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NJPL1I00PDS100000000 = SFDU_LABEL
RECORD_TYPE = STREAM
OBJECT = TEXT
NOTE = "Introduction to this CD-ROM volume."
END_OBJECT
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Voyagers to the Outer Planets
Volume 5 - Saturn
Selected Images in Range 43901.59 - 44304.45 in Compressed Format
and
Selected Images in Range 33575.27 - 44304.45 in Browse Format
This compact read-only optical disk (CD-ROM) is the second of two CD-ROM
volumes containing selected images taken by NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft
during their encounters with the planet Saturn. These are full resolution
(800 pixels by 800 scan lines) digital images returned by the Voyager
cameras. No additional processing has been performed to enhance the
images. The images are compressed to permit us to pack more data onto
each volume but the images can be restored to their full resolution using
algorithms described in documentation on this disk. Image decompression
software in several programming languages is also included on the disk.
When completed, the "Voyagers to the Outer Planets" CD-ROM set will contain
images from all the planets visited by the two Voyager spacecraft. This is
the fifth volume in the set. Volumes 1-3 contain Voyager 2 images of
Uranus and Volume 4 contains Voyager 1 and 2 images of Saturn. This disk
contains compressed images from the Voyager 2 Saturn encounter. It also
contains all of the selected Saturn images from Volumes 4 and 5 in 'browse'
format. Browse images consist of every fourth pixel of every fourth scan
line, producing an image of 200 pixels by 200 scan lines. You can use browse
images to quickly locate an image of interest to you and then go back to the
compressed version of the image to get the full 800 pixel by 800 scan line
resolution.
As you may have noticed, the file that you are reading now is one of only
a few files located in the main directory (another file, VOLDESC.SFD,
contains general information similar to what you are reading now but in a
format that is easier for computer programs to access). All other files
are located in directories below the main directory. The directory named
DOCUMENT contains a document file named VOLINFO.TXT that describes in
detail the organization of this disk and the format and content of the
Voyager images. It is highly recommended that you read the VOLINFO
document before trying to process image files.
The directory named INDEX contains a file IMGINDEX.TAB which is an index
to the selected Saturn images. The index table is human and machine readable.
While you can locate images by simply searching through the index yourself,
the table has been designed so that it can be easily loaded into most
database managers for fast and efficient searching. The file named
INDXINFO.TXT in the INDEX directory describes the index table in detail.
The directory named SOFTWARE contains source and executable versions of
image decompression software written in Fortran, C and VAX Macro assembly
language. There is one executable decompression program for IBM PCs and
another for VAX VMS systems. The file named SOFTINFO.TXT in the SOFTWARE
directory describes the software in detail.
The compressed image files are contained in directories named after the
principal target of the image. In alphabetical order, the image
directories for the Saturn volumes are:
CALIB - Calibration images
CALYPSO - Images of satellite Calypso
DIONE - Images of satellite Dione
ENCELADU - Images of satellite Enceladus
EPIMETHE - Images of satellite Epimetheus
HELENE - Images of satellite Helene
HYPERION - Images of satellite Hyperion
IAPETUS - Images of satellite Iapetus
JANUS - Images of satellite Janus
MIMAS - Images of satellite Mimas
PANDORA - Images of satellite Pandora
PHOEBE - Images of satellite Phoebe
RHEA - Images of satellite Rhea
SATURN - Images of Saturn
S_RINGS - Images of the rings of Saturn
TELESTO - Images of satellite Telesto
TETHYS - Images of satellite Tethys
TITAN - Images of satellite Titan
If there are no images of a target on a particular volume then the target's
directory is omitted. If there are more than about 100 images of a target
on a volume, the images are further divided into subdirectories based upon
their image number. Each image subdirectory has a name of the form CnnnnXXX,
where nnnn is the first four digits of the seven-digit image number. All
images of the target with image numbers that have those first four digits
will appear in the subdirectory. See the document in file VOLINFO.TXT
for further information about image numbers.
Each browse image is contained in a file and the browse image files are
arranged into directories using the scheme outlined above for compressed
images. The only difference is that all of the browse image directories
are located under the directory named BROWSE. Within the BROWSE directory
you will find, for example, a subdirectory named DIONE that contains all
the browse format images of the satellite DIONE.
Most files on this disk have a label encoded in the Object Description
Language (ODL). A file's ODL label is readable by both humans and
computers and it provides a formal description of the format and
content of the file. For most files the ODL label appears at the
beginning of the file (this is the case for the file that you are
currently reading). All image files have such an embedded ODL label
preceding the data in the file. For files where labels can't be easily
included, a separate label file is provided that contains the ODL label
and a pointer to the file that the label describes. These external
label files all have a .LBL file extension. An example of an external
label is the file IMGINDX.LBL in the INDEX directory which contains
the ODL label for the index file IMGINDEX.TAB. The LABEL directory
contains two files with external ODL labels that describe the format
and content of the engineering information that is contained within
each image file. For a description of the Object Description Language,
see the document file VOLINFO.TXT in the DOCUMENT directory.