1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE DATA

2.1. Overview of the SDSS Imaging Data

2.2. The Initial Sample of Close Resolved Stellar Pairs

2.3. The Geometric Selection

2.4. The Kinematic Selection

2.5. The Sample Completeness

2.6. The Separation of Disk and Halo Populations

3. THE PHOTOMETRIC PARALLAX ESTIMATION METHOD

4. THE PROPERTIES OF WIDE BINARIES

5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS