WCSLIB 5.19.1

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## Data Structures
struct | dpkey
| Store for `DPja` and `DQia` keyvalues. More...
struct | disprm
| Distortion parameters. More...

## Macros
#define | DISP2X_ARGS
#define | DISX2P_ARGS
#define | DPLEN (sizeof(struct dpkey)/sizeof(int))
#define | DISLEN (sizeof(struct disprm)/sizeof(int))

## Enumerations
enum | dis_errmsg_enum { DISERR_SUCCESS = 0, DISERR_NULL_POINTER = 1, DISERR_MEMORY = 2, DISERR_BAD_PARAM = 3, DISERR_DISTORT = 4, DISERR_DEDISTORT = 5 }

## Functions
int | disndp (int n)
| Memory allocation for `DPja` and `DQia`. More...
int | dpfill (struct dpkey *dp, const char *keyword, const char *field, int j, int type, int i, double f)
| Fill the contents of a dpkey struct. More...
int | disini (int alloc, int naxis, struct disprm *dis)
| Default constructor for the disprm struct. More...
int | disinit (int alloc, int naxis, struct disprm *dis, int ndpmax)
| Default constructor for the disprm struct. More...
int | discpy (int alloc, const struct disprm *dissrc, struct disprm *disdst)
| Copy routine for the disprm struct. More...
int | disfree (struct disprm *dis)
| Destructor for the disprm struct. More...
int | disprt (const struct disprm *dis)
| Print routine for the disprm struct. More...
int | disperr (const struct disprm *dis, const char *prefix)
| Print error messages from a disprm struct. More...
int | dishdo (struct disprm *dis)
| write FITS headers using `TPD`. More...
int | disset (struct disprm *dis)
| Setup routine for the disprm struct. More...
int | disp2x (struct disprm *dis, const double rawcrd[], double discrd[])
| Apply distortion function. More...
int | disx2p (struct disprm *dis, const double discrd[], double rawcrd[])
| Apply de-distortion function. More...
int | diswarp (struct disprm *dis, const double pixblc[], const double pixtrc[], const double pixsamp[], int *nsamp, double maxdis[], double *maxtot, double avgdis[], double *avgtot, double rmsdis[], double *rmstot)
| Compute measures of distortion. More...

## Variables
const char * | dis_errmsg []
| Status return messages. More...

## Detailed Description

Routines in this suite implement extensions to the FITS World Coordinate System (WCS) standard proposed by

"Representations of distortions in FITS world coordinate systems",
Calabretta, M.R. et al. (WCS Paper IV, draft dated 2004/04/22),
available from http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Mark.Calabretta

In brief, a distortion function may occupy one of two positions in the WCS algorithm chain. Prior distortions precede the linear transformation matrix, whether it be `PCi_ja` or `CDi_ja`, and sequent distortions follow it. WCS Paper IV defines FITS keywords used to specify parameters for predefined distortion functions. The following are used for prior distortions:

CPDISja ...(string-valued, identifies the distortion function)
DPja ...(record-valued, parameters)
CPERRja ...(floating-valued, maximum value)

Their counterparts for sequent distortions are `CQDISia`, `DQia`, and `CQERRia`. An additional floating-valued keyword, `DVERRa`, records the maximum value of the combined distortions.

`DPja` and `DQia` are "record-valued". Syntactically, the keyvalues are standard FITS strings, but they are to be interpreted in a special way. The general form is

DPja = '<field-specifier>: <float>'

where the field-specifier consists of a sequence of fields separated by periods, and the ': ' between the field-specifier and the floating-point value is part of the record syntax. For example:

DP1 = 'AXIS.1: 1'

Certain field-specifiers are defined for all distortion functions, while others are defined only for particular distortions. Refer to WCS Paper IV for further details. wcspih() parses all distortion keywords and loads them into a disprm struct for analysis by disset() which knows (or possibly does not know) how to interpret them. Of the Paper IV distortion functions, only the general Polynomial distortion is currently implemented here.

`TPV` - the `TPV` "projection":
The distortion function component of the `TPV` celestial "projection" is also supported. The `TPV` projection, originally proposed in a draft of WCS Paper II, consists of a `TAN` projection with sequent polynomial distortion, the coefficients of which are encoded in `PVi_ma` keyrecords. Full details may be found at the registry of FITS conventions:

http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/registry/tpvwcs/tpv.html

Internally, wcsset() changes `TPV` to a `TAN` projection, translates the `PVi_ma` keywords to `DQia` and loads them into a disprm struct. These `DQia` keyrecords have the form

DQia = 'TPV.m: <value>'

where i, a, m, and the value for each `DQia` match each `PVi_ma`. Consequently, WCSLIB would handle a FITS header containing these keywords, along with `CQDISia` = '`TPV`' and the required `DQia``.NAXES` and `DQia``.AXIS.`ihat keywords.

`SIP` - Simple Imaging Polynomial:
These routines also support the Simple Imaging Polynomial (`SIP`), whose design was influenced by early drafts of WCS Paper IV. It is described in detail in

http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/registry/sip.html

`SIP`, which is defined only as a prior distortion for 2-D celestial images, has the interesting feature that it records an approximation to the inverse polynomial distortion function. This is used by disx2p() to provide an initial estimate for its more precise iterative inversion. The special-purpose keywords used by `SIP` are parsed and translated by wcspih() as follows:

A_p_q = <value> -> DP1 = 'SIP.FWD.p_q: <value>'
AP_p_q = <value> -> DP1 = 'SIP.REV.p_q: <value>'
B_p_q = <value> -> DP2 = 'SIP.FWD.p_q: <value>'
BP_p_q = <value> -> DP2 = 'SIP.REV.p_q: <value>'
A_DMAX = <value> -> DPERR1 = <value>
B_DMAX = <value> -> DPERR2 = <value>

`SIP`'s `A_ORDER` and `B_ORDER` keywords are not used. WCSLIB would recognise a FITS header containing the above keywords, along with `CPDISja` = '`SIP`' and the required `DPja``.NAXES` keywords.

`DSS` - Digitized Sky Survey:
The Digitized Sky Survey resulted from the production of the Guide Star Catalogue for the Hubble Space Telescope. Plate solutions based on a polynomial distortion function were encoded in FITS using non-standard keywords. Sect. 5.2 of WCS Paper IV describes how `DSS` coordinates may be translated to a sequent Polynomial distortion using two auxiliary variables. That translation is based on optimising the non-distortion component of the plate solution.

Following Paper IV, wcspih() translates the non-distortion component of `DSS` coordinates to standard WCS keywords (`CRPIXja`, `PCi_ja`, `CRVALia`, etc), and fills a wcsprm struct with their values. It encodes the `DSS` polynomial coefficients as

AMDXm = <value> -> DQ1 = 'AMD.m: <value>'
AMDYm = <value> -> DQ2 = 'AMD.m: <value>'

WCSLIB would recognise a FITS header containing the above keywords, along with `CQDISia` = '`DSS`' and the required `DQia``.NAXES` keywords.

`WAT` - the `TNX` and `ZPX` "projections":
The `TNX` and `ZPX` "projections" add a polynomial distortion function to the standard `TAN` and `ZPN` projections respectively. Unusually, the polynomial may be expressed as the sum of Chebyshev or Legendre polynomials, or as a simple sum of monomials, as described in

http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/registry/tnx/tnx-doc.html
http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/registry/zpxwcs/zpx.html

The polynomial coefficients are encoded in special-purpose `WAT`i_n keywords as a set of continued strings, thus providing the name for this distortion type. `WAT`i_n are parsed and translated by wcspih() into the following set:

DQi = 'WAT.POLY: <value>'
DQi = 'WAT.XMIN: <value>'
DQi = 'WAT.XMAX: <value>'
DQi = 'WAT.YMIN: <value>'
DQi = 'WAT.YMAX: <value>'
DQi = 'WAT.CHBY.m_n: <value>' or
DQi = 'WAT.LEGR.m_n: <value>' or
DQi = 'WAT.MONO.m_n: <value>'

along with `CQDISia` = '`WAT`' and the required `DPja``.NAXES` keywords. For `ZPX`, the `ZPN` projection parameters are also encoded in `WAT`i_n, and wcspih() translates these to standard `PVi_ma`.

`TPD` - Template Polynomial Distortion:
The "Template Polynomial Distortion" (`TPD`) is a superset of the `TPV`, `SIP`, `DSS`, and `WAT` (`TNX` & `ZPX`) polynomial distortions that also supports 1-D usage and inversions. Like `TPV`, `SIP`, and `DSS`, the form of the polynomial is fixed (the "template") and only the coefficients for the required terms are set non-zero. `TPD` generalizes `TPV` in going to 9th degree, `SIP` by accomodating `TPV`'s linear and radial terms, and `DSS` in both respects. While in theory the degree of the `WAT` polynomial distortion in unconstrained, in practice it is limited to values that can be handled by `TPD`.

Within WCSLIB, `TPV`, `SIP`, `DSS`, and `WAT` are all implemented as special cases of `TPD`. Indeed, `TPD` was developed precisely for that purpose. `WAT` distortions expressed as the sum of Chebyshev or Legendre polynomials are expanded for `TPD` as a simple sum of monomials. Moreover, the general Polynomial distortion is translated and implemented internally as `TPD` whenever possible.

However, WCSLIB also recognizes '`TPD`' as a distortion function in its own right (i.e. a recognized value of `CPDISja` or `CQDISia`), for use as both prior and sequent distortions. Its `DPja` and `DQia` keyrecords have the form

DPja = 'TPD.FWD.m: <value>'
DPja = 'TPD.REV.m: <value>'

for the forward and reverse distortion functions. Moreover, like the general Polynomial distortion, `TPD` supports auxiliary variables, though only as a linear transformation of pixel coordinates (p1,p2):

x = a0 + a1*p1 + a2*p2
y = b0 + b1*p1 + b2*p2

where the coefficients of the auxiliary variables (x,y) are recorded as

DPja = 'AUX.1.COEFF.0: a0' ...default 0.0
DPja = 'AUX.1.COEFF.1: a1' ...default 1.0
DPja = 'AUX.1.COEFF.2: a2' ...default 0.0
DPja = 'AUX.2.COEFF.0: b0' ...default 0.0
DPja = 'AUX.2.COEFF.1: b1' ...default 0.0
DPja = 'AUX.2.COEFF.2: b2' ...default 1.0

Though nowhere near as powerful, in typical applications `TPD` is considerably faster than the general Polynomial distortion. As `TPD` has a finite and not too large number of possible terms (60), the coefficients for each can be stored (by disset()) in a fixed location in the disprm::dparm[] array. A large part of the speedup then arises from evaluating the polynomial using Horner's scheme.

Separate implementations for polynomials of each degree, and conditionals for 1-D polynomials and 2-D polynomials with and without the radial variable, ensure that unused terms mostly do not impose a significant computational overhead.

The `TPD` terms are as follows

0: 1 4: xx 12: xxxx 24: xxxxxx 40: xxxxxxxx
5: xy 13: xxxy 25: xxxxxy 41: xxxxxxxy
1: x 6: yy 14: xxyy 26: xxxxyy 42: xxxxxxyy
2: y 15: xyyy 27: xxxyyy 43: xxxxxyyy
3: r 7: xxx 16: yyyy 28: xxyyyy 44: xxxxyyyy
8: xxy 29: xyyyyy 45: xxxyyyyy
9: xyy 17: xxxxx 30: yyyyyy 46: xxyyyyyy
10: yyy 18: xxxxy 47: xyyyyyyy
11: rrr 19: xxxyy 31: xxxxxxx 48: yyyyyyyy
20: xxyyy 32: xxxxxxy
21: xyyyy 33: xxxxxyy 49: xxxxxxxxx
22: yyyyy 34: xxxxyyy 50: xxxxxxxxy
23: rrrrr 35: xxxyyyy 51: xxxxxxxyy
36: xxyyyyy 52: xxxxxxyyy
37: xyyyyyy 53: xxxxxyyyy
38: yyyyyyy 54: xxxxyyyyy
39: rrrrrrr 55: xxxyyyyyy
56: xxyyyyyyy
57: xyyyyyyyy
58: yyyyyyyyy
59: rrrrrrrrr

where r = . Note that even powers of r are excluded since they can be accomodated by powers of .

`TPV` uses all terms up to 39. The m in its `PVi_ma` keywords translates directly to the `TPD` coefficient number.

`SIP` uses all terms except for 0, 3, 11, 23, 39, and 59, with terms 1 and 2 only used for the inverse. Its `A_p_q`, etc. keywords must be translated using a map.

`DSS` uses terms 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 19, and 21. The presence of a non-zero constant term arises through the use of auxiliary variables with origin offset from the reference point of the `TAN` projection. However, in the translation given by WCS Paper IV, the distortion polynomial is zero, or very close to zero, at the reference pixel itself. The mapping between `DSS`'s `AMDX`m (or `AMDY`m) keyvalues and `TPD` coefficients, while still simple, is not quite as straightforward as for `TPV` and `SIP`.

`WAT` uses all but the radial terms:
between `WAT`'s monomial coefficients and `TPD` is fairly simple, for its expression in terms of a sum of Chebyshev or Legendre polynomials it is much less so.

Summary of the dis routines These routines apply the distortion functions defined by the extension to the FITS WCS standard proposed in Paper IV. They are based on the disprm struct which contains all information needed for the computations. The struct contains some members that must be set by the user, and others that are maintained by these routines, somewhat like a C++ class but with no encapsulation.

disndp(), dpfill(), disini(), disinit(), discpy(), and disfree() are provided to manage the disprm struct, and another, disprt(), prints its contents.

disperr() prints the error message(s) (if any) stored in a disprm struct.

wcshdo() normally writes `SIP` and `TPV` headers in their native form if at all possible. However, dishdo() may be used to set a flag that tells it to write the header in the form of the `TPD` translation used internally.

A setup routine, disset(), computes intermediate values in the disprm struct from parameters in it that were supplied by the user. The struct always needs to be set up by disset(), though disset() need not be called explicitly - refer to the explanation of disprm::flag.

disp2x() and disx2p() implement the WCS distortion functions, disp2x() using separate functions, such as dispoly() and tpd7(), to do the computation.

An auxiliary routine, diswarp(), computes various measures of the distortion over a specified range of coordinates.

PLEASE NOTE:

## Macro Definition Documentation

## ◆ DISP2X_ARGS

#define DISP2X_ARGS

Value:
int inverse, const int iparm[], const double dparm[], \
int ncrd, const double rawcrd[], double *discrd

## ◆ DISX2P_ARGS

#define DISX2P_ARGS

Value:
int inverse, const int iparm[], const double dparm[], \
int ncrd, const double discrd[], double *rawcrd

## ◆ DPLEN

#define DPLEN (sizeof(struct dpkey)/sizeof(int))

## ◆ DISLEN

#define DISLEN (sizeof(struct disprm)/sizeof(int))

## Enumeration Type Documentation

## ◆ dis_errmsg_enum

enum dis_errmsg_enum

Enumerator
DISERR_SUCCESS |
DISERR_NULL_POINTER |
DISERR_MEMORY |
DISERR_BAD_PARAM |
DISERR_DISTORT |
DISERR_DEDISTORT |

## Function Documentation

## ◆ disndp()

int disndp | ( | int | n | ) |

disndp() sets or gets the value of NDPMAX (default 256). This global variable controls the maximum number of dpkey structs, for holding `DPja` or `DQia` keyvalues, that disini() should allocate space for. It is also used by disinit() as the default value of ndpmax.

PLEASE NOTE: This function is not thread-safe.

Parameters

  [in] | n | Value of NDPMAX; ignored if < 0. Use a value less than zero to get the current value.

Returns
  Current value of NDPMAX.

## ◆ dpfill()

int dpfill | ( | struct dpkey * | dp,
|  | const char * | keyword,
|  | const char * | field,
|  | int | j,
|  | int | type,
|  | int | i,
|  | double | f
| ) |  |

dpfill() is a utility routine to aid in filling the contents of the dpkey struct. No checks are done on the validity of the inputs.

WCS Paper IV specifies the syntax of a record-valued keyword as

keyword = '<field-specifier>: <float>'

However, some `DPja` and `DQia` record values, such as those of `DPja``.NAXES` and `DPja``.AXIS.`j, are intrinsically integer-valued. While FITS header parsers are not expected to know in advance which of `DPja` and `DQia` are integral and which are floating point, if the record's value parses as an integer (i.e. without decimal point or exponent), then preferably enter it into the dpkey struct as an integer. Either way, it doesn't matter as disset() accepts either data type for all record values.

Parameters

  [in,out] | dp | Store for `DPja` and `DQia` keyvalues.
  [in] | keyword |
  [in] | field | These arguments are concatenated with an intervening "." to construct the full record field name, i.e. including the keyword name, `DPja` or `DQia` (but excluding the colon delimiter which is NOT part of the name). Either may be given as a NULL pointer. Set both NULL to omit setting this component of the struct.
  [in] | j | Axis number (1-relative), i.e. the j in `DPja` or i in `DQia`. Can be given as 0, in which case the axis number will be obtained from the keyword component of the field name which must either have been given or preset. If j is non-zero, and keyword was given, then the value of j will be used to fill in the axis number.
  [in] | type | Data type of the record's value 0: Integer, 1: Floating point.
  [in] | i | For type == 0, the integer value of the record.
  [in] | f | For type == 1, the floating point value of the record.

Returns
  Status return value:
  - 0: Success.

## ◆ disini()

int disini | ( | int | alloc,
|  | int | naxis,
|  | struct disprm * | dis
| ) |  |

disini() is a thin wrapper on disinit(). It invokes it with ndpmax set to -1 which causes it to use the value of the global variable NDPMAX. It is thereby potentially thread-unsafe if NDPMAX is altered dynamically via disndp(). Use disinit() for a thread-safe alternative in this case.

## ◆ disinit()

int disinit | ( | int | alloc,
|  | int | naxis,
|  | struct disprm * | dis,
|  | int | ndpmax
| ) |  |

disinit() allocates memory for arrays in a disprm struct and sets all members of the struct to default values.

PLEASE NOTE: every disprm struct must be initialized by disinit(), possibly repeatedly. On the first invokation, and only the first invokation, disprm::flag must be set to -1 to initialize memory management, regardless of whether disinit() will actually be used to allocate memory.

Parameters

  [in] | alloc | If true, allocate memory unconditionally for arrays in the disprm struct. If false, it is assumed that pointers to these arrays have been set by the user except if they are null pointers in which case memory will be allocated for them regardless. (In other words, setting alloc true saves having to initalize these pointers to zero.)
  [in] | naxis | The number of world coordinate axes, used to determine array sizes.
  [in,out] | dis | Distortion function parameters. Note that, in order to initialize memory management disprm::flag must be set to -1 when dis is initialized for the first time (memory leaks may result if it had already been initialized).
  [in] | ndpmax | The number of `DPja` or `DQia` keywords to allocate space for. If set to -1, the value of the global variable NDPMAX will be used. This is potentially thread-unsafe if disndp() is being used dynamically to alter its value.

Returns
  Status return value:
  - 0: Success.
  - 1: Null disprm pointer passed.
  - 2: Memory allocation failed.
  For returns > 1, a detailed error message is set in disprm::err if enabled, see wcserr_enable().

## ◆ discpy()

int discpy | ( | int | alloc,
|  | const struct disprm * | dissrc,
|  | struct disprm * | disdst
| ) |  |

discpy() does a deep copy of one disprm struct to another, using disinit() to allocate memory unconditionally for its arrays if required. Only the "information to be provided" part of the struct is copied; a call to disset() is required to initialize the remainder.

Parameters

  [in] | alloc | If true, allocate memory unconditionally for arrays in the destination. Otherwise, it is assumed that pointers to these arrays have been set by the user except if they are null pointers in which case memory will be allocated for them regardless.
  [in] | dissrc | Struct to copy from.
  [in,out] | disdst | Struct to copy to. disprm::flag should be set to -1 if disdst was not previously initialized (memory leaks may result if it was previously initialized).

Returns
  Status return value:
  - 0: Success.
  - 1: Null disprm pointer passed.
  - 2: Memory allocation failed.
  For returns > 1, a detailed error message is set in disprm::err if enabled, see wcserr_enable().

## ◆ disfree()

int disfree | ( | struct disprm * | dis | ) |

disfree() frees memory allocated for the disprm arrays by disinit(). disinit() keeps a record of the memory it allocates and disfree() will only attempt to free this.

PLEASE NOTE: disfree() must not be invoked on a disprm struct that was not initialized by disinit().

Parameters

  [in] | dis | Distortion function parameters.

Returns
  Status return value:
  - 0: Success.
  - 1: Null disprm pointer passed.

## ◆ disprt()

int disprt | ( | const struct disprm * | dis | ) |

disprt() prints the contents of a disprm struct using wcsprintf(). Mainly intended for diagnostic purposes.

Parameters

  [in] | dis | Distortion function parameters.

Returns
  Status return value:
  - 0: Success.
  - 1: Null disprm pointer passed.

## ◆ disperr()

int disperr | ( | const struct disprm * | dis,
|  | const char * | prefix
| ) |  |

disperr() prints the error message(s) (if any) stored in a disprm struct. If there are no errors then nothing is printed. It uses wcserr_prt(), q.v.

Parameters

  [in] | dis | Distortion function parameters.
  [in] | prefix | If non-NULL, each output line will be prefixed with this string.

Returns
  Status return value:
  - 0: Success.
  - 1: Null disprm pointer passed.

## ◆ dishdo()

int dishdo | ( | struct disprm * | dis | ) |

dishdo() sets a flag that tells wcshdo() to write FITS headers in the form of the `TPD` translation used internally. Normally `SIP` and `TPV` would be written in their native form if at all possible.

Parameters

  [in,out] | dis | Distortion function parameters.

Returns
  Status return value:
  - 0: Success.
  - 1: Null disprm pointer passed.
  - 3: No `TPD` translation.

## ◆ disset()

int disset | ( | struct disprm * | dis | ) |

disset(), sets up the disprm struct according to information supplied within it - refer to the explanation of disprm::flag.

Note that this routine need not be called directly; it will be invoked by disp2x() and disx2p() if the disprm::flag is anything other than a predefined magic value.

Parameters

  [in,out] | dis | Distortion function parameters.

Returns
  Status return value:
  - 0: Success.
  - 1: Null disprm pointer passed.
  - 2: Memory allocation failed.
  - 3: Invalid parameter.
  For returns > 1, a detailed error message is set in disprm::err if enabled, see wcserr_enable().

## ◆ disp2x()

int disp2x | ( | struct disprm * | dis,
|  | const double | rawcrd[],
|  | double | discrd[]
| ) |  |

disp2x() applies the distortion functions. By definition, the distortion is in the pixel-to-world direction.

Depending on the point in the algorithm chain at which it is invoked, disp2x() may transform pixel coordinates to corrected pixel coordinates, or intermediate pixel coordinates to corrected intermediate pixel coordinates, or image coordinates to corrected image coordinates.

## ◆ disx2p()

int disx2p | ( | struct disprm * | dis,
|  | const double | discrd[],
|  | double | rawcrd[]
| ) |  |

disx2p() applies the inverse of the distortion functions. By definition, the de-distortion is in the world-to-pixel direction.

Depending on the point in the algorithm chain at which it is invoked, disx2p() may transform corrected pixel coordinates to pixel coordinates, or corrected intermediate pixel coordinates to intermediate pixel coordinates, or corrected image coordinates to image coordinates.

disx2p() iteratively solves for the inverse using disp2x(). It assumes that the distortion is small and the functions are well-behaved, being continuous and with continuous derivatives. Also that, to first order in the neighbourhood of the solution, discrd[j] ~= a + b*rawcrd[j], i.e. independent of rawcrd[i], where i != j. This is effectively equivalent to assuming that the distortion functions are separable to first order. Furthermore, a is assumed to be small, and b close to unity.

If disprm::disx2p() is defined, then disx2p() uses it to provide an initial estimate for its more precise iterative inversion.

Parameters

  [in,out] | dis | Distortion function parameters.
  [in] | discrd | Array of coordinates.
  [out] | rawcrd | Array of coordinates to which the inverse distortion functions have been applied.

Returns
  Status return value:
  - 0: Success.
  - 1: Null disprm pointer passed.
  - 2: Memory allocation failed.
  - 3: Invalid parameter.
  - 5: De-distort error.
  For returns > 1, a detailed error message is set in disprm::err if enabled, see wcserr_enable().

## ◆ diswarp()

int diswarp | ( | struct disprm * | dis,
|  | const double | pixblc[],
|  | const double | pixtrc[],
|  | const double | pixsamp[],
|  | int * | nsamp,
|  | double | maxdis[],
|  | double * | maxtot,
|  | double | avgdis[],
|  | double * | avgtot,
|  | double | rmsdis[],
|  | double * | rmstot
| ) |  |

diswarp() computes various measures of the distortion over a specified range of coordinates.

For prior distortions, the measures may be interpreted simply as an offset in pixel coordinates. For sequent distortions, the interpretation depends on the nature of the linear transformation matrix (`PCi_ja` or `CDi_ja`). If the latter introduces a scaling, then the measures will also be scaled. Note also that the image domain, which is rectangular in pixel coordinates, may be rotated, skewed, and/or stretched in intermediate pixel coordinates, and in general cannot be defined using pixblc[] and pixtrc[].

PLEASE NOTE: the measures of total distortion may be essentially meaningless if there are multiple sequent distortions with different scaling.

See also linwarp().

Parameters

  [in,out] | dis | Distortion function parameters.
  [in] | pixblc | Start of the range of pixel coordinates (for prior distortions), or intermediate pixel coordinates (for sequent distortions). May be specified as a NULL pointer which is interpreted as (1,1,...).
  [in] | pixtrc | End of the range of pixel coordinates (prior) or intermediate pixel coordinates (sequent).
  [in] | pixsamp | If positive or zero, the increment on the particular axis, starting at pixblc[]. Zero is interpreted as a unit increment. pixsamp may also be specified as a NULL pointer which is interpreted as all zeroes, i.e. unit increments on all axes. If negative, the grid size on the particular axis (the absolute value being rounded to the nearest integer). For example, if pixsamp is (-128.0,-128.0,...) then each axis will be sampled at 128 points between pixblc[] and pixtrc[] inclusive. Use caution when using this option on non-square images.
  [out] | nsamp | The number of pixel coordinates sampled. Can be specified as a NULL pointer if not required.
  [out] | maxdis | For each individual distortion function, the maximum absolute value of the distortion. Can be specified as a NULL pointer if not required.
  [out] | maxtot | For the combination of all distortion functions, the maximum absolute value of the distortion. Can be specified as a NULL pointer if not required.
  [out] | avgdis | For each individual distortion function, the mean value of the distortion. Can be specified as a NULL pointer if not required.
  [out] | avgtot | For the combination of all distortion functions, the mean value of the distortion. Can be specified as a NULL pointer if not required.
  [out] | rmsdis | For each individual distortion function, the root mean square deviation of the distortion. Can be specified as a NULL pointer if not required.
  [out] | rmstot | For the combination of all distortion functions, the root mean square deviation of the distortion. Can be specified as a NULL pointer if not required.

Returns
  Status return value:
  - 0: Success.
  - 1: Null disprm pointer passed.
  - 2: Memory allocation failed.
  - 3: Invalid parameter.
  - 4: Distort error.

## Variable Documentation

## ◆ dis_errmsg

const char * dis_errmsg[]

Error messages to match the status value returned from each function.