If you want to save file size, then HDF-EOS Grid may be a way to go. If you
choose to use HDF5, don't forget to use compression.

Kent

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Garrett Campbell <
[email protected]> wrote:

>  Thanks,
> I have used lat/lon for satellite images where the data is not on a
> regular grid.
> I was trying to save file size by not dumping out all the lat/lon float
> values.
> I'll look at the examples.
> Garrett Campbell
>
> On 5/12/2013 9:51 PM, Kent Yang wrote:
>
> If you can use HDF-EOS, you can check
> http://newsroom.gsfc.nasa.gov/sdptoolkit/userguide.html
> HDF-EOS Library User's Guide Volume 1: Overview and 
> Examples<http://newsroom.gsfc.nasa.gov/sdptoolkit/docs/HDF-EOS_UG.pdf>for 
> HDF-EOS2
> HDF-EOS Interface Based on HDF5, Volume 1: Overview and 
> Examples<http://newsroom.gsfc.nasa.gov/sdptoolkit/docs/HDF-EOS5_UG.pdf>for 
> HDF-EOS5
>
> HDF-EOS can assure the geographic projection is specified without
> providing lat/lon values.
>
> If you prefer to use HDF5 or netCDF-4, you definitely need to provide
> latitude and longitude values,
> An attribute called units="degrees_east" for longitude and
> units="degrees_north" for latitude should be specified to assure the CF
> compliant.
>
> check  http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/faq/cfattributes.html
> You may find HDF5, netCDF4 and HDF-EOS5 examples that may be similar to
> what you want to achieve.
>
> Some HDF5 examples can also be found under
> http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/examples/
>
>
> Kent
>
>
> On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:30 PM, Garrett Campbell <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have data in a simple projection: cylindrical equidistant.
>> I would like to write something into the hdf file to specify the
>> projection.
>> Any idea what to specify?
>> Any examples?
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> G. Garrett Campbell
>> NSIDC
>> 303 492 5194
>>
>>
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