Advanced Examples
| Add function via TNTsdk: Finds a numeric text position inside a string using an SML function added via instr.c (TNTsdk). Parses text file and fills matrix. |
inputmat.sml inputmat.zip |
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| Calibrate Landsat: Automates the complex sequence of processing steps required to adjust a time-series of Landsat scenes to a common quantitative scale for use in monitoring change in surface conditions. |
LandsatCalibrationPilot.sml Calibrate Multitemporal Landsat Scenes via SML
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| Catchment Analysis: Copies the catchment polygons vector object and adds a table that records the summed areas and percentages of each geologic map unit for each catchment. Used to relate results of the SampleCatchments script to a geologic map vector object. |
GeolUnitArea.smlCatchment Analysis for Locating Ore Deposits
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| Catchments & Map Unit Areas: Relates the results of the Sample Catchments script to a geologic, soil, or other vector object containing map unit polygons. For each catchment the script tabulates the area and percent area of each intersecting map unit. These values are written to tables attached to copies of the original catchment polygon vector and sample point vector object. This generalized version of the GeolUnitArea script automatically compiles a list of unique map units from the selected vector object and tabulates areas for all units or optionally for a single target unit. |
MapUnitAreas.smlCompute Map Unit Areas for Catchments
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| DOQQ Assembly: Automated assembly of Digital Ortho photos. | doqq7.sml | |
| Export COLLADA: Automates the export of one or more manifold 3D cross-section objects to a KMZ file. This allows the section or sections to be viewed immediately in 3D in Google Earth in their correct geographic positions and orientations. The sample SML script creates a COLLADA file and corresponding PNG image file for each selected cross-section, creates the KML file that positions these models, and packages all of these products in a single KMZ file (ZIP file with a .kmz file extension) for easy use in Google Earth.
Two versions of the cross-section export script are available. They differ in the method used to animate the cross-sections and limit use of the exported KMZ file to specific Google Earth versions. |
ExportMultiSectColladaKMZ.sml ExportMultiSectColladaKMZtrack.sml ExportMultiSectColladaKMZ.zip Export 3D Cross-Sections to Google Earth
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| Export COLLADA Terrain: Creates a custom terrain surface and matching image overlay that can be viewed in 3D in Google Earth. The inputs are a DEM (Digital Elevation Model) raster and an overlapping IMAGE raster. The extents of the DEM and IMAGE do not have to match exactly, as the script automatically crops them to their common extents if necessary. These inputs also can have different coordinate reference systems. The surface and image texture are output as a COLLADA model packaged in a KMZ file (compressed KML). The COLLADA model is referenced as a placemark in the KML file stored within the KMZ. The placemark includes the WGS84 Geographic coordinates of the origin (center point) of the model, its height in meters above sea level, and its orientation (angle to north). This placemark information allows Google Earth to correctly locate and orient the terrain model in 3D space. The COLLADA model specifies a triangular mesh defining the custom 3D terrain derived from the DEM and a mapping to corresponding normalized image coordinates to allow the image (exported as a JPEG, PNG, or TIFF file) to be overlaid as a texture onto the triangular mesh in Google Earth. The triangular mesh coordinates are read from a TIN created from the DEM. The COLLADA model has projected coordinates derived from the coordinate reference system of the IMAGE (unless it has a non-projected CRS, in which case a location-appropriate UTM CRS is created and used). The custom script dialog provides interactive selection of the input DEM and IMAGE and the output KMZ file. The elevation units for the DEM (meters or feet) must be correctly specified to provide proper vertical scaling for the model. A vertical offset of the model above the Google Earth terrain surface can be set to avoid intersection of the model and the Google Earth terrain (portions of the model below the Google Earth terrain are not visible). Note that models with image overlays larger than about 1024 by 1024 cells may load very slowly in Google Earth and degrade its performance. |
ExportTerrainCollada.sml ExportTerrainCollada.zip |
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| File Extract: Get JPEG Image's EXIF header and output to text file of same name in same directory. | GetEXIF.sml | |
| Fill Nulls: Fills the no-data cells in the DEMs produced from the Radar data acquired by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). |
SRTMfill.smlPatch Holes in SRTM DEMs
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| Focal Mean: Write result of focal mean operation for a raster cell chosen from a vector point. | focalmean.sml | |
| Focal Mean: Calculates focal mean around a point in a raster layer corresponding to a point in a vector layer. For example, extract maximum points from an elevation raster then use the resulting vector points and the original raster. |
vecfocal.sml vecfocal.zip |
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| GeoMashup: Automated, regularly-scheduled geomashup application that downloads updated geospatial data from the Internet, processes and combines the data with other geospatial data, and posts the result on a web page for viewing in the Google Earth browser plug-in. The source geospatial data for this demonstration are global earthquake epicenter locations and associated attributes posted and continuously updated by the U.S. Geological Survey. The key component of the application is a custom SML script that is run hourly by the TNTmips Pro Job Processing System. This script downloads the earthquake data, extracts the data for the desired area, sets up styles and DataTips, and renders the result to a KML file that is referenced by a web page that loads this file in the Google Earth browser plug-in. This sample script, associated reference data, and the sample web page are available for download in a Zip archive. |
canvquakes.sml canvquakes.zip Automatically Update Geomashup using SML and Job ProcessingBuilding Dynamic Web Geomashups
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| Geotag Image Database: Gets the date and time each picture was taken from the EXIF header and compares them with the GPS log to assign geographic coordinates for the image. User chooses whether to interpolate coordinates based on image time or use closest GPS coordinates. Each image location is added as a point to the user-selected vector object. A table with Date, Time, Lat, Lon, Elev and Path fields is stored in Point Database for the vector, with each record attached to a vector point.
The vector may be displayed in a Layout group for hyperlinking the images by selecting File by Attribute and choosing the image path in the table. |
GPSphoto2.sml GPSphoto.sml |
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| GPS Data Logging: For use in the field with TNTatlas to document sources of potential environmental problems along stream channels. For use with or without a GPS. Data and script are combined in the same file. |
datalogExtract.sml datalog.sml datalogExtract.zip |
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| Line Profile: This script takes file input in the format of given by the Geotoolbox's
Measurement recording feature. From this file it uses the 'measurement ID'
(a line number) and Start and End point coordinates. The two points define
a line along which DEM sample values will be taken. The sample rate is
defined according to the Lin/Col Scale of the raster.
The results including the Cross-Section Name, Easting, Northing, Cumulative Distance, and DEM Z-Value are written to a user-selected file. Additional results (for other lines) are concatenated to the end of the file. |
measurementProfile.sml measurementProfile.zip |
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| Network Analysis: Uses network analysis on a road network (lines in vector Roads)
to find short route between farm gates (points in vector Farms) and
processing plants (points in vector Plants). Farm gate and plant points do
not fall exactly on road lines. Input vectors for Roads and Farms are copied to
a selected output file for modification.
For each farm gate point, the script adds a node at the closest point on the closest road line and keeps track of these nodes in an array that associates them with the correct farm. A new table for nodes in the Road vector also records the farm number for each added nodes Nodes are similarly added and attributed for each of the processing plants. The shortest distance between each farm and processing plant is then calculated using network analysis functions. The script adds two new tables to the point database of the Farms vector: one with records attached to each point that list the distance to each of the processing plants and another that provides the geographic coordinates of each processing plant in the same coordinate system used by the Farms object. |
NETWORK1.sml network.sml NETWORK1.zip Farm to Market Routing
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| Profile & Curvature: Creates profile and plan curvature rasters from an input DEM using local best-fit mathematical surfaces. |
surfcurv.smlTerrain Curvature
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| Raster Intervals: Categorize a grayscale raster into a specified number of grayscale-value intervals. The number of intervals and the distribution type (equal count or equal interval) can be specified. Separate dialogs are provided to set input parameters, view and edit the range values, and to preview the result. Script makes a categorical raster with a single value for each interval and a color palette. |
RasterIntervals.smlTheme Mapping a Raster
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| RGB Cells to White: Process scanned topographic maps (24-bit color composite rasters in RVC format) to set near-white cells to white (255,255,255) | ThresholdNearWhite.sml | |
| Run External Program — FRAGSTATS: Takes an input raster and a mask raster, and uses the mask to create a raster usable by fragstats. It writes the output raster to a text file and calls fragstats using a set of default parameters after querying the user for the edge distance value.
The input raster must be an an integer-value, single raster with square cells. Later versions may support more formats. The mask raster must have exterior background areas marked -1, interior background areas marked 1, and landscape areas marked 0. This script requires the fragstats executable which is installed in the TNT mips win32 directory and that the temporary folder path specified by mips have folder names no greater than 8 characters long or have spaces in them. |
fragstat.sml | |
| Stream Catchments: Process multiple vector points representing stream or stream sediment samples to compute the upstream catchment (basin) area that drains to each point. |
SampleCatchments.smlMapping Catchment Areas for Sample Points
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| Suppressing Vegetation: Suppress the expression of vegetation in multispectral images for geological and soil mapping applications. |
deveg68.smlNested SML Dialogs using XMLSuppressing Vegetation in Multispectral Images
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| Surface Fitting: Surface-fitting process of contour lines using morphological functions as described in the paper An Image Space Algorithm for Morphological Contour Interpolation by Barrett, Mortensen and Taylor. |
MorphContour.smlContours to DEM via Morphological Interpolation
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| Surface Fitting: Surface fitting on a set of attribute values attached to vector points that represent an array of soil sample locations. Values are read from a attached database table. |
SOILTEST.sml SOILTEST.zip |
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| TIGER Attributes: For vector object containing Voting Districts extracted from1990 Census TIGER / Line files (which lack polygon attributes). Checks line attributes in the Geo_Area_Codes tableto find and verify voting district codes (string) for each polygon and writes the result into the polygon Districts table. |
votdist.sml votdist.zip |
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| TIGER Cities: Extract TIGER city polygons |
tiger.sml TIGER1.sml |
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| Viewshed: Computes binary viewshed raster from elevation raster input and vector object containing lines. Computes viewshed for all vertices on all lines of a corresponding Vector object Could use to get viewshed for all points on one or more roads. |
VIEWSHED.sml VIEWSHED.zip |
Movies
| movie.sml: Make movie. | movie.sml | |
| open_avi.sml: Play movie. | open_avi.sml | |
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ORBITSP.sml: Demonstration of movie generation from 3D display using spiral orbit path. Both 2D and 3D views are copied into each movie frame. |
ORBITSP.sml orbitsp.avi orbitsp.zip |
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PAN1.sml: Demonstration of movie generation from 3D display with viewer position fixed and view point (view center) rotating around the viewer to produce a panning view. Both 2D and 3D views are copied into each movie frame. Current viewer position and view center positions are shown by symbols in each 2D frame. |
PAN1.sml pan.mpg PAN1.zip |
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PATHcALT.sml: Demonstration of movie generation from 3D display using 2D vector objects to derive viewer position (flight) path and path of view center. |
PATHcALT.sml pathcalt.avi PATHcALT.zip |
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PATHcHT1.sml |
PATHcHT1.sml pathcht1.avi PATHcHT1.zip Movie Generation Scripts
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PATHcHT2.sml |
PATHcHT2.sml pathcht2.avi PATHcHT2.zip |
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VSHEDMOV.sml |
VSHEDMOV.sml vshedmov.avi VSHEDMOV.zip |
Precision Farming Download File: PrecisionFarming.zip
| Biomass: Interactive script to map biomass for a field selected in a large image. User navigates to an agricultural field and draw its boundaries and gives a 3D viewing option. |
biomass2Extract.sml biomass.sml biomass2.sml biomass2Extract.zip |
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| COM Port: Open the COM port with the planter control unit on it and write planting rate to it. |
planter2.sml planter.sml |
Visual Basic Download File: VB.zip
| Import an OLE class, creating an SML class for a Crystal Report form: Creates a Crystal Report from TNTmips internal database records. |
cb_report.smlCreate Crystal Reports with SML
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| Import OLE class to an SML class for a Visual Basic form: Allows user to select and highlight a vector polygon representing a parcel. Script opens a Visual Basic form showing the parcel ID from the selected polygon. User enters Last Name and First Name in the Visual Basic form and the database is updated. |
ParcelToolModal.sml ParcelToolModeless.sml VBDEMO.zip |
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| Visual Basic Dialog: Custom dialog window constructed using Visual Basic and registered as a Windows ActiveX component class |
ParcelToolVB.smlCommunicate with Visual Basic Programs using SML
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| Windows ActiveX component class written in Visual Basic: Creates a pan-sharpened color-composite image from input Red, Green, Blue, and Panchromatic raster objects. In order to run the script, download and unzip the VB_PanSharp.zip file and run the Setup program in the Package subdirectory. This installs and registers the ActiveX component in your Windows OS. The SML script imports the Vbform class defined by this ActiveX program.
This script is derived from the PanSharpComp SML script that is distributed as a sample with the Building Dialogs in SML tutorial. |
VB_PanSharp.sml VB_PanSharp.zip Build SML Dialogs Using Visual Basic
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Writing Scripts with SML
| DEBUG Mode: Use preprocessor commands to define a DEBUG mode for use during script development. This script computes a binary viewshed raster from elevation Raster input. | DEBUG.sml |