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The people from the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just released their own software for viewing the images: HiView. HiView can be easily used within ArcGIS 10. You need to follow these steps:

1. Download the HiRISE footprints shapefile here from the Mars Orbital Data Explorer.
2. Add the shapefile to ArcMap.
3. Go to Layer Properties > Display. Select ‘Support Hyperlinks using field’. Select Script and click on Edit. Add the following script:
   Function OpenLink ( [Ext2URL] )
   Dim pathHiView
   Dim argHiView
   Dim objShell
   pathHiView = “C:\\Program Files\\HiView\\HiView.exe”
   argHiView =  “-Image ” & [Ext2URL]
   Set objShell = CreateObject(“Shell.Application”)
   objShell.ShellExecute pathHiView, argHiView, “”, “open”, 1
   End Function
4. In ArcGIS click on the Hyperlink button (the lightning icon) and select a footprint.
5. HiView opens and the selected HiRISE image is loaded.