VICAR
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'''VICAR''' ('''Video Image Communication And Retrieval''') is a raster image file format associated with the ''VICAR Image Processing System'' software, which is associated with NASA and JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory). | '''VICAR''' ('''Video Image Communication And Retrieval''') is a raster image file format associated with the ''VICAR Image Processing System'' software, which is associated with NASA and JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory). | ||
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| + | Sometimes this format is called '''VICAR2'''. Or maybe there are actually two different formats – it's not clear. | ||
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| + | It appears that a VICAR file may have an associated [[PDS]]-like label file, whose first line contains the string "<code>SFDU_LABEL</code>". | ||
== Identification == | == Identification == | ||
| − | + | VICAR files begin with the ASCII string "LBLSIZE", which begins a "label" section containing space-separated attribute definitions, with no newlines. | |
There is no standard filename extension. If the filename has an extension, it may reflect the content of the image, rather than the file format. | There is no standard filename extension. If the filename has an extension, it may reflect the content of the image, rather than the file format. | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[PDS]] | ||
| + | * [[Flexible Image Transport System|FITS]] | ||
== Specifications == | == Specifications == | ||
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== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
* [http://www-mipl.jpl.nasa.gov/external/vicar.html The VICAR Image Processing System] | * [http://www-mipl.jpl.nasa.gov/external/vicar.html The VICAR Image Processing System] | ||
| + | * [http://www.fileformat.info/format/vicar2/egff.htm VICAR2 File Format Summary] | ||
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Revision as of 16:32, 3 April 2013
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Overview
VICAR (Video Image Communication And Retrieval) is a raster image file format associated with the VICAR Image Processing System software, which is associated with NASA and JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory).
Sometimes this format is called VICAR2. Or maybe there are actually two different formats – it's not clear.
It appears that a VICAR file may have an associated PDS-like label file, whose first line contains the string "SFDU_LABEL".
Identification
VICAR files begin with the ASCII string "LBLSIZE", which begins a "label" section containing space-separated attribute definitions, with no newlines.
There is no standard filename extension. If the filename has an extension, it may reflect the content of the image, rather than the file format.
