What is the difference between .vicar and .jxr?
- Name
- VICAR Image
- JPEG XR Image
- Extension
- .vicar
- .jxr
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Scientific
- Raster Image
- Developer
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Microsoft
- Description
- 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.
- Image stored in the JPEG XR format, which was originally developed by Microsoft for Windows Media software; supports deep color images with 48-bit RGB; used for high-resolution professional image editing; also supports lossless and lossy compression.
- MIME Type
- image/x-vicar
- image/vnd.ms-photo
- Sample
- sample.vicar
- sample.jxr
- Wikipedia
- .vicar on Wikipedia
- .jxr on Wikipedia