... JPEG 2000, the new International Standard for still image compression, has many unique features that offer advantages for users of astronomical data. ... JPEG 2000 is the new International Standard for digital image compression. ... Figure 1 is a flow diagram of the JPEG 2000 algorithm. ... For these applications, it is desirable to have a JPEG 2000 implementation that buffers up the smallest possible number of image lines before compression, and releases the compressed data directly to the downlink...