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[fitsbits] Start of "Tiled Image Compression" Public Comment Period
This is to announce the start of the 30-day public comment period on the
"Tiled Image Compression" FITS convention that has been submitted for inclusion in the "Registry of FITS Conventions" that is maintained by the IAU FITS Working Group. A document describing this convention, and some sample FITS files that illustrate its usage are available for public review and comment from the FITS registry web page at http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_registry.html Here is a brief description: This is a convention for compressing FITS images and storing the compressed byte stream in a variable-length array column in a FITS binary table. Optionally, the image may be divided into rectangular tiles, and each tile is compressed separately. Any number of different compression algorithms can be supported. Current implementations support GZIP, RICE, H-Compress, and the IRAF pixel list compression algorithms. Comments may be posted here on the FITSBITS mail exploder or the sci.astro.fits newsgroup. Minor typographical issues may be sent directly to the authors of the convention. Bill Pence (on behalf of the IAU FITS Working Group) -- __________________________________________________ __________________ Dr. William Pence NASA/GSFC Code 662 HEASARC +1-301-286-4599 (voice) Greenbelt MD 20771 +1-301-286-1684 (fax) |
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