| Tool Name | Thin Plate Spline |
| Tool ID | 1 |
| Library ID | grid_spline |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Author(s) | O.Conrad (c) 2006 |
Donato G., Belongie S. (2002): Approximation Methods for Thin Plate Spline Mappings and Principal Warps. In Heyden, A., Sparr, G., Nielsen, M., Johansen, P. (Eds.): Computer Vision - ECCV 2002: 7th European Conference on Computer Vision, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 28-31, 2002, Proceedings, Part III, Lecture Notes in Computer Science., Springer-Verlag Heidelberg; pp.21-31.
Elonen, J. (2005): Thin Plate Spline editor - an example program in C++. http://elonen.iki.fi/code/tpsdemo/index.html
| Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input | ||||
| Points | shapes, input | SHAPES | ||
| Target System | grid, input, optional | TARGET_TEMPLATE | use this grid's system for output grids | |
| Output | ||||
| Target Grid | grid, output | TARGET_OUT_GRID | ||
| Options | ||||
| Attribute | table field | FIELD | ||
| Target Grid System | choice | TARGET_DEFINITION | Available Choices: [0] user defined [1] grid or grid system Default: 0 | |
| Cellsize | floating point number | TARGET_USER_SIZE | Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 1.000000 | |
| West | floating point number | TARGET_USER_XMIN | Default: 0.000000 | |
| East | floating point number | TARGET_USER_XMAX | Default: 100.000000 | |
| South | floating point number | TARGET_USER_YMIN | Default: 0.000000 | |
| North | floating point number | TARGET_USER_YMAX | Default: 100.000000 | |
| Columns | integer number | TARGET_USER_COLS | Number of cells in East-West direction. | Minimum: 1 Default: 101 |
| Rows | integer number | TARGET_USER_ROWS | Number of cells in North-South direction. | Minimum: 1 Default: 101 |
| Rounding | boolean | TARGET_USER_FLAT | Round bounding coordinates to multiples of cell size. Ignored if cell size has decimal places. | Default: 1 |
| Fit | choice | TARGET_USER_FITS | Available Choices: [0] nodes [1] cells Default: 0 | |
| Regularisation | floating point number | REGULARISATION | Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 0.000100 | |
| Search Range | choice | SEARCH_RANGE | Available Choices: [0] local [1] global Default: 1 | |
| Maximum Search Distance | floating point number | SEARCH_RADIUS | local maximum search distance given in map units | Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 1000.000000 |
| Number of Points | choice | SEARCH_POINTS_ALL | Available Choices: [0] maximum number of nearest points [1] all points within search distance Default: 1 | |
| Minimum | integer number | SEARCH_POINTS_MIN | minimum number of points to use | Minimum: 1 Default: 16 |
| Maximum | integer number | SEARCH_POINTS_MAX | maximum number of nearest points | Minimum: 1 Default: 20 |