What is the difference between .cals and .vicar?
- Extension
- .cals
- .vicar
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Scientific
- Developer
- United States Department of Defense (DoD)
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Description
- The CALS Raster Graphic File, having the extension .cals, is a type of image file format primarily used for the storage and exchange of digital images, especially in the context of technical and engineering documents. Developed in the mid-1980s by the United States Department of Defense, the CALS format was part of an initiative to standardize electronic document management and interchange, particularly for military and government applications.
- The VICAR (Video Image Communication And Retrieval) Image file format is a flexible, image-processing and data format system used primarily by the planetary science community. Developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for storing and managing digital images from space missions, VICAR files are designed to support a wide range of image types, including scientific and engineering data from various spacecraft instruments. This format is characterized by its ability to handle multi-dimensional arrays of data.
- MIME Type
- image/cals
- image/x-vicar
- Sample
- sample.cals
- sample.vicar
- Wikipedia
- .cals on Wikipedia
- .vicar on Wikipedia