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pnmtofits

Updated: 25 September 2005
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NAME

pnmtofits - convert a PNM image into FITS format

SYNOPSIS

pnmtofits [-max f] [-min f] [pnmfile]

DESCRIPTION

This program is part of Netpbm.

pnmtofits reads a PNM image as input and produces a FITS (Flexible Image
Transport System) file as output. The resolution of the output file is
either 8 bits/pixel, or 16 bits/pixel, depending on the value of maxval in
the input file. If the input file is a PBM or PGM image, the output file
consists of a single plane image (NAXIS = 2). If instead the input file is a
PPM image, the output file will consist of a three-plane image (NAXIS = 3,
NAXIS3 = 3).

You can find a full description of the FITS format in Astronomy &
Astrophysics Supplement Series 44 (1981), page 363.

OPTIONS

-min and -max tell pnmtofits what "physical values" zero and maxval sample
values, respectively, in the input image represent. Physical values are a
FITS concept. pnmtofits sets up the BSCALE and BZERO FITS header cards to
indicate this information.

The default for -min is 0 and for -max is the maxval, which means if you
don’t specify these options, the FITS physical values are in fact the
original PNM sample values.

pnmtofits always sets up the FITS header DATAMIN and DATAMAX cards to
indicate that the highest physical value in the image is the one
corresponding to the PNM maxval and the lowest is that corresponding to PNM
zero. This isn’t really how those cards are supposed to be used, since the
input image doesn’t necessarily contain the full possible range of sample
values. It is a conservative approximation.

HISTORY

pamtofits was originally pnmtofits and did not handle PAM input. It was
extended and renamed in Netpbm 10.30 (October 2005).

SEE ALSO

fitstopnm, pnm

AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1989 by Wilson H. Bent (whb@hoh-2.att.com), with modifications
by Alberto Accomazzi (alberto@cfa.harvard.edu).
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* NAME
* SYNOPSIS
* DESCRIPTION
* OPTIONS
* HISTORY
* SEE ALSO
* AUTHOR



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