Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers explained

Isis
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Developer:	USGS Astrogeology - Flagstaff
Released:	1971^[1] ^[2]
Latest Release Version:	3.3.0^[3]
Operating System:	Cross-platform
License:	Public domain software^[4]

Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers (Isis) is a specialized software package developed by the USGS to process images and spectra collected by current and past NASA planetary missions sent to Earth's Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and other solar system bodies.

History

The history of ISIS began in 1971 at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Isis was developed in 1989, primarily to support the Galileo NIMS instrument.^{[5] [6] [7]}

It contains standard image processing capabilities (such as image algebra, filters, statistics) for both 2D images and 3D data cubes, as well as mission-specific data processing capabilities and cartographic rendering functions.^[8]

Raster data format name

Family of related formats that are used by the USGS Planetary Cartography group to store and distribute planetary imagery data.

• PDS, Planetary Data System
• ISIS2, USGS Astrogeology Isis cube (Version 2)
• ISIS3, USGS Astrogeology ISIS Cube (Version 3)

See also

• Ames Stereo Pipeline

Notes and References

1. http://isis.astrogeology.usgs.gov/documents/IsisHistory/IsisHistory.html 1971-1980 /PDP-11/DOS-BATCH / Unnamed
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120331194905/http://gis.cri.fmach.it/uploads/frigeri2011_isis_grass.pdf A working environment for digital planetary data processing and mapping using ISIS and GRASS GIS
3. https://isis.astrogeology.usgs.gov/IsisSupport/index.php/topic,3313.0.html ISIS 3.3.0 RELEASE 2011/10/11
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20090411120246/http://pds.nasa.gov/tools/release/software_detail.cfm?ResultsSelBox=ISIS PDS Software Detail
5. Gaddis, et al., (1997) LPS XXVIII, pp. 387-388
6. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2004/pdf/2039.pdf MODERNIZATION OF THE INTEGRATED SOFTWARE FOR IMAGERS
7. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004LPI....35.2039A Modernization of the Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers
8. http://isis.astrogeology.usgs.gov/ USGS Isis Homepage