Format
VICAR (Video Image Communication and Retrieval) Planetary File Format
Summary
- Name
- VICAR (Video Image Communication and Retrieval) Planetary File Format
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/383
- Format type
- Image (Raster)
- Description
- The VICAR image file format is used primarily for storing planetary image data collected by both interplanetary spacecraft and Earth-based stations. Many astronomical and astrophysical organizations use and support the VICAR format. Full specifications available at http://www-mipl.jpl.nasa.gov/external/VICAR_file_fmt.pdf
- File extensions
-
img,vic,vicar - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
- Developed by
- NASA/Science Office of Standards and Technology
Internal signatures
VICAR Planetary File Format
- Note
- Header ASCII: 'LBLSIZE=n, followed by FORMAT='(BYTE|HALF|FULL|REAL|DOUB|COMP|COMPLEX|WORD|LONG)' The label is always located at the beginning of the file.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
4C424C53495A453D[30:39]{15}464F524D41543D27(48414C46|42595445|46554C4C|5245414C|444F5542|434F4D50|434F4D504C4558|574F5244|4C4F4E47)27- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V55
- Release date
- 4 January 2012
VICAR (Video Image Communication and Retrieval) Planetary File Format: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.
VICAR (Video Image Communication and Retrieval) Planetary File Format: Outline entry added.