Re: [boost] VIGRA - Image processing for boost

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-13 17:47:28

At 03:10 PM 11/13/2001, Ullrich Koethe wrote:

 >as the maintainer of the VIGRA library, I'd like to submit VIGRA for
 >inclusion into boost. VIGRA stands for '(Computer) Vision with GeneRic
 >Algorithms'. It is the first library (AFAIK) that consequently applies
 >the principles of the STL to the field of image processing and analysis.
 >Please take a look at
 >
 >     http://kogs-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~koethe/vigra/
 >
 >Features of VIGRA include:
 >* fully generic design
 >* extensive documentation
 >* liberal license
 >* templated image data structures, image transformations, filters etc.
 >* import/export of many image file formats (partly by using external
 >libraries such as libtiff and libjpeg)
 >* support for several color spaces
 >* image analysis functions (edge detection, connected components
 >labeling etc.)
 >* Python interface based on boost.python (not yet in the public
 >distribution)

 From looking at the home page it seems really interesting.  It's hard for 
a non-expert like me to easily grasp of applications it would be very 
useful for, possibly useful for, or unlikely to be useful for.

Could you give a few examples of each?

Thanks,

--Beman