VO1/VO2 MARS VISUAL IMAGING SS EXPRMNT DATA RECORD V2.0

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This data set is a digital archive of images acquired by the Viking Orbiter 1 and 2 spacecraft. The archive will include the best available Experiment Data Record (EDR) versions of images acquired by the Viking Orbiter Visual Imaging Subsystems (VIS). The archive is stored on compact read-only optical disk media (CD-ROM) for distribution. The EDR image data are stored on CD-ROM in a compressed format that allows exact reconstruction of the original image. The images were compressed in order to reduce the number of CD-ROMs required for the archive. The average Viking Orbiter image is compressed by a factor of about 3.5. Each CD-ROM in the archive also includes documentation about the organization and contents of the disk. Software is included to provide programmers with tools to decompress image files. The CD-ROM has index files containing information about all the images stored in the archive. These index files can be loaded into a database management system to help the user locate images of interest.

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bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.vo1-vo2-m-vis-2-edr-v2.0_n5ve-5bvk
issued	2018-06-26
landingPage	https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=VO1%2FVO2-M-VIS-2-EDR-V2.0
programCode	[ "026:005" ]
references	[ "https://pds.nasa.gov" ]
theme	[ "Earth Science" ]