What is the difference between .vicar and .pam?
- Extension
- .vicar
- .pam
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Scientific
- Raster Image
- Developer
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Bryan Henderson
- 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.
- The PAM image format is a lowest common denominator 2 dimensional map format. It is designed to be used for any of myriad kinds of graphics, but can theoretically be used for any kind of data that is arranged as a two dimensional rectangular array.
- MIME Type
- image/x-vicar
- image/x-portable-arbitrarymap[3]
- Sample
- sample.vicar
- sample.pam
- Wikipedia
- .vicar on Wikipedia
- .pam on Wikipedia