Add low RAM mode

bin/stitch/medianBlendedImage.go

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019 David Vogel
+//
+// This software is released under the MIT License.
+// https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"image"
+	"image/color"
+)
+
+// MedianBlendedImageRowHeight defines the height of the cached output image.
+const MedianBlendedImageRowHeight = 256
+
+// MedianBlendedImage combines several imageTile to a single RGBA image.
+type MedianBlendedImage struct {
+	tiles  []imageTile
+	bounds image.Rectangle
+
+	cachedRow *image.RGBA
+}
+
+// NewMedianBlendedImage creates a new image from several single image tiles.
+func NewMedianBlendedImage(tiles []imageTile) *MedianBlendedImage {
+	totalBounds := image.Rectangle{}
+	for i, tile := range tiles {
+		if i == 0 {
+			totalBounds = tile.Bounds()
+		} else {
+			totalBounds = totalBounds.Union(tile.Bounds())
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &MedianBlendedImage{
+		tiles:     tiles,
+		bounds:    totalBounds,
+		cachedRow: &image.RGBA{},
+	}
+}
+
+// ColorModel returns the Image's color model.
+func (mbi *MedianBlendedImage) ColorModel() color.Model {
+	return color.RGBAModel
+}
+
+// Bounds returns the domain for which At can return non-zero color.
+// The bounds do not necessarily contain the point (0, 0).
+func (mbi *MedianBlendedImage) Bounds() image.Rectangle {
+	return mbi.bounds
+}
+
+// At returns the color of the pixel at (x, y).
+// At(Bounds().Min.X, Bounds().Min.Y) returns the upper-left pixel of the grid.
+// At(Bounds().Max.X-1, Bounds().Max.Y-1) returns the lower-right one.
+func (mbi *MedianBlendedImage) At(x, y int) color.Color {
+	p := image.Point{x, y}
+
+	if !p.In(mbi.cachedRow.Bounds()) {
+		// Need to create a new row image
+		rect := mbi.Bounds()
+		rect.Min.Y = divideFloor(y, MedianBlendedImageRowHeight) * MedianBlendedImageRowHeight
+		rect.Max.Y = rect.Min.Y + MedianBlendedImageRowHeight
+
+		if !p.In(rect) {
+			return color.RGBA{}
+		}
+
+		mbi.cachedRow = image.NewRGBA(rect)
+
+		// TODO: Don't use hilbert curve here
+		if err := StitchGrid(mbi.tiles, mbi.cachedRow, 512); err != nil {
+			return color.RGBA{}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return mbi.cachedRow.RGBAAt(x, y)
+}

bin/stitch/stitch.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ var flagXMin = flag.Int("xmin", 0, "Left bound of the output rectangle. This coo
 var flagYMin = flag.Int("ymin", 0, "Upper bound of the output rectangle. This coordinate is included in the output.")
 var flagXMax = flag.Int("xmax", 0, "Right bound of the output rectangle. This coordinate is not included in the output.")
 var flagYMax = flag.Int("ymax", 0, "Lower bound of the output rectangle. This coordinate is not included in the output.")
+var flagLowRAM = flag.Bool("lowram", true, "Reduces the needed ram drastically, at the expense of speed.")
 
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
@@ -153,12 +154,19 @@ func main() {
 		*flagOutputPath = result
 	}
 
-	log.Printf("Creating output image with a size of %v", outputRect.Size())
-	outputImage := image.NewRGBA(outputRect)
+	var outputImage image.Image
+	if *flagLowRAM {
+		outputImage = NewMedianBlendedImage(tiles)
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("Creating output image with a size of %v", outputRect.Size())
+		tempImage := image.NewRGBA(outputRect)
 
-	log.Printf("Stitching %v tiles into an image at %v", len(tiles), outputImage.Bounds())
-	if err := StitchGrid(tiles, outputImage, 512); err != nil {
-		log.Panic(err)
+		log.Printf("Stitching %v tiles into an image at %v", len(tiles), outputImage.Bounds())
+		if err := StitchGrid(tiles, tempImage, 512); err != nil {
+			log.Panic(err)
+		}
+
+		outputImage = tempImage
 	}
 
 	log.Printf("Creating output file \"%v\"", "output.png")