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Last Post 25 Jan 2011 10:00 AM by  anon
ENVI ArcGIS Tools - feature extraction
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25 Jan 2011 10:00 AM
    Hello, I'm trying to extract features from a QB image and I'm wondering how I could use an existing ruleset XML file to get the tool to work. Does the XML ruleset have to be created in ENVI EX 4.8? If so, does it need to come from the same image used in the EX workflow? I'd like to use a kind of 'template xml ruleset' that I could ideally apply to other QB images. When I look at the XML file that I saved from the ruleset feature extraction tutorial created in ENVI EX, it seems to contain all the image statistics (i.e. ranges of DN values etc.). Trying to not calculate all attributes or modifying the XML ruleset to make it 'generic' doesn't work and I always get an error message when I try to use the ENVI-ArcGIS extraction tool. My question would be, is there any 'generic' XML ruleset that I can use that lets me segment the image, using the ENVI-ArcGIS feature extraction tool based on my input scale level and maybe be able to modify the ruleset to extract certain features? If anyone has a solition I'd be very curious. Thanks, Mike

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    25 Jan 2011 01:09 PM
    Currently the XML rulesets can be applied to different images but you must use the same parameters (same segmentation value, merge value, attribute calculation). If you try to change any of those parameters, the ruleset will not apply and you will get an error. If this is not the case, it might be worthwhile to contact ITT Technical Support directly for more in-depth questions.

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    26 Jan 2011 02:22 PM
    Hi MariM, Thanks for the quick reply. Your solution worked and the feature extraction worked once I used all the same parameters that are stored in the ruleset. Just a few follow up things related to this tool...not a question really but rather some suggestions for improvement if you could pass them on: - If the parameters have to match the ruleset, why is there even an option to choose the parameters in the ArcGIS ENVI tool? It'd be great if the parameters could be changed (e.g. different segment scale level. - It would also be really useful to just have an ENVI ArcGIS tool for segmentation alone without a ruleset where one could choose the segment scale level. Thanks again, Mike
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