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originally posted by: Vector J
a reply to: JamesChessman
Sure can!
So go to the Moon Page. Beneath the main picture, you'll see a series of tabs, CE-5, CE-4, CE-3 etc.
Click on CE-4. The first entry there is "Chang'E-4 Landing Camera Level 2A scientific datase". Click on "Click here to get dataset>>".
That will open a new window, where you'll see a series of thumbnails, first one will have a picture thumbnail, the next will say XML, next is a picture thumbnail, the next XML and so on. On one of the picture thumbnail entries (for arguements sake, the first one), you'll see two buttons on the right hand side, one saying Download Now and the other sayin Add to Cart. Click on the Download now and it'll download it for you. No idea what the format is or anything, you'll have t oexplore that yourself.
I can only assume that 'Add to cart' allows you to select a whole series of images and then later download them all at once, but I don;t know, I haven't tried.
I wish I knew how to add pictures here these days, I'd happily show you a series of them highlighting the relevant buttons and stuff. I hope that helps!...
originally posted by: Vector J
a reply to: JamesChessman
The website is a bit slow to load, it takes a little while for pages to load in for me.
Huzzah, I've found out how to post images!
From the main Moon Page:
From the new window clicking the dataset link opens:
You can see in the thumbnail a preview of what the actual image you download will be. As I said, I have been able to download from here, but I am not opening the download, as I don't wish to. It undoubtedly is just the image I'd expect to be downloading, but I am very risk adverse and don't download and open things I don't wish to.
If the site is loading badly for you, maybe try a different browser? It's been OK for me in both firefox and chrome, but it is def slow to load.
I hope that helps!...
watching James flapping around blaming everyone else for his inalbilty to understand things
here are some things that are explained quite clearly on China's website.
PDS stands for Planetary Data System.
nor is there a single method of coding the images involved. China uses several suffixes for its images, depending on the level of processing involved. It's all explained on the Data OVerview pages for each mission on their site.
The filenames James has such difficulty understanding are long, but not difficult. They consist of the mission (eg CE4) the camera (eg PCAM) and the time and date the image was taken. As well as the image itself, there is a second file that contains metadata about the image that allows the right software to know how to deal with it. You need both.
The software James insists does not work on a Mac does. All the download page says is that it won't work on a PowerPC. There is a link there for a mac version.
That said, the software required for these images can be found on China's website, providing you are prepared to actually look for it instead of waiting for someone to do it for you.
Despute James' protestations, there are new images of the mystery rock.
Again, it's just a matter of knowing where to look and how to actually put some effort in. It's in the background here in their twitter feed:
It's in the background here in their twitter feed
You were given all the information you needed.
originally posted by: Ook33
a reply to: JamesChessman
Jesus Christ... Everybody should stop answering to you. You have all the info and data you need, you just lack the will to accept you were wrong and in some sort of delusion. Google does not list everything present on the web. Some websites make parts of their content uncrawlable by google bots, on purpose. Some websites are completely not listed on google. The same goes with images. Plus, in the case of this website from China's space agency, the images are in raw data, which needs to be decoded with a third party software. Google only lists pictures in its google images section, not data which has to be assembled with a third party software.
You were proved wrong, deal with it. You are only showing us all how crazy you seem to be, which is not to your advantage.
Plus, in the case of this website from China's space agency, the images are in raw data, which needs to be decoded with a third party software. Google only lists pictures in its google images section, not data which has to be assembled with a third party software.
You were proved wrong, deal with it. You are only showing us all how crazy you seem to be, which is not to your advantage.
originally posted by: JamesChessman
Finally, in the effort to summarize all relevant images on each page:
Here is what MIGHT be the ONLY other image of this area of the moon. This was posted earlier in the thread, and it seems to show the area we're discussing, complete with mysterious objects, and seemingly even the wall that connects the objects: