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From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
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Subject: Re: LAS Land Analysis System
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Date: 8 Apr 89 05:47:15 GMT
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From COSMIC:
I scanned this in.  Note: there is likey to be export control on this software.
If you are outside the US, you will have to go thru your embassy in
Washington DC.

Another gross generalization from

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M88-10237 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
LAS- LAND ANALYSIS SYSTEM
P. B. PEASE FORTRAN 77(80%),C-LANGUAGE(15%),ASSEM-
BLER(5%) Approximately 200,000 source statements 9 Track 1600
BPI DEC VAX BACKUP Format Magnetic Tape
DEC VAX Series
GSC-13075 Price: License $5,000.00/Documentation $300.00
(Program Available By License Agreement Only)
The Land Analysis System (LAS) is an image analysis system designed to
manipulate and analyze digital image data and provide the user with a
wide spectrum of functions and statistical tools for analysis. LAS
provides a tlexible framework for algorithm development as well as the
processing and analysis of image data. LAS functions include various
image analyses such as clustering, classification, film processing,
Fourier transforms, geometric registration, image repair, radiometric
correction, and manipulation of image statistics. Data files accepted
by LAS include formats such as LANDSAT, Thematic Mapper, and EDIPS.
Geometric transformations include correction of LANDSAT distortion,
grey-1evel correlation, mapping grids, coordinate system conversions,
and other general cartographic transformations. LAS can repair broken
lines by averaging, correct for cyclic offsets, and perform various
pixel manipulations. The program provides functions for intensity
transformation and multispectral processing. LAS graphical output is
designed for the Versatec plotter. The program also supports two
display systems under VAX-supplied commands: the International Imaging
Systems display processors, and Hazeltine Interactive Analysis
terminals. LAS will process images of up to 8196 pixels per line, with
8196 lines per image band. The LAS application programs are integrated
under an interface called the Transportable Applications Executive
(TAE). TAE has four modes of user interaction: menu, direct command,
tutor (or help), and dynamic tutor. They allow users, from beginner to
expert level, to exercise specific application options. TAE contains a
subsystem to manage its cataloging and filing systems. The Catalog
Manager (CM) is responsible for hierarchical file access and
maintenance through TAE. The LAS package is available by license for a
period of ten years to approved domestic licensees. The license fee
includes the source code to LAS; the TAE and CM programs; and one
complete set of supporting documentation. Additional copies of the
documentation may be purchased separately at any time. LAS is written
in FORTRAN 77, C, and Assembler for interactive execution and has been
implemented on a DEC VAX 11/780 computer operating under VMS 4.0 with
a central memory requirement of approximately 80K of 8 bit bytes. LAS
requires use of the IMSL scientific subroutine library for full
implementation, and an array processor is recommended. This program
was developed in 1986 and updated in 1987.