tform_Lidar

   README.TXT (this file) CLOUD_ARRAY.TIF is a synthetic test image. It contains a 5x5 pattern of identical, regularly-spaced cartoon clouds. This represents an ideal field of view in XY coordinates in order to study the effect of scanner field of view distortion. MODEL_LIDAR_AND_VALIDATE_TFORM.M is the MATLAB program. NOTE: This is a function M-file with a number of subfunctions inside. Refer to the comment lines for detailed explanation of how the program works.( Some images are geometrically distorted due to optics others due to nonuniform or curvelinear scan coordinates. Such distortions can be corrected using spatial transformations given the governing distortion geometry. This program demonstrates how to correct for nonuniform polar scan distortion using spatial transforms in MATLAB with the Image Processing Toolbox 3.1.)