McIDAS Programmer's Manual
Chapter 5
Accessing Data
This chapter provides the information you will need to access and use McIDAS-X data. You'll learn:
- the attributes unique to each of the McIDAS-X data types: disk files, images, grids, point observations and text
- the API functions available for reading, writing and deleting McIDAS-X data
- the blocks of information contained in an image, grid, point observation or text
- how to use selection clauses to restrict a data search
- how McIDAS-X' ability to integrate and display a variety of datasets is made possible by its navigation and calibration subsystems
This chapter is organized into these sections:
