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Leica FramePro
User Manual
Leica FramePro 1.3

Documentation Version 18
English
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Table of Contents
Topic Page
Copyright and Symbols.............................................................................. 2
Copyright ................................................................................................. 2
Symbols ................................................................................................. 2
NOTICE ................................................................................................. 2
Trademarks .............................................................................................. 2
Table of Contents .....................................................................................4
1 About Leica FramePro 7

Main Functions......................................................................................... 7
What Leica FramePro can not do.............................................................. 7
Licensing ................................................................................................. 7
Contact ................................................................................................. 7
Support ................................................................................................. 7
2 Getting Started with Leica FramePro 9
2.1 Hardware Requirement .................................................................. 9

Hardware Requirements........................................................................... 9
2.2 Installing and starting Leica FramePro............................................ 9
Installing Leica FramePro.......................................................................... 9
Standard Installation Directory ................................................................. 9
Starting Leica FramePro ........................................................................... 9
2.3 The Leica FramePro Menu Bar .......................................................10
Menu Bar ............................................................................................... 10
Session Menu......................................................................................... 10
Process Menu ........................................................................................ 11
Filter Menu ............................................................................................ 11
Elements Menu ...................................................................................... 12
Settings Menu........................................................................................ 12
Help Menu ............................................................................................. 12
2.4 Setting Preferences ......................................................................13
Customizing output product names........................................................ 13
Output product names description......................................................... 14
Product Settings Options ....................................................................... 15
Customizing output product settings for Ortho Workflow....................... 15
Customizing output product settings for Remote Sensing Workflow....... 18
Customizing General Settings ................................................................. 20
2.5 Using the Thumbnail Viewer..........................................................21
Starting the Thumbnail Viewer ............................................................... 21
Using the Show and "Add to job queue" buttons.................................... 21
Using the "Image Quality Ok" check box ................................................. 22
Legend in Thumbnail Viewer................................................................... 23
Using the Thumbnail Viewer controls...................................................... 23
Text Color Changes in Legend ................................................................ 23
Activating the expanded Thumbnail Viewer............................................. 24
Using the expanded Thumbnail Viewer ................................................... 24
3 Download Leica RCD30 Image Data 25
3.1 Download Leica RCD30 image data from Mass Memory .................25
Connect to Mass Memory....................................................................... 25
NOTICE ............................................................................................... 25
Select Flight Session .............................................................................. 25
Start Download...................................................................................... 26
During Download ................................................................................... 26
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After Download...................................................................................... 26
Backup of Flight Session after Download................................................ 27
3.2 Viewing Imagery before Data Download........................................ 27
Open Thumbnail viewer before download............................................... 27
Exporting thumbnail images ................................................................... 27
3.3 Quality Check during download..................................................... 28
Activate Quality Control during download............................................... 28
3.4 Filtering Flight Session Data ......................................................... 29
Filter Flight Session data by type............................................................ 29
4 Image Processing and Data Management 31
4.1 Leica FramePro View after data download .................................... 31

4.2 Open an existing Leica RCD30 Flight Session ................................ 32
Open an already downloaded session .................................................... 32
4.3 Filtering Flight Session Data ......................................................... 33
Filter Flight Session data by type............................................................ 33
4.4 Filtering Session Data by Camera Head ......................................... 34
Filter Flight Session data by camera head............................................... 34
Open "Camera Parameters" from Camera Selection ................................ 34
4.5 Quality Control after Data Download............................................ 35
Open Thumbnail viewer after download ................................................. 35
4.6 Viewing Image Histogram ............................................................. 36
Displaying image histogram.................................................................... 36
4.7 Preview Window ........................................................................... 37
Open the Preview window...................................................................... 37
Using the Preview viewer ....................................................................... 37
4.8 Data Post Processing.................................................................... 39
Prework for Data processing .................................................................. 39
Selecting Imagery for Job Queue ............................................................ 39
Post-Processing ..................................................................................... 39
Delete or stop a job queue..................................................................... 40
Session metadata files ........................................................................... 41
5 Command-Line Interface (CLI) 43
5.1 General Description...................................................................... 43

5.2 Command-Line Interface Description ............................................ 43
5.3 Scripting Examples ....................................................................... 44
Downloading a Leica RCD30 session....................................................... 44
Opening a session from the command-line interface.............................. 44
Creating and updating the image naming and product parameters ......... 44
Processing images for Ortho Workflow................................................... 45
Processing images for Remote Sensing Workflow................................... 45
Generating metadata for all images........................................................ 46
Choosing different Product Output settings for Processing Scripts ......... 47
Appendix A Updating Camera Parameters 49
Open Camera Parameters dialog ............................................................ 49

Camera Parameters information ............................................................. 49
Update Geometric Calibration................................................................. 50
Update Lens Fall Off .............................................................................. 50
Update Sensor Data ............................................................................... 50
Select DSNU File..................................................................................... 50
When to update Principal Point or Misalignment values .......................... 50
Update the Principal Point or Misalignment values.................................. 51
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Uploading the Camera Calibration file on the RCD30 camera head.......... 52

1 About Leica FramePro Leica FramePro 7
1 About Leica FramePro

Leica Geosystems Leica FramePro is the designated software to download and post-
process image data acquired with the Leica RCD30 medium format camera.
Main Functions Leica FramePro is designed exclusively for data acquired with the Leica RCD30. Leica
FramePro software can be used to perform the following functions:
Download of image data and sessions acquired with the Leica RCD30 system
Quality Control of image data before, during and after data download
Geometric image corrections
Radiometric image correction
Co-registration of RGB and NIR data in various band combinations
Output can be tailored for different workflows and applications (photogrammetry/ortho-
photo creation, remote sensing applications)
What Leica FramePro Leica FramePro is not a photogrammetric workflow and can not perform APM, Aerial
can not do.... Triangulation or generate Orthophotos. Leica FramePro generates output image data
that can be used in photogrammetric workflows such as ERDAS LPS, Intergraph Image
Station and other third party products.
Leica FramePro can not perform image classification or create image ratios for remote
sensing applications. Leica FramePro generates co-registered multispectral output
images that can be used for remote sensing processing and image classification using
software suites such as ERDAS Imagine and other third party products.
Leica FramePro does not perform automatic misalignment estimation or GNSS/IMU post
processing. If the Leica RCD30 is used as standalone system or with a Leica ALS system,
these tasks can be performed using Leica FramePro and Leica IPAS CO+. If the Leica
RCD30 is used with a 3rd party GNSS/IMU system, automatic misalignment estimation
or GNSS/IMU post processing software should be provided by the 3rd party manufac-
turer.
Licensing Leica FramePro software for Leica RCD30 is not licensed. Once purchased, customers
can install Leica FramePro on all computers throughout the production workflow and in
the field to ensure smooth quality control and post-processing.
Contact Leica Geosystems AG

Geospatial Imaging Division
Heinrich-Wild-Strasse
9435 Heerbrugg
Switzerland
email: info@leica-geosystems.com
Phone: + 41 71 727 3131
Fax: + 41 71 727 4674
Support
Region Contact e-mail
Americas sensors@leica-geosystems.com
U.S.A., Canada, Central & South America
Asia / Pacific sensors-ap@leica-geosystems.com
(including Australia, China, Japan and Korea)
Europe, Middle East & Africa sensors-emea@leica-geosystems.com
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2 Getting Started with Leica FramePro

This chapter describes how to install Leica FramePro as well as hardware requirements
to successfully run Leica FramePro.
2.1 Hardware Requirement

Hardware Require- Leica FramePro requires the following minimum hardware configuration:
ments Workstation or laptop with minimum Intel Core i5 or equivalent
Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit, English version
Memory:
4 GB RAM or better for Leica RCD30 systems with a single camera head.
8 GB RAM or better for Leica RCD30 systems with multiple camera heads.
Graphics Card
2.2 Installing and starting Leica FramePro

Installing Leica Execute the following steps:
FramePro 1. Insert the CD titled Leica FramePro into your CD drive
2. Open file "Leica_FrameProSetup_1_3.exe"
3. Follow the installation wizard instructions
Standard Installation Unless otherwise specified by the user, the standard installation directory for Leica
Directory FramePro is:
C:/Program Files/Leica Geosystems/FramePro
Starting Leica From the Windows Start Menu select:

FramePro Start -> All Programs -> Leica Geosystems -> FramePro -> FramePro
Leica FramePro opens with the standard interface consisting of the following areas:
Session View area showing the images, flight lines, flight plans or the cameras for the
session.
Status Window area shows the messages from the downloading and image generation
processes from the processing queue
Processing Options area is used to select the downloading, viewing, QC and processing
options of the session or for specific selected item(s).
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Processing Options Area
Session View Status Window
2.3 The Leica FramePro Menu Bar

At startup, the Leica FramePro Menu Bar provides the following menu points:
Menu Bar
Session Menu
The following submenus are available under the Session menu:

Open
Select to open the Leica FramePro session file FlightData.pro (situated in the flight
session directory). See also "4.2 Open an existing Leica RCD30 Flight Session"
Set GPS offset
Allows manual setting of time offset parameter from GPS time to UTC time. Usually this
information is carried across from Leica FCMS, but can be overwritten if needed (This
field is greyed out when no session is loaded). If this information is not available through
Leica FCMS, Leica FramePro will detect that the offset information are missing and opens
this dialog.
Merge GNSS-IMU Files
Select this option to merge different GNSS-IMU files relevant for the respective session.
Merge Hotswap sessions
Select this option to merge flight sessions if one or more MM30s have been hot swapped
during flight/data acquisition.
Exit
Select to exit Leica FramePro.
Process Menu At startup, the Process menu is disabled, but the menu options are available after
loading a session.
The following submenus are available under Process:

Run Job Queue
Submit images that has been added to the job queue to the processing queue
Quality Check
Opens the Thumbnail Image Viewer for image quality checks before, during or after
download (see also "3.3 Quality Check during download")
GNSS-IMU Processing
Select this option to open the GNSS-IMU postprocessing software. If the path to the
GNSS-IMU postprocessing software is unknown or not valid, a "Select GNSS/IMU
processor" dialog would prompt for the path to the GNSS-IMU postprocessing execut-
able.
Filter Menu At startup, the Filter menu is disabled, but the menu options are available after loading
a session.
The following submenus are available under Filter:

Images
Session View lists all images under the Frame column
Flight Lines
Session View lists all flight lines under the Flight Line column
Flight Plans
Session View lists all flight plans under the Flight Plan column
Cameras
Session View lists all the cameras under the Cameras column
See also chapter "3.4 Filtering Flight Session Data"
Elements Menu
The following submenus are available under the Elements menu:

Image View
Opens the Image Viewer. See also chapter "4.7 Preview Window"
Histogram View
Opens the histogram display of an image displayed in the Image Viewer
Messages
Activates the Status Window of Leica FramePro with process relevant messages
Settings Menu
The following submenu is available under the Settings menu:

Preferences
Allows the user to set preferences for File Naming, Product Settings (output processing)
and View Settings (on screen image display settings)
Camera Selection
Shows the camera heads in the Leica RCD30 session. It is also possible to select which
camera heads are used for processing of Leica RCD30 systems with multiple camera
heads.
See also chapter "2.4 Setting Preferences" for a detailed description of all the options.
Help Menu
The following submenu is available under the Help menu:

Help
Opens the Leica FramePro Manual in Adobe PDF format
About
Gives additional information about Leica FramePro version as well as credits
2.4 Setting Preferences

In the Setting Preferences Dialog the following preferences can be set: File Naming,
Product Settings (Ortho Workflow and Remote Sensing Workflow) and General Settings.
Customizing output Execute the following steps:

product names 1. In the Leica FramePro Menu Bar select "Settings Preferences..."
2. Select the File Naming option in Preferences section in the dialog
3. Customize the output filenames of the output images by selecting the fields in
Name Field section
4. Name fields (for example: Year) can be added to the image name by clicking on the
check box.
5. Change the order of the Name Field appearing in the image name by moving the
Name Field up and down. To move a Name Field up or down, click on the up and
down arrows of the field on the right hand side
6. A Field Separator can be used between the Name Fields
7. A constant Prefix and Suffix for the name image can be added in the Prefix and
Suffix text boxes
8. Resulting Filename shows an example of the current selection for an image product
name for the options selected in the Name Field, Field Separator, Prefix and Suffix
9. Various File Naming conventions for the image product name can be saved and
recalled again. To save the current image name convention, click on the button
Note Please make sure that the resulting image names are unique for all images in the session.
Leica FramePro does not overwrite existing files that have the same file name as the current
image in job queue. If this error occurs during processing, a message is displayed in the
Status Window and the next image in the job queue is processed.
Output product
names description
Table 1: Name Field Description
Name Field Description Format
Session Session name from Leica FCMS String
Project Project name from Leica MissionPro String
Flight Plan Flight Plan name from Leica MissionPro String
Flight Line Label Flight Line number (#) from Leica MissionPro String
Flight Line Name Flight Line Label from Leica MissionPro String
Flight Line Id Flight Line number & Flight Line Label String
Frame Label Frame Label from Leica FCMS String
Frame Id Frame Label & Frame Counter & Camera Label String
Frame Name Frame Counter & Camera Label String
Frame Counter Frame Counter (Unique per session) Integer
Date Toggle Date fields Mixed
Year UTC Year value Integer
Month UTC Month value Integer
Day UTC Day value Integer
Time Toggle Time fields Mixed
Hour UTC Hour value Integer
Minute UTC Minute value Integer
Second UTC Seconds value Integer
Millisecond UTC Milliseconds value Integer
Product Type of Product (e.g. O or RS) String
Bands Band combination abbreviation (e.g. RGBN) String
Camera Label Camera Label from Leica FCMS String
Camera Serial Number Leica RCD30 Camera Head Serial Number Integer
Note Select the Bands field as part of the Name Description when selecting the RGB + NIR
output image output.
Product Settings The two options for Product Settings are:

Options Ortho Workflow Settings
This is the default output format for photogrammetry workflows. Allows image enhance-
ments such as sharpening, basic color settings as well as a list of output settings for the
deliverable product.
Remote Sensing Workflow Settings
Use this option for images that are used in remote sensing workflows. Only output image
format are selectable. The radiometric image data remains otherwise unchanged.
Note The Product Settings dialog shows no NIR options when no session is loaded or all Leica
RCD30 camera heads in the session have no NIR band.

product settings for 1. In the Leica FramePro Menu Bar select "Settings Preferences..."
Ortho Workflow 2. Select Product Settings option in the Preferences section and then choose the
Ortho Workflow option
3. Customize the Ortho Workflow product output and format settings by selecting
options from the Advanced, Basic Color and File Format Settings part of the dialog
4. Only selected options are used in the generation of the image for viewing and
processing the final output file
Advanced Settings:
Color Balance (RBN)
Apply a linear stretch to Red (R), Blue (B) and NIR (N) bands relative to the green band.
Color Saturation
The color saturation of the image can be decreased ( <1.0) or enhanced ( > 1.0).
Sharpening
Apply a sharpening filter to the output image.
Normalize EV
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The Exposure Value (EV) = = N
---- with
t
N is the aperture (f-number)
t is the exposure time (shutter speed) in seconds
Applies a correction factor to the selected images in the job queue to equalize the Expo-
sure Value (EV) for all images processed. Use of the Exposure Value balances the expo-
sure differences between images.
average: Calculated average EV value is used to calculate the correction factor
maximum: Calculated minimum EV value is used to calculate the correction factor
minimum: Calculated maximum EV value is used to calculate the correction factor
Basic Color Settings:

Offset
With a positive offset shifts the grey values of the image bands to the right in the histo-
gram (lighter). With negative offset shifts the grey values to the left (darker)
Gamma
Applies a gamma curve correction to the grey values of the image bands. The gamma
stretch is more effective after stretching the histogram with the Gain or Auto Scale
settings.
Gain
Gain applies a linear stretch to the grey values of all the image bands (changes contrast)
Histogram Stretch %
Calculates the minimum and maximum percentile of the image histogram and stretch the
histogram between these 2 given values to the full extent of the image bands
File Format Settings:

Bits per Bands
Select 8 or 16 bit image depth for the output image
Channels
Select the band combinations written in the output image:
RGBN: 4-band Red, Green, Blue and NIR output image
RGB: 3-band Red, Green and Blue output image
RGB + NIR: 3-band Red, Green and Blue output image + 1-band NIR output image
NIR: 1-band NIR output image
CIR: 3-band NIR, Red and Green output image
Image Format
Select the file format for the output image. Tiff, Jpeg and BSQ can be selected:
Tiff: Select Tiff for output in TIFF format
Jpeg: Select Jpeg for output in 8 bit JPEG compressed format. Please note this format
compresses the pixel information in a lossy way and does discards some of the pixel
information!
BSQ: The BSQ (Band Sequential Format) output an text header file (.hdr) and binary
image file (.bsq). The binary image file stores the color image information sequential
by band. This is an ENVI compatible format.
The following options are only available when outputting Tiff format image files:
Tile Size: Select the size of the tiles saved in the Tiff format output file
Create Minifications: Saves minifications (pyramids or reduced resolution images) in
the same Tiff output image if selected
The following option is only available when outputting JPEG format image files:
Quality: Select the quality value of the image saved in the JPEG format output file. The
quality setting indicates the amount of compression. Smaller quality numbers indicate
more compression
Note The EV value are calculated during download for the complete session but the EV values
can be recalculated for the selected images by right clicking with the mouse on a image
row and selecting the "Calculate EV" or pressing the Ctrl + E keyboard keys simultane-
ously.
Note Tiff format with 16 bit depth is the suggested output format since the pixel information
are stored uncompressed. Metadata such as position tags, processing history and other
metadata are only preserved in the Tiff header.

product settings for 1. In the Leica FramePro Menu Bar select "Settings Preferences..."
Remote Sensing Work- 2. Select Product Settings option in the Preferences section and then choose the
flow Remote Sensing Workflow option
3. Customize the Remote Sensing Workflow product output format settings by
selecting options from the File Format Settings part of the dialog
4. Only selected options are used in the generation of the image for viewing and
processing the final output file
File Format Settings:

Channels
Select the band combinations written in the output image:
RGBN: 4-band Red, Green, Blue and NIR output image
RGB: 3-band Red, Green and Blue output image
RGB + NIR: 3-band Red, Green and Blue output image + 1-band NIR output image
NIR: 1-band NIR output image
CIR: 3-band NIR, Red and Green output image
NDVI: 1-band NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) 32 bit floating point Tiff
output image
Image Format
Select the file format for the output image. Tiff and BSQ can be selected:
Tiff: Select Tiff for output in TIFF format
BSQ: The BSQ (Band Sequential Format) output an text header file (.hdr) and binary
image file (.bsq). The binary image file stores the color image information sequential
by band. This is an ENVI compatible format.
The following options are only available when outputting Tiff format image files:
Tile Size: Select the size of the tiles saved in the Tiff format output file
Create Minifications: Saves minifications (pyramids or reduced resolution images) in

the same Tiff output image if selected
Note NDVI values can vary from image to image for the same area if the exposure settings (aper-
ture and integration time) are different between images.
Customizing General Execute the following steps:

Settings 1. In the Leica FramePro Menu Bar select "Settings Preferences..."
2. Select General Settings and customize the general settings by selecting options
from the following General Settings part of the dialog
General Settings:
GNSS-IMU Software
Select the path to GNSS-IMU Software executable with this option
Internet URL
Leica FramePro opens the default web browser when an image is selected with the "Goto
Internet Map" option in the context menu in the Session Area. The internet URL is taken
from the template text with values %1 and %2 replaced with the decimal latitude and
longitude respectively for the selected image.
Lower Job Priority
Lowers the priority of the image processing jobs. This makes the processing computer
more responsive to user input during processing.
Date and Time Format
Select between "Input locale" and "Default". The "Default" option uses the English
(United States) format to display the date and time. The "Input locale" option uses the
format defined in Microsoft Windows Control Panel "Region and Languages" to display
the date and time.
2.5 Using the Thumbnail Viewer

The Thumbnail Viewer is available during the whole Leica FramePro workflow for
viewing, checking, marking and queueing images. The thumbnail images can be viewed
before, during and after download. The image quality can be marked and images can
also be queued for processing directly in the thumbnail viewer.
Starting the Thumb- Execute the following steps:

nail Viewer 1. In the Leica FramePro Menu Bar select "Filter Images". The Thumbnail Viewer is only
available when images are listed in the Session View
2. In the Leica FramePro Session View, move cursor over the desired image row and
click the right mouse button. Select "Show thumbnail" option on the popup menu
3. Alternatively select Quality check from the Process menu.
4. Depending on the workflow stage, some of the buttons and check boxes will not be
available
The Thumbnail Viewer opens with the selected thumbnail image displayed.
Using the Show and The Show and "Add to job queue" buttons are only visible on the Thumbnail Viewer
"Add to job queue" after the session have been downloaded from the Mass Memory
buttons "Show":
Click on the "Show" button to open the full image of the current thumbnail in the Preview
Show Data. >See Preview Window
"Add to job queue":
Click on the "Add to job queue" button to add the current image to the job queue. See
Selecting Imagery for Job Queue.
Using the "Image The "Image Quality Ok" check box is only visible on the Thumbnail Viewer during the
Quality Ok" check box Quality Check workflow or if the Start QC option have been selected on the menu
after right clicking with the mouse on a image row
"Image Quality OK": The "Image Quality OK" check box is used to indicate acceptable
image quality for the thumbnail image
Image thumbnails marked with the "Image Quality OK" check box will have a green
rectangular with a tick mark in the QC column of the Session View. When the "Image
Quality OK" check box is not selected a red rectangular with a cross is shown. Any image
thumbnails that were not check will not be marked in the QC column.
The "Image Quality OK" check box is by default selected in the Thumbnail Viewer.
Legend in Thumbnail Legend in the lower left corner of the Thumbnail Viewer shows the following informa-
Viewer tion:
Plan:
Flight plan name from Leica FPES
Line:
Flight line name from Leica FPES
Latitude:
Latitude (WGS84)from the real-time navigation solution at the time of exposure
Longitude:
Longitude (WGS84) from the real-time navigation solution at the time of exposure
Height(ell):
Ellipsoidal height (WGS84) from the real-time navigation solution at the time of exposure
Date:
Date and Time (UTC) of the exposure
Camera:
Shows the Leica RCD30 Camera Head Serial Number
User Comment:
Shows any comments entered by the operator during flight in Leica FCMS
Note All the text information in the Legend part of the Thumbnail Viewer can be selected and
copied to the Clipboard.
Using the Thumbnail The following options are available for control in the Thumbnail Viewer
Viewer controls To show the previous or next thumbnail image click on the "<" or ">" buttons respectively
To zoom the thumbnail in or out, move the mouse cursor over the thumbnail and use the
mouse scroll to zoom in or out
Text Color Changes in Changes in text color in legend indicates size of gain applied to the histogram to show
Legend the full dynamic range of the image:
Legend text in black:
Image displayed with a gain of less than 3 stretch applied to histogram
Legend text in dark red:
Image displayed with a gain of between 3 and 4 applied to histogram
Legend text in red:
Image displayed with a gain of 4 or more applied to histogram
Activating the Execute the following step:

expanded Thumbnail 1. In the Thumbnail Viewer, move the mouse cursor onto the displayed image and
Viewer pressing the spacebar
2. The Thumbnail Viewer adds an expanded panel on the left side of the displayed
image
3. This expanded panel can be closed (toggled) by moving the cursor again onto the
displayed image and pressing the spacebar
The Thumbnail Image Viewer is now expanded to allow selection of RGB and NIR image
as well as display image space coordinates.
Using the expanded The following options are available:

Thumbnail Viewer Source:
Select the between RGB and NIR thumbnail image by clicking on the RGB or NIR radio
button (The RGB and NIR thumbnails are not yet co-registered)
Image:
Displaying of the thumbnail can be toggled by clicking on the Show check box
Pixel Info:
Displays image space coordinates (row and column) and respective digital number (DN)
values for the pixel values of the various bands of the thumbnail image after histogram
stretching
?:
Displays information on image navigation options available for the Thumbnail Image
X:
Closes the expanded information part of the Thumbnail Viewer. To open this expanded
information again, press the space bar while the mouse cursor is positioned inside the
image
"Ctrl + A":
Pressing the Ctrl and A keyboard keys simultaneously start and stops the automatic
scrolling of thumbnail images. The thumbnails scrolling is in the same order as shown in
the Session View.
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3 Download Leica RCD30 Image Data
3.1 Download Leica RCD30 image data from Mass Memory

Connect to Mass Execute the following steps:
Memory 1. Connect the Download Station to your computer according to the instructions in the
Leica RCD30 manual in Volume 2, Chapter 4 Description of Components
2. Insert the MM30 Mass Memory into Download Station
Due to the high risk of accidentally deleting the flight data it is not recommended to
use the HighPoint RAID Management Software to handle the MM30 Download Station.
It is more preferred using Windows OS means for disk connections.
Shut down the MM30 Workstation before removing the MM30.
NOTICE Always press the "No" button in this Information dialog. If the HighPoint RAID Manage-
ment Software is installed, then please do not press "Yes for the initialization
message which pops up while connecting MM30. Pressing Yes in this dialog will convert
the MM30 volumes to a RAID volume which will permanently destroy all recorded flight
data on the MM30 volumes.
Select Flight Session Execute the following steps:

1. In the Leica FramePro Menu Bar select "File Open"
2. Navigate in the Open dialog to one of the Mass Memory in the Download Station
and select the session file folder for the desired session. The session folder name
is created with the date and time "YYYYMMDDHHMMSS", for example
"20110506081837".
3. Within session file folder select the "FlightData.pro" file
4. Click the OK button in the Open dialog
If session file folder has been moved from Mass Memory to a different location, please
navigate to this directory and select the "FlightData.pro" file.
The following screen appears:

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Note If there is an error detected with the flight data, Leica FramePro will color the rows of
image data red in the Session View. Error messages are displayed in the status window.
Image data information will be displayed on a white background when there are no
errors detected (see above).
Start Download Execute the following step:

1. To start downloading, select Process Start Download" form the FramePro Menu Bar
or click on the Download button in the Processing Options area
2. In the Select Output Directory, select the directory where to download the session
and click on the "Select Folder" button
During Download The following options are available during the Download:
Download commences, and the "Quality Check" button appears in the Processing
Options area. See Quality Check during download.
A progress bar shows the download progress in percentage.
The DSNU correction data are calculated and save in the session directory
Thumbnails are extracted and saved in the Thumbnails directory below the session direc-
tory.
In the Status Window, downloading log messages are shown.
After Download For each downloaded flight session a new session file folder is created with the naming
convention of "DateTime", for example "20110506081837" to allow easy identification
and allocation of associated files for each session.
After download the session folder contains the image data, calibration, thumbnails and
other metadata files.
Backup of Flight The Leica RCD30 images and associated metadata captured during a flight are saved on
Session after Down- one or more Mass Memories. Leica FramePro downloads all the data across the various
load Mass Memories from a Leica FCMS session to the specified session directory during
download. The session directory (for example "20110506081837") and all directories
and all files below the session directory should be included in a session backup. This will
ensure the all session data are properly included.
Note Important: Create backups only from downloaded data as described above. Do not
backup Leica RCD30 data by copying the MM30 content manually to a directory.
3.2 Viewing Imagery before Data Download

A first visual inspection of imagery can be performed before image data is downloaded.
Open Thumbnail Execute the following step:

viewer before down- 1. In the Leica FramePro Session View area, move the mouse cursor over the respec-
load tive image row. Click the right mouse button and select "Show thumbnail"
The Thumbnail Viewer opens and allows quality control before data download.
See Using the Thumbnail Viewer for more information on using the Thumbnail viewer.
Exporting thumbnail Execute the following steps:

images 1. In the Leica FramePro Session View, move cursor over the respective image row.
Right click the mouse and select "Export thumbnail".
2. Select destination folder to export thumbnails
3. Leica FramePro will create two 8-bit *.tiff thumbnail files: one for RGB and one for
NIR.
3.3 Quality Check during download

Immediately after clicking the download button, image quality checking can commence.
Activate Quality Execute the following step:

Control during down- 1. Click the "Quality Check" button in the Processing Options area during download.
load 2. The Thumbnail Viewer opens.
3.4 Filtering Flight Session Data

In the Leica FramePro Session View, Flight Session data can be filtered by image, flight
line, flight plan or camera.
More detailed image information such as flight plan, flight line, aperture and integration
time is also shown as a tool tip per image.
Filter Flight Session Execute the following steps:

data by type 1. In the Leica FramePro menu bar select the Filter menu option
2. Select Images, Flight Lines, Flight Plans or Cameras
3. The Session view show all the relevant data for the selected type under the first
column.
4. When hovering with the mouse over an image or flight line row, a tool tip appears
with relevant information for the row.
Leica FramePro with images selected under Filter Images and a tool tip:
4 Image Processing and Data Management Leica FramePro 31
4 Image Processing and Data Management
4.1 Leica FramePro View after data download

After successful data download, the Leica FramePro GUI changes and shows the "View
images as: options:
32 Leica FramePro 4 Image Processing and Data Management
4.2 Open an existing Leica RCD30 Flight Session

After download, a session is automatically saved with all corresponding images. This
session can be used as backup and at a later stage can be re-opened for further
processing.
Open an already Execute the following steps:

downloaded session 1. In the Leica FramePro Menu Bar select "File Open" or click Select button in the
Processing Options area
2. Navigate in the Open dialog to the data directory where your flight data are kept
and select the session file folder i.e. "20110627092138"
3. Within the session file folder select the "FlightData.pro" file
4. Click the OK button in the Open dialog
4.3 Filtering Flight Session Data

In the Leica FramePro Session View, Flight Session data can be filtered by image, flight
line, flight plan or camera.
More detailed image information such as flight plan, flight line, aperture and integration
time is also shown as a tool tip per image.

data by type 1. In the Leica FramePro menu bar select the Filter menu option
2. Select Images, Flight lines, Flightplan or Camera
3. The Session view show all the relevant data for the selected type under the first
column.
4. When hovering with the mouse over an image or flight line row, a tool tip appears
with relevant information for the row.
The Leica FramePro View with image selected under Filter Images and a tool tip:
4.4 Filtering Session Data by Camera Head

With the Camera Selection dialog, images for processing can be also be selected by
camera head. From one to all camera heads can be selected.

data by camera head 1. In the Leica FramePro menu bar select the Settings | Camera Selection menu option
2. The Camera Selection dialog appears showing the Leica RCD30 camera heads for the
session.
3. For session with multiple camera heads, multiple camera heads can be selected by
various methods. Selection of multiple rows are possible. When the user clicks on a
row, the selection is cleared and the clicked row is selected. When pressing the Ctrl
key when clicking on an row, the selection of the clicked row gets toggled and the
selection state of all other items are left untouched. When pressing the Shift key
while clicking on an row, all items between the current row and the clicked row are
selected or unselected, depending on the state of the clicked row. Multiple rows can
be selected by dragging the mouse over them.
4. The selection of camera heads are always one or more camera heads. When no row
is selected in the dialog, all camera heads are used for the selection of images. With
one or more rows selected, only the selected rows are used for the selection of
images.
5. Complete the camera head selection.
6. Click the OK button in the Camera Selection dialog.
7. The Image List in the Session View is updated to show only images from the
selected camera heads.
Open "Camera Param- Execute the following steps:

eters" from Camera 1. In the Leica FramePro menu bar select the Settings | Camera Selection menu option
Selection 2. The Camera Selection dialog appears showing the Leica RCD30 camera heads for the
session.
3. Click on the "Camera Parameters" button to open the "Camera Parameters" dialog
for the first selected camera head in the Camera Selection dialog Complete the
camera head selection.
4.5 Quality Control after Data Download

Quality control can also be performed after the image data were downloaded.
Open Thumbnail Execute the following steps:

viewer after download 1. In the Leica FramePro Menu Bar select "Filter Images". The Thumbnail Viewer is only
available when the images are listed in the Session View
2. In the Leica FramePro Session View, move cursor over the desired image row and
click the right mouse button. Select "Start QC" option on the popup menu
3. Alternatively select Quality Check from the Process menu.
4. Depending on the workflow stage, some of the buttons and check boxes will not be
available
The Thumbnail Image QC Viewer opens and allows quality control of downloaded image
data.
4.6 Viewing Image Histogram

The Image Histogram display the histograms of the image information per band. The
image information in the histograms are not corrected with the Basic Color Settings.
The effect of Advanced Settings (for example Color Balance) is applied to the histogram
data.
Displaying image Execute the following steps:

histogram 1. In the Leica FramePro menu bar, select the Elements Histogram view menu option
2. The Histogram viewer opens with the histogram of the current selected image
3. The display of the channels can be toggled by clicking on the channel check boxes
4.7 Preview Window

The Preview window allows users to preview the full resolution co-registered image
data as RGB, CIR, NIR and RGB+NIR band combinations. The Preview window also shows
the effect of all selected Basic and Advanced color settings.
Open the Preview Execute the following steps:

window 1. Set the Select the desired band combination in the "View image as" section
2. Click on the image row of the image to show in the Preview window in the Session
View area
3. There are various ways to open the Preview window with the current/selected
image
Click on the Show button in "View image as" section
Alternatively select the "Elements Image view" menu item
Select the Show menu item after clicking with the right mouse button on the image
row
Select the Show button in the Thumbnail Viewer
4. The Preview windows open the selected image with the desired band combination
Note Whilst the Thumbnail viewer only displays the RGB and/or NIR thumbnail imagery, the
Preview window will display the corresponding imagery in the band combination that is
currently selected in the "View image as" section.
Using the Preview After the Preview window opens, it will display the image in the selected band combi-
viewer nation.
The following functions are available in the Preview windows:

Source:
Select the band combination (Source) to be displayed
?:
Displays information on image navigation options available
X:
Closes the expanded information part of the Preview. To open this expanded information
again, press the space bar while the mouse cursor is positioned inside the image
Zoom level:
1:1:
Set the zoom level of the image to 1
Fit:
Change the zoom level to fit the image to display area
<:
Change the zoom level to fit more of the image to display area (zoom out)
>:
Change the zoom level to fit less of the image to display area (zoom in)
Show:
Toggle the display of the image
Adjust:
Change the grey value of the displayed image
Offset: With a positive offset shift the grey values of the image bands to the right in
the histogram (lighter). With negative offset shifts the grey values to the left (darker)
Gain: Gain applies a linear stretch to the grey values of the image bands (changes
contrast)
Gamma: Applies a gamma curve correction to the grey values of the image bands
Reset: Reset the values for Offset, Gain and Gamma to their default values.
Pixel Info: Displays image space coordinates (row and column) and respective digital
number (DN) values for the pixel values of the various bands of the image
Note: By moving the mouse cursor onto the image and pressing the space bar, the image
settings panel on the left hand side can be switched on or off.
4.8 Data Post Processing

Once image QC and data preparation has been completed, data can be submitted to
the job queue and post processed.
Prework for Data The following steps should be completed before Data processing:
processing Data Download (see chapter "3.1 Download Leica RCD30 image data from Mass
Memory")
Quality Control (see chapter "4.5 Quality Control after Data Download")
Setting the Preferences for Product Settings (see chapter "2.4 Setting Preferences"
and decide which output product should be created (Ortho or Remote Sensing)
Selecting Imagery for Image data can be selected and submitted for job queue by:
Job Queue Images, flight lines or flight plans can be selected individually by clicking on the
desired row in the Session View area. Clicking on an unselected row, deselect the
current selected item.
All the images, flight lines or flights plans can be selected or deselect by clicking the
right mouse button on one of the rows in the Session View area and choosing
"Select All" or "Select None" respectively. Pressing the Ctrl and A keyboard keys
simultaneously can also be used.
Selection of multiple rows are possible. When the user clicks on a row, the selection
is cleared and the clicked row is selected. When pressing the Ctrl key when clicking
on an row, the selection of the clicked row gets toggled and the selection state of
all other items are left untouched. When pressing the Shift key while clicking on an
row, all items between the current row and the clicked row are selected or un-
selected, depending on the state of the clicked row. Multiple rows can be selected
by dragging the mouse over them.
The current selected images, flight lines or flights plans can be added by the "Add
Job(s)" button.
By adding images to the job queue using the Thumbnail Image Viewer (see chapter
"4.5 Quality Control after Data Download").
Post-Processing Execute the following steps:

1. After adding images to the job queue, select Run. The output folder selection dialog
appears.
2. Select output file folder
3. Monitor progress in status window
Delete or stop a job To delete a job queue before the job has been submitted to the queue, press the "Delete
queue All Jobs" button.
To stop a job queue after the jobs have started processing, select the Stop button. The
current image will be completed
Pressing the Stop button with the "Force Stop" option selected will kill the current job
before stopping the job queue.
Session metadata files Leica FramePro also generates the following metadata files after completing the image
output. For Leica RCD30 systems with multiple camera heads, each camera head will
have separate calibration and installation files. These files are used when adding the
images to a block file or processing the exterior orientation values in Leica IPAS CO+:
photoId.txt:
Photo ID file is an text file. Each line contains the following information:
Event GPS Time (units are seconds)
Photo ID
Orima_RCD30_XXXXX.cam
ORIMA format camera calibration file. XXXXX is replaced with the camera head serial
number.
IPAS_RCD30_XXXXX.txt
Australis format camera calibration file. XXXXX is replaced with the camera head serial
number.
Installation_settings_RCD30_XXXXX.ini
Contains the lever arms values for the camera system installation as entered in the Leica
FCMS system for the camera. XXXXX is replaced with the camera head serial number.
event.evt
Camera Event file is an text file. Each line contains the following information:
Event number
frame_serialnumber.ser
Combination of the photoId.txt and event.evt files. This files is used in multi-head
systems to associate the Event time to a specific camera head. Each line contains the
following information:
Camera head serial number
Event number
Photo ID
coarse_lat_lon_ellHeight_roll_pitch_heading.dat
Contains the exterior orientation values for the images
Event number
Photo ID
Latitude:
Latitude (WGS84) from the real-time navigation solution at the time of exposure
Longitude:
Longitude (WGS84) from the real-time navigation solution at the time of exposure
Height:
Ellipsoidal height (WGS84) from the real-time navigation solution at the time of exposure
Roll:
Roll rotational angle in degrees from the real-time navigation solution at the time of
exposure
Pitch:
Pitch rotational angle in degrees from the real-time navigation solution at the time of
exposure
Heading:
Heading rotational angle in degrees from the real-time navigation solution at the time of
exposure
Note Existing metadata files are updated if additional images are processed in the same
directory.
Note The coarse_lat_lon_ellHeight_roll_pitch_heading.dat contains exterior orientation

values from the real-time navigation solution at the time of exposure. Processing in
Leica IPAS TC or a 3rd party GNSS-INU processing software will deliver more accurate
orientation values for use in the further photogrammetrical workflow.
5 Command-Line Interface (CLI) Leica FramePro 43
5 Command-Line Interface (CLI)
5.1 General Description

The command-line interface (CLI) of Leica FramePro allows downloading of sessions,
processing output of images and metadata output.
Batch processing routines for Leica RCD30 data are possible in single user and distrib-
uted processing environments. Leica FramePro is also used on High Throughput
Computing (HTC) platforms such as Condor (http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor) and
GeoCue (www.geocue.com).
5.2 Command-Line Interface Description

The command-line interface for Leica FramePro have mandatory and optional parame-
ters.
Usage: framepro.exe session [output] [product] [flightplan] [flightline] [options]
Parameters:
session The session directory on disk or MM containing FlightData.pro file
output Output directory of the downloaded session or processed images
(Optional)
product Processing of 'Ortho' or 'RemoteSensing' type images (Optional)
flightplan The name of specific flight plan for processing (Optional)
flightline The name of specific flight line for processing (Optional)
frame The name of specific frame (Optional)
General options:
-help print brief documentation about command-line interface
-? print brief documentation about command-line interface
-version print information about name and version
Specific options:
-Camera xxxxx process images of camera with serial number xxxxx only.
Multiple -Camera xxxxx options are allowed.
-OnlyMetaData write only the metadata files and information for selected images but
no processed images
-NoMetaData process selected images but without associated metadata files
output
For various usage examples of the command-line interface See Scripting Examples on
page 44.
Note Always use the -NoMetaData option when running multiple processing jobs on the same
session to avoid the corruption of the session files.
Note Surround all parameters with quotation marks and specify all paths without a backward
slash at the end of the path.
44 Leica FramePro 5 Command-Line Interface (CLI)
5.3 Scripting Examples

The various usage examples of the command-line interface (CLI) of Leica FramePro
shows the downloading of sessions, processing of images and metadata output. With
this command-line interface, batch processing routines for Leica RCD30 data are
possible in single user and distributed processing environments.
Downloading a Leica Execute the following steps:

RCD30 session 1. From the Windows Start Menu select, Start -> All Programs -> Accessories ->
Command Prompt
2. In the Command Prompt window, navigate to the desired directory
3. Type the program name and parameters with spaces between the items in the
Command Prompt window:
"Full Path to FramePro.exe"
"Full Path to Session Directory on MM"
"Full Path to Download Directory"
4. The "Full Path to Download Directory" must already exits
5. Press the Enter (return) keyboard key
6. Any errors will be displayed in the Command Prompt window
7. Do not specify the full path with a trailing \
8. Leica FramePro will download the Session to the Download directory
Example: "C:\Program Files\Leica Geosystems\FramePro\FramePro.exe"

"E:\20110627092138" "C:\download"
Opening a session Execute the following steps:

from the command- 1. From the Windows Start Menu select, Start -> All Programs -> Accessories ->
line interface Command Prompt
"Full Path to FlightData.pro file"
5. Leica FramePro will start with the session specified by the FlightData.pro file already
loaded.

"E:\20110627092138\FlightData.pro"
Creating and updating Leica FramePro uses the "FramePro.ini" and "FileNaming.xml" files in the directory
the image naming and where Leica FramePro is executed to specify the image naming and product output
product parameters settings.
Execute the following steps:

1. In a empty directory create a new empty "FramePro.ini" file
2. From the Windows Start Menu, select Start -> All Programs -> Accessories ->
Command Prompt
3. In the Command Prompt window, navigate to the desired directory with empty
"FramePro.ini" file
4. Type the "Full Path to FramePro.exe"
6. Leica FramePro will start
7. Select a session
8. Set the naming and product output settings with the Settings dialog
9. Exit Leica FramePro
10. In the directory Leica FramePro have added the product output settings specified to
the "FramePro.ini"
11. Leica FramePro has also created "FileNaming.xml" file in the same directory with the
image naming settings.
Note The settings in the "FramePro.ini" and "FileNaming.xml" files are only applied to the
output images if Leica FramePro script is executed in the same directory where the two
files are located.
Processing images for Execute the following steps:

Ortho Workflow 1. From the Windows Start Menu select, Start -> All Programs -> Accessories ->
Command Prompt
"Full Path to Session Directory"
"Full Path to Image Output Directory"
"Ortho"
"The name of the Flight Plan" - Optional
"The name of the Flight Line" - Optional
"The name of the Frame" - Optional
-Camera "xxxxx" - Optional
4. The "Full Path to Image Output Directory" must already exits
5. The Flight Plan and Flight Line parameters are optional. When a flight plan is speci-
fied, the processing is limited to the images from this flight plan. When a flight line
is specified the processing is limited to the images from this flight line. The flight
plan must be specified before flight line when processing only a single flight line
6. When the Camera option is specified, only images and metadata from this specific
camera is processed. Only one camera can be specified. This option used to limit
the processing to one specific camera (e.g. the left camera) for a session with
multiple Leica RCD30 cameras.
10. Leica FramePro will generate products to the Image Output directory

"E:\20110627\20110627092138" "C:\ortho" "Ortho" "RCD30 Demo flight_5" "008_24"
-Camera "62016"
Processing images for Execute the following steps:

Remote Sensing 1. From the Windows Start Menu select, Start -> All Programs -> Accessories ->
Workflow Command Prompt
"RemoteSensing"
6. When the Camera option is specified, only images and metadata from this specific
camera is processed. Only one camera can be specified. This option used to limit
the processing to one specific camera (e.g. the left camera) for a session with
multiple Leica RCD30 cameras.

"E:\20110627\20110627092138" "C:\RemoteSensing" "RemoteSensing" "RCD30 Demo
flight_5" "008_24" -Camera "62016"
Generating metadata The metadata files needed for processing the exterior orientation values for the images
for all images are only written after processing the images. In the typical photogrammetrical work-
flow, the real-time navigation solution at the time of exposure is further processed in
Leica IPAS TC or a 3rd party GNSS-INU processing software to calculate a better exterior
orientation values.
With the example script below only the metadata files are generated for the specified
images. With the metadata files, GNSS-INU processing can be completed before the
image processing part of the workflow is completed.
Execute the following steps:

1. From the Windows Start Menu select, Start -> All Programs -> Accessories ->
Command Prompt
"Ortho"
-OnlyMetaData
6. When the -OnlyMetaData option is specified, only metadata for all images specified
by the Session, Flight Plan, Flight Line and -Camera "xxxxx" options are generated.
7. See Session metadata files on page 41. for the list of metadata files

"E:\20110627\20110627092138" "C:\ortho" "Ortho" "RCD30 Demo flight_5" "008_24"
-OnlyMetaData
Choosing different Leica FramePro uses the "FramePro.ini" and "FileNaming.xml" files in the directory
Product Output where the processing scripts is started (working directory) for naming and product
settings for Processing output product settings.
Scripts
Various versions of the "FramePro.ini" and "FileNaming.xml" files can be created in
separate directories. As part of the scripting process, the desired "FramePro.ini" and
"FileNaming.xml" files can be copied to the scripting directory before starting the script
to generate the output images.
App-A Updating Camera Parameters Leica FramePro 49
Appendix A Updating Camera Parameters

Camera information such as geometric calibration files can be updated after data down-
load.
Open Camera Parame- Execute the following steps:

ters dialog 1. In the Leica FramePro menu bar select "Filter Cameras"
2. In the Leica FramePro Session View area, move the mouse cursor over the camera
and click the right mouse button
3. Select "Camera Parameters" option
4. The Camera Parameters dialog opens
Camera Parameters The following camera information are shown:

information Camera Label
Camera Serial No.
Lens System Serial No.
Lens System Article No.
Installation Settings from user-entered values in the Leica FCMS system:

X [mm]
Y [mm]
Z [mm]
Omega []
Phi []
Kappa []
Z GPS []
50 Leica FramePro App-A Updating Camera Parameters
Update Geometric Cali- Execute the following steps:

bration 1. Click the Geometric Calibration Update button in the Camera Parameters dialog
2. The Geometric Calibration File Selection dialog opens
3. Select the correct Geometric Calibration file (*Geometry*.xml)
4. Click the Open button
5. The selected Geometric Calibration file is shown in the Geometric Calibration field
6. Click the Save button to save the updated Camera Parameters
Update Lens Fall Off Execute the following steps:

1. Click the Fall Off Update button in the Camera Parameters dialog
2. The Fall Off File Selection dialog opens
3. Select the correct Lens Fall Off file (*FallOff*.xml)
5. The selected Fall Off file is shown in the Fall Off field
Update Sensor Data Execute the following steps:

1. Click the Sensor Data Update button in the Camera Parameters dialog
2. The Sensor Data File Selection dialog opens
3. Select the correct Lens Sensor Data file (*SensorData*.xml)
5. The selected Sensor Data file is shown in the Sensor Data field
Select DSNU File Execute the following steps:

1. Click on the DSNU Files drop down list in the Camera Parameters dialog
2. Select the correct DSNU image from the list
4. The selected DSNU image is shown in the DSNU Files field
When to update Prin- The Principal Point or Misalignment values should be updated:
cipal Point or After a lens shutter have been exchanged
Misalignment values The installation or re-installation of the camera head and/or IMU installation have
changed
New Principal Point or Misalignment values have been calculated in Leica IPAS CO+ or
triangulation package
Update the Principal Execute the following steps:

Point or Misalignment 1. Use the Leica IPAS CO+ application to calculate the Principal Point and Misalignment
values values for the current camera and lens installation
2. Detailed instructions on the Principal Point and Misalignment estimation in Leica
IPAS CO+ application are given in the Leica IPAS CO+ manual
3. The Leica IPASCO+ Adjustment Result dialog give the Principal Point and interim
Misalignment results with the Sigma0 value
4. After completion of the Principal Point and Misalignment estimation, the final
Misalignment values are shown in the Misalignment fields in the main dialog of Leica
IPAS CO+.
5. Transfer the estimated Principal Point and Misalignment values in the Leica
IPASCO+ Adjustment Result dialog after conversion to Leica FramePro Camera
Parameters in the following way:
52 Leica FramePro App-A Updating Camera Parameters
Principal Point values:

PPA X value -> x [mm]
PPA Y value -> y [mm]
Select the drop-down button next to the Misalignment fields and select the "Radians"
option. The Misalignment X, Y and Z values are displayed in radians
Sign of the Misalignment Z value must also be changed before transferring
(Change of sign is performed by the multiplication of -1.0. See formula below)
Misalignment values:
- Misalignment X value converted to radians -> Phi []
- Misalignment Y value converted to radians -> Omega []
- (Misalignment Z value converted to radians) * -1.0 -> Kappa []
6. Click the Add button for the Update Misalignment section

7. The entered Misalignment values are added to the current Misalignment values
8. Click the Add button for the Update Principal Point section
9. The entered Misalignment values are added to the current Principal Point values
10. Click the Save button
11. The new Principal Point and Misalignment values are saved and a new Geometric
Calibration file is generated
12. Click Exit button
Uploading the Camera See the Leica RCD30 Technical Reference, Chapter Service and Maintenance for instruc-
Calibration file on the tions how to upload the Camera Calibration file on the Leica RCD30 camera head
RCD30 camera head
Leica Geosystems AG
Heinrich-Wild-Strasse
CH-9435 Heerbrugg
Switzerland
Phone +41 71 727 31 31
www.leica-geosystems.com

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Trademarks All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

1 About Leica FramePro 7

2 Getting Started with Leica FramePro 9

2.1 Hardware Requirement .................................................................. 9

3 Download Leica RCD30 Image Data 25

4 Image Processing and Data Management 31

4.1 Leica FramePro View after data download .................................... 31

5 Command-Line Interface (CLI) 43

5.1 General Description...................................................................... 43

Appendix A Updating Camera Parameters 49

Open Camera Parameters dialog ............................................................ 49

Uploading the Camera Calibration file on the RCD30 camera head.......... 52

1 About Leica FramePro

Contact Leica Geosystems AG

2 Getting Started with Leica FramePro

2.1 Hardware Requirement

2.2 Installing and starting Leica FramePro

C:/Program Files/Leica Geosystems/FramePro

Starting Leica From the Windows Start Menu select:

Processing Options Area

Session View Status Window

2.3 The Leica FramePro Menu Bar

The following submenus are available under the Session menu:

The following submenus are available under Process:

The following submenus are available under Filter:

The following submenus are available under the Elements menu:

The following submenu is available under the Settings menu:

The following submenu is available under the Help menu:

2.4 Setting Preferences

Customizing output Execute the following steps:

Session Session name from Leica FCMS String

Project Project name from Leica MissionPro String

Flight Plan Flight Plan name from Leica MissionPro String

Frame Label Frame Label from Leica FCMS String

Frame Name Frame Counter & Camera Label String

Frame Counter Frame Counter (Unique per session) Integer

Date Toggle Date fields Mixed

Year UTC Year value Integer

Month UTC Month value Integer

Day UTC Day value Integer

Time Toggle Time fields Mixed

Hour UTC Hour value Integer

Minute UTC Minute value Integer

Second UTC Seconds value Integer

Millisecond UTC Milliseconds value Integer

Product Type of Product (e.g. O or RS) String

Bands Band combination abbreviation (e.g. RGBN) String

Camera Label Camera Label from Leica FCMS String

Product Settings The two options for Product Settings are:

Customizing output Execute the following steps:

Basic Color Settings:

File Format Settings:

Customizing output Execute the following steps:

File Format Settings:

Create Minifications: Saves minifications (pyramids or reduced resolution images) in

Customizing General Execute the following steps:

2.5 Using the Thumbnail Viewer

Starting the Thumb- Execute the following steps:

Activating the Execute the following step: