********************************************************* *** Image Georeferencing Tools -- Documentation *** *** Author : George Raber email - George@Raber.com *** ********************************************************* The extension works with ArcView 3.1 to postion images within geographic space. The user may also change the size of the image. Movement of the image can be done in do different ways, either through the dialog box or by drawing a line. Insttructions are below. 1. To install this extension place the file called imagegeoref.avx into the "ext32" folder where ArcView 3.1 is installed on your hard drive. 2. Get into ArcView 3.1 and load the extension by using dialog that can be reached in the project menu. Once this is done you should have three new buttons, a menu, and a tool added to the "View" GUI interface. 3. Load the image (as an Image Theme) that you want to GeoReference. Also load any reference themes you need to do this. Make the Image theme active, then you will notice most of the new buttons and tools will no longer be greyed out. 4. Start out by pressing the button that has a blue gradicule on it. If the image has no world or header file it will prompt you to enter information to create one. For most images you will create a world file. Instructions for what parameters you need are in the ArcView help and documentation. There are also helps provided in the dialog. 5. If an world or header file exists, or after you have created one, press the blue gradicule button. Then the georeferencing file will be displayed in a text box in a dialog window. You can edit this file directly by pressing the "Edit File" button. When done press the "Save File" button. When you press "Save File" the Image will update according to your new parameters. 6. You can also press the "Show Controls" button. A number of controls will show up under the file. You can change both the position and size of the image. After changing the information you need to press the appropriate Go button the image and the text box will then update based on your input. 7. The other way to shift the postion of the image is to click on the last tool in the "View" GUI. Then click on the View window and drag a line on it. The image location will then update itself, and the view will then refresh. Extra Notes: 1 - If the image is the only theme in the view no effect will be seen because ArcView centers the theme in the view window if only one view is present. 2 - Georeferenceing can be undone as long as the user keeps the current theme active, or switches back to the theme before changing to another image theme. The undo/redo items are avalible both in the image menu and the popups. 3 - The other buttons that are added to the View GUI preform portions of what the other buttons do. The first adds a header or world file to an active image theme. The second refreshes the view window.