What is the difference between .xpm and .vicar?
- Extension
- .xpm
- .vicar
- Format
- Text
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Scientific
- Developer
- X Consortium
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Description
- The XPM (X11 Pixmap Graphic) file format is a plain text file format used to store pixmap images, which are pixel-based graphics. It is designed for use with the X Window System, commonly used in Unix and Linux environments. XPM files define images in a structured format, using ASCII text to describe each pixel's color and location within the image. This format supports both monochrome and color images and allows for the definition of custom color palettes.
- 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/x-xbitmap
- image/x-vicar
- Sample
- sample.xpm
- sample.vicar
- Wikipedia
- .xpm on Wikipedia
- .vicar on Wikipedia