[comp.graphics] VICAR

charliep@hpcvra.cv.hp.com. (Charles Patton) (06/27/91)

For Mac users:

I have found that NCSA Image does a beautiful job displaying the
VICAR images with no special preparation other than noting the
height and width (given in human readable form at the start of
the file.) I highly recommend it for this purpose.

A Public Thank You:

I wish to thank Ron Baalke for making the Magellan images available.
These truly spectacular images have strongly rekindled my interest both
in digital image processing and in planetary imaging. Having watched the
Voyager Jupiter encounter with the Stony Brook group, and the Saturn
encounter from the Hansen planetarium, I was shocked to note how interest
has flagged over the intervening years. I'm sure that these images with
serve to stir both the scientific and general public interest in 
planetary imaging missions.

In addition to all these, the Magellan images serve as ideal test cases
for inverse-Muhlemann-shading (shade-to-shape) experiments.
Thanks again.
   Charlie Patton
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** Charles M. Patton                                 **
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