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diff --git a/gis/OTB/README b/gis/OTB/README index 456ea30da3..1f72146696 100644 --- a/gis/OTB/README +++ b/gis/OTB/README @@ -1,20 +1,33 @@ -ORFEO Toolbox (OTB) is an open source library of image processing algorithms. -OTB is based on the medical image processing library ITK and offers particular -functionalities for remote sensing image processing in general and for high -spatial resolution images in particular. Targeted algorithms for high -resolution optical images (Pleiades, SPOT, QuickBird, WorldView, Landsat, -Ikonos), hyperspectral sensors (Hyperion) or SAR (TerraSarX, ERS, Palsar) are -available. +ORFEO Toolbox (OTB) is an open source library of image processing +algorithms. +OTB is based on the medical image processing library ITK and offers +particular functionalities for remote sensing image processing in +general and for high spatial resolution images in particular. Targeted +algorithms for high resolution optical images (Pleiades, SPOT, +QuickBird, WorldView, Landsat, Ikonos), hyperspectral sensors +(Hyperion) or SAR (TerraSarX, ERS, Palsar) are available. -Monteverdi, a satellite image viewer with access to OTB processing, will also -be built if MONTEVERDI=ON is passed to the script. This will require the qwt -package to be installed. - -A QT application launcher will be built by default. Set QTGUI=OFF to disable -it (note that disabling Qt support will also disable Monteverdi even if -MONTEVERDI is set to ON). - -OTB may use the following optional dependencies: opencv (use OPENCV=ON). +All of OTB's algorithms are accessible from other platforms like +QGIS, Python, command line, C++, and Monteverdi. Monteverdi is a +satellite image viewer with access to OTB processing. Until version +8.1.2, Monteverdi could be included in a single build, but since 9.0.0 +version the image viewer is available only a standalone application. +If you are interested to the integrated graphic interface, you must +refer to OTB-legacy package (available in this repository) otherwise +you have to build and install separately the package Monteverdi. OTB will be built with support for the following packages if they are -available at compile time: numpy and numpy3. +available at compile time: numpy3. + +Warnings +1. The build fails if Shark is not built against the optional + dependency cblas that gives the support to ATLAS. +2. OTB sources in lastest version has changed in several areas and the + build could require - at least in some Linux distributions - the + launch of post-install scripts to patch the default settings and + adapt them to the system environment. This could not be needed in + Slackware, but the upgrade is not sufficiently tested in runtime, so + please report any issues to the maintainer. + You might also consider the installation of the legacy version that + is provided by the slackbuild OTB-legacy (v. 8.1.2) that replaces + the old OTB package. |