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Riparian Buffer Mapper
Prototype Version 1.24
GDA Corp.
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If the filenames do not follow this convention, the software will be unable to find all of the
necessary data, and will operate poorly or may crash.
The RBM requires georeferenced, band aligned IKONOS imagery in GeoTIFF format. All
four multi-spectral bands, a panchromatic band, and a metadata file must be placed in the
same folder. Each band must be provided as a separate file in 16-bit format, in raw, DN
values, and at the original spatial resolution.
Figure 3 – File selection dialog box.
The top-left section of the dialog allows you to choose the drive on which the data that you
wish to process resides. Double-clicking on the drive will open up a list of the directories
on that drive in the larger area to the right. Double-clicking on any of these directories will
list its contents, and so on, until the directory containing the input data is reached. Doubleclicking on the panchromatic image file, or selecting the panchromatic image file and
clicking “Open”, will load this file and all of its associated image files and metadata.
To make it easier to find input imagery in the future, it is possible to add shortcuts to
folders to the list on the left of the dialog. To do this, select the folder to which you would
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