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McIDAS-eXplorer: A version of McIDAS for planetary applicationsMcIDAS-eXplorer is a set of software tools developed for analysis of planetary data published by the Planetary Data System on CD-ROM's. It is built upon McIDAS-X, an environment which has been in use nearly two decades now for earth weather satellite data applications in research and routine operations. The environment allows convenient access, navigation, analysis, display, and animation of planetary data by utilizing the full calibration data accompanying the planetary data. Support currently exists for Voyager images of the giant planets and their satellites; Magellan radar images (F-MIDR and C-MIDR's, global map products (GxDR's), and altimetry data (ARCDR's)); Galileo SSI images of the earth, moon, and Venus; Viking Mars images and MDIM's as well as most earth based telescopic images of solar system objects (FITS). The NAIF/JPL SPICE kernels are used for image navigation when available. For data without the SPICE kernels (such as the bulk of the Voyager Jupiter and Saturn imagery and Pioneer Orbiter images of Venus), tools based on NAIF toolkit allow the user to navigate the images interactively. Multiple navigation types can be attached to a given image (e.g., for ring navigation and planet navigation in the same image). Tools are available to perform common image processing tasks such as digital filtering, cartographic mapping, map overlays, and data extraction. It is also possible to have different planetary radii for an object such as Venus which requires a different radius for the surface and for the cloud level. A graphical user interface based on Tel-Tk scripting language is provided (UNIX only at present) for using the environment and also to provide on-line help. It is possible for end users to add applications of their own to the environment at any time.
Document ID
19950010908
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Limaye, Sanjay S. (Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Saunders, R. Stephen (Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Sromovsky, Lawrence A. (Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Martin, Michael (Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
September 15, 1994
Subject Category
Documentation And Information Science
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.26:189382
NASA-CR-189382
Accession Number
95N17323
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 656-65-07
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-32337
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-31347
CONTRACT_GRANT: USRA-C-5555-08
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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