Reprocessing Historical Images, Looking for REALLY big challenges? |
Reprocessing Historical Images, Looking for REALLY big challenges? |
Apr 21 2005, 11:26 PM
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Apr 22 2005, 12:14 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 378 Joined: 21-April 05 From: Portugal Member No.: 347 |
The problem is having the original datasets for the Pioneers and Veneras.
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Apr 22 2005, 04:01 PM
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Apr 22 2005, 06:55 PM
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QUOTE (GregM @ Apr 22 2005, 04:01 PM) QUOTE (4th rock from the sun @ Apr 22 2005, 12:14 PM) The problem is having the original datasets for the Pioneers and Veneras. Otherwise one can only work from published JPGs ou images scanned from paper... Yup, that's the key - the original datasets. Trying to enhance already poor existing images is kinda like trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Well, kinda, I'm sure something can be done with them to improve on them, but getting the original datasets is the proper way. JPL, Ames, Goddard, LPL, et. al. isn't gonna do it. I was thinking of seeing some sort of relationship being set up where such legacy datasets might be passed on to expert amateurs or students working on a thesis, or some other sort of thing. Just a hope. Greg, shouldn't the original datasets be public property? Could a FOI request be filed for them? |
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Apr 22 2005, 08:02 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
In the case of the Venera data, that is a Russian thing, so it is a little trickier. The raw tapes were public domain, but again, since foreign, wouldn't be covered by FOI. Pioneer is another story. I think the problem in that case lies that, if the original transmissions even survive, they may be in an archaic format on brittle old magnetic tapes that need special equiptment to be copied, if that is even possible. Also, for Mariner IV, much of the original digital data is missing.
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