Title :
Concept for an HDF-EOS image data construct
Author :
Fishtahler, Larry
Author_Institution :
Computer Sciences Corp., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
NASA´s Earth Science Data and Information Systems (ESDIS) Project has promulgated a standard format for the EOS Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Standard Data Products, HDF-EOS. HDF-EOS is based on the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Hierarchical Data Format (HDF). At present HDF-EOS provides for “Swath”, “Point”, and “Grid” data constructs. This paper provides a concept for an “Image” data construct. Essential components include image data, palettes, and geolocation information; in addition a number of optional components are described. This paper sets forth a number of criteria to be considered in the development of this new standard construct, and discusses the options for the approach to standardization. This paper provides sketches of an implementation (using HDF constructs) of the main features of the concepts, and references to WWW Pages that provide examples
Keywords :
data handling; geographic information systems; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; image processing; remote sensing; EOS Data and Information System; EOSDIS; ESDIS; Earth Science Data and Information Systems; GIS; HDF-EOS; Hierarchical Data Format; data format; data handling; geographic information system; geophysical measurement technique; grid data; image data construct; image processing; land surface; point data; remote sensing; standard format; swath data; terrain mapping; Code standards; Earth Observing System; Geoscience; Information systems; Libraries; NASA; Proposals; Standardization; Standards development; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.702887
