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From the News Room
TNT 2011 is the 62st Release of the TNT products
MicroImages maintains an ambitious software development schedule with a new version of the TNT products coming out every year with new features, fixes, and speed-ups.
This aggressive schedule allows the company to implement innovative features quickly and be responsive to user requests.
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29 December 2011
Geospatial Script Builder: Use Graphical Interface to Design Scripts TNT 2012
The Script Builder in TNTmips Pro (Script
/ Builder) provides a graphical design environment
for creating standalone processing
scripts in the TNT geospatial scripting language
(SML). The Builder window provides a large design canvas and
a list from which you can choose classes
and functions to place in the canvas. The
design canvas shows these script components
as boxes that can be moved as needed
and minimized or expanded to hide or show
the details of the function/class parameters.
You create a process flow in the design canvas
by graphically connecting the output of
one component to the input of the next.
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20 December 2011
Tilesets - Google Earth: View Shaded Relief Using a Custom Terrain TNT 2012
Collada tilesets that you create in TNTmips combine your custom
elevation data with a raster image that is draped over that terrain for
3D viewing in Google Earth. A shaded-relief raster produced directly
from your elevation data (DEM raster) in the Topographic
Properties process in TNTmips provides a very useful image to use
as the drape image in a Collada tileset. When you view a shadedrelief
Collada tileset in Google Earth, features of your custom 3D
surface are visually accentuated by the relief shading in the drape
image. Subtle topographic features that might be obscured by vegetation
patterns or cultural features in an aerial or satellite image drape become more obvious in the more uniformly-textured shaded
relief image, especially if you have used high-resolution elevation
data as input (e.g., bare-earth Lidar DEM).
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14 December 2011
Tilesets - Google Earth: Use Custom Terrains for Projects TNT 2012
Large-scale mining and construction projects can significantly
alter the local shape of the terrain. If you have updated
imagery and elevation data (e.g., a Lidar DEM) for a project
site, you can use the Export Collada Tileset process in
TNTmips (Tileset / Export Collada) to prepare the data for
3D viewing of the reshaped surface in Google Earth. The
process produces a KMZ file containing a tiled set of Collada
models that incorporate your imagery and terrain data. When
you open the KMZ file in Google Earth, it loads
the Collada models for the current viewing area and view
scale, allowing you to view your imagery draped over your
custom terrain surface. An example of a mine
site in Pennsylvania is shown ...
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7 December 2011
Tilesets - Google Earth: View Geodata using Your Custom Terrain TNT 2012
The Export Collada Tileset process in TNTmips (Tileset / Export
Collada) allows you to process your custom imagery and
high-resolution elevation data for viewing in Google Earth. The
process produces a KMZ file containing a tiled set of Collada
models that incorporate your imagery and terrain data. When you open the KMZ
file in Google Earth, Google Earth loads the Collada models for
the current viewing area and view scale, allowing you to view
your imagery draped over your detailed custom terrain surface.
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2 December 2011
Tilesets - Google Earth: Overlay Geodata Using a Custom Terrain TNT 2012
The Export Collada Tileset process in TNTmips
(Tileset / Export Collada) allows you to process
your custom elevation data and imagery into a
Collada tileset for viewing in 3D in Google Earth.
The basic inputs for the process are an elevation
raster (Digital Elevation Model) and a raster
image covering all or part of the same area.
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28 November 2011
Geospatial Script Builder: Reproject TIFF and Export to JPEG2000 TNT 2012
The SML Script Builder provides a visual interface for creating geospatial processing scripts in TNTmips.
This Technical Guide describes a script that takes a georeferenced GeoTIFF image
as input, reprojects/resamples it to a specified coordinate
reference system and cell size, and transforms it to JPEG2000 format with 12:1 lossy compression.
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22 November 2011
Geospatial Script Builder: Reproject Image To Match Reference TNT 2012
The SML Script Builder provides a visual interface for creating geospatial processing scripts in TNTmips.
This Technical Guide describes a Script Builder example that resamples and reprojects a raster image
in a TNTmips Project File to a match the projection, extents, and cell size of a reference RVC raster image.
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16 November 2011
Geospatial Script Builder: Exporting an Image TNT 2012
The SML Script Builder provides a visual interface for creating geospatial processing scripts in TNTmips.
This Technical Guide describes a Script Builder example that exports a raster image in a Project File
to a PNG file with auxiliary georeference files.
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9 November 2011
Tutorial: 3D Perspective Visualization TNT 2011
Updated tutorial ... The 3D Perspective Visualization booklet was updated to reflect the current features of TNTmips 2011.
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2 November 2011
Geospatial Scripting: Operating the Script Builder TNT 2012
The SML Script Builder provides a visual interface for creating geospatial processing scripts in TNTmips.
This Technical Guide outlines the basic operations used to construct scripts using the Script Builder.
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26 October 2011
Spatial Display: Annotate Tool TNT 2012
The Annotate tool provides quick access to frequently
used sketching tools without having to open the
GeoToolbox. The drawing tools for annotation are added directly to the View
window toolbar when the Annotate tool is active. A CAD object is created and saved, which can subsequently be added like any CAD object
or opened as a sketch to add more elements.
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21 October 2011
Tutorial: Editing Vector Geodata TNT 2011
Updated tutorial ... The Editing Vector Geodata booklet was updated to reflect the current features of TNTmips 2011.
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11 October 2011
Spatial Display: Microsoft Bing Maps Reference Layer TNT 2011
Under MicroImages' license with Microsoft, you can add
a Bing Maps global reference layer in three different styles
to any view in TNTmips, TNTedit, or TNTview.
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5 October 2011
Terrain Operations: Watershed Flowpath and Basin Thresholds TNT 2011
The generation of stream flowpath lines and basin polygons from a
digital elevation model raster (DEM) in the Watershed process in
TNTmips is governed by several threshold value settings: Inlet,
Outlet, Branch, and Basin. The default
threshold settings are computed based on the dimensions of the input
DEM. All of these thresholds are area values related to "flow accumulation":
for each DEM cell, the size of the upstream area that contributes flow to that cell.
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28 Sept 2011
LIDAR: Use LAS Files as Single Seamless Dataset TNT 2012
The Lidar Manager in TNTmips lets you create a single Lidar DataSet (LDS)
file that links to an entire set of LAS files. You can create a
Lidar DataSet from any set of LAS files, including LAS tile files
or original flight line files that are mixed, contiguous, or disjoint.
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20 September 2011
Compute Sample Position Points TNT 2011
A new Quick Guide has been posted showing how you can compute points that represent sampling
locations for polygons.
What Computing Sample Position Points Gives You
- Create centered or randomly located points in each vector polygon
- Establish sampling locations for grids generated by the Polygon Grid process
- Transfer attributes from polygons to points
- Save created points in a new vector object color maps, etc.
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15 September 2011
Create Geodata Templates TNT 2011
A new Quick Guide has been posted showing how you can create templates for use in making new
objects from any existing, editable object in TNT's Editor.
What Creating Geodata Templates Give You
- Save any object that can be directly opened in the Editor as a template
- Create a new object of same data type, georeference and database structure
- Create geometric object templates with style object and other subobjects
- Create raster object templates with subobjects such as contrast tables,
color maps, etc.
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8 September 2011
Use the Mask Editor TNT 2011
A new Quick Guide has been posted showing how you can use the Mask Editor to edit and save a
null mask or separate mask raster for a target raster object.
What Using the Mask Editor Gives You
- Create mask that excludes designated raster areas from display or processing
- Use variety of drawing tools to mark the areas to be masked
- Set highlight colors and transparency for included, excluded, and marked areas
- Save the mask as a null mask subobject or as a separate binary raster object
- Directly create/edit masks in the Spatial Display process and other processes that
provide a View of the input raster object
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2 September 2011
Quick-Add RGB Raster Sets TNT 2011
A new Quick Guide has been posted showing how you can add one or more sets of raster objects as
a single RGB layer by clicking on the same icon used to quick-add any
type of single-object layer.
What Quick-Adding RGB Raster Sets Gives You
- Save time by adding RGB raster sets with a single click
- Add additional layer types to overlay with the RGB layer
- Automatic identification of red, green, and blue components using color name
- Ability to quick-add multiple RGB sets if they have different extents
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29 August 2011
Copy, Cut, and Paste Raster Pieces TNT 2011
A new Quick Guide has been posted showing how to Copy, Cut, and Paste Raster Pieces.
What Copy, Cut, and Paste Raster Pieces Give You
- Select specific area within the raster layer to cut or copy
- Create new raster object with areas copied/cut from any raster layer
- Paste from any raster object into an existing raster object
- Reposition, rotate, or scale areas before pasting
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23 August 2011
Automatic Style Assignment TNT 2011
A new Quick Guide has been posted: DID YOU KNOW . . . you can automatically create and assign a drawing
style to each attribute value attached to elements in geometric objects?
What Automatic Style Assignment Gives You
- Predefined symbols for points and solid colors for lines and polygon fills
- Choose color palette to assign random colors to the attributes
- Define start and end colors for color spread for each element type
- Apply size spread to point symbols, line elements, and polygon borders
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15 August 2011
Spatial Display: Show Places Pane—Zoom to a Location TNT 2012
The View window sidebar has five optional panes including
Show Zoom and Show Places that let you zoom to
the location of your choice using map scale, tileset zoom
level, and geographic coordinates or by a name search
for a geographic feature or area of interest. It can also
provide access to frequently-used views that you have
named and saved. Each of these panes and the entire
sidebar can be opened/closed with a single mouse click.
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8 August 2011
Sharpen Images in Display TNT 2011
A new Quick Guide has been posted: DID YOU KNOW . . . you can sharpen raster images in the view using
the integrated image filtering in the display process?
What Sharpening Images in Display to View Gives You
- Display sharper images without altering the original raster object(s)
- Select from a variety of filter types and sizes to apply to each raster layer
- Create custom filters with desired shape, size, and weighting coefficients
- Blend the filtered and unfiltered image in the display
- Set the amount contributed by each image in the blend
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2 August 2011
TNT Hot Keys TNT 2011
The TNT Hot Keys Quick Guide has been updated. Use these keyboard shortcuts for frequently used operations.
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28 July 2011
Add Internet Tilesets to View TNT 2011
A new Quick Guide has been posted: DID YOU KNOW . . . you can select tileset layers from the Internet for
viewing alone or in combination with local map and image layers?
What Adding Internet Tilesets to View Gives You
- Reference layers for georeferencing, tracing features, editing geometric layers
- Add maps and images from TNT's list of reference tilesets
- Use a tileset by pasting in its web URL
- Use recent list to reselect previously viewed tilesets
- Add a tileset to your own favorites list
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22 July 2011
LIDAR: Extract LAS Points by Area and/or by Class TNT 2012
You can use the Lidar Manager in TNTmips Pro (Terrain / Lidar
Manager) to extract points from one or more input LAS files and
transfer them to one or more output LAS files. (See the Technical
Guide entitled LIDAR: Manage
LAS Point Clouds for a general
introduction to the process). You can extract all input points or
limit the selection by area or by class.
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18 July 2011
LIDAR: Merge and/or Tile LAS Point Clouds TNT 2012
The Lidar Manager in TNTmips Pro (Terrain / Lidar Manager)
can perform a number of operations on Lidar point files in the
LAS format (see the Technical Guide entitled LIDAR: Manage
LAS Point Clouds). Among these operations are the options to
produce new output LAS files by merging and/or tiling the
input files.
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12 July 2011
LIDAR: Manage LAS Point Clouds TNT 2012
TNTmips allows you to directly view and process LIDAR point
data stored in the standard LAS file format. The Lidar Manager
process provides a suite of specialized tools that allow
you to prepare, repair, and process large sets of LAS files. In
the Lidar Manager you can:
- scan and link to multiple LAS files
- update LAS files in place or produce new LAS files
- change class numbers assigned to points
- extract points by area or by class
- reproject points to a different coordinate reference system
- merge LAS point clouds
- subdivide individual or merged inputs into rectangular tiles.
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7 July 2011
Geospatial Scripting: Make KML Point Super–Overlay from Polygons TNT 2012
Complex vector polygon map layers covering large areas can be rendered to standard
raster tilesets with a transparent background for efficient display on the web
in Google/Bing Maps or Google Earth. However, these tilesets can not preserve
accompanying database information for presentation in the geobrowser.
MicroImages has created a geospatial script that processes a TNT vector object
with polygons to produce KML-formatted point data with a point for each polygon
and all polygon attributes transferred to the points. This point data layer can be
mashed up with a tileset rendered from the source polygons to display these polygon's
attributes as information balloons in Google Maps or Google Earth.
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28 June 2011
2010 USA 1-meter Image Coverage TNT 2011
View in TNTmips, Google Maps, Bing Maps, Google Earth, or Open Layers.
All USA 2003 to 2010 coverage is available.
The 1-meter color image coverage collected by the USDA NAIP program is now available as USA state tilesets for use in
TNTmips, TNTedit, TNTview, and TNTatlas.
Simply select the state tileset by name in the list shown in the "Select objects to display" dialog.
(Click the 'locations' down arrow in the path field and navigate to: Web > National > USA > States.)
All previously collected USDA coverage of each state (2003 to 2009) is currently being converted to standard web tilesets and added as processed.
If you are using these tilesets in TNTmips to georeference imagery, you can select the year and condition that most closely matches your image.
To view all the available annual layers for a state in Google Maps, simply select the state by name or map on our State Orthophotos page (via Google Maps link on the lower / middle section of microimages.com home page).
All of each state's annual coverage is presented in a single geomashup so that you can use toggle buttons to switch between years for easy change detection.
If 2-meter coverage was collected, it is resampled to 1-meter for consistency in the geomashup.
Some states also have color-infrared coverage that has been added to the layer selection list presented for each state in the Google Maps view.
Sample vector overlays derived from geometric layers are being added to toggle on/off as overlays.
See the Counties optional layer by choosing Nebraska from the list or map.
This layer includes Township-Range-Section boundaries at higher zoom levels.
A farm field polygon layer (Common Land Units = CLU) will be added later as well as other experimental layers.
Watch the Nebraska Google Maps geomashup where these and other new statewide layers are being tested.
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20 June 2011
Using Google Maps to retrieve individual property ownership records TNT 2012
This sample mashup of Lincoln and Lancaster county uses Google Maps' familiar interface and content and adds an overlay of 105,000 parcel polygons and a method to review ownership information for each polygon. The design illustrated here has a performance that will not degrade, even if millions of polygons were used each with a very complex boundary (e.g., soil, crop, wetland, geologic, or other polygons)!
This sample was built entirely in TNTmips DV2012. Publishing this kind of raster and vector hybrid mashup does not require any special software or changes to the web site that hosts it. You simply copy the mashup (an HTML file) and the web ready tileset prepared in TNTmips to the web site and publish a link to the mashup file.
The Lancaster County Assessor has an excellent web site providing access to very detailed information about each parcel of land in the city and surrounding Lancaster County. There are several mechanisms for anyone to use to access their public records via the Internet for any property in the County. One of the methods is to enter the property parcel number associated with each polygon. This Lincoln mashup also illustrates using a URL containing this parcel number to jump to the Assessors site to view their detailed records for the selected parcel. No modifications to the Assessor's web site were necessary and they do not own or use TNTmips. They also remain responsible for how their site is designed, legal implications, updating cycle, maintenance, funding and all other aspects.
Google Maps provides an almost universally understood world-wide means to present a few geometric features and/or interpreting features from its image and map content. It is not as useful when millions of special polygon features, such as land ownership, need to be located, selected, and provided with additional details. This Lincoln sample illustrates how a combination of a raster tileset and a KML tileset can be used together to overcome this limitation and provide useable performance independent of the number/complexity of polygons used in the mashup.
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14 June 2011
Tutorial: Building and Using Queries TNT 2011
Updated tutorial ... The Building and Using Queries booklet was updated to reflect the current features of TNTmips 2011.
It contains three new pages on using the interactive Query Builder, which simplifies constructing
simple or compound queries. It also contains a new Selection Query for Dynamic Labels page.
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7 June 2011
Tutorial: Editing CAD Geodata TNT 2011
Updated tutorial ... The Editing CAD Geodata booklet was updated to reflect the current features of TNTmips v2011.
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1 June 2011
Tutorial: Using Geospatial Formulas TNT 2011
Updated tutorial ... The Using GeoSpatial Formulas booklet was updated to be consistent with the v2011 interface.
It also contains two new pages on using the standalone GeoFormulas process (Script/GeoFormula),
which lets you save script output as a raster object.
These pages include step by step instructions for using the GeoFormula Creation Wizard to set up scripts to do mathematical operations
on existing objects and to evaluate problems that involve multiple variables (Multi-criteria Decision Analysis, or MCDA).
The titles for these two new pages are: Standalone GeoFormula Process, and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis.
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24 May 2011
Spatial Display: Show Places Pane—Bing Maps Service TNT 2012
The Bing Map Service operation in the View window sidebar's Show Places pane uses
Microsoft's Bing Geocode Service to
match the address, place, or geographic
feature to map coordinates.
You are authorized to use Microsoft's
Bing Map Location Service by license
paid for monthly by MicroImages for your professional TNT
product.
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18 May 2011
Spatial Display: Show Places Pane—Saved Locations TNT 2012
The View window sidebar has an optional Show Places pane
that lets you zoom to the location of your choice using map
scale and geographic coordinates or by a name search for a
geograhic feature or area of interest. It can also provide
access to frequently-used views that you have named and
saved. The Show Places pane is one of several quick use
panes that can be optionally shown and used via the
sidebar. Each of these panes and the entire sidebar
can be opened and closed with a single mouse click.
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10 May 2011
Geomedia Publishing: Geomashup Sidebar for Google Earth TNT 2012
A Geomashup for Google Earth launches a browser window
with standard zoom and pan controls and a sidebar
for custom controls. The sidebar provides a text entry
field to fly to a location, an overlay legend and selection
list, and a customizable HTML pane.
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4 May 2011
Georeference: Style Control Points by Residual TNT 2012
Control points are displayed in the Georeference process as an
independent layer in the Input and Reference views. You can
set the styles used for the control points and their labels and
choose to auto-hide point labels to prevent crowding when
many points are shown in the view. You can also assign colors
to control points based on residual values. This option is especially
useful when you are evaluating the spatial distribution of
residuals for a large number of control points created using the
Auto-Register procedure.
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28 April 2011
Tutorial: Making Map Layouts TNT 2011
Updated tutorial ... The Making Map Layouts booklet was updated to be consistent with the TNTmips v2011 interface.
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21 April 2011
Tutorial: Georeferencing TNT 2011
Updated tutorial ... This booklet was completely rewritten to reflect the changes in the new Georeference process of TNTmips v2011.
New features in the Georeference process include:
* new auto-register feature that uses nominal georeference and a reference image
* set up virtual map grid in any CRS and snap control points to grid intersection
* snap control points to elements (line, point, nearest vertex)
* ability to toggle control points on/off in View windows
* ability to import GPS control points
* auto-rounding of coordinates
* use local or remote tileset as a reference layer
* assign colors to control points in View windows by residual range (DV2012 only)
* allow mass selection of controls points
* ability to save computed coefficients to text file
* show CRS used in summary section
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13 April 2011
Geomedia Publishing: Geomashup Map Control Options TNT 2011
Geomashups include a variety of controls to allow the viewer to select
which data layers and area to view and other components providing
view enhancements such as an overview map and search bar.
MicroImages uses the term standard map controls to refer to controls
and features that are provided and supported directly by the web mapping
API you have selected (i.e., the geobrowser in which the geomashup
will be viewed). Standard map controls include
base map selection and zooming /
panning, as well as various view enhancements.
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6 April 2011
Georeference: Auto-Register Canon EOS Camera Image TNT 2011
Control points for this natural-color aerial image were automatically generated using the USDA NAIP 2010 natural-color
orthoimage mosaic of Brookings County, South Dakota (JP2 file) as a reference.
The image was acquired in 2010 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service using a Canon EOS 5D digital camera and a Canon EF 14 mm wide angle lens mounted on a fixed-wing aircraft at an altitude of approximately
835 meters above the terrain. The camera line-of-sight was
not vertical when the image was acquired. Ground elevations in the image area vary by about 30 meters.
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30 March 2011
Georeference: Auto-Register Landsat 5 to a Global Web Tileset TNT 2011
The global Landsat 742 standard web tileset published by Microimages for use in TNTmips was used via the
internet to automatically generate 1740 control points for this Landsat 5 image.
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24 March 2011
Geospatial Scripting: Auto-Register Images using Web Tileset TNT 2011
The Georeference process in TNTmips includes an Auto-Register procedure
to automatically generate hundreds to thousands of control points for an image using a reference image of the same area. This same capability is also available for use in scripts using
the TNT Geospatial Scripting Language (SML). MicroImages has
provided two sample scripts to demonstrate this capability: one that uses one of the standard web tilesets
hosted at the MicroImages website as the reference image, and one that uses a local color-composite raster in a TNT Project File
as the reference.
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17 March 2011
Spatial Display: Contrast Enhancement using Local Areas TNT 2011
Aerial and satellite images may include very bright areas (such as
clouds, snow) and very dark areas (such as water) in addition to
your areas of interest. If these bright or dark areas are extensive,
their influence on the brightness histograms for the entire image
may make it difficult to design appropriate contrast and color for
your areas of interest. The Raster Contrast Enhancement window
in TNTmips allows you to design contrast enhancement using the
image characteristics of any portion of the displayed image.
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14 March 2011
System: Search for KML Files on the Internet TNT 2011
You can use TNTmips to search the Internet for KML files based
on place name, extents, and/or number of elements. Direct use of
KML files with a known location is described in the Technical
Guide entitled System: Direct Use of KML/KMZ Files. To begin
searching the Internet for KML files, open the Select Objects dialog,
click on the Web Search tab, then on the KML tab and choose
between the Search, Places, Extents, and Elements tabs.
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18 February 2011
Georeference: Overview TNT 2011
Geospatial data that you obtain for use in your projects may be
provided without georeference information or with nominal
georeference that may not be accurate enough for your objectives.
The Georeference process in TNTmips has been designed with an
intuitive and flexible interface to let you efficiently carry out various
georeferencing tasks, including:
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16 February 2011
Georeference: Control Point List TNT 2011
The Georeference window includes a control point list interface
that has been carefully designed to allow you to easily customize
the information being presented to suit your changing georeference
tasks. At any time you can vary the columns being shown, sort the
list in ascending or descending order using values in any column,
and set the residual units and the coordinate precision to show.
Coordinate values can be edited directly in the list, and groups of
point records can be simultaneously selected to be disabled, enabled,
or deleted.
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9 February 2011
Georeference: Auto-Register to Reference Image TNT 2011
Creating georeference control points manually for a large aerial or satellite image
to improve its registration to reference geodata can be a time-consuming task.
The Georeference process in TNTmips provides an Auto-Register operation that
automatically generates hundreds to thousands of control points for an input
image using a reference image of the same area.
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4 February 2011
Bing Maps layers in TNTmips TNT 2011
You now have direct access in your TNT 2011 product to the global map and image coverage provided by Microsoft's Bing Maps. You can directly add these layers (image, image with labels, or roads) to any view window in TNTmips, TNTedit, and TNTview (professional
licenses only).
Flexible Viewing:
Select using Bing icon on display tool bar
Add like any other layer in a TNT display
Combine with other raster or geometric layers
View in any size, CRS, or differential zoom
Enter location to "jump to" view
Add/refresh in seconds via broadband link
DataTip shows image date
Sample Applications:
Sketch and save features in geometric object
Use in spatial editor to create or update elements
Select control points for georeferencing
Use as general background location layer in any view
Include in your layouts and PDF files
Terms of Use:
Licensed from Microsoft for use in your TNT product
No extra charge for year 2011
Not available for use in TNTmips Free
Can be separately licensed for use in TNTmips Basic
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27 January 2011
Georeference: Import GPS Control Points from GPX File TNT 2011
GPX (the GPS Exchange Format) is an XML
data format for the interchange of GPS data
(waypoints, routes, and tracks) between applications.
Using the Georeference process
in TNTmips you can import GPS points directly
from GPX files to use as control points
in georeferencing your spatial data objects.
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24 January 2011
Georeference: Choosing a Model TNT 2011
In the georeference process you can choose from a number of
mathematical models to compute control point residuals and judge
the fit of individual points. These models are coordinate transformations
that relate the spatial distribution of control points in object
coordinates to their distribution in reference (map) coordinates.
Models of varying mathematical complexity are provided to account
for different types of spatial distortion that may be present in
the object you are georeferencing. Simpler mathematical models
may be used to account for relatively uniform distortion, such as
shrinkage of a paper map prior to scanning or tilt distortion in an
aerial image acquired at an oblique angle to the ground. More
complex models can partially compensate for non-uniform, spatially-
varying distortion within an aerial or satellite image such as
can be introduced by the optics of an imaging system or by terrain
effects (relief displacement) ...
Georeference: Choosing a Model ...
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19 January 2011
TNTmips 2011 is here!
Please download and use the 2011 version of your TNT products.
If you have not ordered your upgrade to this official release version 2011 please contact info@microimages.com for a quotation.
If you have already been using the development version of TNTmips 2011 under your test forward (trial) license it will expire on February 11, 2011.
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14 January 2011
Georeference: Simple and Implied TNT DV2011
In some cases you may acquire geospatial data with
georeference information only in a nonstandard metadata or other
text file that cannot be automatically parsed or used by TNTmips
during import. Most often such georeference information is in the
form of simple georeference for raster data or implied georeference
for geometric objects (see box at top right for definitions). In the
Georeference process you can manually enter the necessary parameters
that you have derived from the metadata to set up simple
or implied georeference for such objects. These operations are
integrated into the normal georeference workflow, as described ...
Georeference: Simple and Implied ...
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11 January 2011
Georeference: Snap Control Points to Elements or Reference Grid TNT DV2011
The Georeference process in TNTmips provides several different
modes for adding or editing control points. These modes are designed
to assist you in placing the points.
Several helper modes for placing control points are available, including
snapping individual control points to elements in an
input or reference geometric object (vector, CAD, or shape). Separate
options are available to snap to the nearest line or point and to snap to the nearest line vertex. You can also set up a virtual map
grid in any map coordinate system and snap control points to the
nearest grid intersection.
Georeference: Snap Control Points to Elements or Reference Grid ...
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4 January 2011
Georeference: Multiband and Multiresolution Images TNT DV2011
The Georeference process in TNTmips provides a convenient
and flexible interface for georeferencing multiband images, including
those that have bands or band sets with differing spatial
resolutions. You can simultaneously georeference any set of bands
of an image that have the same image dimensions, then simply
transfer that georeference information to other bands in the
image that have different spatial dimensions and resolution.
Georeference: Multiband and Multiresolution Images ...
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