VICAR

File Format
Name	VICAR
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics VICAR
Extension(s)	(none), .vic, .vicar, .img, many others
PRONOM	fmt/383
Released	~1966

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.

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.

See also

• PDS
• FITS

Specifications

• The VICAR file format
• VICAR2 Image File Format

Software

• ImageMagick
• abydos

Sample files

• http://atmos.nmsu.edu/PDS/review/Jupiter/Cassini_Maps/ → *.map
• dexvert samples — image/vicar

Resources

• The VICAR Image Processing System
• VICAR2 File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats