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How do I get SBuilderX to compile seasons?

jmig

jmig

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I have spent two days reading online and trying various suggestions to get SBuilderX 315 to compile different seasons. One place I read that you can go to the Properties menu and there is a tab for seasons. However, all I see is a tab for Land Class. Is this seasons? The tab says that you have to start with numbers and Class. Everywhere else I have read that the original BMP file is ended with _SP, _SU. _WI, etc., just like the Blend And Water layers to compile the different seasons.

All I know is that everytime I include the _SP, _Su, etc. files with the -B and _W, SBuilderX just compiles the _B & _W layers with the BMP file.

What am I doing wrong?
 
  1. Click on the edge of the map
  2. Right mouse click
  3. Register Card seasons
There you have the Dialog to specify seasons.

It Is a bit tricky for doing it. When you click on the edge of the satellite photo you should see four red dots on the Corner of the Image.

Kind regards from Switzerland

Conrad

SBuilderX-1.jpg


SBuilderX Selection-0.jpg


SBuilderX-2.jpg


SBuilderX-3.jpg
 
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Thank you, so much, Conrad! I really appreciate you taking the time to show me. I will open SBuilderX right now.

John
 
I am still having problems. I did all the above and opened the different seasons. When I ran the compiler, it only used the three files, BMP, W & B. I went back and just selected Faal (FA) and Spring (SP), since here in Louisiana that is really all we have. This time the DOS box opened only for a second and then closed. No BGL was generated, however the INI file was generated and it showed using five files.

I tied it again selecting the two seasons. This time it ran, but only used the three primary files.

I must be doing something wrong, but I dont know what?

John
 
I had the same Problems at the beginning using SBuilderX - it has some peculiarities - as you have. You should check the Photo01.inf file which is produced by SBuilderX.

It is located on the following place:

C:\Program Files (x86)\SBuilderX313\Tools\Work

Yours might be slightly different,depending on your Installation.

The Photo01.inf file should look similar to this one here:

Code: 
[Source]
   Type = MultiSource
   NumberOfSources = 8

[Source1]
   Type = BMP
   Layer = Imagery
   SourceDir = "."
   SourceFile = "L16X5236X5247Y41990Y41998_SU.bmp"
   Variation = July,August,September
   Channel_BlendMask = 7.0
   Channel_LandWaterMask = 8.0
   NullValue =
   SamplingMethod = Gaussian
   ulyMap =  54.1527843
   ulxMap = -165.6188965
   xDim =  1.07288411458351E-05
   yDim =  6.28420138888851E-06

[Source2]
   Type = BMP
   Layer = Imagery
   SourceDir = "."
   SourceFile = "L16X5236X5247Y41990Y41998_SP.bmp"
   Variation = April,May,June
   Channel_BlendMask = 7.0
   Channel_LandWaterMask = 8.0
   NullValue =
   SamplingMethod = Gaussian
   ulyMap =  54.1527843
   ulxMap = -165.6188965
   xDim =  1.07288411458351E-05
   yDim =  6.28420138888851E-06

[Source3]
   Type = BMP
   Layer = Imagery
   SourceDir = "."
   SourceFile = "L16X5236X5247Y41990Y41998_FA.bmp"
   Variation = October,November
   Channel_BlendMask = 7.0
   Channel_LandWaterMask = 8.0
   NullValue =
   SamplingMethod = Gaussian
   ulyMap =  54.1527843
   ulxMap = -165.6188965
   xDim =  1.07288411458351E-05
   yDim =  6.28420138888851E-06

[Source4]
   Type = BMP
   Layer = Imagery
   SourceDir = "."
   SourceFile = "L16X5236X5247Y41990Y41998_WI.bmp"
   Variation = December,February,March
   Channel_BlendMask = 7.0
   Channel_LandWaterMask = 8.0
   NullValue =
   SamplingMethod = Gaussian
   ulyMap =  54.1527843
   ulxMap = -165.6188965
   xDim =  1.07288411458351E-05
   yDim =  6.28420138888851E-06

[Source5]
   Type = BMP
   Layer = Imagery
   SourceDir = "."
   SourceFile = "L16X5236X5247Y41990Y41998_HW.bmp"
   Variation = January
   Channel_BlendMask = 7.0
   Channel_LandWaterMask = 8.0
   NullValue =
   SamplingMethod = Gaussian
   ulyMap =  54.1527843
   ulxMap = -165.6188965
   xDim =  1.07288411458351E-05
   yDim =  6.28420138888851E-06

[Source6]
   Type = BMP
   Layer = Imagery
   SourceDir = "."
   SourceFile = "L16X5236X5247Y41990Y41998_LM.bmp"
   Variation = Night
   Channel_BlendMask = 7.0
   Channel_LandWaterMask = 8.0
   NullValue =
   SamplingMethod = Gaussian
   ulyMap =  54.1527843
   ulxMap = -165.6188965
   xDim =  1.07288411458351E-05
   yDim =  6.28420138888851E-06

[Source7]
   Type = TIFF
   Layer = None
   SourceDir = "."
   SourceFile = "L16X5236X5247Y41990Y41998_SU_B.TIF"
   SamplingMethod = Gaussian
   ulyMap =  54.1527843
   ulxMap = -165.6188965
   xDim =  1.07288411458351E-05
   yDim =  6.28420138888851E-06

[Source8]
   Type = TIFF
   Layer = None
   SourceDir = "."
   SourceFile = "L16X5236X5247Y41990Y41998_SU_W.TIF"
   SamplingMethod = Gaussian
   ulyMap =  54.1527843
   ulxMap = -165.6188965
   xDim =  1.07288411458351E-05
   yDim =  6.28420138888851E-06

[Destination]
   DestDir = "."
   DestBaseFileName = "7AK_Photo01"
   DestFileType = BGL
   LOD = Auto
   UseSourceDimensions = 1
   CompressionQuality = 85

You might need to edit your Photo01.inf file. You wont possibly not get around this!

Regards

Conrad
 
I just remember you have to select "All Maps" in the Selection-menu on the Menu-bar:

SBuilderX Selection-1.jpg

SBuilderX Selection-2.jpg


I hope this helps!

Regards

Conrad
 
Here is the INI that was produced after the failed attempt to produce a BGL. You will see that I tried to produce it with only two seasons. When I selected all fours seasons, I got a message that nothing was selected when I tried yo compile. However, the ALL MAPS icon was lit. Anyway, it did not work with two seasons.

[Source]
Type = MultiSource
NumberOfSources = 5

[Source1]
Type = BMP
Layer = Imagery
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "L17X63225X63258Y107959Y107996.BMP"
Variation = July,August,September,December,February,March,January
Channel_BlendMask = 4.0
Channel_LandWaterMask = 5.0
NullValue = 255,255,255
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = 30.2317810833333
ulxMap = -93.1736755277778
xDim = 5.36441738153736E-06
yDim = 4.63589638157852E-06

[Source2]
Type = BMP
Layer = Imagery
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "L17X63225X63258Y107959Y107996_SP.tif"
Variation = April,May,June
Channel_BlendMask = 4.0
Channel_LandWaterMask = 5.0
NullValue = 255,255,255
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = 30.2317810833333
ulxMap = -93.1736755277778
xDim = 5.36441738153736E-06
yDim = 4.63589638157852E-06

[Source3]
Type = BMP
Layer = Imagery
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "L17X63225X63258Y107959Y107996_FA.tif"
Variation = October,November
Channel_BlendMask = 4.0
Channel_LandWaterMask = 5.0
NullValue = 255,255,255
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = 30.2317810833333
ulxMap = -93.1736755277778
xDim = 5.36441738153736E-06
yDim = 4.63589638157852E-06

[Source4]
Type = TIFF
Layer = None
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "L17X63225X63258Y107959Y107996_B.TIF"
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = 30.2317810833333
ulxMap = -93.1736755277778
xDim = 5.36441738153736E-06
yDim = 4.63589638157852E-06

[Source5]
Type = TIFF
Layer = None
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "L17X63225X63258Y107959Y107996_W.TIF"
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = 30.2317810833333
ulxMap = -93.1736755277778
xDim = 5.36441738153736E-06
yDim = 4.63589638157852E-06

[Destination]
DestDir = "."
DestBaseFileName = "Photo01"
DestFileType = BGL
LOD = Auto
UseSourceDimensions = 1
CompressionQuality = 85

John
 
Problem possibly detected:

[Source2]
Type = BMP
Layer = Imagery
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "L17X63225X63258Y107959Y107996_SP.tif"
Variation = April,May,June
Channel_BlendMask = 4.0
Channel_LandWaterMask = 5.0
NullValue = 255,255,255
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = 30.2317810833333
ulxMap = -93.1736755277778
xDim = 5.36441738153736E-06
yDim = 4.63589638157852E-06

[Source3]
Type = BMP
Layer = Imagery
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "L17X63225X63258Y107959Y107996_FA.tif"
Variation = October,November
Channel_BlendMask = 4.0
Channel_LandWaterMask = 5.0
NullValue = 255,255,255
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = 30.2317810833333
ulxMap = -93.1736755277778
xDim = 5.36441738153736E-06
yDim = 4.63589638157852E-06

Change them both to TIFF and it will work. Make also sure you have:

SBuilderX Selection-3.jpg

when selecting Compile!

Regards

Conrad
 
Thanks again for all the help and suggestions. I got it to work by modifing the INI, as you suggested, and dragging and dropping it onto resample.exe. SBuilderX continues to say nothing is selected, when All Maps and Select All are highlighted and active.

Now, I have a new problem. "He looks to the heavens" One, I hope I can solve on my own. The Blend mask doesn't seem to be working completely. I am seeing bleed through. I will check the files.

I appreciate the help.

John
 
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