National Geographic Maps compressed images (.@EX) which software to view them?
Zeppo
i have a question:
a few years ago i bought a cd collection from NG called maps.
The images on the cd's are in a compressed format.
The only problem now is that the software that is included will only
run on windows 95 and windows 98, and i'm running ME and 2000.
So the software won't install, and that's a shame.
I would like to find some software that will run on a newer version of
windows OR a graphics package that understands these @EX files, and
can convert them to jpg/png or the like.
Who can help me out?
Thank you!
Jan
The filenames end in @EX and have this structure:
(offset: data)
00000000: ExeComp Binary @EX File v2
in the bowels of this file I find some properly laid out JFIF segments
--------: 93 00 18 23 00 00
--------: 50 49 43 32 01 08 00 00 00 64 00 00 00 17 23 00 00 06
P I C 2 . . . . . d . . . . # . . .
00 23 00 00
. # . .
--------: FF D8 [SOI]
--------: FF E0 [APP0]
--------: 00 10 4A 46 49 46 00 01 02 02 00 03 00 03 00 00
. . J F I F . . . . . . . . . .
--------: FF E1 [APP1]
--------: 00 0B 50 49 43 00 02 41 41 01 00
. . P I C . . A A . .
--------: FF B9 [B9????, the data looks alot like a FF C0]
--------: 00 11 08 01 5C 01 17 03 01 11 00 02 11 01 03 11 01
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
--------: FF DB [DQT]
--------: 00 84 ...
...
--------: FF DA 00 0C 03 01 00 02 11 03 11 00 3F 00
--------: scan data
####
--------: FF D9 [EOI]
followed by similar blocks of information
--------: 00 00 D4 2A 00 00
--------: 50 49 43 32 01 08 00 00 00 64 00 00 00 D3 2A 00 00 06
P I C 2 . . . . . d . . . . . . . .
BC 2A 00 00
. . . .
--------: FF D8
--------: FF E0
--------: 00 10 4A 46 49 46 00 01 02 02 00 07 00 07 00 00
. . J F I F . . . . . . . . . .
--------: FF E1
--------: 00 0B 50 49 43 00 02 41 41 01 00
. . P I C . . A A . .
--------: FF B9
--------: 00 11 08 01 5C 01 17 03 01 11 00 02 11 01 03 11 01
etc...