There are three input files. File#1: This is the left or first input image given to program TRACKER or TRACKER2. File#2: This is the right or second input image given to program TRACKER. File#3: This is the MARK file written by program TRACKER. It is 'REAL' format with 512 byte records containing pairs of tiepoints in the order: left_line,left_samp,right_line,right_samp.
The number of output images produced. Outputs are the same size as inputs. output morphs are spaced equally between the two input images. Thus if there were 3 output images then they would be spaced at 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 of the way between the two input images. The format of the output is the same as the input.
The starting number of the first output frame. Normally you would not specify START and it would default to 1. In the event that the program were aborted in mid run you could restart it where you left off by setting START=n where n was the output frame number which was the first missing output frame (missing because the job was cancelled). Thus if 5 outputs were desired and only two were created then you could restart the job USING IDENTICAL PARAMETERS AS BEFORE but adding START=3.
The prefix for the output file names. If you specify name=abc and if frames=3 for example then the three output files will be called (in order left to right): abc1.img abc2.img and abc3.img .
The grid interval in pixels in the output image. At each grid intersection a polynomial is fit to the nearest 4 tiepoints to perform a geom mapping from the morph to the first and second input images. One tiepoint is selected from each of the 4 quadrants. INC should be less than the tiepoint grid spacing but not much less than half of it for efficiency .
Number of points used at each grid intersection to fit a surface linking the morph to the left and right images geometrically. The range is 4 to 20. If npts=4 then an exact fit is made and no extrapolation beyond the point array is permitted. Lerger values permit a least squares fit with inverse distance weighting and supports extrapolation.
Only use left image to compute the output images. This converts the program into a geom operation in which the left image is moved towards the right image. The right input image is ignored.