IDL and ENVI Aid in Martian Discoveries Customer Challenge Mars Rover image analysts needed an easily customized solution to visualizing and analyzing data from imaging instruments deployed on Mars. Solution Achieved The goal of the Mars exploration mission was to answer questions posed for generations: what is the history of water on Mars, and what is the potential that life could, or ever did, exist on the planet? The mission produced enormous amounts of data. To gather data for eventual analysis with IDL and ENVI, Farrand and other researchers on the team plot the rovers’ daily activities by identifying areas of interest on the Martian landscape and directing them to those regions. Spectacular high resolution imaging is achieved using a pair of Panoramic Cameras, or Pancams, one mounted

Join for free to read