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GRIDVECTOR (version 1) : AN ARC/INFO AML PROGRAM TO EXTRACT
LINEAR FEATURES FROM A GRAY-SCALE IMAGE OF A PAPER
GEOLOGICAL MAP
by

Feliks Persits
 
Open-File Report 97-713


/******************************************************************************
/*                                 GRIDVECT
/*                               Version 1.0
/*                   PROGRAMMER:  FELIKS M. PERSITS
/*                             January 20, 1997
/* THIS AML PROGRAM IS COMPATIBLE WITH ARC/INFO, ver. 7.0.4 RUNNING ON
/* SUN 1000 WITH SOLARIS 2.5 OPERATING SYSTEM. IT IS DESIGNED TO EXTRACT

/* LINEAR FEATURES (VECTORS) FROM A GRAY-SCALE GRID. THAT GRID IS A RESULT
/* OF THE CONVERSION OF A GEOREFERENCED, SCANNED IMAGE OF A PAPER GEOLOGICAL
/* MAP, USING ARC/INFO'S REGISTER AND RECTIFY COMMANDS WITH POINT COVERAGE
/* OF LAT/LONG CROSSES FROM THE ORIGINAL PAPER MAP AS A REFERENCE.

/* PROGRAM MAY WORK FOR OTHER SIMILAR APPLICATIONS.
/* DESIRED LINES ON THE MAP ARE BOUNDARIES SEPARATING VARIOUS GEOLOGICAL
/* FEATURES, DISPLAYED ON THE IMAGE BY THIN DARK STRIPS OR THE AVERAGE GRAY
/* LEVEL OR EVEN PATTERN. FEATURES TREATED AS NOISE ARE LAT/LONG GRID LINES,
/* RIVERS, TEXT ANNOTATIONS, ETC. AFTER EXTRACTION OF LINES , THE PROGRAM
/* CREATES A POLYGON COVERAGE WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS:
/* GLG - CHARACTER ITEM TO DENOTE GEOLOGICAL NAME OF POLYGON, INDICATING ITS
/* TYPE.

/* G - INTERGER ITEM TO KEEP TRACK OF POLYGONS POPULATED WITH GLG OR NOT.
/* THE PROGRAM IS BASED ON STANDARD ARC/INFO GRID, ARCSCAN AND ARCEDIT COMMANDS.
/* BECAUSE THE PROGRAM USES THE ARC/INFO GRIDLINE COMMAND TO CREATE A LINE
/* COVERAGE FROM A BINARY GRID PREPARED BY THE PROGRAM, FINAL RESULTS ARE

/* VERY DEPENDENT ON HOW GRIDLINE WORKS.
/* OVERALL RESULTS ARE A FUNCTION OF THE PAPER MAP QUALITY, THE PARAMETERS
/* SELECTED, AND IMAGE RESOLUTION. BECAUSE OF ARCGRID'S MAXIMUM FILTER SIZE OF
/* 7 PIXELS, OPTIMAL SCANNER RESOLUTION IS SET TO 200 DOTS/INCH.

/* THERE ARE TWO MAIN CHOICES WHEN YOU DECIDE UPON THRESHOLDS FOR THE DARK LINE
/* VALUE AND THE AVERAGE SLOPE LEVELS:

/* 1. SELECT LOWER THRESHOLDS. IT RESULTS IN MORE LINES BEING EXTRACTED, BUT
/* REQUIRES THE SUBSEQUENT REMOVAL OF MANY FALSE LINE SEGMENTS.
/* 2. SELECT HIGHER THRESHOLDS. IT RESULTS IN LESS LINES EXTRACTED, BUT MORE

/* DIGITIZATION IS REQUIRED.
/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
/*!!! YOU HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH DISK SPACE (AT LEAST THREE TIMES MORE THAN
/* THE INPUT GRID SIZE) BECAUSE THE PROGRAM CREATES SEVERAL TEMPORARY GRIDS.
/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
/* INPUT FILE - ARC/INFO GRAY-SCALE GRID.
/* OUTPUT FILE - ARC/INFO POLYGON COVERAGE "NEWLINES"
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
/* VARIABLE LIST:

/* inp - name of input grid
/* scle - scale of original paper map
/* smofilt - smoothing filter size (3, 5, 7)
/* enhfilt - boundary enhancing filter size (3, 5, 7)

/* minloc - minimum value to select dark lines
/* locslope1 - minimum value to select average slope

/* s_mode - mode of line extraction:
/* 1 - extract all possible lines
/* 2 - extract only dark lines
/* 3 - extract only gray-scale level changes
/* wed - weed tolerance for GRIDLINE and ARCEDIT
/* thickn - thickness for GRIDLINE
/* grn - grain tolerance for SPLINE
/* edtdis - editdistance for ARCEDIT
/* ndssnap - editsnap for ARCEDIT
/* snp - editsnap for ARCEDIT
/* asnp - arcsnap for ARCEDIT
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
/* COMPLEMENTARY FILES IN WORKSPACE:
/* filtset.menu - menu file to select filters size and map scale
/* minset.menu - menu file to select dark line level
/* slopeset.menu - menu file to select maximum average slope value
/* s_mode.menu - menu file to select mode for line extraction
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
/****************************************************************************

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
&terminal 9999
display 9999 3

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
/*-- Remove intermediate XX-files which might remain after previous runs.

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
&type trying to delete /* XX-files

\rm xx*
\rm -r xx*
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
/*--Check existence of input grid and menu files
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
grid
clear
&sv inp := [getgrid '*' 'Enter input grid']

&if [exist %inp% -grid] and [exist filtset.menu -file] and [exist minset.txt ~
-file] and [exist slopeset.menu -file] and [exist s_mode -file] &then
&if [exist maj -grid] &then kill maj all
&if [exist smo -grid] &then kill smo all
&if [exist inpg -grid ] &then kill inpg all
&if [exist inpgc -grid] &then kill inpgc all
&if [exist enh -grid] &then kill enh
&if [exist locdif1 -grid] &then kill locdif1 all

&if [exist locsl -grid] &then kill locsl all
&if [exist locslope -grid] &then kill locslope all
&if [exist locslope1 -grid] &then kill locslope1 all
&if [exist locslope2 -grid] &then kill locslope2 all
&if [exist filtloc -grid] &then kill filtloc all
&if [exist dif -grid] &then kill dif all
&if [exist loc -grid] &then kill loc all
&if [exist newl -cover] &then kill newl all
&if [exist newln -cover] &then kill newln all
&if [exist newlines -cover] &then kill newlines all
&do
mapextent %inp%
gridpaint %inp% # # # GRAY
/*------------------------------------------------------------
/*--Create rectangular grid by clipping input grid
/*------------------------------------------------------------
&type Select clipping polygon for all further processing

gridclip %inp% inpgc *
clear

mapextent inpgc
gridpaint inpgc # # # GRAY
/*---------------------------------------------------------------
/* Thread to select map scale and filter size
/*---------------------------------------------------------------
&thread &create filter_select &modal &menu filtset &pos &right &display
/*--------------------------------------------------------------
/* do majority filter on input grid to create smoother mean
/*--------------------------------------------------------------
inpg = majorityfilter(inpgc,four,majority)

&type draw maj - smoothing
shadeset colorrange
gridshades inpg # linear
/*----------------------------------------------------------
/* do max smoothing filter twice
/*----------------------------------------------------------
&type Start grid processing
gridedit drawing off
gridedit edit inpg
&type First smoothing
gridedit filtersize %smofilt%
gridedit selectall
gridedit smooth max
&type the first smoothing done (smo1)
gridedit smooth max
gridedit save smo
gridedit drawing off
/*----------------------------------------------------------
/* do 3 times edge enhancement for input
/*----------------------------------------------------------
&type start enhancement
gridedit drawing off
gridedit edit inpg
gridedit filtersize %enhfilt%
gridedit selectall
gridedit enhance sharpen

&type the first enh done
/* ! second edge enhancement
gridedit enhance sharpen
&type the second enh done
/* ! the third edge enhancement
gridedit enhance sharpen
&type the third enh done
gridedit save enh
kill inpgc all
gridedit drawing on
&type draw input enhanced
shadeset colorrange
gridshades enh # linear
/*-------------------------------------------------------
/*-- Do difference = majority filter on input - smoothed input
/* to select local min and max
/*-------------------------------------------------------
&type Difference calculation

gridedit drawing off
dif = inpg - smo
gridedit drawing on
&type draw dif
shadeset colorrange
gridshades dif # linear
/*------------------------------------------------------------------
/*--Interactive setting %minloc% value
/*------------------------------------------------------------------
&type SELECT minimum VALUE representing lines you need
cellvalue dif *
&thread &create line_val &modal &menu minset &pos &right &display
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------

/*--Do average slope on smoothed grid
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------

/* locdif1 = con(dif.value < -70,1,0)
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------
kill inpg all
&type calc slope
locslope1 = focalmean(slope(smo,degree),rectangle,%smofilt%,%smofilt%)
kill smo all
&type slope smoothing
gridedit drawing on
shadeset colorrange
gridshades locslope1 # linear
/*------------------------------------------------------------
/* Interactive setting %locslope1% value
/*-------------------------------------------------------------
&type SELECT minimum VALUE representing lines on this grid
cellvalue locslope1 *
&thread &create slope_set &modal &menu slopeset &pos &right &display
clear
/*---------------------------------------------------------------
/*--Set of conditions to create binary grid "filtloc" as a input
/* for GRIDLINE
/*----------------------------------------------------------------
&thread &create s_mode &modal &menu s_mode &pos &right &display

clear
&select %s_mode%
&when 1
&do
&type Mode is all
if (dif <= %minloc% and enh <= 0.1 and ~
(abs(locslope1) >= %maxslope%)) then
filtloc = 1
&end
&when 3
&do
&type Mode is level
if (abs(locslope1) >= %maxslope%) then
filtloc = 1

&end
&when 2
&do
&type Mode is dark
if (dif <= %minloc% and enh <= 0.1) then
filtloc = 1

&end
&end
/*---------------------------------------------------------
kill enh all
kill dif all

kill locslope1 all
&type draw filtloc

gridpaint filtloc
&end
/* &else
/* &do
/* &type %inp% is not grid or you missed filtset, minset, ~
/* slopeset, s_mode menu files
/* &return

/* &end
/*-----------------------------------------------------------

/*---------------- Exit from GRID
/*-----------------------------------------------------------
q
/*-----------------------------------------------------------
/*-----------------start GRIDLINE----------------------------
/*-----------------------------------------------------------
&type speckle removing
griddespeckle filtloc loc 7 7
kill filtloc all
display colormap default
&type start GRIDLINE
&sv wed = %scle% / 15000
&sv grn = %scle% / 15000
&sv edtdis = %scle% / 1500
&sv ndsnp = %scle% / 7500
&sv snp = %scle% / 7500
&sv asnp = %scle% / 10000
&sv thickn = %scle% / 250
gridline loc newlines data thin nofilter round # %thickn% 0.0 %wed%
kill loc all
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------
/*---------------- coverage processing-------------------------
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------
display 9999 3
ae
ec newlines
ef lines
editdistance %edtdis%
grain %grn%
weedtolerance %wed%
nodesnap closest %ndsnp%
arcsnap on %asnp%
snapping closest %snp%
drawenv arc
symbolitem newlines arc 3
select all
splinemethod default
/* splinemethod mcconalogue
spline
select all
move parallel 0
intersect all
image %inp%
draw
save
q
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------
/*-----------------Create outer boundary for coverage
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------
&type draw outer frame
tables
sel newlines.bnd
&sv xmin = [show record 1 xmin]
&sv ymin = [show record 1 ymin]
&sv xmax = [show record 1 xmax]
&sv ymax = [show record 1 ymax]
q
ae
ec newlines
mape newlines
ef line
drawenv arc
symbolitem newlines arc 3
image %inp%
draw
&pushpoint 2 %xmin% %ymin%
&pushpoint 2 %xmin% %ymax%
&pushpoint 2 %xmin% %ymax%
&pushpoint 2 %xmax% %ymax%
&pushpoint 2 %xmax% %ymax%
&pushpoint 2 %xmax% %ymin%
&pushpoint 2 %xmax% %ymin%
&pushpoint 2 %xmin% %ymin%
&pushpoint 9 0 0
add
save
q
/*------------------------------------------------------------
/*--Clean, build coverage and eliminate small polygons
/* caused by GRIDLINE
/*------------------------------------------------------------
&type cleaning newlines
clean newlines newln 0.0 %wed%
kill newlines all
&type build newlines
build newln
eliminate newln newlines # poly # area
~res area < 15000000
~
n
n
kill newln all
/*------------------------------------------------------------
/*--Create additional items in polygon FAT and set default value
/* for item g = 3
/*------------------------------------------------------------
createlabels newlines
build newlines
additem newlines.pat newlines.pat glg 5 5 C
additem newlines.pat newlines.pat g 2 2 I
ae
mape newlines
ec newlines
ef label
select all
calc g = 3
/*------------------------------------------------------------
/*--Draw final coverage and save result
/*------------------------------------------------------------
drawenv arc label
symbolitem newlines arc 3
symbolitem newlines label g
image %inp%
draw
&pause 'Look at the result and hit ENTER to save'
save
q
&return
 
 
-----------------FILTSET.MENU-----------------------------------
7
Specify filter size and grid scale

Smoothing_filter: %smofilt
Boundary_filter: %enhfilt
Grid scale: %scle
%apply
/* %smofilt choice smofilt single init 5 help 'Smooth filter =' 3 5 7
/* %enhfilt choice enhfilt single init 5 help 'Boundary filter =' 3 5 7
%scle input scle 10 init 7500000 help 'Scale denominator' integer
%smofilt input smofilt 10 init 5 help 'Smooth filter (3,5,7)' integer
%enhfilt input enhfilt 10 init 5 help 'Boundary filter (3,5,7)' integer
%formopt setvariables immediate
%forminit &s smofilt = 5
%forminit &s enhfilt = 5
%apply button keep Apply &return
 

-----------------------------------MINSET.MENU---------------------
7
Specify minimum value, representing line
Min_value_for_line: %minloc

%apply
%minloc slider minloc 60 step 2 init -10 integer -150 0
%formopt setvariables immediate
%forminit &s minloc = -10
%apply button keep Apply &return
 

---------------------------------SLOPESET.MENU--------------------
7
Specify maximum slope for boundary

Max_value_for_slope: %maxslope
%apply
%maxslope slider maxslope 40 step 0.02 init 0.1 real 0 2.0
%formopt setvariables immediate
%forminit &s maxslope = 0.08
%apply button keep Apply &return
 

------------------------------------S_MODE.MENU--------------------
7
Select source of lines:3-gray level jump, 2-dark outline or 1-all sources

Mode: %s_mode
/* Boundary_filter: %enhfilt
/* Grid scale: %scle
%apply
%s_mode choice s_mode single init all help 'What to trace=' 1 2 3
/* %enhfilt choice enhfilt single init 5 help 'Boundary filter =' 3 5 7
/* %scle input scle 10 init 7500000 help 'Scale denominator' integer
/* %smofilt input smofilt 10 init 5 help 'Smooth filter (3,5,7)' integer
/* %enhfilt input enhfilt 10 init 5 help 'Boundary filter (3,5,7)' integer
%formopt setvariables immediate
%forminit &s s_mode = 1
/* %forminit &s enhfilt = 5
%apply button keep Apply &return

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