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    • VO1/VO2 MARS VISUAL IMAGING SS EXPRMNT DATA RECORD V2.0

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    This data set is a digital archive of images acquired by the Viking Orbiter 1 and 2 spacecraft. The archive will include the best available Experiment Data Record (EDR) versions of images acquired by the Viking Orbiter Visual Imaging Subsystems (VIS). The archive is stored on compact read-only optical disk media (CD-ROM) for distribution. The EDR image data are stored on CD-ROM in a compressed format that allows exact reconstruction of the original image. The images were compressed in order to reduce the number of CD-ROMs required for the archive. The average Viking Orbiter image is compressed by a factor of about 3.5. Each CD-ROM in the archive also includes documentation about the organization and contents of the disk. Software is included to provide programmers with tools to decompress image files. The CD-ROM has index files containing information about all the images stored in the archive. These index files can be loaded into a database management system to help the user locate images of interest.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://pds.nasa.gov

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.vo1-vo2-m-vis-2-edr-v2.0_n5ve-5bvk
    Data First Published 2018-06-26
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=VO1%2FVO2-M-VIS-2-EDR-V2.0
    Program Code 026:005
    Related Documents https://pds.nasa.gov
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 2f89c5299f83a9fa83612af2915a77bf9b465c2585fbff64cb36544c542b3f6a
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