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Practical Session 03-Subset and Mosaic Images

This document outlines a practical session on creating subset and mosaic images using ERDAS IMAGINE. It details the steps to subset an image of Welkite by defining an Area of Interest (AOI) and generating a new image, as well as instructions for mosaicking two images, North-AA and South-AA. The session includes activities for creating subset images with and without snapping and for creating a mosaic image of a specified area.

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Practical Session 03-Subset and Mosaic Images

This document outlines a practical session on creating subset and mosaic images using ERDAS IMAGINE. It details the steps to subset an image of Welkite by defining an Area of Interest (AOI) and generating a new image, as well as instructions for mosaicking two images, North-AA and South-AA. The session includes activities for creating subset images with and without snapping and for creating a mosaic image of a specified area.

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Practical Session 03: Subset and Mosaic Images

1. Subset an Image
Many images used in ERDAS IMAGINE usually cover a large area, while the actual area being studied can
only cover a small portion of the image. To save on disk space and processing time, you can make new images
out of a subset of the entire data set.
In this session, you use the Subset dialog to take a subset of a small urbanized Area of Interest (AOI) from a
larger scene of Welkite.
Data Set
Image Name Image Size Pixel Size Sensor Map Projection
Welkite.tif 7041 rows * 7087 columns 1.0 meter IKONOS UTM
3 bands

Create an AOI to Represent the Subset


In this session, you create an AOI (area of interest) within a large image by using an Inquire Box with Snap to
Raster option disabled. Then you use the AOI to create a subset image.
1. Open the image Welkite.tif in a 2D View. This is an image of Welkite, SNNPR.

2. Click Home tab > Fit to Frame to fit the image into the View pane.

3. Click Home tab > Inquire > Inquire Box to open an Inquire Box and corresponding dialog.
4. Uncheck the Snap to Raster checkbox to use the exact coordinates you enter for the Inquire Box in the
Subset function.
5. Enter the following coordinates into the Inquire Box dialog:
ULX: 363,000
ULY: 918,000
LRX: 367,000
LRY: 914,500
6. Click Apply on the Inquire Box dialog. The Inquire Box moves to the new coordinates.
7. Click inside the Inquire Box in the 2D View and scroll your mouse wheel to zoom in. The image in your
View should look something like this:
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Create Subset Image without Snapping
In this workflow, you use the Subset dialog to take a small Subset from a large image without using the Snap to
Raster option.

1. Click Raster tab > Subset & Chip > Create Subset Image. The Subset dialog opens. In the Input
File field, note the file name Welkite.tif is already placed.
2. Under Output File, enter Welkite-subset-nosnap.tif in a directory where you are working
(D:\\GeES631).
3. Click the From Inquire Box button to transfer the coordinates from the Inquire Box to the Subset
dialog. Note that the ULX, ULY, LRX, LRY coordinates in the Subset dialog update to the same
coordinates reported in the Inquire Box dialog.
4. Click OK in the Subset dialog to generate the subset image. The Process List dialog opens, tracking the
progress of the function. When the Job is complete, close the Job Status dialog.

Load the Subset with the Original Data


1. The original image should still be displayed in the View.
2. In the IMAGINE Workspace, click in the 2D View to activate it, then click in the Quick Access
Toolbar.
3. Click the Recent button in the Select Layer To Add dialog.
4. Select the file you just created, Welkite-subset-nosnap.tif, and click OK.
5. Click OK in the Select Layer To Add dialog.
6. The subset image displays in the View over the original image.
7. In the Contents panel, note the two layers are listed:
• Welkite-subset-nosnap.tif
• Welkite.tif
The darker pixels belong to the subset. Pixel Shift when Pixels are not
snapped to Raster.
When a subset of an image is taken from an Inquire Box that is not
snapped to the pixel grid of the original image, the subset is drawn
using the exact coordinates of the Inquire Box. Because the subset pixel grid
differs slightly from the original image’s pixel grid, the subset image
appears “shifted” from the original image.
8. In the Contents panel, right-click on Welkite-subset-nosnap.tif
and select Remove Layer. The original image Welkite.tif and the Inquire Box should still be displayed in
the View.

Activity 1: Create Subset Image with Snapping of the same area. Look the output carefully and
compare with Subset Image created without Snapping. What is the main difference?
2: Create Image of Lideta Sub-city. The output image should fit with the existing
boundary of Lideta.
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2. Mosaic Images
Data Set:
1. North-AA.img
2. South-AA.img

Procedure:
1. Open the image North-AA.img and South-AA.img in a 2D View.

2. Click Home tab > Fit to Frame to fit the image into the View pane.

3. Click Raster tab > Mosaic > MosaicPro from 2D View.


4. The data for both images display in the MosaicPro Image List CellArray, and a graphic of the images
display in the canvas of the MosaicPro workspace. If the Image List is not automatically displayed at
the bottom of the MosaicPro workspace, click Edit > Show Image Lists, and select it.
5. MosaicPro Image List displays at the bottom of the MosaicPro workspace with the images listed in the
CellArray.
6. Click the Output Image icon to define output image. In the Output Image Options dialog under Define Output
Map Area(s), make sure that Union of All Inputs is selected and click OK.
7. Click Process > Run Mosaic to run the mosaic process.
8. In the Output File Name dialog, enter the name you want to use in the directory of your choice
(D:\\GeES631), then press Enter.
9. Click the Output Options tab.
10. Check the Stats Ignore Value box to activate it.
11. Click OK in the Run Mosaic dialog. The Process List dialog shows the status of the processes.
12. Open a 2D View.
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13. Click File button > Recent and select your output file name from the Recent Documents list.
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14. Click Home tab > Fit To Frame.


15. View your output file in the 2D View.

Activity 3: Create Mosaic Image of NE and NW Topographic Map of Addis Ababa using
template of Area of Interest (AOI) provided in the lab.

The End!
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