Output Format

Data organization

The data are organized in a gridded data structure, i.e. data cubes. The tiles manifest as directories in the file system, and the images are stored within. For mosaicking, use force-mosaic.

See also

Check out this tutorial, which explains what a datacube is, how it is parameterized, how you can find a POI, how to visualize the tiling grid, and how to conveniently display cubed data.

Data Cube definition

The spatial data cube definition is appended to each data cube, i.e. to each directory containing tiled datasets, see Data Cube definition.

File format

Refer to Output format for details on the file format and metadata.

Naming convention

Following 21-digit naming convention is applied to all output files:

Example filename: 2017_IMPROPHE_IGS.tif

Table 1: Naming convention

Digits

Description

1–4

Year

6–13

Processing Type

IMPROPHE

15–17

Product Tag

XXX

These 3-digit tags are specified in the parameter file

19–21

File extension

tif

image data in compressed GeoTiff format

dat

image data in flat binary ENVI format

hdr

metadata

Product type

  • High resolution continuous fields