygon, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

enum	ZStatsMode { horizontalPlane, tiltedPlane, Count }
	TODO: Enumerator for what? More...

Functions
template<class T , std::size_t N>
bool	operator== (const Array< T, N > &l, const Array< T, N > &r)

template<class T , std::size_t N>
bool	operator< (const Array< T, N > &l, const Array< T, N > &r)

template<class T , std::size_t N>
bool	operator!= (const Array< T, N > &l, const Array< T, N > &r)

template<class T , std::size_t N>
bool	operator> (const Array< T, N > &l, const Array< T, N > &r)

template<class T , std::size_t N>
bool	operator<= (const Array< T, N > &l, const Array< T, N > &r)

template<class T , std::size_t N>
bool	operator>= (const Array< T, N > &l, const Array< T, N > &r)

template<class T , std::size_t N>
void	swap (Array< T, N > &l, Array< T, N > &r)

void	embeddingSoftware (const char *text)
	Sets the name of the embedding software package.

void	object_base_deleter (ObjectBase *)
	deleter function for opals::BaseObject objects that can be used e.g. in std::shared_ptr class

void	swap (Path &, Path &)

Path	operator/ (const Path &lhs, const Path &rhs)

Path	operator/ (const Path &lhs, const char *rhs)

Path	operator/ (const char *lhs, const Path &rhs)

Path	operator/ (const Path &lhs, const String &rhs)

Path	operator/ (const String &lhs, const Path &rhs)

bool	operator< (const Path &, const Path &)

bool	operator<= (const Path &, const Path &)

bool	operator> (const Path &, const Path &)

bool	operator>= (const Path &, const Path &)

bool	operator== (const Path &, const Path &)

bool	operator== (const Path &, const String &)

bool	operator== (const String &, const Path &)

bool	operator== (const Path &, const char *)

bool	operator== (const char *, const Path &)

bool	operator!= (const Path &, const Path &)

bool	operator!= (const Path &, const String &)

bool	operator!= (const String &, const Path &)

bool	operator!= (const Path &, const char *)

bool	operator!= (const char *, const Path &)

std::size_t	hash_value (const Path &p)

void	shared_ptr_create (SharedPtrImpl &, void obj, void(deleter)(void ))

void	shared_ptr_create (SharedPtrImpl &, ObjectBase obj)

void	shared_ptr_inc (SharedPtrImpl *&)

void	shared_ptr_dec (SharedPtrImpl *&)

unsigned int	shared_ptr_get_count (SharedPtrImpl *const &)

void *	shared_ptr_get (SharedPtrImpl *const &)

void *	shared_ptr_release (SharedPtrImpl *&)

String	operator+ (const String &s1, const String &s2)

String	operator+ (const char *s1, const String &s2)

String	operator+ (const String &s1, const char *s2)

String	operator+ (char c, const String &s2)

String	operator+ (const String &s1, char c)

bool	operator== (const String &s1, const String &s2)

bool	operator== (const char *s1, const String &s2)

bool	operator== (const String &s1, const char *s2)

bool	operator!= (const String &s1, const String &s2)

bool	operator!= (const char *s1, const String &s2)

bool	operator!= (const String &s1, const char *s2)

bool	operator< (const String &s1, const String &s2)

bool	operator< (const char *s1, const String &s2)

bool	operator< (const String &s1, const char *s2)

void	swap (String &s1, String &s2)

Detailed Description

Contains the public interface of OPALS.

Enumeration Type Documentation

◆ ApplyTrafo

enum ApplyTrafo

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
first	apply transformation to the first grid before subtracting
second	apply transformation to the second grid before subtracting
Count	number of elements

◆ BeamInfo

enum BeamInfo

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
BeamVector	Beam vector in the world coordinate system.
BeamVectorSCS	Beam vector in the sensor coordinate system.
Range	Measurment range.
ScanAngle	Scan angle as defined by LAS standard.
PanAngle	The pan angle is the rotation of scanner head around primary axis of scanner. In case of a 1-D scanner, this is the varying angle around the only axis of the scanner.
Count	number of elements

◆ BoundaryType

enum BoundaryType

strong

BoundaryType enumerates different types of outlines of a point cloud.

Enumerator
convexHull	convex hull (strictly convex boundary polygon)
minimumRectangle	minimum enclosing, oriented rectangle
alphaShape	alpha shape ( strictly simple boundary polygon with dished parts but without holes)
Count	number of elements

◆ CalcMode

enum CalcMode

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
perimeter	Calculate only the perimeter.
area	Calculate only the area.
both	Calculate perimeter and area.
Count	number of elements

◆ DataSetType

enum DataSetType

strong

Possible data set types as used in DataSetStats (see opalsInfo)

Enumerator
odm	OPALS Datamanager file.
vector	General vector data file (las, shp, ..)
grid	Grid data file.
tin	Triangulation data file.
Count	number of elements

◆ DBHModel

enum DBHModel

strong

Specifying DBH geometry fitting model.

Enumerator
auto_	automatic model selection
cylinder	cylinder model
cone	cone model
Count	number of elements

◆ DivisionMode

enum DivisionMode

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
irregular	free division division of cells
hierarchical	quad-tree division of cells
Count	number of elements

◆ EchoRatioMode

enum EchoRatioMode

strong

Enumerator defining different types of EchoRatio computation (used by opalsEchoRatio)

Enumerator
basic	basic echo ratio (# neighb. 3D / # neighb. 2D * 100)
slopeAdaptive	slope adaptive echo ratio (slope based extension of 3D radius) if slope available, basic e.r. otherwise
Count	number of elements

◆ EdgeDetector

enum EdgeDetector

strong

Enumerator for edge detection algorithm used in Module EdgeDetect.

Enumerator
Canny	Canny Edge Detector.
Count	number of elements

◆ EdgeHandling

enum EdgeHandling

strong

Enumerator defining different strategies for handling the image border pixels.

Enumerator
trend	Pixels beyond the image edge are linearly extrapolated based on the nearest and second nearest pixel value.
mirror	Pixels beyond the image edge are mirrored, so the order of pixels is inverse.
propagate	Pixels from the image border are propagated beyond the image edge.
nodata	Pixels beyond the image edge considered as nodata values. See noDataHandling parameter.
Count	number of elements

◆ FillMethod

enum FillMethod

strong

Enumerator defining different raster fill methods.

Enumerator
feature	Use a statistic feature of the boundary gap points for filling.
plane	Uses tilted plane fit to fill gaps.
adaptive	Uses adaptive plane fit with inverse distance weighting.
triangulation	Uses triangulation of boundary points.
kriging	Fill gap with kriging interpolation.
Count	number of elements

◆ FullwaveAlgorithm

enum FullwaveAlgorithm

strong

Enumerator defining different pulse extraction methods.

Enumerator
gaussian	Gaussian decomposition, standard.
asdf	ASDF only (no pulse width)
enhancedGaussian	Gaussian decompostion, ASDF echo detection.
Count	number of elements

◆ GapInfo

enum GapInfo

strong

Write additional gap information to files.

Enumerator
BoundaryMask	Write file with boundary pixels of individual gaps.
BoundaryValues	Write file with boundary pixels showing their actual value.
MBR	Write minimum bounding rectangles of individual gaps.
VoidMask	Write file with void pixels of individual gaps.
Count	number of elements

◆ GeomModel

enum GeomModel

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
mean	Mean.
robustMean	Robust Mean.
plane	Plane.
robustPlane	Robust Plane.
quadric	Quadric.
robustQuadric	Robust Quadric.
Count	number of elements

◆ GridInterpolator

enum GridInterpolator

strong

Enumerator defining different grid interpolation methods (used by opalsGrid)

Enumerator
snap	simple 'snap-height-of-nearest-data-point' interpolation
nearestNeighbour	nearest neighbour interpolation
naturalNeighbours	natural neighbours interpolation
delaunayTriangulation	Delaunay triangulation interpolation.
movingAverage	moving average interpolation (=moving horizontal plane)
movingPlanes	moving (tilted) plane interpolation
robMovingPlanes	robust moving (tilted) plane interpolation
movingParaboloid	moving circular, elliptic or hyperbolic paraboloid
thinPlateSpline	thin plate spline interpolation
kriging	kriging interpolation
Count	number of elements

◆ GridResolution

enum GridResolution

strong

Enumerator for specifying the (output) grid resolution depending on the size of the processing kernel.

Enumerator
native	output grid size equals native input grid size
halfKernel	output grid size equals half kernel size
kernelSize	output grid size equals entire kernel size
Count	number of elements

◆ HeaderFeature

enum HeaderFeature

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
all	all possible header feature
overviewZ	Z-Matrix overview.
overviewPcount	Pcount-Matrix overview.
Count	number of elements

◆ Hemisphere

enum Hemisphere

strong

Hemispheres of the Earth or another planet.

Enumerator
north	Northern hemisphere.
south	Southern hemisphere.
Count	number of elements

◆ HistoMode

enum HistoMode

strong

HistoMode enumerates different modes of histogram computations.

Enumerator
automatic	derived mode from attribute type
real	allow arbitrary bin width values
integer	limits bin width and centers bins to natural numbers
Count	number of elements

◆ IndexType

enum IndexType

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
tile	flat tiling structure
quadtree	quad- or octree structure (depending on index dimension)
kdtree	kd-tree structure
rtree	r-tree structure
Count	number of elements

◆ KernelShape

enum KernelShape

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
square	square kernel (Chebyshev metrics))
circle	circular kernel (Euclidean metrics)
diamond	diamond kernel (Manhattan metrics)
Count	number of elements

◆ LogLevel

enum LogLevel

strong

Enumerator defining different importance levels of log records.

Enumerator
none	Suppress all logging output.
error	Some failure that cannot be handled. Program execution is aborted.
warning	Some weird program state which can still be handled (e.g. 'poor matrix condition', 'poor data distribution')
info	Some progress that may be interesting in everyday-use.
verbose	Something that may help in understanding normal program behaviour.
debug	Anything that may help 'debugging' by means of a release-build.
Count	number of elements

◆ LSMProcMode

enum LSMProcMode

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
local	LSM for a set of patches (xy position and patch size)
continuous	LSM for patches sliding along the flight path (patch length and overlap)
global	LSM for entire overlap area.
Count	number of elements

◆ LSMTrafoType

enum LSMTrafoType

strong

Type of transformation used for LSM computation.

Enumerator
zShift	compute z-shift only
shifts	compute 3D-shifts only
rigid	compute rigid 3D transformation (3 rotations + 3 shifts = 6 parameters)
mounting	compute 3D-shifts and flight direction aligned rotations (roll-pitch-yaw)
helmert	compute 3D Helmert transformation (3 rotations + 3 shifts + 1 scale = 7 parameters)
full	compute full 3D affine transformation (12 parameters)
Count	number of elements

◆ MergePolygonMode

enum MergePolygonMode

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
safe	incremental merge of polygon parts (slow but robust)
fast	build polygon object at once (fast but fails in case of topological incorrect polygon parts)
Count	number of elements

◆ MorphOperation

enum MorphOperation

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
erode	morphological erosion filter
dilate	morphological dilation filter
open	morphological opening filter
close	morphological closing filter
Count	number of elements

◆ NavigationFrame

enum NavigationFrame

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
ned	north east down (ARINC)
enu	east north up
Count	number of elements

◆ NoDataHandling

enum NoDataHandling

strong

Enumerator for defining the behaviour in case of nodata pixels in the image kernel.

Enumerator
fill	Fills nodata values in the input dataset, if a valid value can be calculated.
leave	Leaves nodata value as it is.
avoid	If a nodata value is covered by the filter kernel, nodata value is assigned to output dataset pixel.
Count	number of elements

◆ NormalsAlgorithm

enum NormalsAlgorithm

strong

Enumerator defining different normals estimation methods.

Enumerator
simplePlane	performs a simple plane fit
robustPlane	performs a robust plane fit
fmcd	robust plane fit based on the Fast Minimum Covariance Determinant
Count	number of elements

◆ NormalsDirection

enum NormalsDirection

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
upwards	make all NormalZ positive or zero
downwards	make all NormalZ negative or zero
toOrigin	towards the origin of the coordinate system
fromOrigin	away from the origin of the coordinate system
toScanner	towards the scanner position where the point was recorded from (Requires: BeamVectorX, BeamVectorY, BeamVectorZ)
fromScanner	away from the scanner position where the point was recorded from (Requires: BeamVectorX, BeamVectorY, BeamVectorZ)
Count	number of elements

◆ NormalsMetaInfo

enum NormalsMetaInfo

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
minimum	Storage of normal vector, sigma0 and estimtation method.
medium	Storage of 'minimum' infos, eigenvalues, nr. of given points and nr. of used points.
maximum	Storage of 'medium' infos, eigenvektor matrix.
Count	number of elements

◆ OpennessFeature

enum OpennessFeature

strong

Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
positive	positive openness
negative	negative openness
Count	number of elements

◆ RasterDataType

enum RasterDataType

strong

The data type of each pixel of a raster.

Enumerator
uint8	8 bit unsigned integer
uint16	16 bit unsigned integer
int16	16 bit signed integer
uint32	32 bit unsigned integer
int32	32 bit signed integer
float32	32 bit floating point
float64	64 bit floating point
cint16	Complex 16 bit signed integer.
cint32	Complex 32 bit signed integer.
cfloat32	Complex 32 bit floating point.
cfloat64	Complex 64 bit floating point.
Count	number of elements

◆ RasterType

enum RasterType

strong

Enumerator defining different data selection modes.

Enumerator
point	pixel (center) represents a point, mainly used for DTM grids
area	pixel represents area, mainly used for rater images like hill shading, etc.
Count	number of elements

◆ ResamplingMethod

enum ResamplingMethod

strong

Enumerator defining different resampling methods.

Enumerator
weightedAverage	weighted average (low pass filter)
simpleAverage	simple average (low pass filter)
nearestNeighbour	nearest neighbour
bilinear	bi-linear interpolation
bicubic	bi-cubic interpolation
never	indicator avoiding resampling
Count	number of elements

◆ RobustInterpolator

enum RobustInterpolator

strong

robust surface interpolation methods

Enumerator
plane	tilted plane
paraboloid	elliptic, circular or hyperpolic paraboloids
adapting	adapting surface (prefers higher degree if necessary)
Count	number of elements

◆ ScannerOrientation

enum ScannerOrientation

strong

Approximate directions of the scanner axes w.r.t. the platform, restricted to right-handed systems: front/back/left/right/up/down.

Enumerator
frd	front/right/down
fdl	front/down/left
flu	front/left/up
fur	front/up/right
bdr	back/down/right
bld	back/left/down
bul	back/up/left
bru	back/right/up
lfd	left/front/down
ldb	left/down/back
lbu	left/back/up
luf	left/up/front
rdf	right/down/front
rbd	right/back/down
rub	right/up/back
rfu	right/front/up
ufl	up/front/left
ulb	up/left/back
ubr	up/back/right
urf	up/right/front
dlf	down/left/front
dbl	down/back/left
drb	down/right/back
dfr	down/front/right
Count	number of elements

◆ SearchMode

enum SearchMode

strong

Dimensionality selector.

Enumerator
d2	Search based on 2D coordinates (x and y) only.
d3	Search based on full 3D coordinates (x,y and z)
d2_5	Search based on 3D coordinates but with different horizontal and vertical scales.
Count	number of elements

◆ SegmentationMethod

enum SegmentationMethod

strong

Enumerator defining different segmentation methods.

Enumerator
condClustering	Performs the default conditional region growing based on euclidean 2D, 2.5D or 3D neighbourhood search.
planeExtraction	This method detects planar surface segments with the use of normal vectors.
Count	number of elements

◆ SegmentSort

enum SegmentSort

strong

Enumerator for sorting segments.

Enumerator
native	internal continous segment numbers
ascendingPSize	sort ascending by points per segment
descendingPSize	sort descending by point per segment
Count	number of elements

◆ SelectionMode

enum SelectionMode

strong

Enumerator defining different grid interpolation methods (used by opalsGrid)

Enumerator
nearest	pure nearest neighbour (nn) selection
quadrant	quadrant-wise nn selection, ie. nn per quadrant, then 2nd nn per quadrant, ...
octant	octant-wise nn selection, ie. nn per octant, then 2nd nn per octant, ...
Count	number of elements

◆ ShadingMethod

enum ShadingMethod

strong

Enumerator defining different shading methods.

Enumerator
tanaka	use algorithm according to Tanaka
lambert	lambertian reflection (proportional to cosine of incident angle)
peucker	lambertian reflection (approximation according to Peucker)
Count	number of elements

◆ StripAdjustStage

enum StripAdjustStage

strong

Defines the workflow phases of module StripAdjust.

Enumerator
importData	Import strip data.
preprocess	Preprocess data.
adjust	Do the actual adjustment.
postprocess	Postprocess the adjusted data.
exportData	Export the adjusted data.
exportStrips	Export the adjusted strips.
Count	number of elements

◆ TerrainFilterMethod

enum TerrainFilterMethod

strong

Enumerator for terrain filtering methods.

Enumerator
robustInterpolation	terrain points filter via (hierarchical) robust surface interpolation
Count	number of elements

◆ TopologyProcessingMethod

enum TopologyProcessingMethod

strong

Enumerator defining different modes in opalsLineTopology.

Enumerator
merge	Best candidate merging strategy (iterative)
longest	Merge lines based on recursive longest line strategy (Dijkstra)
clean	Build topologically correct line networks.
Count	number of elements

◆ TrajectoryCorrectionModel

enum TrajectoryCorrectionModel

strong

Correction models for flight trajectories.

Enumerator
bias	Offsets of position and rotation. Polynomial degree: 0.
linear	Offsets and scales of position and rotation. Polynomial degree: 1.
spline	Cubic spline. Polynomial degree: 3.
Count	number of elements

◆ UsageLevel

enum UsageLevel

strong

Frequency of use / needed level of user experience of an option.

Enumerator
basic	Relevant for all kinds of use.
mid	Relevant for advanced use only.
pro	Relevant for expert use only.
Count	number of elements

◆ ValueSource

enum ValueSource

strong

Origin of an option value.

Enumerator
unknown	The value's origin is unknown.
internalDefault	The value has been set internally by the module.
configFile	The value has been parsed from a configuration file.
estimated	The value has been estimated, probably based on other values.
paramMapping	The value has been mapped from a parameter file.
interFace	The value has been set interactively / via the public interface.
pickle	The value has been set from a serialized instance.
run	The value has been set during module execution.
Count	number of elements

◆ VectorizationMode

enum VectorizationMode

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
toPolyline	converts a grid/raster to polyline topology connecting the cell centers
toPolygon	converts a grid/raster to polygon topology enclosing the boundary of connected cells
Count	number of elements

◆ ZStatsMode

enum ZStatsMode

strong

TODO: Enumerator for what?

Enumerator
horizontalPlane	Use signed distances to a horizontal plane within the current point for statistics computation.
tiltedPlane	Use signed distances to a titled plane within the current point based on its normal vector for statistics computation.
Count	number of elements

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◆ ApplyTrafo

◆ BeamInfo

◆ BoundaryType

◆ CalcMode

◆ DataSetType

◆ DBHModel

◆ DivisionMode

◆ EchoRatioMode

◆ EdgeDetector

◆ EdgeHandling

◆ FillMethod

◆ FullwaveAlgorithm

◆ GapInfo

◆ GeomModel

◆ GridInterpolator

◆ GridResolution

◆ HeaderFeature

◆ Hemisphere

◆ HistoMode

◆ IndexType

◆ KernelShape

◆ LogLevel

◆ LSMProcMode

◆ LSMTrafoType

◆ MergePolygonMode

◆ MorphOperation

◆ NavigationFrame

◆ NoDataHandling

◆ NormalsAlgorithm

◆ NormalsDirection

◆ NormalsMetaInfo

◆ OpennessFeature

◆ RasterDataType

◆ RasterType

◆ ResamplingMethod

◆ RobustInterpolator

◆ ScannerOrientation

◆ SearchMode

◆ SegmentationMethod

◆ SegmentSort

◆ SelectionMode

◆ ShadingMethod

◆ StripAdjustStage

◆ TerrainFilterMethod

◆ TopologyProcessingMethod

◆ TrajectoryCorrectionModel

◆ UsageLevel

◆ ValueSource

◆ VectorizationMode

◆ ZStatsMode