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image-data
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Overview
image-data is a lightweight and efficient C++17 library for parsing and writing VICAR image files, a format widely used by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on missions such as Mars 2020 and the Mars Science Laboratory. It is designed to address the challenge of decoding the VICAR format, which is commonly used for both internal mission data and publicly archived imagery in the Planetary Data System (PDS). The library is small, portable, and optimized for fast decoding, providing a modern and maintainable solution for working with mission-critical image data using the C++17 standard.