README FILE FOR TES RAW CD-ROM DATA 

This directory does not contain the original raw data
from the Mars Global Surveyor TES instrument, since that
is too big to include conveniently.  It does contain
the software used to process the data and put it
in a convenient form for plotting. The data consists
of infrared spectra observed from orbit, together with
metatdata such as latitude and longitude of the target point
and estimated surface temperature of the target point.

Data volumes in a format that the processTES.py script can
read and process can be downloaded from the NASA Planetary
Data System, at http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mgs/tes-tsdr.html
The processed files in the parent directory came from the
CD-ROM MGST_0156, but any other volume would do about as well. There
is a treasure trove of data here, only a small portion of which
has been looked at.

The processing script processTES.py executes a compiled command
called "vanilla" which unpacks the raw binary instrument data.
The vanilla executable in this directory was compiled for an Intel
Mac OS10.6. The executable vanillaPPC was compiled for a PPC Mac,
but intel macs seem to be able to run it. If you are processing
the data on some other kind of computer, you need to recompile
vanilla using the source files in the src directory.  This
is a very simple program, that compiles easily using almost any
c compiler.  On a linux or Mac you just enter the src directory
and type "make" and it will go.  You might have to edit the
makefile to customize the compile flags for your machine but
this is very straightforward.  vanilla will build fine using
a variety of c compilers on Windows, if you are in that situation.