NASA PDS Imaging Node: Digital Data Archives and Distribution

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NASA PDS Imaging Node Digital Data Archives and
Distribution

• Archiving and distributing data and products for
  efficient access through modern technology.

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• The Imaging Node of the Planetary Data System is
  the curator of NASA's primary digital image
  collections from past, present and future
  planetary missions.
• Imaging node provides to the NASA planetary
  science community the digital image archives,
  ancillary data, software tools, and technical
  expertise necessary to fully utilize the vast
  collection of digital planetary imagery.
• http//img.pds.nasa.gov/

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• PDS Imaging assists in development of standards
  for
• Documentation of an image archive
• Metadata describing image content
• Validation tools for data in an archive
• We use these standards to assist NASA scientists,
  engineeers, and instrument teams in
• Archive creation
• Archive validation
• Archive delivery
• http//img.pds.nasa.gov/

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• Imaging Node archives and delivers image data
  from these missions
• Mariner, Viking, Voyager, Magellan, Clementine,
  Chandrayaan-1, Galileo, Mars Global Surveyor,
  Mars Pathfinder, Mars Odyssey, Athena, Mars
  Reconnaissance Orbiter, Cassini, MESSENGER, Lunar
  Orbiter, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
• Current archives are in excess of 100 terabytes
  (TB)
• Expected growth is 120TB per year

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Data Delivery Services Photojournal
http//photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/
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Data Delivery Services Planetary Image Atlas
http//pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/search/
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Data Delivery Services Space Images iPhone
Application
http//www.jpl.nasa.gov/iphone/spaceimages/
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Data Delivery Services Data Portal
http//img.pds.nasa.gov/portal/
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Data Delivery Services MAP-A-PLANET

• Explore image base maps
• Extract and order areas of interest
• Targets include
• Mars, Mercury, Moon, Venus
• Galilean and Saturian satellites
• New data and features
• Messenger MDIS mosaic
• Lunar elemental abundance and soil maturity maps
• Lunar Orbiter Mosaic

http//www.mapaplanet.org/
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Data Delivery Services PILOT PLANETARY IMAGE
LOCATOR TOOL

• Geospatially search a subset of the PDS Imaging
  Node EDR archives
• Download your search results
• Data sets include
• Cassini, MGS,
• Odyssey, Viking
• Clementine

http//pilot.wr.usgs.gov/
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• Mission Interface
• Work with NASA and non-U.S. planetary mission
  imaging instrument teams to ensure delivery of
  data quickly and cost-effectively
• Apply systems engineering principles to data to
  ensure rapid identification, accessibility and
  usability of PDS data within the Node and beyond
• Systems Online Systems Support Software
• Provide easy and expert access to planetary image
  data in raw and derived formats
• Primary Holdings 16.7 TB JPL, 3.5 TB USGS,
  15.3 TB ASU (8.4 TB TDN, 6.9 TB LDN), 37.5 TB
  UA
• Deliver improved ancillary data (pointing,
  calibration) resulting from radiometric, geodetic
  and cartographic processing, restoration,
  scientific research, etc.
• Baseline Services Standards User Support
• Maintain and support existing online data,
  provide state-of-the-art access tools
• Use and provide sophisticated tools and
  instructions for simple to complex data
  interaction
• Provide expert assistance to users for
  cartographic and scientific data analysis
• Work with community members, represent PDS at
  meetings, workshops, etc.
• Restore and deliver planetary image data from
  historic missions
• PDS Community Services
• Collaborate with and support Engineering Node and
  other Discipline Nodes
• Attend and support frequent PDS telecons, working
  groups, and workshops
• Actively participate in PDS Management Council
  and Technical Session meetings