Пример #1
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            options.stopFrame = sortedFrames[-1] + 1
    else:
        # No ortho files, that means nothing to do
        options.startFrame = 0
        options.stopFrame = 0

    for frame in range(options.startFrame, options.stopFrame):

        if not frame in orthoFrameDict:
            logger.info("Error: Missing ortho file for frame: " + str(frame) +
                        ".")
            continue

        orthoFile = orthoFrameDict[frame]
        try:
            lidarFile = icebridge_common.findMatchingLidarFile(
                orthoFile, lidarFolder)
        except:  # Skip if no lidar file matches this frame
            continue

        fireballDEM = ""
        if options.blendToFireball:
            if frame in fireballFrameDict:
                fireballDEM = fireballFrameDict[frame]
            else:
                logger.info("No fireball DEM for frame: " + str(frame))

        args = (frame, processFolder, lidarFile, fireballDEM, options,
                threadText, redo, suppressOutput)

        # Run things sequentially if only one process, to make it easy to debug
        if options.numProcesses > 1:
def solveIntrinsics_Part2(options, imageFolder, cameraFolder, lidarFolder, orthoFolder,
                         processedFolder, isSouth, logger):
    
    '''Create a camera model with optimized intrinsics. By now we
    processed a bunch of images and created bundle-adjusted and
    pc_aligned cameras and DEMs while using a camera model with
    distortion implemented using RPC coefficients which was obtained
    from the photometrics model. We now use the obtained cameras as
    inputs to a bundle adjust problem where we will optimize the
    intrinsics, including the distortion RPC coefficients, using the
    lidar as an external constraint, and many dense IP pairs and
    triplets (no quadruplets yet, even if 4 images overlap).'''

    # Get a list of all the input files
    imageCameraPairs = icebridge_common.getImageCameraPairs(imageFolder, cameraFolder, 
                                                            options.startFrame, options.stopFrame,
                                                            logger)
    
    # The paired lidar file for the first image should be huge enough to contain
    # all images.
    lidarFile = icebridge_common.findMatchingLidarFile(imageCameraPairs[0][0], lidarFolder)
    logger.info('Found matching lidar file ' + lidarFile)
    lidarCsvFormatString = icebridge_common.getLidarCsvFormat(lidarFile)

    numFiles = len(imageCameraPairs)
    if numFiles < 2:
        raise Exception('Failed to find any image camera pairs!')
    if numFiles % 2 != 0:
        raise Exception("When solving for intrinsics, must have an even number of frames to use.")


    # Collect pc_align-ed cameras, unaligned disparities, and dense match files
    images = []
    cameras = []
    dispFiles = []
    for it in range(numFiles/2):
        begFrame = options.startFrame + 2*it
        endFrame = begFrame + 1
        batchFolderName  = icebridge_common.batchFolderName(begFrame, endFrame, options.bundleLength)
        thisOutputFolder = os.path.join(processedFolder, batchFolderName)
        
        # Find all the cameras after bundle adjustment and pc_align.
        pattern = icebridge_common.getAlignedBundlePrefix(thisOutputFolder) + '*.tsai'
        alignedCameras = glob.glob(pattern)
        if len(alignedCameras) != options.bundleLength:
            raise Exception("Expected " + str(options.bundleLength) + " cameras, here's what " +
                            " was obtained instead: " + " ".join(alignedCameras))
        img0 = ""; cam0 = ""; img1 = ""; cam1 = ""
        for cam in alignedCameras:
            frame = icebridge_common.getFrameNumberFromFilename(cam)
            if begFrame == frame:
                img0 = imageCameraPairs[2*it][0]
                cam0 = cam
            if endFrame == frame:
                img1 = imageCameraPairs[2*it+1][0]
                cam1 = cam
        images.append(img0);  images.append(img1)
        cameras.append(cam0); cameras.append(cam1)

        # Unaligned disparity
        stereoFolder = os.path.join(thisOutputFolder, 'stereo_pair_'+str(0))
        currDispFiles = glob.glob(os.path.join(stereoFolder, '*unaligned-D.tif'))
        if len(currDispFiles) != 1:
            raise Exception("Expecting a single unaligned disparity file in " + stereoFolder)
        dispFiles.append(currDispFiles[0])
        
    # Match files
    matchFiles = []
    for it in range(numFiles-1):
        begFrame = options.startFrame + it
        endFrame = begFrame + 1
        batchFolderName  = icebridge_common.batchFolderName(begFrame, endFrame, options.bundleLength)
        thisOutputFolder = os.path.join(processedFolder, batchFolderName)
        stereoFolder = os.path.join(thisOutputFolder, 'stereo_pair_'+str(0))
        DISP_PREFIX = "disp-"
        currMatchFiles = glob.glob(os.path.join(stereoFolder, '*' + DISP_PREFIX + '*.match'))
        if len(currMatchFiles) != 1:
            raise Exception("Expecting a single dense match file in " + stereoFolder)
        matchFiles.append(currMatchFiles[0])

    # Create output directory for bundle adjustment and copy there the match files
    baDir = os.path.join(processedFolder, "bundle_intrinsics")
    baPrefix = os.path.join(baDir, "out")
    os.system("mkdir -p " + baDir)
    for matchFile in matchFiles:
        dstFile = os.path.basename(matchFile)
        dstFile = dstFile.replace(DISP_PREFIX, '')
        dstFile = os.path.join(baDir, dstFile)
        cmd = "cp -f " + matchFile + " " + dstFile
        logger.info(cmd)
        os.system(cmd)

    # The bundle adjustment
    cmd = "bundle_adjust " + " ".join(images) + " " +  " ".join(cameras) + \
            ' --reference-terrain ' + lidarFile + \
            ' --disparity-list "' + " ".join(dispFiles) + '"' + \
            ' --datum wgs84 -t nadirpinhole --create-pinhole-cameras --robust-threshold 2' + \
            ' --camera-weight 1 --solve-intrinsics --csv-format ' + lidarCsvFormatString + \
            ' --overlap-limit 1 --max-disp-error 10 --max-iterations 100 ' + \
            ' --parameter-tolerance 1e-12 -o ' + baPrefix
    logger.info(cmd)
    os.system(cmd)

    # Generate DEMs of residuals before and after optimization
    projString = icebridge_common.getEpsgCode(isSouth, asString=True)
    for val in ['initial', 'final']:
        cmd = 'point2dem --t_srs ' + projString + ' --tr 2'    + \
              ' --csv-format 1:lon,2:lat,4:height_above_datum' + \
              ' ' + baPrefix + '-' + val + '_residuals_no_loss_function_pointmap_point_log.csv'
        logger.info(cmd)
        os.system(cmd)
        cmd = 'point2dem --t_srs ' + projString + ' --tr 2'    + \
              ' --csv-format 1:lon,2:lat,4:height_above_datum' + \
              ' ' + baPrefix + '-' + val +'_residuals_no_loss_function_reference_terrain.txt'
        logger.info(cmd)
        os.system(cmd)

    # Look at the latest written tsai file, that will be the optimized distortion file.
    # Force the initial rotation and translation to be the identity, this is
    # expected by ortho2pinhole.
    outFiles = filter(os.path.isfile, glob.glob(baPrefix + '*.tsai'))
    outFiles.sort(key=lambda x: os.path.getmtime(x))
    optFile = outFiles[-1]
    logger.info("Reading optimized file: " + optFile)
    with open(optFile, 'r') as f:
        lines = f.readlines()
    for it in range(len(lines)):
        lines[it] = lines[it].strip()
        if re.match("^C\s*=\s*", lines[it]):
            lines[it] = "C = 0 0 0"
        if re.match("^R\s*=\s*", lines[it]):
            lines[it] = "R = 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1"

    # Write the final desired optimized RPC file
    logger.info("Writing final optimized file: " + options.outputCalCamera)
    # Below is a bugfix, must take full path to find the dir, otherwise it may fail.
    os.system("mkdir -p " + os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(options.outputCalCamera)))
    with open(options.outputCalCamera, 'w') as f:
        for line in lines:
            f.write(line + "\n")
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def solveIntrinsics_Part2(options, imageFolder, cameraFolder, lidarFolder,
                          orthoFolder, processedFolder, isSouth, logger):
    '''Create a camera model with optimized intrinsics. By now we
    processed a bunch of images and created bundle-adjusted and
    pc_aligned cameras and DEMs while using a camera model with
    distortion implemented using RPC coefficients which was obtained
    from the photometrics model. We now use the obtained cameras as
    inputs to a bundle adjust problem where we will optimize the
    intrinsics, including the distortion RPC coefficients, using the
    lidar as an external constraint, and many dense IP pairs and
    triplets (no quadruplets yet, even if 4 images overlap).'''

    # Get a list of all the input files
    imageCameraPairs = icebridge_common.getImageCameraPairs(
        imageFolder, cameraFolder, options.startFrame, options.stopFrame,
        logger)

    # The paired lidar file for the first image should be huge enough to contain
    # all images.
    lidarFile = icebridge_common.findMatchingLidarFile(imageCameraPairs[0][0],
                                                       lidarFolder)
    logger.info('Found matching lidar file ' + lidarFile)
    lidarCsvFormatString = icebridge_common.getLidarCsvFormat(lidarFile)

    numFiles = len(imageCameraPairs)
    if numFiles < 2:
        raise Exception('Failed to find any image camera pairs!')
    if numFiles % 2 != 0:
        raise Exception(
            "When solving for intrinsics, must have an even number of frames to use."
        )

    # Collect pc_align-ed cameras, unaligned disparities, and dense match files
    images = []
    cameras = []
    dispFiles = []
    for it in range(numFiles / 2):
        begFrame = options.startFrame + 2 * it
        endFrame = begFrame + 1
        batchFolderName = icebridge_common.batchFolderName(
            begFrame, endFrame, options.bundleLength)
        thisOutputFolder = os.path.join(processedFolder, batchFolderName)

        # Find all the cameras after bundle adjustment and pc_align.
        pattern = icebridge_common.getAlignedBundlePrefix(
            thisOutputFolder) + '*.tsai'
        alignedCameras = glob.glob(pattern)
        if len(alignedCameras) != options.bundleLength:
            raise Exception("Expected " + str(options.bundleLength) +
                            " cameras, here's what " +
                            " was obtained instead: " +
                            " ".join(alignedCameras))
        img0 = ""
        cam0 = ""
        img1 = ""
        cam1 = ""
        for cam in alignedCameras:
            frame = icebridge_common.getFrameNumberFromFilename(cam)
            if begFrame == frame:
                img0 = imageCameraPairs[2 * it][0]
                cam0 = cam
            if endFrame == frame:
                img1 = imageCameraPairs[2 * it + 1][0]
                cam1 = cam
        images.append(img0)
        images.append(img1)
        cameras.append(cam0)
        cameras.append(cam1)

        # Unaligned disparity
        stereoFolder = os.path.join(thisOutputFolder, 'stereo_pair_' + str(0))
        currDispFiles = glob.glob(
            os.path.join(stereoFolder, '*unaligned-D.tif'))
        if len(currDispFiles) != 1:
            raise Exception("Expecting a single unaligned disparity file in " +
                            stereoFolder)
        dispFiles.append(currDispFiles[0])

    # Match files
    matchFiles = []
    for it in range(numFiles - 1):
        begFrame = options.startFrame + it
        endFrame = begFrame + 1
        batchFolderName = icebridge_common.batchFolderName(
            begFrame, endFrame, options.bundleLength)
        thisOutputFolder = os.path.join(processedFolder, batchFolderName)
        stereoFolder = os.path.join(thisOutputFolder, 'stereo_pair_' + str(0))
        DISP_PREFIX = "disp-"
        currMatchFiles = glob.glob(
            os.path.join(stereoFolder, '*' + DISP_PREFIX + '*.match'))
        if len(currMatchFiles) != 1:
            raise Exception("Expecting a single dense match file in " +
                            stereoFolder)
        matchFiles.append(currMatchFiles[0])

    # Create output directory for bundle adjustment and copy there the match files
    baDir = os.path.join(processedFolder, "bundle_intrinsics")
    baPrefix = os.path.join(baDir, "out")
    os.system("mkdir -p " + baDir)
    for matchFile in matchFiles:
        dstFile = os.path.basename(matchFile)
        dstFile = dstFile.replace(DISP_PREFIX, '')
        dstFile = os.path.join(baDir, dstFile)
        cmd = "cp -f " + matchFile + " " + dstFile
        logger.info(cmd)
        os.system(cmd)

    # The bundle adjustment
    cmd = "bundle_adjust " + " ".join(images) + " " +  " ".join(cameras) + \
            ' --reference-terrain ' + lidarFile + \
            ' --disparity-list "' + " ".join(dispFiles) + '"' + \
            ' --datum wgs84 -t nadirpinhole --local-pinhole --robust-threshold 2' + \
            ' --camera-weight 1 --solve-intrinsics --csv-format ' + lidarCsvFormatString + \
            ' --overlap-limit 1 --max-disp-error 10 --max-iterations 100 ' + \
            ' --parameter-tolerance 1e-12 -o ' + baPrefix
    logger.info(cmd)
    os.system(cmd)

    # Generate DEMs of residuals before and after optimization
    projString = icebridge_common.getEpsgCode(isSouth, asString=True)
    for val in ['initial', 'final']:
        cmd = 'point2dem --t_srs ' + projString + ' --tr 2'    + \
              ' --csv-format 1:lon,2:lat,4:height_above_datum' + \
              ' ' + baPrefix + '-' + val + '_residuals_no_loss_function_pointmap_point_log.csv'
        logger.info(cmd)
        os.system(cmd)
        cmd = 'point2dem --t_srs ' + projString + ' --tr 2'    + \
              ' --csv-format 1:lon,2:lat,4:height_above_datum' + \
              ' ' + baPrefix + '-' + val +'_residuals_no_loss_function_reference_terrain.txt'
        logger.info(cmd)
        os.system(cmd)

    # Look at the latest written tsai file, that will be the optimized distortion file.
    # Force the initial rotation and translation to be the identity, this is
    # expected by ortho2pinhole.
    outFiles = filter(os.path.isfile, glob.glob(baPrefix + '*.tsai'))
    outFiles.sort(key=lambda x: os.path.getmtime(x))
    optFile = outFiles[-1]
    logger.info("Reading optimized file: " + optFile)
    with open(optFile, 'r') as f:
        lines = f.readlines()
    for it in range(len(lines)):
        lines[it] = lines[it].strip()
        if re.match("^C\s*=\s*", lines[it]):
            lines[it] = "C = 0 0 0"
        if re.match("^R\s*=\s*", lines[it]):
            lines[it] = "R = 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1"

    # Write the final desired optimized RPC file
    logger.info("Writing final optimized file: " + options.outputCalCamera)
    os.system("mkdir -p " + os.path.dirname(options.outputCalCamera))
    with open(options.outputCalCamera, 'w') as f:
        for line in lines:
            f.write(line + "\n")
def main(argsIn):

    try:
        # Sample usage:
        # python ~/projects/StereoPipeline/src/asp/IceBridge/blend_dems.py --site GR   \
        #   --yyyymmdd 20120315 --start-frame 2490 --stop-frame 2491 --bundle-length 2 \
        #   --num-threads 8 --num-processes 10
        usage = '''blend_dems.py <options>'''
                      
        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(usage=usage)

        # Run selection
        parser.add_argument("--yyyymmdd",  dest="yyyymmdd", required=True,
                          help="Specify the year, month, and day in one YYYYMMDD string.")
        parser.add_argument("--site",  dest="site", required=True,
                          help="Name of the location of the images (AN, GR, or AL)")

        parser.add_argument("--output-folder",  dest="outputFolder", default=None,
                          help="Name of the output folder. If not specified, " + \
                          "use something like AN_YYYYMMDD.")

        # Processing options
        parser.add_argument('--bundle-length', dest='bundleLength', default=2,
                          type=int, help="The number of images to bundle adjust and process " + \
                          "in a single batch.")

        parser.add_argument('--start-frame', dest='startFrame', type=int,
                          default=icebridge_common.getSmallestFrame(),
                          help="Frame to start with.  Leave this and stop-frame blank to " + \
                          "process all frames.")
        parser.add_argument('--stop-frame', dest='stopFrame', type=int,
                          default=icebridge_common.getLargestFrame(),
                          help='Frame to stop on. This frame will also be processed.')

        parser.add_argument("--processing-subfolder",  dest="processingSubfolder", default=None,
                          help="Specify a subfolder name where the processing outputs will go. "+\
                            "The default is no additional folder.")

        parser.add_argument("--compute-diff-to-prev-dem", action="store_true",
                            dest="computeDiffToPrev", default=False,
                            help="Compute the absolute difference between the current DEM " +
                            "and the one before it.")

        parser.add_argument("--blend-to-fireball-footprint", action="store_true",
                            dest="blendToFireball", default=False,
                            help="Create additional blended DEMs having the same " + \
                            "footprint as Fireball DEMs.")

        # Performance options  
        parser.add_argument('--num-processes', dest='numProcesses', default=1,
                          type=int, help='The number of simultaneous processes to run.')
        parser.add_argument('--num-threads', dest='numThreads', default=8,
                          type=int, help='The number of threads per process.')
        options = parser.parse_args(argsIn)

    except argparse.ArgumentError as msg:
        parser.error(msg)
        
    icebridge_common.switchWorkDir()
    
    os.system("ulimit -c 0") # disable core dumps
    os.system("rm -f core.*") # these keep on popping up
    os.system("umask 022")   # enforce files be readable by others
    
    if len(options.yyyymmdd) != 8 and len(options.yyyymmdd) != 9:
        # Make an exception for 20100422a
        raise Exception("The --yyyymmdd field must have length 8 or 9.")

    if options.outputFolder is None:
        options.outputFolder = icebridge_common.outputFolder(options.site, options.yyyymmdd)
        
    os.system('mkdir -p ' + options.outputFolder)
    logLevel = logging.INFO # Make this an option??
    logger   = icebridge_common.setUpLogger(options.outputFolder, logLevel,
                                            'icebridge_blend_log')

    (out, err, status) = asp_system_utils.executeCommand(['uname', '-a'],
                                                         suppressOutput = True)
    logger.info("Running on machine: " + out)
    logger.info(str(argsIn))
    
    processFolder = os.path.join(options.outputFolder, 'processed')
    
    # Handle subfolder option.  This is useful for comparing results with different parameters!
    if options.processingSubfolder:
        processFolder = os.path.join(processFolder, options.processingSubfolder)
        logger.info('Reading from processing subfolder: ' + options.processingSubfolder)

    orthoFolder    = icebridge_common.getOrthoFolder(options.outputFolder)
    orthoIndexPath = icebridge_common.csvIndexFile(orthoFolder)
    if not os.path.exists(orthoIndexPath):
        raise Exception("Error: Missing ortho index file: " + orthoIndexPath + ".")
    (orthoFrameDict, orthoUrlDict) = icebridge_common.readIndexFile(orthoIndexPath)
    
    if options.blendToFireball:
        fireballFrameDict = icebridge_common.getCorrectedFireballDems(options.outputFolder)
        
    lidarFolder = icebridge_common.getLidarFolder(options.outputFolder)
    
    threadText = ''
    if options.numThreads:
        threadText = '--threads ' + str(options.numThreads)
    
    redo = False
    suppressOutput = True
    taskHandles    = []
    if options.numProcesses > 1:    
        pool = multiprocessing.Pool(options.numProcesses)

    # Bound the frames
    sortedFrames = sorted(orthoFrameDict.keys())
    if len(sortedFrames) > 0:
        if options.startFrame < sortedFrames[0]:
            options.startFrame = sortedFrames[0]
        if options.stopFrame > sortedFrames[-1] + 1:
            options.stopFrame = sortedFrames[-1] + 1
    else:
        # No ortho files, that means nothing to do
        options.startFrame = 0
        options.stopFrame  = 0 

    for frame in range(options.startFrame, options.stopFrame):

        if not frame in orthoFrameDict:
            logger.info("Error: Missing ortho file for frame: " + str(frame) + ".")
            continue
        
        orthoFile = orthoFrameDict[frame]
        try:
            lidarFile = icebridge_common.findMatchingLidarFile(orthoFile, lidarFolder)
        except: # Skip if no lidar file matches this frame
            continue

        fireballDEM = ""
        if options.blendToFireball:
            if frame in fireballFrameDict:
                fireballDEM = fireballFrameDict[frame]
            else:
                logger.info("No fireball DEM for frame: " + str(frame))
            
        args = (frame, processFolder, lidarFile, fireballDEM, options, threadText,
                redo, suppressOutput)

        # Run things sequentially if only one process, to make it easy to debug
        if options.numProcesses > 1:
            taskHandles.append(pool.apply_async(runBlend, args))
        else:
            runBlend(*args)
        
    if options.numProcesses > 1:
        icebridge_common.waitForTaskCompletionOrKeypress(taskHandles, logger, interactive = False, 
                                                         quitKey='q', sleepTime=20)
        icebridge_common.stopTaskPool(pool)
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    # Pick the output projection to be used
    PROJ_STRING_NORTH = '"+proj=stere +lat_0=90 +lat_ts=70 +lon_0=-45 +k=1 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs"'
    PROJ_STRING_SOUTH = '"+proj=stere +lat_0=-90 +lat_ts=-71 +lon_0=0 +k=1 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs"'

    projString = PROJ_STRING_NORTH
    if options.isSouth:
        projString = PROJ_STRING_SOUTH

    if not os.path.exists(outputFolder):
        os.mkdir(outputFolder)

    # If a lidar folder was specified, find the best lidar file.
    lidarFile = None
    if options.lidarFolder:
        logger.info('Searching for matching lidar file...')
        lidarFile = icebridge_common.findMatchingLidarFile(
            inputPairs[0][0], options.lidarFolder)
        logger.info('Found matching lidar file ' + lidarFile)

    # Does this ever change?
    # This format is used for reading LIDAR files.
    LIDAR_CSV_FORMAT_STRING = '"1:lat 2:lon 3:height_above_datum"'

    suppressOutput = False
    redo = False

    logger.info('Starting processing...')

    outputPrefix = os.path.join(outputFolder, 'out')

    threadText = ''
    if options.numThreads:
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def main(argsIn):

    try:
        # Sample usage:
        # python ~/projects/StereoPipeline/src/asp/IceBridge/blend_dems.py --site GR   \
        #   --yyyymmdd 20120315 --start-frame 2490 --stop-frame 2491 --bundle-length 2 \
        #   --num-threads 8 --num-processes 10
        usage = '''blend_dems.py <options>'''

        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(usage=usage)

        # Run selection
        parser.add_argument(
            "--yyyymmdd",
            dest="yyyymmdd",
            required=True,
            help="Specify the year, month, and day in one YYYYMMDD string.")
        parser.add_argument(
            "--site",
            dest="site",
            required=True,
            help="Name of the location of the images (AN, GR, or AL)")

        parser.add_argument("--output-folder",  dest="outputFolder", default=None,
                          help="Name of the output folder. If not specified, " + \
                          "use something like AN_YYYYMMDD.")

        # Processing options
        parser.add_argument('--bundle-length', dest='bundleLength', default=2,
                          type=int, help="The number of images to bundle adjust and process " + \
                          "in a single batch.")

        parser.add_argument('--start-frame', dest='startFrame', type=int,
                          default=icebridge_common.getSmallestFrame(),
                          help="Frame to start with.  Leave this and stop-frame blank to " + \
                          "process all frames.")
        parser.add_argument(
            '--stop-frame',
            dest='stopFrame',
            type=int,
            default=icebridge_common.getLargestFrame(),
            help='Frame to stop on. This frame will also be processed.')

        parser.add_argument("--processing-subfolder",  dest="processingSubfolder", default=None,
                          help="Specify a subfolder name where the processing outputs will go. "+\
                            "The default is no additional folder.")

        parser.add_argument(
            "--compute-diff-to-prev-dem",
            action="store_true",
            dest="computeDiffToPrev",
            default=False,
            help="Compute the absolute difference between the current DEM " +
            "and the one before it.")

        parser.add_argument("--blend-to-fireball-footprint", action="store_true",
                            dest="blendToFireball", default=False,
                            help="Create additional blended DEMs having the same " + \
                            "footprint as Fireball DEMs.")

        # Performance options
        parser.add_argument(
            '--num-processes',
            dest='numProcesses',
            default=1,
            type=int,
            help='The number of simultaneous processes to run.')
        parser.add_argument('--num-threads',
                            dest='numThreads',
                            default=8,
                            type=int,
                            help='The number of threads per process.')
        options = parser.parse_args(argsIn)

    except argparse.ArgumentError as msg:
        parser.error(msg)

    icebridge_common.switchWorkDir()

    os.system("ulimit -c 0")  # disable core dumps
    os.system("rm -f core.*")  # these keep on popping up
    os.system("umask 022")  # enforce files be readable by others

    if len(options.yyyymmdd) != 8 and len(options.yyyymmdd) != 9:
        # Make an exception for 20100422a
        raise Exception("The --yyyymmdd field must have length 8 or 9.")

    if options.outputFolder is None:
        options.outputFolder = icebridge_common.outputFolder(
            options.site, options.yyyymmdd)

    os.system('mkdir -p ' + options.outputFolder)
    logLevel = logging.INFO  # Make this an option??
    logger = icebridge_common.setUpLogger(options.outputFolder, logLevel,
                                          'icebridge_blend_log')

    (out, err, status) = asp_system_utils.executeCommand(['uname', '-a'],
                                                         suppressOutput=True)
    logger.info("Running on machine: " + out)
    logger.info(str(argsIn))

    processFolder = os.path.join(options.outputFolder, 'processed')

    # Handle subfolder option.  This is useful for comparing results with different parameters!
    if options.processingSubfolder:
        processFolder = os.path.join(processFolder,
                                     options.processingSubfolder)
        logger.info('Reading from processing subfolder: ' +
                    options.processingSubfolder)

    orthoFolder = icebridge_common.getOrthoFolder(options.outputFolder)
    orthoIndexPath = icebridge_common.csvIndexFile(orthoFolder)
    if not os.path.exists(orthoIndexPath):
        raise Exception("Error: Missing ortho index file: " + orthoIndexPath +
                        ".")
    (orthoFrameDict,
     orthoUrlDict) = icebridge_common.readIndexFile(orthoIndexPath)

    if options.blendToFireball:
        fireballFrameDict = icebridge_common.getCorrectedFireballDems(
            options.outputFolder)

    lidarFolder = icebridge_common.getLidarFolder(options.outputFolder)

    threadText = ''
    if options.numThreads:
        threadText = '--threads ' + str(options.numThreads)

    redo = False
    suppressOutput = True
    taskHandles = []
    if options.numProcesses > 1:
        pool = multiprocessing.Pool(options.numProcesses)

    # Bound the frames
    sortedFrames = sorted(orthoFrameDict.keys())
    if len(sortedFrames) > 0:
        if options.startFrame < sortedFrames[0]:
            options.startFrame = sortedFrames[0]
        if options.stopFrame > sortedFrames[-1] + 1:
            options.stopFrame = sortedFrames[-1] + 1
    else:
        # No ortho files, that means nothing to do
        options.startFrame = 0
        options.stopFrame = 0

    for frame in range(options.startFrame, options.stopFrame):

        if not frame in orthoFrameDict:
            logger.info("Error: Missing ortho file for frame: " + str(frame) +
                        ".")
            continue

        orthoFile = orthoFrameDict[frame]
        try:
            lidarFile = icebridge_common.findMatchingLidarFile(
                orthoFile, lidarFolder)
        except:  # Skip if no lidar file matches this frame
            continue

        fireballDEM = ""
        if options.blendToFireball:
            if frame in fireballFrameDict:
                fireballDEM = fireballFrameDict[frame]
            else:
                logger.info("No fireball DEM for frame: " + str(frame))

        args = (frame, processFolder, lidarFile, fireballDEM, options,
                threadText, redo, suppressOutput)

        # Run things sequentially if only one process, to make it easy to debug
        if options.numProcesses > 1:
            taskHandles.append(pool.apply_async(runBlend, args))
        else:
            runBlend(*args)

    if options.numProcesses > 1:
        icebridge_common.waitForTaskCompletionOrKeypress(taskHandles,
                                                         logger,
                                                         interactive=False,
                                                         quitKey='q',
                                                         sleepTime=20)
        icebridge_common.stopTaskPool(pool)