Desktop Support for HDF and HDF EOS

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Desktop Supportfor HDF and HDF EOS

Ted MeyerPresident & CEO

fortnersoftware LLC

ted@fortner.com(703) 478-0181 ext.119

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Noesys VP HDF Features• Complete point-and-click access to HDF

– View file organization

•Drag & Drop Components– View, create and edit datasets– View, create and edit vdatas– View, create and edit text & numeric

attributes– Create Vgroups– View, create and edit images and palettes– Macro processing of datasets, vdatas

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Noesys VP 1.3 Features• Drag & Drop Components across file and into Vgroups• Point and Click Global Projections - equidistant cylindrical, mercator,

orthographic and stereographic • Mapping Datasets & Macros for Continental, State, National borders• New Translators - Import DTED, Text, Binary, BMP, TIFF into Datasets,

Vdatas, Attribute, Vgroups• Advanced macros provided on the CD illustrate how to superimpose

continental, country, and state boundaries• Execute code quickly by clicking the Text Editor's Run button. • Import attributes into Data Tables • Transform 3.4

– Improved file sharing with Noesys– Data Access by component name

• Improved Get Information dialog • On-line help available via the Help menu

Plug-ins Under Development• SDTS, SEG-Y, GeoTIFF

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Total HDF Data Access

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Point-and-Click Imaging

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Noesys VP 1.4 Features• HDF GUI Subsetting• Data Manipulator Plug-ins• HDF EOS

– Grid, Point, & Swath Component Drag and Drop– Grid Imager– Subsetting

• GeoTIFF/HDF EOS Grid/SDTS Translation• Edge Detection• False Color

User Input Requested• Join our Technical Advisory Board• Beta Testing• Feature Prioritization

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Noesys Personal WebView• Publish Data on Web• On-line Collaboration• Share Data in Works Groups• Subset, Image, Examine Data On-

line• Setup in Minutes - Add data in

seconds• Windows 95/98 & NT - 4Q98• Mac - Q1 99

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HDF Browser• A useful and popular Windows and Mac

utility to open and view HDF files • Promotes standard and supports the

HDF community• Showcase for Noesys ease-of-access and

functionality• New version in November• Free• HDF EOS Support in subsequent

releases

www.HDFinfo.com• Fortner Software has established and is supporting a Web

clearinghouse for HDF: utilities, applications, information, documentation, and data sources

• Government, commercial, and university HDF users, developers and data producers are welcome to provide utilities, information, data, and links

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Fortner Releases• Noesys Version 1.3

– Available Now• HDF-to-Photoshop plug-in for Power Macintosh

– Opens 2D HDF Datasets and Raster images directly into Adobe™ Photoshop™ 3.0+

– Fortner Software and Always Thinking, Inc.– Available Now

• Noesys Version 1.4– January 1999

• Noesys Personal WebView– Fall 1998

• Test data is requested

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Partnering/Support Fortner Software is interested in partnering with commercial vendors, science teams, DAACs, government organizations, and other groups to provide development and consulting services

for desktop application development and HDF, HDF EOS and other science data standards.

•Plug-in Development for Vertical Applications•Data Translation and Migration Tools

Development and Services•Fortner Software is working as an integrated

part of the NCSA HDF team to develop the Windows 95/NT and MacOS versions of the HDF libraries.

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Wrap-up– Noesys - The desktop HDF application– Noesys Personal WebView– Fortner supports HDF & HDF EOS– Partnerships/Development &

Consulting Service

fortnersoftware LLC Officers and StaffBrand Fortner Chairman

703.478-0181x120Ted Meyer CEO & President

703.478-0181x119Enrico Santos CFO 703.478-0181x107