This task blends an RGB (red/green/blue) color representation of a digital elevation model (DEM) with a topographic feature (typically, shaded relief). The result is a color image that provides a better visual appearance of the shape and texture of topographic features than using the DEM alone.

Example


; Start the application
e = ENVI()
 
; Open an input file
File = Filepath('bhdemsub.img', $
  Subdir=['classic', 'data'], $
  Root_Dir=e.Root_Dir)
Raster = e.OpenRaster(File)
 
; Run the GetColorTable task
ColorTask = ENVITask('GetColorTable')
ColorTask.COLOR_TABLE_NAME = 'Hue Sat Lightness 2'
ColorTask.Execute
 
; Set the DEM stretch parameters
DEMStretch = ENVIStretchParameters( $
  STRETCH_TYPE='Square Root', $
  MIN_VALUE=1241, $
  MAX_VALUE=1503)
 
; Set the topographic stretch parameters
TopoStretch = ENVIStretchParameters( $
  STRETCH_TYPE='Linear', $
  MIN_VALUE=0.73, $
  MAX_VALUE=0.88)
 
; Get the topographic shading task from the catalog of ENVITasks
Task = ENVITask('TopographicShadingUsingRGB')
 
; Define inputs
Task.INPUT_RASTER = Raster
Task.DEM_STRETCH = DEMStretch
Task.DEM_COLOR_TABLE = ColorTask.OUTPUT_COLOR_TABLE
Task.TOPOGRAPHIC_PRODUCT = 'Shaded Relief'
Task.TOPOGRAPHIC_STRETCH = TopoStretch
Task.BLEND_PERCENT = 60
Task.KERNEL_SIZE = 5
 
; Run the task
Task.Execute
 
; Get the collection of data objects currently available in the Data Manager
DataColl = e.Data
 
; Add the output to the Data Manager
DataColl.Add, Task.OUTPUT_RASTER
 
; Display the result
View = e.GetView()
Layer = View.CreateLayer(Task.OUTPUT_RASTER)

Syntax


Result = ENVITask('TopographicShadingUsingRGB')

Input parameters (Set, Get): AZIMUTH, BLEND_PERCENT, DEM_COLOR_TABLE, DEM_STRETCH, ELEVATION, INPUT_RASTER, KERNEL_SIZE, OUTPUT_RASTER_URI, TOPOGRAPHIC_PRODUCT, TOPOGRAPHIC_STRETCH

Output parameters (Get only): OUTPUT_RASTER

Parameters marked as "Set" are those that you can set to specific values. You can also retrieve their current values any time. Parameters marked as "Get" are those whose values you can retrieve but not set.

Input Parameters


AZIMUTH (optional)

Specify the azimuth angle of the model in degrees. The value will only be used for the Shaded Relief product. The default value is 45.0.

BLEND_PERCENT (optional)

Specify the percentage of blending between the input raster and topographic feature. The default value is 50.0.

DEM_COLOR_TABLE (required)

Specify a color table to apply to the input raster. This parameter only acccepts a [*, 3] array of color table values. To use a predefined color table, you can run the GetColorTable task, then pass the resulting array to DEM_COLOR_TABLE.

DEM_STRETCH (required)

Specify an ENVIStretchParameters object with the stretch to apply to the input raster before applying a color table.

ELEVATION (optional)

Specify the elevation angle of the model in degrees. The value will only be used for the Shaded Relief product. The default value is 45.0.

INPUT_RASTER (required)

Specify a raster on which to perform topographic shading; for example, a DEM, gridded bathymetry data, or gridded magnetic anomaly data.

KERNEL_SIZE (optional)

Specify the size of the kernel used for topographic processing. The default value is 3.

OUTPUT_RASTER_URI (optional)

Specify a string with the fully qualified filename and path of the associated OUTPUT_RASTER.

  • If you do not specify this parameter, or set it to an exclamation symbol (!), ENVI creates a temporary file.
  • If you set it to the hash symbol (#), ENVI creates a file in the temporary directory, but this file will not be deleted when ENVI closes.

TOPOGRAPHIC_PRODUCT (optional)

Specify a string with the topographic product to calculate. The choices are as follows:

TOPOGRAPHIC_STRETCH (required)

Specify an ENVIStretchParameters object with the stretch to apply to the selected topographic product before blending.

Output Parameters


OUTPUT_RASTER

This is a reference to the output raster of filetype ENVI.

Methods


Execute

Parameter

ParameterNames

Properties


DESCRIPTION

DISPLAY_NAME

NAME

REVISION

TAGS

Version History


ENVI 5.5. 1

Introduced

See Also


ENVITask, TopographicShadingUsingHLS Task, TopographicShadingUsingHSV Task, TopographicModeling Task, TopographicFeatures Task, GenerateContourLines Task, Masking Support in ENVITasks