# ImageCityBlockDistance

VTKExamples/Cxx/Images/ImageCityBlockDistance

### Description

Compute the Manhattan distance from every point to every black point in a binary image.

### Code

ImageCityBlockDistance.cxx

    #include <vtkImageData.h>
    #include <vtkImageMapper3D.h>
    #include <vtkImageCast.h>
    #include <vtkImageThreshold.h>
    #include <vtkJPEGReader.h>
    #include <vtkPNGReader.h>
    #include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
    #include <vtkImageExtractComponents.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
    #include <vtkInteractorStyleImage.h>
    #include <vtkRenderer.h>
    #include <vtkJPEGReader.h>
    #include <vtkImageActor.h>
    #include <vtkImageCityBlockDistance.h>

    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
      // Verify command line arguments
      if (argc < 2 )
      {
        std::cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " BinaryImage.jpg" << std::endl;
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
      }

      // Parse command line arguments
      std::string inputFilename = argv[1];

      // Read file
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkJPEGReader> reader =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkJPEGReader>::New();
      reader->SetFileName(inputFilename.c_str());
      reader->Update();

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageCast> castFilter =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageCast>::New();
      castFilter->SetOutputScalarTypeToShort();
      castFilter->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageCityBlockDistance> cityBlockDistanceFilter =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageCityBlockDistance>::New();
      cityBlockDistanceFilter->SetInputConnection(castFilter->GetOutputPort());
      cityBlockDistanceFilter->SetDimensionality(2);
      cityBlockDistanceFilter->Update();

      // Create actors
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageCast> inputCastFilter =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageCast>::New();
      inputCastFilter->SetOutputScalarTypeToUnsignedChar();
      inputCastFilter->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor> inputActor =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor>::New();
      inputActor->GetMapper()->SetInputConnection(inputCastFilter->GetOutputPort());

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageCast> distanceCastFilter =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageCast>::New();
      distanceCastFilter->SetOutputScalarTypeToUnsignedChar();
      distanceCastFilter->SetInputConnection(cityBlockDistanceFilter->GetOutputPort());

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor> distanceActor =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor>::New();
      distanceActor->GetMapper()->SetInputConnection(
        distanceCastFilter->GetOutputPort());

      // Define viewport ranges
      // (xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax)
      double inputViewport[4] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.5, 1.0};
      double distanceViewport[4] = {0.5, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0};

      // Setup renderers
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> inputRenderer =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
      inputRenderer->SetViewport(inputViewport);
      inputRenderer->AddActor(inputActor);
      inputRenderer->ResetCamera();
      inputRenderer->SetBackground(.4, .5, .9);

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> distanceRenderer =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
      distanceRenderer->SetViewport(distanceViewport);
      distanceRenderer->AddActor(distanceActor);
      distanceRenderer->ResetCamera();
      distanceRenderer->SetBackground(.4, .5, .7);

      // Setup render window
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
      renderWindow->SetSize(600, 300);
      renderWindow->AddRenderer(inputRenderer);
      renderWindow->AddRenderer(distanceRenderer);

      // Setup render window interactor
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkInteractorStyleImage> style =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkInteractorStyleImage>::New();

      renderWindowInteractor->SetInteractorStyle(style);

      // Render and start interaction
      renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
      renderWindowInteractor->Initialize();

      renderWindowInteractor->Start();
      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(ImageCityBlockDistance)

    find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
    include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

    add_executable(ImageCityBlockDistance MACOSX_BUNDLE ImageCityBlockDistance.cxx)

    target_link_libraries(ImageCityBlockDistance ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build ImageCityBlockDistance

Click here to download ImageCityBlockDistance and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball ImageCityBlockDistance.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

    cd ImageCityBlockDistance/build

If VTK is installed:

    cmake ..

If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

    cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

    make

and run it:

    ./ImageCityBlockDistance

WINDOWS USERS PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.