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I'm speculating here, but I think these images are transmitted in some kind of raw format, or close to it, making them more resilient to data corruption. Compre
by NL807 6y ago
I'm speculating here, but I think these images are transmitted in some kind of raw format, or close to it, making them more resilient to data corruption. Compressed images will incur greater data loss when compressed, compared to raw images where you might lose a few image blocks at a time.
- Robotbeat 6y agoThey compress them but transmit with forward error correction. They do have the ability to retransmit if the images are too damaged. Totally uncompressed images are not a very efficient way to transmit images if you want to ensure they're scientifically accurate.
- kadoban 6y agoNaively, I'd doubt that. There are all kinds of error correcting codes to deal with that and you'd end up with a substantial increase in effective bandwidth (with the compression). There may be error correction built in to the protocol itself already.
- sandworm101 6y agoCompression can also include backup/padding/parity data to correct for errors and transmission losses.