[fitsbits] Question(s) regarding development of proprietary FITS manipulation software. . .

[Steve Allen]

On Mon 2007-08-20T14:13:19 -0700, gberz3 hath writ:
> Thanks Maren.  One question I suppose I've just forgotten to ask:  Is
> there anything particularly special about the actual graphics content
> of a FITS file?  Or is it perhaps simply a glorified TIFF or JPEG of
> some sort?

Have you read RFC 4047?

That might help if you're starting from a modern internet perspective
rather than a 1970s astronomy perspective.

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