Susan Goode <sgoode@ncsa.uiuc.edu> (02/27/91)
Archive-name: graphics/images/ncsa-science-cd/1991-02-13
Original-posting-by: Susan Goode <sgoode@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Original-subject: NCSA Science CD -- Call for Images
Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti)
1991 NCSA Science CD - CALL FOR IMAGES
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) is again
collecting data for a compact disk (CD). Copies of this CD will be available
at various conferences in 1991 and through NCSA. The CD will contain public
domain NCSA Scientific Software for the Macintosh, IBM PC, Sun, SGI and
X Window servers. Among these software packages are NCSA Telnet, NCSA
Image, NCSA DataScope, NCSA PalEdit, NCSA GelReader, NCSA Layout, NCSA
Image IP, NCSA PC Show, NCSA ImageTool, NCSA CompositeTool, NCSA X Image,
NCSA X DataSlice, NCSA HDF, etc. In addition to these programs, NCSA will
include approximately 500-600 Mbytes of images and animation sequences
from researchers around the world.
Those of you who submitted images in April for the Apple Science CD Vol. 2 can
expect to see the CD sometime in mid-1991. Although Apple had delayed the
production of the CD to take advantage of various new advances in CD Rom
technology, they intend to have the CD completed for SIGGRAPH '91. This CD,
like NCSA's will be of ISO9660 format, readable by most CD-Rom players.
NCSA is seeking examples of images that you have used in your research.
The deadline is March 15, 1991. We hope to have this CD available in the
second quarter of 1991.
Details:
I. TYPE Raster images and/or numerical data to produce raster images.
Please include the numerical data whenever possible.
II. SIZE Any size. Less than (640 x 480) preferred.
III. BITS OF COLOR/GRAYSCALE- 8 bit or 24 bit. 8 bit preferred.
IV. CATEGORIES - Unlimited number of entries in any or all categories
A. Single- stand alone image.
B. Group - set of images that may be related but are not
intended to be animated.
C. Animation - set of images which are intended to be
played in sequence, for example by NCSA Image.
V. CREDIT - For EACH example in EACH category you submit, please
include textfile (MicroSoft Word or ASCII text) with
information outlined below. BE AS CONCISE AS POSSIBLE!
Title: give some SHORT name or title for the image(s)
Description: describe the science and the content of the
image(s). Please include the number of images,
size in pixels (x by y), and the # of bits
color or grayscale. Include the format and the
details of associated palettes.
Generation: list software/hardware used to generate and/or
display the image.
Author(s): list name, address, and E-mail address.
Phone number is optional.
Reference(s): (optional) list references to science involved
Copyright: include a completed, signed copy of the
attached copyright form. NCSA must receive this
form prior to accepting your submissions
for the CD.
If at all possible attach a research article or abstract describing in
detail the research being done or similar completed research. NCSA prefers
disk copies but will also accept hardcopies.
FORMAT - NCSA will try to handle any format, but the following are preferred:
A. NCSA Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) - for images,
palettes and numerical data.
B. Raw raster/raw palette format.
C. Numerical data in ASCII using NCSA DataScope format.
VII. MEDIA - (NO MEDIA WILL BE RETURNED!)
Please include the numerical data whenever possible.
A. Mail MAC disk(s)
B. Mail a UNIX tar formatted 1/4" cartridge or 1/2" reel tape.
PLEASE specify the tar command to create the tape and on
what machine and Operating System.
C. Use anonymous FTP and put them in directory pub or incoming.
NCSA server has IP # 128.174.20.50. You MUST E-mail Susan Goode
(address listed below) when you have done so. NCSA disk space is
limited.
D. Send small files in either binhex/SuffIt format or
UNIX compressed/uuencode format via E-mail to Susan
Goode (address listed below).
VIII. CONTACT - All submissions and questions to:
US MAIL:
Susan Goode - NCSA Science '91 CD Project
NCSA Software Tools Group
152 Computing Applications Building
605 East Springfield Avenue
Champaign, Illinois 61820
E-MAIL:
sgoode@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Internet)
or sgoode@ncsavms (bitnet)
Thank you,
Susan Goode
CD Project Coordinator