Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Sep 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985jpl..rept.....m&link_type=abstract
Final Report Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena.
Mathematics
Logic
Data Bases, Data Processing, Digital Systems, Image Processing, Imaging Techniques, Lunar Exploration, Lunar Photography, Planetary Mapping, Space Exploration, Data Storage, Information Management, Spaceborne Photography
Scientific paper
The Planetary Image Conversion Task group processed 12,500 magnetic tapes containing raw imaging data from JPL planetary missions and produced an image data base in consistent format on 1200 fully packed 6250-bpi tapes. The output tapes will remain at JPL. A copy of the entire tape set was delivered to US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Ariz. A secondary task converted computer datalogs, which had been stored in project specific MARK IV File Management System data types and structures, to flat-file, text format that is processable on any modern computer system. The conversion processing took place at JPL's Image Processing Laboratory on an IBM 370-158 with existing software modified slightly to meet the needs of the conversion task. More than 99% of the original digital image data was successfully recovered by the conversion task. However, processing data tapes recorded before 1975 was destructive. This discovery is of critical importance to facilities responsible for maintaining digital archives since normal periodic random sampling techniques would be unlikely to detect this phenomenon, and entire data sets could be wiped out in the act of generating seemingly positive sampling results. Reccomended follow-on activities are also included.
Laughlin Greg
Martin Daniel M.
Stanley Carol L.
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