# PCIDSK --- PCI Geomatics Database File

PCIDSK database file used by PCI EASI/PACE software for image analysis.

## Metadadta

Dataset:

- SOFTWARE: Identifies the software system, and its current version, that generated the PCIDSK database.

- FILE_ID: Descriptive field identifying the file. Usually supplied by the user at file creation time.

- GENERATING_FACILITY: Descriptive field used to identify which facility or institution produced this file.

- DESCRIPTION1, DESCRIPTION2: Descriptive fields, usually supplied by the user at file creation time, identifying the contents of the file.

- DATE_OF_CREATION, DATE_OF_UPDATE: Dates and times of the file creation and last update. Formatted as 'hh:mmdd-mmm-yy'.

- GENERATING_FACILITY: Descriptive field used to identify which facility or institution produced this file.

Band:

- DATE_OF_CREATION, DATE_OF_UPDATE: Dates and times of the file creation and last update. Formatted as 'hh:mmdd-mmm-yy'.

- UNITS: Data measurement units.

- HISTORYn (n=1--8): Image channel history records.

## Creation Options

- FILEDESC1="description", FILEDESC2="description": The first and second lines of descriptive text identifying the file, each one should be maximum 64 character in size.

- BANDDESCn="description": Text (maximum 64 character in size) describing contents of the specified band n. If no description for band supplied by user, "Image band n" string will be used by default. Band numbers start from 1.

## See Also:

- Implemented as `gdal/frmts/pcidsk/pcidskdataset.cpp`.

- PCIDSK SDK, including PCIDSK Database Reference Manual.