Presentation of Monteverdi 2 at Earsel 2013

1. Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives
Monteverdi 2.0 - Remote sensing software for
Pleiades images analysis
Julien Michel (CNES), Manuel Grizonnet (CNES)
33rd EARSeL Symposium - 3-6 June 2013 - Matera, Italy

2. Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives
Outline
Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives

3. Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives
Outline
Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives

4. Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives
Introduction
Orfeo ToolBox
Open-source remote sensing software developed by
CNES since 2006
Roadmap driven by ORFEO program (frame)
For Pleiades en-users
OTB = C++ API = developer oriented
From the begining: also need for ready-to-use tools
This talk
Tells the story of these tools
From the early applications to Monteverdi 2.0

5. Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives
Outline
Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives

6. Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives
The old OTB-Applications package (2007 – 2009)
Side OTB package created in 2007
Small tools with graphical user interface
Demonstrating single functions of the library
Not meant for operational use
No consistency between the tools (GUI, parameters,
behaviour . . . )

7. Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives
Monteverdi (2009 - 2013) - start
Motivations
End-users oriented software
Funded by CNES Departement
of Strategy and Programs
For capacity building and learning
Main interface + processing
modules

8. Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives
Monteverdi (2009 - 2013) - development (1/2)

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History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives
Monteverdi (2009 - 2013) - development (2/2)
Evolution
Usage grew far beyond the
initial scope
From 2010 to 2012: main
platform for integration of
OTB processes
In 2011: Monteverdi
becomes Pleiades-ready
(JPEG2000 support)

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History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives
The OTB applications revamped (2012 - )
Motivation
Monteverdi : swiss-knife for small remote sensing tasks
But: can not be used for heavy or batch processing
Can not inter-operate with other systems
Revamping
Set of tools each dedicated to specific tasks (classification,
segmentation . . . )
Separate the processing chain from the interface: Write
once, use everywhere
Available interfaces: command-line, auto-generated QT,
python . . .

11. Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives
The OTB applications revamped (2012 - ) command-line & python
$ otbcli_ImageSVMClassifier -in QB_1_ortho.tif -imstat clImageStatisticsQB1.xml -svm
clsvmModelQB1.svm -out classification.png uchar
#!/usr/bin/python
# Import the otb applications package
import otbApplication
# The following line creates an instance of the ImageSVMClassifier application
ImageSVMClassifier = otbApplication.Registry.CreateApplication("ImageSVMClassifier")
# The following lines set all the application parameters:
ImageSVMClassifier.SetParameterString("in", "QB_1_ortho.tif")
ImageSVMClassifier.SetParameterString("imstat", "clImageStatisticsQB1.xml")
ImageSVMClassifier.SetParameterString("svm", "clsvmModelQB1.svm")
ImageSVMClassifier.SetParameterString("out", "classification.png")
ImageSVMClassifier.SetParameterOutputImagePixelType("out", 1)
# The following line execute the application
ImageSVMClassifier.ExecuteAndWriteOutput()

12. Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives
The OTB applications revamped (2012 - ) - QT

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History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives
Outline
Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives

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History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives
Why and how ?
Why ?
Old-fashioned look & feel of Monteverdi
Duplication of functions Monteverdi vs. Applications
Limitations of Monteverdi
How ?
Ambitious road-map
Rework from scratch with a QT interface
Processing based on applications only
Up-to-date navigation
Innovative functions
Short iterative development cycles with users feedback

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History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
Perspectives
Overview

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History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
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Outline
Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
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History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
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Outline
Introduction
History
Monteverdi 2.0
Demonstration
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History
Monteverdi 2.0
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Perspectives
OTB end-users oriented tools have been constantly
improving since 2006
Monteverdi 2.0 is still in an early development stage:
First experimental version released on 03.2013
Only visualisation and navigation
Next release on 06.2013
Database manager
Link with applications
There is still a lot planned & missing:
Multi-image display (flip, transparency . . . )
GIS layers display
Processing history and replay
Images tagging and bookmarking . . . .