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					ImageFiles Directory

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Collected over the years, we have compiled a set of satellite images here in 

this 'ImageFiles' directory. This folder was made particularly for the 

programs in the SPACE and the PATTERN folders.  The directory 'ImageFiles' 

contains satellite images of the U.S. that are of interest to these image-

processing programs.

 

The image files are encoded in three ways:



(1)  IMG file format

(2)  RSA/RSB format

(3)  Channels 1 through 5 of the imagery from the NOAA Advanced High 

Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) polar-orbiting satellites



The various formats reflect the various remote sensing devices with which 

these data are collected. For a discussion of how to open the various 

satellite image files, please go to the SPATIAL ANALYTICS SOFTWARE Section in 

Chapter 8, entitled A SOFTWARE SURVEY.



