Example 1 - Performing a segmentation

This example shows how to perform a simple segmentation and teaches some basic concepts about the user interface.

Example 1 - Database

This zip file contains:

• tijuca.tif

• Start InterIMAGE. Click on File → New Project and fill the fields according to the following:

Attention! Make sure the resource key you type in this dialog doesn't match a class name in your semantic net, otherwise InterImage won't run properly.

Attention! Make sure the keys, names and paths in your project don't have white spaces or non-ASCII characters, otherwise InterImage won't run properly.

• Check the Default Image checkbox and click the Add button. Click OK.
• Try the visualization tools: Pan, Zoom etc.

• Select the image layer and click the Composition button. Try different compositions.

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• Right-click the Scene node and click on Insert Child → Node. Select the inserted node and set its Class to Segmentation and its Color to blue. This will be our semantic net for this project.

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• Associate a segmentation top-down operator to the Segmentation node. We will use the TA_Baatz_Segmenter operator in this example. Set the operator parameters according to the following:

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• Click on File → Save Project. Click the Execute button. After the execution you should see something like this:

• Select the result layer and try different border and opacity settings.

• Now, you may want to try different values for the segmentation operator parameters. Just make the changes and re-execute the interpretation. You can also try another operators, our Operators Documentation can be helpful.

• Select the result layer and click the Export button.

• In the dialog that appears click the Class button and select the Segmentation class. Click OK.

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• Click OK and select a name for your shapefile. Click Save.

• Save the project. Once the project is saved click on File → Edit Project. Fill the fields according to the following:

• Click the Add button and then click OK.
• Select the Shape tab and click the Add button. Change Color and Opacity properties if needed, then click Save.

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