MSTAR2TIFF

Program Description:

Convert the magnitude portion of MSTAR images to TIFF format for viewing purposes. Also contains options to automatically enhance the output image, dump the Phoenix header, and to operate in verbose mode. It automatically checks for and byteswaps the big-endian MSTAR data when needed to support PC display operations.

Version #:

2.0 (September 1998)

What's New:

Automatic byte swapping.

Program Usage:

mstar2tiff -i <MSTAR File> -o <TIFF File> [-e] [-h] [-v]

  • [-e] = Auto-contrast enhance [Def: none]
  • [-h] = Dump Phoenix (ASCII) header [Def: none]
  • [-v] = Verbose mode [Def: Quiet]

Description of Arguments: 

  • <MSTAR File>: input file in MSTAR format
  • <TIFF File>: name of the output file

Files Necessary to Compile: 

  • Include : tiff.h (contains TIFF defs.)
  • Library : TIFF 6.0 libtiff library.
    (You can download latest version of library here.)
  • Source : mstar2tiff.c read_switch.c
  • Make : mstar2tiff.mk