pds2isis Documentation

pds2isis - Convert PDS image file to ISIS cube file
pds2isis translates a PDS image file to an ISIS cube.  The
program currently handles only compressed or uncompressed
single-band PDS image files.  The program can handle both
attached and detached image labels.  The program translates
the PDS file through use of a translation table which maps
the information in the PDS labels to the labels in the
output ISIS file.  In order for a specific PDS dataset
to be translated correctly, there must be information in
the translation table for that dataset.

pds2isis will generate an output file name for you if
you leave the TO parameter blank.  The program creates
a file name by taking the PDS file name and replacing
its extension with .cub.  If you want the program to
create the output file name for you and put the
output in a specific directory (other than the default),
then enter the directory path in the TO parameter and
end the path specification with a / character.

The LIST parameter can be used to specify a file where
pds2isis can write the output file names.  With each
successive run of pds2isis, the output file name will
be appended to the LIST file (if one is specified).
The list file could be used later in the generation of
a PDF to further process the output ISIS files.

Programmer: Janet Barrett, U.S.G.S., Flagstaff, AZ

Input PDS file name

NONE

Output ISIS cube file name

""

Keep the prefix and suffix
bytes in the core?

NO

Directory for temporary
files

""

Name of translation
table file

"$ISISDATA/pds2isis_translation.tbl"

Output list file name (optional)

""

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

Parm	Description
FROM	The name of the PDS file that is to be translated. This program only handles uncompressed single-band PDS files. If the PDS image file has a detached label, then enter the name of the label file instead of the image file.
TO	The name of the output ISIS cube file. If you want the program to create the output file name for you, then leave the TO parameter blank. If you want the program to create the output file name for you and put the output in a specific directory (other than the default), then enter the directory path in the TO parameter and end the path specification with a / character.
KEEPBYTES	Determines if the prefix and suffix data in the PDS file will be removed or propagated into the core of the output ISIS file. If KEEPBYTES=YES, then the prefix/suffix data will be propagated into the core. The number of samples in the output ISIS image will be the number of samples in the PDS file plus the number of prefix/suffix pixels. If KEEPBYTES=NO, then the prefix/suffix data will be removed before the core data is written to the output ISIS file.
WORKDIR	A directory where temporary work files can be stored. If the input PDS file is compressed, then the program decompresses it and places the decompressed file in the work directory. The decompressed file is deleted when the program is done with it.
LIST	If you want the program to generate a list of the output file names from different executions of the program, then enter the name of the list file in the LIST parameter. This list file could be used later in the generation of a PDF to further process the output files.