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HDF-EOS to GIS Format Conversion Tool
Overview | Download Instructions | Installation Instructions | Contact

Overview:

The HDF-EOS to GIS Format Conversion Tool (HEG) was developed by the Earth Observing System (EOS) Core System (ECS) Project Office to allow a user to reformat, re-project and perform stitching/mosaicing and subsetting operations on HDF-EOS objects. The output GeoTIFF file is ingestible into commonly used GIS applications. HEG will also write to native (or raw) binary and HDF-EOS Grid formats. HEG presently works with MODIS (Aqua and Terra), ASTER, and MISR HDF-EOS data sets.

The tool is accessible via a command line interface or by a GUI. The tool operates on Sun, SGI, Linux, Windows, and Macintosh OS X platforms. Java 1.3 or higher is required to run HEG.

MISR Products Tested:

Download Instructions:

The HEG tool may be obtained from the Software section of the HDF-EOS Tools and Information Center or via ftp. Sample ftp download session follows below. User input is indicated in bold:

ftp edhs1.gsfc.nasa.gov
UserName: anonymous
Password: your e-mail address
ftp> quote site group sdptk
200 Request for access to group sdptk accepted.
ftp> quote site gpass ecs-tkit
200 Group access enabled.
ftp> cd HEG_Tool
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> bin
ftp> get <the heg* for your system, Users Guide, and Readme file>
ftp> bye

Installation Instructions

Installation instructions are included in the software delivery package or the README file, depending on your platform.

Contacts:

If there are any problems or questions with installing or using the tool, please contact:

General information (and help) can be obtained at the HDF-EOS Tools and Information Center

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