NAME

Data::TestImage::DB::USC::SIPI - provides access to the USC SIPI test image database

VERSION

version 0.003

SYNOPSIS

    use Data::TestImage::DB::USC::SIPI;

    # two different ways of referring to the same image
    my @mandrill_images = map {
        Data::TestImage::DB::USC::SIPI->get_image($_)
    } qw(4.2.03 mandrill);
    say join " & ", map { $_->basename } @mandrill_images;
    # 4.2.03.tiff & 4.2.03.tiff

DESCRIPTION

This module installs and provides metadata for the USC SIPI image database. This database is made up of 4 volumes: textures, aerials, miscellaneous, and sequences. By default, only the miscellaneous volume is installed.

METHODS

IMAGE_DB_VOLUME

    IMAGE_DB_VOLUME()

Returns a hash containing information about each of the volumes in the image database.

installed_volumes

    installed_volumes()

Returns an arrayref of strings indicating which volumes are installed.

get_metadata

    get_metadata()

Returns a hashref of metadata about all images in the database (even those not installed). This data includes the size, a textual description, and whether the image is 24 bpp color or 8 bpp monochrome.

get_image

    get_image($image_name)

Overrides "get_image" in Data::TestImage::DB to provide the default lookup by filename first and then if the image is not found, search the metadata text.

INHERITANCE

Data::TestImage::DB

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

The images in this database are not licensed for commercial use. For more information, see the database website.

The textual descriptions returned by "IMAGE_DB_VOLUME" and "get_metadata" are taken from the database catalog.

SEE ALSO

USC SIPI database, database catalog

AUTHOR

Zakariyya Mughal <zmughal@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Zakariyya Mughal.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm Data::TestImage

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Data::TestImage