NAME: spexpand PURPOSE: (one line only) Sparse expansion of an array DESCRIPTION: This routine expands an image by in integer factor in both dimensions. The original pixels from the input image are carried over to the LLHC of the nxn expanded area that maps back to the pixel. The other pixels in the expanded image are set to 0. This effectively converts the image into a 2-D shah (III) function. This routine does a 2x2 expansion (could be generalized if needed). The purpose of this routine is to support the reconstruction of undersampled dithered images. (see XXX.pro) CATEGORY: Image Processing CALLING SEQUENCE: result=spexpand(image) INPUTS: image - Input image to be expanded. OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS: KEYWORD INPUT PARAMETERS: ROOT2 - Flag, if set requests an expansion of the image by sqrt(2). The geometry of this necessitates a 45 degree rotation of the image. The default is a 2x2 expansion. OUTPUTS: return value is the expanded image KEYWORD OUTPUT PARAMETERS: COMMON BLOCKS: SIDE EFFECTS: RESTRICTIONS: PROCEDURE: MODIFICATION HISTORY: 2016/09/06, Written by Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute 2017/01/12, MWB, added ROOT2 keyword option 2019/02/16, MWB, fixed bad list of input types, dropped byte, added double 2019/12/20, MWB, incorporated new routine, mkxyarr