pnmtofits(1)

NAME

       pnmtofits - convert a portable anymap into FITS format

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       Reads  a  portable  anymap  as  input.  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  portable  bitmap  or  a
       portable  graymap,  the  output  file  consists of a single plane image
       (NAXIS = 2). If instead the input file is a portable pixmap, the output
       file  will  consist  of a three-plane image (NAXIS = 3, NAXIS3 = 3).  A
       full description of the FITS format can be found in Astronomy &  Astro-
       physics Supplement Series 44 (1981), page 363.

OPTIONS

       Flags  -min  and  -max  can be used to set DATAMAX, DATAMIN, BSCALE and
       BZERO in the FITS header, but do not cause the data to be rescaled.

SEE ALSO

       fitstopnm(1), pgm(5)

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) 1989 by Wilson H. Bent (whb@hoh-2.att.com), with  modifi-
       cations by Alberto Accomazzi (alberto@cfa.harvard.edu).

                                  5 Dec 1992                      pnmtofits(1)