-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Richard van Hees skrev: > On 09/17/2010 02:52 AM, rudigens wrote: >> I am developing a prototype to save SAR data at various levels and >> processing >> stages in HDF5 format. >> >> In order to properly describe this data (e.g. the side looking >> geometry or >> orbit information in form of state vectors), I would need to generate a >> larger number of attributes that would benefit from a structure in >> groups. >> The majority of the attributes would apply to all data sets. >> Sometimes, you >> will have several bands in a data set with a very limited number of >> attributes specific to the band (e.g. its polarization). Is there a >> standard >> way of going about saving this type of metadata structure in HDF5? >> >> Another somewhat related question is how to handle map projection >> information for geocoded data. Any best practice for that? > Please, take a look at the CF metadata conventions: > http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ > It assumes that you use netCDF, but using netCDF-4 you can write well > structured HDF5 files, or you can follow the conventions using standard > HDF5 functions. > I have participated in a small project called ADAGUC where we tried to > address also the meta data for remote sensing datasets: > http://adaguc.knmi.nl/ > > Good luck, Richard
The cf conventions are being actively developed at the moment for satellite data. Take a look here: http://mailman.unidata.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-satellite Best regards, Martin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMpZUTAAoJEBdvyODiyJI4T3QH/jvRy+uB0BRJuxK+r+P1NOkP JjjSWWaPl1OTJTrbtPhgw0VIszyfaFgi0c9+xjltai2N5W5xJXTIRITFOZccw+RQ F9QQebmjGwKdhm5aBx9MdaIR6FiLVsYQB0fvoPepeoB/TKEZoOziRUM2rqNZbOXa /vDFYqlG27Leqf2i/mlU57t3Pl+V3jSW0WOoQuCkAMGWk74ujfiIuo07wWtivI5b d7oH/GRNFMl74BSbyrdB9MRRVtO28fmerRM5/mUCfE5FzSqnRf9rCWbxpxscik7H AnN1hLFdjlRfMCwDsPWH9/dDFo+9Djp7ycv2HDtHc4ofzPJDkEpPhAYLPQLogLE= =zcIb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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